The discography of Buck Owens, an American country music artist, consists of 39 studio albums, 16 compilation albums, 9 live albums, 97 singles, and 12 B-sides. After recording under the name Corky Jones and releasing a string of singles in the mid-1950s, Owens signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in February 1957.
After releasing a series of singles over four years, Owens issued his first studio album in 1961, titled Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard, which included the #2 country hit "Foolin' Around". In 1962, Owens's second effort, You're for Me, also gained success after spawning three major hits and was followed by 1963's On the Bandstand. The songs "Act Naturally" and "Love's Gonna Live Here", released from his album The Best of Buck Owens (1963), were the first of 21 number one singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The songs set the trend for a series of Top 10 hits on the Billboard country chart and 13 number-one singles, including "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", "Buckaroo", and "Open Up Your Heart".
During the 1960s and 1970s, Owens also issued a string of live albums, beginning with Carnegie Hall Concert (1966), which reached #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. That was followed by 1967's In Japan!, Buck Owens in London "Live" (1969), and Buck Owens Live in Scandinavia (1970). He had major hits in 1970 and 1971 with "The Kansas City Song", "I Wouldn't Live in New York City (If They Gave Me the Whole Damn Town)", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Ruby (Are You Mad)", and "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms". During this time, Owens also collaborated with up-and-coming country artist Susan Raye on the albums We're Gonna Get Together (1970) and The Great White Horse (1970). Owens continued to record under Capitol until his contract expired in 1975 with the release of 41st Street Lonely Heart's Club/Weekend Daddy.
In 1975, Owens signed with Warner Bros. Records and began recording in Nashville, Tennessee. He gained less creative control of his material, and his singles peaked in gradually lower chart positions. He issued two albums under the label: Buck 'Em (1976) and Our Old Mansion (1977). In 1979, his duet with Emmylou Harris, "Play Together Again, Again", reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. After leaving the label at the beginning of the 1980s, Owens semi-retired from the music business but returned with Dwight Yoakam in 1988 for the duet "Streets of Bakersfield". The song became his first number-one single since 1972's "Made in Japan", providing Owens a comeback. With the success of the single, Owens returned to recording under Capitol with Hot Dog (1988), Act Naturally (1989), and Kickin' In (1991).
In 2018, Omnivore Recordings released Country Singer's Prayer, an album that Owens recorded for Capitol in November 1975 but was shelved in the wake of its singles ("The Battle of New Orleans" and "Country Singer's Prayer") having had little success on the charts.
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country US Buck Owens Release date: January 30, 1961 Label: Capitol — — Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard Release date: August 28, 1961 Label: Capitol — — You're for Me Release date: October 1, 1962 Label: Capitol — — On the Bandstand Release date: April 29, 1963 Label: Capitol — — Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins Release date: November 11, 1963 Label: Capitol 1 — Together Again Release date: July 20, 1964 Label: Capitol 1 88 I Don't Care Release date: November 2, 1964 Label: Capitol 1 135 I've Got a Tiger by the Tail Release date: March 10, 1965 Label: Capitol 1 43 Before You Go Release date: July 26, 1965 Label: Capitol 1 — The Instrumental Hits ofBuck Owens and His Buckaroos Release date: July 26, 1965 Label: Capitol 4 — Roll Out the Red Carpet Release date: February 7, 1966 Label: Capitol 1 106 Dust on Mother's Bible Release date: May 2, 1966 Label: Capitol 1 — Open Up Your Heart Release date: December 27, 1966 Label: Capitol 1 — Your Tender Loving Care Release date: August 7, 1967 Label: Capitol 1 177 It Takes People Like You Release date: January 2, 1968 Label: Capitol 1 — Sweet Rosie Jones Release date: July 1, 1968 Label: Capitol 2 — The Guitar Player Release date: 1968 Label: Capitol 27 — I've Got You on My Mind Again Release date: December 30, 1968 Label: Capitol 19 199 Tall Dark Stranger Release date: September 29, 1969 Label: Capitol 2 122 Big in Vegas Release date: December 29, 1969 Label: Capitol 9 141 Your Mother's Prayer Release date: March 2, 1970 Label: Capitol — 198 The Kansas City Song Release date: July 6, 1970 Label: Capitol 10 196 I Wouldn't Live in New York City Release date: 1970 Label: Capitol 12 190 Bridge Over Troubled Water Release date: February 15, 1971 Label: Capitol 11 — Ruby Release date: June 21, 1971 Label: Capitol 9 — In the Palm of Your Hand[A] Release date: January 8, 1973 Label: Capitol 21 — Ain't It Amazing Gracie Release date: March 14, 1973 Label: Capitol 17 — Arms Full of Empty Release date: 1973 Label: Capitol 32 — It's a Monster's Holiday Release date: 1974 Label: Capitol 10 — 41st Street Lonely Heart's Club/Weekend Daddy Release date: May 6, 1975 Label: Capitol 21 — Buck 'Em Release date: 1976 Label: Warner Bros. Records — — Our Old Mansion Release date: 1977 Label: Warner Bros. Records — — Hot Dog! Release date: 1988 Label: Capitol Nashville 37 — Act Naturally Release date: 1989 Label: Capitol Nashville — — Kickin' In Release date: 1991 Label: Capitol Nashville — — Country Singer's Prayer Release date: 2018 Label: Omnivore Recordings — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Holiday albums Title Album details Peak positions US Christmas with Buck Owens and his Buckaroos Release date: October 4, 1965 Label: Capitol 12 Christmas Shopping Release date: October 7, 1968 Label: Capitol 31
Collaborations Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country US We're Gonna Get Together(with Susan Raye) Release date: April 6, 1970 Label: Capitol 10 154 The Great White Horse(with Susan Raye) Release date: September 8, 1970 Label: Capitol 22 — Merry Christmas from Buck Owensand Susan Raye (with Susan Raye) Release date: 1971 Label: Capitol — — Too Old to Cut Mustard(with Buddy Alan) Release date: January 2, 1972 Label: Capitol 35 — The Good Old Days (Are Here Again)(with Susan Raye) Release date: July 1973 Label: Capitol 29 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Live albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country US Carnegie Hall Concert Release date: July 26, 1966 Label: Capitol 1 114 In Japan! Release date: May 1, 1967 Label: Capitol 1 — Buck Owens in London "Live" Release date: June 2, 1969 Label: Capitol 5 113 Buck Owens Live in Scandinavia Release date: 1970 Label: Capitol — — Live at John Ascuga's Nugget Release date: 1972 Label: Capitol 3 — Live at the White House Release date: 1972 Label: Capitol 10 — Live in New Zealand Release date: 1974 Label: Capitol — — Live at the Sydney Opera House Release date: 1974 Label: Capitol — — Live in Austin, TX Release date: 2007 Label: New West — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country Buck Owens Release date: 1960 Label: La Brea — Buck Owens Release date: January 30, 1961 Label: Capitol — The Fabulous Country MusicSound of Buck Owens Release date: 1962 Label: Starday — The Best of Buck Owens Release date: June 1, 1964 Label: Capitol 2 US: Gold Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 Release date: April 1, 1968 Label: Capitol 5 Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 3 Release date: 1969 Label: Capitol 12 Merry Hee Haw Christmas Release date: 1970 Label: Capitol 34 The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 4 Release date: October 4, 1971 Label: Capitol 17 The Best of Buck and Susan(with Susan Raye) Release date: 1972 Label: Capitol 15 The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 5 Release date: 1974 Label: Capitol 35 The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 6 Release date: 1976 Label: Capitol 34 The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 1 Release date: 1994 Label: Rhino — The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 Release date: 1994 Label: Rhino — 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection Release date: August 1, 2006 Label: Rhino 55 Coloring Book (EP) Release date: April 21, 2012 Label: Omnivore 63 Honky Tonk Man:Buck Sings Country Classics Release date: January 23, 2013 Label: Omnivore — Classic #1 Hits Release date: 2015 Label: Cracker Barrel/Omnivore 49 Bakersfield Gold: Top 10 Hits 1959–1974 Release date: Oct 7, 2022 Label: Omnivore— "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles
1950s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1956 "Down on the Corner of Love" — The Fabulous Country MusicSound of Buck Owens "Right After the Dance" — "Hot Dog" (as Corky Jones) — non-album singles1957 "I'd Rather Have You" (with Pauline Parker) — "There Goes My Heart" — "Country Girl (Leaving Dirty Tracks)" — "Come Back" — 1958 "Sweet Thing" — "I'll Take a Chance on Loving You" — Buck Owens 1959 "Second Fiddle" 24 "Under Your Spell Again" 4 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1960s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US CAN Country CAN 1960 "Above and Beyond" 3 — — 8 Buck Owens "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" 2 — — — "Heartaches for a Dime" — — — — Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard 1961 "Foolin' Around" 2 113 — — "Under the Influence of Love" 2 — — — You're for Me 1962 "Nobody's Fool but Yours" 11 — — — "Save the Last Dance for Me" 11 — — — Together Again "Kickin' Our Hearts Around" 8 — — — On the Bandstand "You're for Me" 10 — — — You're for Me 1963 "Act Naturally" 1 — — — The Best of Buck Owens "Love's Gonna Live Here" 1 — — — 1964 "My Heart Skips a Beat" 1 94 — — Together Again "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)"[A] 1 92 1 — I Don't Care "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail" 1 25 — 12 I've Got a Tiger by the Tail 1965 "Before You Go"[B] 1 83 — — Before You Go "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" 1 120 — — Your Tender Loving Care "Buckaroo" 1 60 — — The Instrumental Hitsof Buck Owens and His Buckaroos 1966 "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" 1 57 — 92 Open Up Your Heart "Think of Me" 1 74 — — "Open Up Your Heart" 1 — — — "Where Does the Good Times Go" 1 114 — — It Takes People Like You 1967 "Sam's Place" 1 92 — — Your Tender Loving Care "Your Tender Loving Care" 1 — — — "It Takes People Like You(To Make People Like Me)" 2 114 1 — It Takes People Like You(To Make People Like Me) 1968 "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" 1 — 16 — Sweet Rosie Jones "Sweet Rosie Jones" 2 — 4 — "Let the World Keep On a Turnin'" (with Buddy Alan) 7 — 36 — I've Got You on Mind Again "I've Got You on My Mind Again" 5 — 6 — "Things I Saw Happening at the Fountain" — — — — The Guitar Player 1969 "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" 1 106 1 — Buck Owens in London "Live" "Johnny B. Goode" (live) 1 114 4 — "Tall Dark Stranger" 1 — 1 — Tall Dark Stranger "Big in Vegas" 5 100 1 — Big in Vegas "—" denotes releases that did not chart A^ "I Don't Care" also made the AC charts, #18. B^ "Before You Go" also made the AC charts, #20.
1970s