American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell has released eight studio albums, one greatest hits album, and twenty-three singles. He debuted in 1990 with a self-titled album for Arista Nashville, which proved commercially unsuccessful. Parnell's second album, 1992's Love Without Mercy, accounted for his first successful single "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am". In 1995, he transferred to Arista Nashville's Career division, but returned in 1999 when that division was shuttered. Later albums have been released on Vanguard Records, Universal South (now known as Show Dog-Universal Music), and Vector.
Parnell has charted twenty-one times as a solo artist on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. He has seven top-ten hits on this charts, with "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am", "Tender Moment", and "A Little Bit of You" having all reached number two on that chart. He was also featured on a 1994 cover of Merle Haggard's "Workin' Man Blues" alongside Diamond Rio and Steve Wariner, which was credited to Jed Zeppelin, as well as David Lee Murphy's 2004 single "Inspiration".
Albums Title Album details Peak positions US Country US US Heat US Blues CAN Country Lee Roy Parnell Release date: April 10, 1990 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette, download — — — — — Love Without Mercy Release date: April 28, 1992 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette, download 66 — 24 — — On the Road Release date: October 26, 1993 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette, download 59 — 23 — 17 We All Get Lucky Sometimes Release date: August 1, 1995 Label: Career Records Formats: CD, cassette, download 26 173 10 — — Every Night's a Saturday Night Release date: June 17, 1997 Label: Career Records Formats: CD, cassette, download 53 — 41 — — Hits and Highways Ahead Release date: August 24, 1999 Label: Arista Nashville Formats: CD, cassette, download 63 — — — — Tell the Truth Release date: June 12, 2001 Label: Vanguard Records Formats: CD, download — — — — — Back to the Well Release date: March 7, 2006 Label: Universal South Records Formats: CD, download — — — 10 — Midnight Believer Release date: August 11, 2017 Label: Vector Records Formats: CD, download — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles Year Single Peak positions Album US Country CAN Country 1990 "Crocodile Tears" 59 90Lee Roy Parnell "Oughta Be a Law" 54 — "Family Tree" 73 — 1992 "The Rock" 50 47Love Without Mercy "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am" 2 3 "Love Without Mercy" 8 10 1993 "Tender Moment" 2 10 "On the Road" 6 12 On the Road 1994 "I'm Holding My Own" 3 2 "Take These Chains from My Heart" 17 21 "The Power of Love" 51 64 1995 "A Little Bit of You" 2 2 We All Get Lucky Sometimes "When a Woman Loves a Man" 12 20 1996 "Heart's Desire" 3 3 "Givin' Water to a Drowning Man" 12 10 "We All Get Lucky Sometimes" 46 83 1997 "Lucky Me, Lucky You" 35 57Every Night's a Saturday Night "You Can't Get There from Here" 39 — 1998 "All That Matters Anymore" 50 95 1999 "She Won't Be Lonely Long" 57 61 Hits & Highways Ahead 2001 "South by Southwest" — — Tell the Truth 2006 "Daddies and Daughters" — — Back to the Well 2017 "Tied Up and Tangled" — — Midnight Believer "—" denotes releases that did not chart
As a featured artist Year Single Artist Peak positions Album US Country 1994 "Workin' Man Blues" Jed Zeppelin 48 Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard 2004 "Inspiration" David Lee Murphy 46 Tryin' to Get There
Other charted songs Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1997 "Please Come Home for Christmas" 71 Star of Wonder: A Country Christmas Collection
Music videos Year Video Director 1990 "Oughta Be a Law" Marius Penczner "Family Tree" 1991 "Mexican Money" Dean Lent 1992 "The Rock" Steven Goldmann "Love Without Mercy" John Lloyd Miller 1993 "Tender Moment" Michael Merriman "On the Road" Michael Oblowitz "I'm Holding My Own" 1994 "Workin' Man Blues" Deaton-Flanigen Productions 1995 "A Little Bit of You" Jim Yukich "When a Woman Loves a Man" Steven Goldmann 1996 "Catwalk" 1997 "Lucky Me, Lucky You" Michael McNamara 1998 "All That Matters Anymore" Brian McNamara/Lee Roy Parnell "Texas" Peter Zavadil 1999 "She Won't Be Lonely Long" 2006 "Just Lucky That Way" Milton Sneed "Saving Grace"
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