Pat Boone / discography

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Pat Boone  - discography
Pat Boone, 2011
Pat Boone, 2011
Publications
Arrow southwest blue.svgStudio albums 10
Arrow southwest blue.svgCompilations 8th
Arrow southwest blue.svgSoundtracks 2
Arrow southwest blue.svgEPs 2
Arrow southwest blue.svgSingles 65
Arrow southwest blue.svgVideo albums 5

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American singer Pat Boone .

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1956 Howdy! - - - US14 (4 weeks)
US
First published: October 1956
1957 "Pat" - - - US19 (3 weeks)
US
First published: June 1957
Hymns We Love - - - US21 (4 weeks)
US
First published: October 1957
1958 Stardust - - UK10 (1 week)
UK 		US2 (32 weeks)
US
First published: June 1958
Yes Indeed! - - - US13 (2 weeks)
US
First published: November 1958
1959 Tenderly - - - US17 (11 weeks)
US
First published: June 1959
1960 Moonglow - - - US26 (3 weeks)
US
First published: April 1960
Hey Leadeth Me - - UK12 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: April 1960
1961 Moody River - - - US29 (30 weeks)
US
First published: June 1961
1997 In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy - - - US125 (2 weeks)
US
First published: January 28, 1997

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Soundtracks

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1957 April Love - - - US12 (13 weeks)
US
Soundtrack for the film April Love (1957)
1962 State Fair - - - US12 (19 weeks)
US
Soundtrack for the film State Fair (1962)

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Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1957 Pat Boone - - - US20 (2 weeks)
US
First published: 1956
Pat's great hits - - - US3
gold
gold

(36 weeks)US
First published: October 1957
Sales: + 500,000
1959 White Christmas - - - US39 (3 weeks)
US
First published: December 1959
Chart entry only in 1962
1960 Hymns We Have Loved - - UK14 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: May 1960
1962 Pat Boone's Golden Hits - - - US66 (13 weeks)
US
First published: August 1962
1976 Pat Boone Originals - - UK16
silver
silver

(8 weeks)UK 		-
Sales: + 60,000
1980 Love letters DE7 (10 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (2 months)
AT 		- -

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More compilations

  • 1997: The Fifties Complete

EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1957 A Closer Walk with Thee - - - US13 (7 weeks)
US
First published: June 1957
Four by Pat - - - US5 (5 weeks)
US
First published: August 1957
Number one albums DE-DE AT-AT UK-UK US-US
Top 10 albums DE1DE AT-AT UK1UK US3US
Albums in the charts DE1DE AT1AT UK4thUK US17thUS

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Singles

1950s

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
DE DE UK UK US US
1955 Ain't That a Shame
Pat Boone 		- UK7 (11 weeks)
UK 		US92 (2 weeks)
US
Original: Fats Domino
1956 No Other Arms (No Arms Can Ever Hold You) - - US65 (2 weeks)
US
At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama) - - US36 (5 weeks)
US
Original: El Dorados , was an R&B number one hit in 1955
Gee Whittakers!
Pat Boone 		- - US27 (6 weeks)
US
1956 an R&B hit for the Five Keys
Tutti Frutti
Pat Boone 		DE5 (7 months)
DE 		- US12 (18 weeks)
US
Original / co-author: Little Richard
I'll Be Home
Pat Boone 		DE17 (1 month)
DE 		UK1 (24 weeks)
UK 		US5 (22 weeks)
US
Original: The Flamingos (1956 # 5 on the R&B charts)
Long Tall Sally - UK18 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
Original / co-author: Little Richard
Just as Long as I'm with You - - US76 (3 weeks)
US
Author: Billy Vaughn
I Almost Lost My Mind
Pat’s Great Hits 		DE20 (2 months)
DE 		UK14 (7 weeks)
UK 		US1 (23 weeks)
US
Original / author: Ivory Joe Hunter , was # 1 on the R&B charts in 1950
I'm in Love with You
Pat’s Great Hits 		- - US57 (7 weeks)
US
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
Pat's Great Hits 		- UK3 (21 weeks)
UK 		US8 (24 weeks)
US
Theme song from the film Friendly Persuasion
Chains of Love
Pat’s Great Hits 		- - US20 (14 weeks)
US
Original: Big Joe Turner , was number 2 on the R&B charts in 1952
Don't Forbid Me
Pat’s Great Hits 		- UK2 (16 weeks)
UK 		US1 (22 weeks)
US
Author: Charles Singleton
A German version of Boone under the title Baby, Oh Baby was in the charts in 1963
Anastasia
Pat’s great hits 		- - US37 (18 weeks)
US
Title song of the film Anastasia
1957 Why Baby Why
Pat’s Great Hits 		- UK17 (7 weeks)
UK 		US6 (21 weeks)
US
I'm Waiting Just for You
Pat’s Great Hits 		- - US27 (10 weeks)
US
Original / co-author: Lucky Millinder , was number 2 on the R&B charts in 1951
Love Letters in the Sand
Pat’s Great Hits 		- UK2 (21 weeks)
UK 		US1 (34 weeks)
US
in 1931 a top ten hit for Ted Black & His Orchestra
from the Pat Boone film Bernadine
Bernandine
Pat’s Great Hits 		- - US23 (25 weeks)
US
Theme song from the film Bernadine with Pat Boone
Author: Johnny Mercer
Remember You're Mine
Pat’s Great Hits 		- UK5 (18 weeks)
UK 		US20 (21 weeks)
US
There's a Gold Mine in the Sky
Pat’s Great Hits 		-[UK: ↑] US28 (14 weeks)
US
1938 a number five hit for Horace Heidt and his orchestra
April Love
Pat Boone Sings 		- UK7 (23 weeks)
UK 		US1 (26 weeks)
US
Theme song from the Pat Boone film of the same name
When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
Pat Boone Sings 		- - US80 (3 weeks)
US
1940 Top 10 hits for Glenn Miller and for the Ink Spots
White Christmas
White Christmas 		- UK29 (1 week)
UK 		-
Cover version of Bing Crosby's Christmas classic,
chart entry only in 1962
1958 A Wonderful Time up There
Pat Boone Sings 		- UK2 (17 weeks)
UK 		US10 (19 weeks)
US
The author is Lee Roy Abernathy, who first recorded the song in 1947 under the title Gospel Boogie with his Homeland Harmony Quartet
It's Too Soon to Know
Pat Boone Sings 		- UK7 (12 weeks)
UK 		US13 (16 weeks)
US
was the Orioles ' first hit in 1948 , reached number 1 on the R&B and number 13 on the pop charts
Sugar Moon
Pat Boone Sings 		- UK6 (12 weeks)
UK 		US11 (13 weeks)
US
Author: Danny Wolfe
Cherie, I Love You
Pat Boone Sings 		- - US63 (5 weeks)
US
Original: Ben Bernie & His Orchestra, reached number 4 in the charts in 1926
If Dreams Came True
Pat Boone Sings 		- UK16 (11 weeks)
UK 		US12 (13 weeks)
US
That's How Much I Love You
Pat Boone Sings 		- - US39 (9 weeks)
US
Original / co-author: Eddy Arnold , was a number two hit in the country charts in 1946.
Other successful versions: Red Foley (Pat Boone's father-in-law), Frank Sinatra
Gee, But It's Lonely
Pat Boone Sings 		- UK30 (1 week)
UK 		US31 (9 weeks)
US
Original / Authors: The Everly Brothers
For My Good Fortune
Pat Boone Sings 		- - US23 (11 weeks)
US
Authors: Otis Blackwell , Bobby Stevenson
I'll Remember Tonight
Pat Boone Sings 		- UK18 (9 weeks)
UK 		US34 (11 weeks)
US
from the Pat Boone movie Mardi Gras
1959 With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- UK21 (3 weeks)
UK 		US21 (14 weeks)
US
was a top ten hit for Bob Crosby and Kay Kyser in 1940
Good rockin 'tonight - - US49 (8 weeks)
US
Original / Author: Roy Brown (1947), an R&B number one hit for Wynonie Harris in 1948
For a Penny
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- UK19 (9 weeks)
UK 		US23 (11 weeks)
US
The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- - US62 (4 weeks)
US
Twixt Twelve and Twenty
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- UK18 (7 weeks)
UK 		US17 (11 weeks)
US
Authors: Aaron Schroeder , Fredda Gold (wife of Wally Gold)
Fools Hall of Fame - - US29 (9 weeks)
US
Authors: Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold (husband of Fredda Gold)
Beyond the Sunset
Hymns We Love 		- - US71 (5 weeks)
US
was a country top 10 hit for the Three Suns in 1950

1960s

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1960 (Welcome) New Lovers
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- - US18 (12 weeks)
US
Words
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- - US94 (1 week)
US
Original: Silver Threads Among the Gold from 1873, with new text
Walking the Floor over You
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- UK39 (5 weeks)
UK 		US44 (8 weeks)
US
Original / Author: Ernest Tubb (1941)
Spring Rain - - US50 (8 weeks)
US
Candy sweet - - US72 (3 weeks)
US
Delia Gone
Pat Boone - 1965 		- - US66 (3 weeks)
US
Alabam
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- - US47 (8 weeks)
US
Dear John
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- - US44 (8 weeks)
US
1953 a number one hit on the country charts for Jean Shepherd & Ferlin Husky
1961 The Exodus Song (This Land Is Mine)
Days of Wine and Roses 		- - US64 (6 weeks)
US
the Oscar-winning instrumental theme from the film Exodus with lyrics written by Boone himself
Moody River
Moody River 		- UK18 (10 weeks)
UK 		US1 (15 weeks)
US
Original / author: Gary D. Bruce, stage name Chase Webster
Big Cold Wind
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		- - US19 (9 weeks)
US
Johnny Will
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		DE2 (6 months)
DE 		UK4 (13 weeks)
UK 		US35 (10 weeks)
US
the German version Geld wie Heu by Gerd Böttcher (text by Hans Bradtke ) also reached number 2 in Germany in early 1962
1962 I'll See You in My Dreams
I'll See You in My Dreams 		- UK27 (9 weeks)
UK 		US32 (9 weeks)
US
was a hit for several performers as early as 1925
Pictures in the Fire
I'll See You in My Dreams 		- - US77 (4 weeks)
US
Quando, Quando, Quando (Tell Me When) - UK41 (4 weeks)
UK 		US95 (1 week)
US
the original by Tony Renis (also co-author) was a number one hit in Italy in 1962 and in Germany it came in, as did the German version by Caterina Valente and Silvio Francesco at number 9
Speedy Gonzales
Pat Boone's Golden Hits 		DE1
gold
gold

(6 months)DE 		UK2 (19 weeks)
UK 		US6 (13 weeks)
US
Mel Blanc , the original speaker of the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales , gives Speedy his voice in this song too; the original of the song is by David Hess from the same year; Sales: + 500,000
Ten Lonely Guys - - US45 (7 weeks)
US
Co-author: Neil Diamond
The main attraction - UK12 (11 weeks)
UK 		-
Lover's Lane DE11 (7 months)
DE 		- -
Author: Pat Boone; the German cover version Kleine Nervensäge Monika by Peter Beil (text by Klaus Munro ) also reached number 11
1963 Meditation (meditacao) - - US91 (1 week)
US
Baby, oh baby (Don't Forbid Me) DE29 (3 months)
DE 		- -
German version of his hit Don't Forbid Me from 1956, originally written by Werner Cyprys for the Teddies (1957)
Rosemary DE7 (4 months)
DE 		- -
German song
1964 Baby sunshine DE25 (3 months)
DE 		- -
German song
Beach girl - - US72 (5 weeks)
US
Writer / Producer: Bruce Johnston (of the Beach Boys ) and Terry Melcher
1966 Wish You Were Here, Buddy
Wish You Were Here Buddy 		- - US49 (8 weeks)
US
1969 July You're a Woman
Departure 		- - US100 (2 weeks)
US
Author: John Stewart
Number one singles DE1DE UK1UK US5US
Top 10 singles DE4thDE UK12UK US10US
Singles in the charts DE9DE UK27UK US58US

Video albums

  • 1995: Christmas with Pat Boone
  • 1995: 40 Years of Hits
  • 2002: American Glory
  • 2006: For My Country, Ballad of the National Guard
  • 2006: Thank You, Billy Graham

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 500,000 Individual evidence
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver1 0! G- 0! P- 60,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg silver1 Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 -

Chart literature

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE DE2 AT UK US
  2. ^ The Moody River story , Todd Everett, Wisdom of the Aged, Sept. 2, 2009
  3. ^ Money like hay (Gerd Böttcher et al.) At Coverinfo.de
  4. ↑ Money like Heu / Gerd Böttcher in the German charts
  5. ↑ Quando Quando Quando / Tony Renis in the German charts
  6. ↑ Quando, Quando / Caterina Valente & Silvio Francesco in the German charts
  7. ^ A b Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 443 .
  8. ↑ The little annoyance Monika / Peter Beil in the charts
  9. ↑ Baby, oh Baby (The Teddies) at Coverinfo.de