Ray Parker, Jr./Discography

Ray Parker Jr. - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 15, 2009

This discography is an overview of the musical works of the American musician Ray Parker, Jr. as a soloist and with his band Raydio .

Albums

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1978	Raydio	-	-	-	-	US27 gold (23 weeks)US	R&B8 (24 weeks) R&B	as Raydio
1979	Rock on	-	-	-	-	US45 gold (30 weeks)US	R&B4 (32 weeks) R&B	as Raydio
1980	Two Places at the Same Time	-	-	-	-	US33 gold (21 weeks)US	R&B6 (26 weeks) R&B	as Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
1981	A Woman Needs Love	-	-	-	-	US13 gold (26 weeks)US	R&B1 (29 weeks) R&B	as Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
1982	The Other Woman	-	-	-	-	US11 gold (27 weeks)US	R&B1 (28 weeks) R&B
1983	Woman out of control	-	-	-	-	US45 (23 weeks) US	R&B18 (24 weeks) R&B
1985	Sex and the Single Man	-	-	-	-	US65 (13 weeks) US	R&B48 (12 weeks) R&B
1987	After Dark	-	-	-	UK40 (7 weeks) UK	US86 (9 weeks) US	R&B27 (24 weeks) R&B
1991	I love you like you are	-	-	-	-	-	R&B97 (3 weeks) R&B	Co-Producers: Father MC, Gary Taylor
2017	Unbreakable	DE91 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	-	Nils Landgren Funk Unit with Ray Parker Jr.

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More studio albums

• 2006: I'm Free!

* The producer of all listed albums is Ray Parker, Jr.

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1983	Greatest Hits (US) / The Very Best Of (UK)	-	-	-	-	US51 (22 weeks) US	R&B17 (25 weeks) R&B
1984	Chartbusters	-	-	-	UK16 (3 weeks) UK	US60 gold (15 weeks)US	R&B36 (12 weeks) R&B

More compilations

• 1990: The Best of Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio (with Raydio)
• 1993: Greatest Hits
• 1999: Ghostbusters (with Raydio, US:platinum)
• 2000: The Heritage Collection
• 2004: Priceless Collection (with Raydio)
• 2014: Playlist: The Very Best of Ray Parker Jr.

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1978	Jack and Jill Raydio	-	-	-	-	US8th gold (21 weeks)US	R&B5 (25 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	Is This a Love Thing Raydio	-	-	-	-	-	R&B20 (12 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	Honey I'm Rich Raydio	-	-	-	-	-	R&B43 (9 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio authors: Ray Parker Jr., Thurlene Johnson
1979	You Can't Change That Rock On	-	-	-	-	US9 (22 weeks) US	R&B3 (19 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	More Than One Way to Love a Woman Rock On	-	-	-	-	-	R&B25 (13 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
1980	Two Places at the Same Time Two Places at the Same Time	-	-	-	-	US30 (40 weeks) US	R&B6 (18 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	For Those Who Like to Groove Two Places at the Same Time	-	-	-	-	-	R&B14 (12 weeks) R&B	Dance23 (18 weeks) Dance	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	Can't Keep from Cryin ' Two Places at the Same Time	-	-	-	-	-	R&B57 (6 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	It's Time to Party Now Two Places at the Same Time	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance61 (9 weeks) Dance	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	Still in the Groove A Woman Needs Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance35 (10 weeks) Dance	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
1981	A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) A Woman Needs Love	-	-	-	-	US4 (27 weeks) US	R&B1 (21 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	That Old Song A Woman Needs Love	-	-	-	-	US21 (15 weeks) US	R&B26 (11 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	It's Your Night A Woman Needs Love	-	-	-	-	-	R&B73 (5 weeks) R&B	-	with Raydio Author: Ray Parker Jr.
1982	The Other Woman The Other Woman	-	-	-	-	US4 (21 weeks) US	R&B2 (19 weeks) R&B	Dance24 (13 weeks) Dance	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	Let Me Go The Other Woman	-	-	-	-	US38 (9 weeks) US	R&B3 (19 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	It's Our Own Affair The Other Woman	-	-	-	-	-	R&B44 (7 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	Bad Boy Greatest Hits	-	-	-	-	US35 (12 weeks) US	R&B6 (21 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
1983	The People Next Door Greatest Hits	-	-	-	-	-	R&B60 (7 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	I Still Can't Get Over Loving You Woman Out of Control	-	-	-	-	US12 (19 weeks) US	R&B12 (18 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
1984	Woman Out of Control Woman Out of Control	-	-	-	-	-	R&B71 (4 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	In the Heat of the Night Woman Out of Control	-	-	-	-	-	R&B64 (5 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	Ghostbusters Ghostbusters (Soundtrack)	DE4 (22 weeks) DE	AT8 (16 weeks) AT	CH3 (18 weeks) CH	UK2 gold (39 weeks)UK	US1 gold (21 weeks)US	R&B1 (19 weeks) R&B	Dance6 (9 weeks) Dance	Grammy (Best Pop Instrumental Performance) Author: Ray Parker Jr. includes a sound quote from I Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis & the News , 1983
	Jamie Chartbusters	-	-	-	-	US14 (17 weeks) US	R&B12 (14 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
1985	Girls Are More Fun Sex and the Single Man	-	-	-	UK46 (5 weeks) UK	US34 (15 weeks) US	R&B21 (11 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
1986	One Sunny Day / Dueling Bikes from Quicksilver Quicksilver (Soundtrack)	-	-	-	-	US96 (3 weeks) US	-	-	with Helen Terry Authors: Bill Wolfer, Dean Pitchford
1987	I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone After Dark	-	-	-	UK13 (10 weeks) UK	US68 (7 weeks) US	R&B5 (46 weeks) R&B	-	Author: Ray Parker Jr.
	Over You After Dark	-	-	-	UK65 (3 weeks) UK	-	R&B10 (16 weeks) R&B	-	with Natalie Cole Authors: Ray Parker Jr., Carole Bayer Sager , Burt Bacharach
1990	All I'm Missing Is You Glenn Medeiros	DE70 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US32 (13 weeks) US	-	-	Glenn Medeiros feat. Ray Parker Jr. Authors: Antonina Armato, Ray Parker Jr.
1991	She Needs to Get Some I Love You Like You Are	-	-	-	-	-	R&B34 (11 weeks) R&B	-	Rap: Father MC, Writer: Ray Parker Jr.

More singles

• 1979: Rock On (with Raydio)
• 1979: Betcha Can't Love Me Just Once (with Raydio)
• 1979: Hot Stuff (with Raydio)
• 1980: It's Time to Party Now (with Raydio)
• 1982: You Can't Change That
• 1984: I've Been Diggin 'You
• 1984: Christmas Time Is Here
• 1985: One Sided Love Affair
• 1988: You Shoulda Kept a Spare
• 1991: Girl I Saw You

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE  UK  US  R&B Number one albums DE-DE UK-UK US-US R&B1R&B Top 10 albums DE-DE UK-UK US-US R&B4thR&B Albums in the charts DE1DE UK2UK US9US R&B10R&B

DE  AT  CH  UK  US  R&B  Dance Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT CH-CH UK-UK US1US R&B2R&B Dance-Dance Top 10 singles DE1DE AT1AT CH1CH UK1UK US5US R&B10R&B Dance1Dance Singles in the charts DE2DE AT1AT CH1CH UK4thUK US15thUS R&B24R&B Dance5Dance

Awards for music sales

Platinum record  Canada 1984: for the single Ghostbusters

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

Country / Region	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	platinum1	100,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	8 × gold8th	platinum1	6,000,000	riaa.com US2
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold1	-	400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	9 × gold9	2 × platinum2

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Billboard album by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .
5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Ray Parker, Jr. at Allmusic (English)
• Ray Parker, Jr. at Discogs (English)
• Raydio at Discogs (English)