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Connie Smith discography
Connie Smith at the Grand Ole Opry (2007).
Studio albums40
Live albums1
Compilation albums14
Box sets3
Other appearances26

The albums discography of Connie Smith, an American country artist, consists of 40 studio albums, one live album, 14 compilation albums, three box sets, and 26 other appearances. After the success of her 1964 single "Once a Day", Smith's self-titled debut album was released in March 1965 on RCA Victor Records. The album reached number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums, spending thirty weeks on the chart, while also becoming her only album to reach the Billboard 200 list (#105).[1] Smith's next two secular albums, Cute 'n' Country and Miss Smith Goes to Nashville went to number one and number two respectively between 1965 and 1966. In September 1966 Smith released her fifth studio album, Born to Sing, which was her third album to reach the top spot on the Billboard country albums chart.[2] Due to Smith's popularity, RCA Victor issued five albums between 1967 and 1968 including Downtown Country (1967), Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson (1967), and I Love Charley Brown (1968). In 1969, Smith collaborated with country artist Nat Stuckey on the album Young Love.[3]

In the early 70s, Smith released a series of albums including I Never Once Stopped Loving You (1970), Just One Time (1971), Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time (1972), and If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs.[3] In addition, Smith released her third Gospel album in 1971 entitled Come Along and Walk with Me. After signing with Columbia Records in 1973, Smith released A Lady Named Smith, which peaked at #31 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[4] In 1974 she released the albums That's the Way Love Goes and I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before), the latter of which went to #22 on the Billboard country albums chart.[5] Before departing Columbia in 1977, Smith released three more studio releases including 1975's Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel and 1976's I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore.[3] In 1977 Smith moved to Monument Records where she recorded two albums. Taking a twenty-year break to raise her five children, Smith returned in 1998 with a self-titled album on Warner Bros. Records.[6] In 2003 she collaborated with Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White on the Gospel album Love Never Fails.[7] In August 2011, Smith released her thirty-sixth solo studio album on the Sugar Hill label entitled Long Line of Heartaches.[8]

Studio albums

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As lead artist

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List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
[9] 		US
Cou.
[10]
Connie Smith 105 1
Cute 'n' Country
  • Released: October 1965
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 1
Miss Smith Goes to Nashville
  • Released: March 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 2
Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs
  • Released: June 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 19
Born to Sing
  • Released: September 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 1
Downtown Country
  • Released: February 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 5
Connie in the Country
  • Released: February 1967
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson
  • Released: May 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 11
Soul of Country Music
  • Released: December 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 7
I Love Charley Brown
  • Released: April 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 14
Sunshine and Rain
  • Released: October 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 32
Connie's Country
  • Released: April 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 14
Back in Baby's Arms
  • Released: October 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 12
I Never Once Stopped Loving You
  • Released: September 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 15
Where Is My Castle
  • Released: January 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 39
Just One Time
  • Released: June 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 20
Come Along and Walk with Me
  • Released: October 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time
  • Released: April 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 25
If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas
Frazier Songs
  • Released: July 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — 14
A Lady Named Smith
  • Released: May 1973
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — 31
God Is Abundant
  • Released: November 1973
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — 20
That's the Way Love Goes
  • Released: March 1974
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — 41
I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)
  • Released: August 1974
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — 22
I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/
I Got My Baby on My Mind
  • Released: January 1975
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — 30
Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel
  • Released: May 1975
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — 47
Joy to the World
  • Released: October 1975
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — —
The Song We Fell in Love To
  • Released: March 1976
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — 34
I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore
  • Released: October 1976
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 — 33
Pure Connie Smith
  • Released: November 1977
  • Label: Monument
  • Formats: LP
 — —
New Horizons
  • Released: March 1978
  • Label: Monument
  • Formats: LP
 — —
The Best of Connie Smith
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Dominion
  • Formats: LP, CD, cassette
 — —
By Request[11] — —
Clinging to a Saving Hand[12]
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Connie Smith — —
Long Line of Heartaches
  • Released: August 23, 2011
  • Label: Sugar Hill
  • Formats: CD, music download
 — —
The Cry of the Heart
  • Released: August 21, 2021
  • Label: Fat Possum
  • Formats: LP, CD, music download
 —[a] —
Love, Prison, Wisdom and Heartaches
  • Release: April 11, 2024
  • Label: Fat Possum
  • Formats: LP, CD, music download
 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a collaborative artist

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List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
Country
[10]
Young Love
(with Nat Stuckey)
  • Released: July 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 29
Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and
Connie Smith (with Nat Stuckey)[b]
  • Released: January 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 —
Love Never Fails
(with Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White)
  • Released: August 12, 2003
  • Label: Daywind
  • Formats: CD
 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
Country
[10]
The Best of Connie Smith
  • Released: September 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 22
The Best of Connie Smith Volume II
  • Released: March 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 26
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own[15]
  • Released: May 1971
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
 —
City Lights: Country Favorites[16]
  • Released: April 1972
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
 —
Love Is the Look You're Looking For
  • Released: February 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 24
Dream Painter
  • Released: July 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 39
Connie Smith's Greatest Hits, Vol. I
  • Released: October 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 39
Connie Smith Now
  • Released: July 1974
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 40
The Best of Connie Smith[17]
  • Released: April 1977
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 —
Greatest Hits on Monument
  • Released: March 9, 1993
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 —
The Essential Connie Smith
  • Released: April 1996
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, music download
 —
Connie Smith Sings Her Hits[18]
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Sony Special Products
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 —
All American Country[19]
  • Released: October 24, 2003
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 —
The Lost Tapes[20]
  • Released: May 19, 2015
  • Label: Country Rewind
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 —
The Essential Connie Smith[21]
  • Released: August 31, 2018
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: Music download
 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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List of box sets, showing relevant ideals
Title Album details
Live in Branson, MO, USA
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Laserlight
  • Formats: Cassette, CD

Box sets

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List of box sets, showing relevant ideals
Title Album details
Born to Sing[22]
Just for What I Am[23]
  • Released: February 27, 2012
  • Label: Bear Family
  • Formats: CD
The Latest Shade of Blue: The Columbia Recordings 1973–1976[24]
  • Released: November 5, 2021
  • Label: Bear Family
  • Formats: CD

Other appearances

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List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"Silent Night, Holy Night"[25] 1986 Willie Nelson The Nashville Christmas Album
"We've Got Love"[26] 1991 Tommy Cash The 25th Anniversary Album
"What Child Is This" (live)[27] 1995 — Christmas in Branson
"Beautiful Star of Bethlehem"[28] 1998 Ralph Stanley Clinch Mountain Country
"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"[29] 1999 John Prine In Spite of Ourselves
"Loose Talk"[29]
"Unmitigated Gal"[30] 2002 Dawn Sears Dawn Sears
"Meet Me in Heaven"[31] Janette Carter,
Johnny Cash,
June Carter Cash,
Earl Scruggs,
Marty Stuart,
Darrin Vincent 		Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
"I Love You So Much It Hurts Me"[32] 2003 Floyd Tillman The Influence
"It Ain't That Way"[33] 2004 George Hamilton IV Songs of Faith and Inspiration
"Big Foot"[34] 2005 Marty Stuart Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota
"Over the Next Hill We'll Be Home"[35] 2006 — Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
"The Prayer of Drunkard's Little Girl"[36] 2007 — Always Life Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed
"A Good Place to Turn Around"[37] Gene Watson In a Perfect World
"Hearts Like Ours"[38] Marty Stuart Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
"Happy Birthday"[39] 2008 Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Singing Her Early Hits, Live!
"What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul"[40] 2009 Bobby Osborne,
Marty Stuart 		Bluegrass & Beyond
"I Run to You"[41] 2010 Marty Stuart Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
"Workin' on a Road"[42] Jeff & Sheri Easter,
Marty Start,
Eddie Stubbs 		Expecting Good Things
"Talk to Me Lonesome Heart"[43] Larry Stephenson,
Marty Stuart 		20th Anniversary
"Just for What I Am"[44] 2011 Anna Wilson Countrypolitan Duets
"Didn't We Shine"[45] George Jones,
Lorrie Morgan,
Joe Stampley,
Randy Travis,
Gene Watson 		Anniversary Celebration
"There Will Be Peace in the Valley for Me"[46] 2012 — Opry Legends: Gospel Favorites
"Great Judgement Morning"[47] 2013 Jessi Colter,
George Jones,
Ricky Skaggs,
Marty Stuart,
Travis Tritt 		Amazing Grace
"Walking Up My Lord to Calvary's Hill" (live)[48] 2014 Marty Stuart The Gospel Music of Marty Stuart
"Senses"[49] 2017 Jeannie Seely
Marty Stuart 		Written in Song

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Cry of the Heart did reach the Billboard 200 chart, but it did peak at number 92 on the Billboard Current Albums Sales chart.[13]
  2. ^ In 2002, the album was re-released by Music Row Talent Records with a different track listing under the title, God Will.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Larkin, Collin. "Connie Smith Biography". Oldies. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  2. ^ Coyne, Kevin John (8 June 2008). "100 Greatest Women of Country Music -- Connie Smith (#24)". Country Universe. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Escott, Colin (2001). Born to Sing [Liner Notes]. Bear Family Records. pp. 28–30.
  4. ^ "A Lady Named Smith > Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  5. ^ "I Never Knew > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  6. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Connie Smith > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Connie Smith Bio". CBN.com. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  8. ^ Burh, John. "Connie Smith > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  9. ^ "Connie Smith Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  10. ^ a b c "Connie Smith Chart History - Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  11. ^ "Connie Smith - Connie Smith by Request". AllMusic. 1995. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  12. ^ "Connie Smith - Clinging to a Saving Hand". AllMusic. 1995. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  13. ^ "The Cry of the Heart chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  14. ^ Stuckey, Nat; Smith, Connie (June 11, 2002). "God Will (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". Music Row Talent Records. AMS-CD-11050.
  15. ^ Smith, Connie (May 1971). "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". RCA Camden. CAS-2495.
  16. ^ Smith, Connie (April 1972). "City Lights: Country Favorites (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". RCA Camden. CAS-2550.
  17. ^ Smith, Connie (April 1977). "The Best of Connie Smith (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". Columbia Records. C-34877.
  18. ^ Smith, Connie (1997). "Connie Smith Sings Her Hits (CD/Cassette Liner Notes and Album Information)". Sony Special Products. A-28467/BT28467.
  19. ^ "All American Country: Connie Smith: Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  20. ^ "The Lost Tapes - Connie Smith". AllMusic. May 19, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  21. ^ "The Essential Connie Smith: Connie Smith: Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  22. ^ "Born to Sing: Connie Smith: Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  23. ^ "Just for What I Am: Connie Smith: Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  24. ^ Smith, Connie (November 5, 2021). "The Latest Shade of Blue: The Columbia Recordings 1973–1976 (CD Information and Liner Notes)". Bear Family Records. BCD-17609.
  25. ^ "The Nashville Christmas Album > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  26. ^ "The 25th Anniversary Album". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  27. ^ "Christmas in Branson > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  28. ^ "Clinch Mountain Country: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  29. ^ a b "In Spite of Ourselves > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  30. ^ "Dawn Sears music". Dawn Sears. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  31. ^ "Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  32. ^ "Floyd Tillman: The Influence". CD Baby. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  33. ^ "Songs of Faith and Inspiration: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  34. ^ "Baldlands > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  35. ^ "Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  36. ^ "Always Life Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  37. ^ "In a Perfect World > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  38. ^ "Compadres: An Anthology of Duets: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  39. ^ "Loretta Singing Her Early Hits Live: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  40. ^ "Bluegrass & Beyond > Overview". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  41. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  42. ^ "Expecting Good Things: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  43. ^ "20th Anniversary: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  44. ^ "Countrypolitan Duets: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  45. ^ "Anniversary Celebration > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 July 2011.[permanent dead link]
  46. ^ "Opry Legends: Gospel Favorites: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  47. ^ "Amazing Grace: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  48. ^ ""The Gospel Music of Marty Stuart": Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  49. ^ Seely, Jeannie (January 13, 2017). "Written in Song (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". Cheyenne Records. 7282.
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