"What'd I Say" is a 1959 song by Ray Charles and is the title track to his fifth studio album What'd I Say). It was one of his first soul tracks and broke into mainstream pop music with this track. It has been covered by Jerry Lee Lewis, Cliff Richard and Elvis Presley as a B-side to his hit single Viva Las Vegas.
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| Studio albums | | Atlantic |
- Ray Charles (Hallelujah, I Love Her So)
- The Great Ray Charles
- Yes Indeed!
- Soul Brothers
- What'd I Say
- The Genius of Ray Charles
- The Genius Sings the Blues
- Soul Meeting
- The Genius After Hours
- True to Life
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| ABC |
- The Genius Hits the Road
- Dedicated to You
- Ray Charles and Betty Carter
- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2
- Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
- Sweet & Sour Tears
- Have a Smile with Me
- Together Again / Country and Western Meets Rhythm and Blues
- Crying Time
- Ray's Moods
- Ray Charles Invites You to Listen
- A Portrait of Ray
- I'm All Yours Baby!
- Doing His Thing
- My Kind of Jazz
- Love Country Style
- Volcanic Action of My Soul
- Jazz Number II
- A Message from the People
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| Crossover | |
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| Columbia |
- Friendship
- Just Between Us
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| Warner Bros. |
- My World
- Strong Love Affair
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| Other labels |
- Genius + Soul = Jazz
- Porgy and Bess
- Genius Loves Company
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Posthumous studio creations |
- Genius & Friends
- Ray Sings, Basie Swings
- Rare Genius
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| Live albums |
- Ray Charles at Newport
- Ray Charles in Person
- Live in Concert
- Ray Charles Live
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Notable compilations |
- Do the Twist! with Ray Charles
- Ray Charles Greatest Hits
- A Man and His Soul
- The Best of Ray Charles
- Anthology
- The Birth of Soul
- Ray Charles in Concert
- True Genius
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Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles |
- "What'd I Say"
- "Georgia on My Mind"
- "Hit the Road Jack"
- "One Mint Julep"
- "Unchain My Heart"
- "I Can't Stop Loving You "
- "You Don't Know Me"
- "You Are My Sunshine"
- "Busted"
- "Take These Chains from My Heart"
- "Crying Time"
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Other Billboard Charts #1 singles |
- "I Got a Woman"
- "A Fool for You"
- "Mary Ann"
- "Drown in My Own Tears"
- "Together Again"
- "Let's Go Get Stoned"
- "Seven Spanish Angels"
- "I'll Be Good to You"
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Grammy Awarded Works (not included above) |
- "Let The Good Times Roll"
- "Living for the City"
- "A Song for You"
- "Heaven Help Us All"
- "Here We Go Again"
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| See also |
- Discography
- Tangerine Records
- David "Fathead" Newman
- Fathead / Ray Charles Sextet
- Hank Crawford
- The Raelettes
- Ray
- Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles
- Tribute to Uncle Ray
- "Confession Blues"
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| Studio albums |
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Jerry Lee's Greatest!
- Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis
- The Return of Rock
- Country Songs for City Folks
- Memphis Beat
- Soul My Way
- Another Place, Another Time
- She Still Comes Around
- Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1
- Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2
- The Golden Cream of the Country
- She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
- In Loving Memories: The Jerry Lee Lewis Gospel Album
- There Must Be More to Love Than This
- Touching Home
- Would You Take Another Chance on Me?
- The Killer Rocks On
- Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?
- The Session...Recorded in London with Great Artists
- Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough
- Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis
- I-40 Country
- Boogie Woogie Country Man
- Odd Man In
- Country Class
- Country Memories
- Jerry Lee Keeps Rockin'
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- When Two Worlds Collide
- Killer Country
- Young Blood
- Last Man Standing
- Mean Old Man
- Rock & Roll Time
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| Collaborations | |
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| Live albums |
- Live at the Star Club, Hamburg
- The Greatest Live Show on Earth
- By Request: More of the Greatest Live Show on Earth
- Live at the International, Las Vegas
- Last Man Standing Live
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| Soundtrack albums |
- Jamboree (1957)
- American Hot Wax (1978)
- Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
- Dick Tracy (1990)
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| Compilation albums |
- Original Golden Hits, Vol. 1
- Original Golden Hits, Vol. 2
- Rockin' Rhythm and Blues
- A Taste of Country
- Best of Jerry Lee Lewis
- All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology
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| Songs |
- "Another Place, Another Time"
- "Baby Baby Bye Bye"
- "Baby, Hold Me Close"
- "Breathless"
- "Chantilly Lace"
- "Cold, Cold Heart"
- "Come as You Were"
- "Crown Victoria Custom '51"
- "Crazy Arms"
- "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (with Linda Gail Lewis)
- "Down the Line"
- "End of the Road"
- "Fools like Me"
- "Great Balls of Fire"
- "Hi-Heel Sneakers"
- "High School Confidential"
- "How's My Ex Treating You"
- "I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye"
- "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
- "In the Mood"
- "Invitation to Your Party"
- "It'll Be Me"
- "Jackson" (with Linda Gail Lewis)
- "Lewis Boogie"
- "Me and Bobby McGee"
- "Meat Man"
- "Old Black Joe"
- "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"
- "One Minute Past Eternity"
- "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye"
- "She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me)"
- "Sixteen Candles"
- "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
- "Sweet Little Sixteen"
- "There Must Be More to Love Than This"
- "To Make Love Sweeter for You"
- "Turn On Your Love Light"
- "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)"
- "What'd I Say"
- "When He Walks on You (Like You Have Walked On Me)"
- "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
- "Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?"
- "Wild One"
- "Would You Take Another Chance on Me"
- "You Win Again"
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| Filmography |
- Jamboree (1957)
- High School Confidential (1958)
- Be My Guest (1965)
- American Hot Wax (1978)
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| Family |
- Myra Gale Brown (cousin/wife)
- Linda Gail Lewis (sister)
- Mickey Gilley (cousin)
- Carl McVoy (cousin)
- Jimmy Swaggart (double first cousin)
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| Related articles |
- Discography
- Great Balls of Fire!
- Walk the Line
- Kenny Lovelace
- Mack Vickery
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- Albums
- Singles
- Sun Records
- Songs
- Awards
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| Studio albums | | 1950s |
- Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!
- The Fabulous Johnny Cash
- Hymns by Johnny Cash
- Songs of Our Soil
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| 1960s |
- Ride This Train
- Now, There Was a Song!
- Hymns from the Heart
- The Sound of Johnny Cash
- Blood, Sweat and Tears
- The Christmas Spirit
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- I Walk the Line
- Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian
- Orange Blossom Special
- Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West
- Everybody Loves a Nut
- Happiness Is You
- Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter
- From Sea to Shining Sea
- The Holy Land
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| 1970s |
- Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
- Man in Black
- A Thing Called Love
- America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song
- The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
- Any Old Wind That Blows
- Johnny Cash and His Woman
- Ragged Old Flag
- The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me
- The Johnny Cash Children's Album
- Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories
- John R. Cash
- Look at Them Beans
- One Piece at a Time
- The Last Gunfighter Ballad
- The Rambler
- I Would Like to See You Again
- Gone Girl
- Silver
- A Believer Sings the Truth
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| 1980s |
- Rockabilly Blues
- Classic Christmas
- The Baron
- The Adventures of Johnny Cash
- Johnny 99
- Highwayman
- Rainbow
- Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming
- Heroes
- Believe in Him
- Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
- Classic Cash
- Water from the Wells of Home
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| 1990s |
- Highwayman 2
- Boom Chicka Boom
- The Mystery of Life
- American Recordings
- The Road Goes on Forever
- American II: Unchained
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| 2000–2010s |
- American III: Solitary Man
- American IV: The Man Comes Around
- American V: A Hundred Highways
- American VI: Ain't No Grave
- Out Among the Stars
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| Live albums |
- At Folsom Prison
- At San Quentin
- The Johnny Cash Show
- På Österåker
- Strawberry Cake
- Koncert v Praze (In Prague – Live)
- At Madison Square Garden
- A Concert Behind Prison Walls
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| Soundtracks |
- I Walk the Line
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy
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| Compilations |
- Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
- Greatest!
- Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams
- Now Here's Johnny Cash
- All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash
- Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
- Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
- Heart of Cash
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- International Superstar
- Five Feet High and Rising
- Destination Victoria Station
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
- The Unissued Johnny Cash
- Johnny & June
- Tall Man
- Encore
- Biggest Hits
- The Man in Black 1954–1958
- The Man in Black 1959–1962
- Come Along and Ride This Train
- The Essential Johnny Cash (1992)
- Wanted Man
- The Man in Black 1963–1969
- The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits
- 16 Biggest Hits
- Love, God, Murder
- The Essential Johnny Cash (2002)
- Unearthed
- The Legend
- The Legend of Johnny Cash
- Johnny Cash: Patriot
- 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
- The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
- The Complete Columbia Album Collection
- Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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| Songs |
- "25 Minutes to Go"
- "Seasons of My Heart"
- "Any Old Wind That Blows"
- "A Wonderful Time Up There"
- "The Ballad of Boot Hill"
- "The Ballad of Ira Hayes"
- "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
- "Big River"
- "Blistered"
- "A Boy Named Sue"
- "Busted"
- "Cat's in the Cradle"
- "Cocaine Blues"
- "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
- "Daddy Sang Bass"
- "Dark as a Dungeon"
- "Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
- "Engine 143"
- "Flesh and Blood"
- "The Folk Singer"
- "Folsom Prison Blues"
- "Forty Shades of Green"
- "Get Rhythm"
- "Give My Love to Rose"
- "Goodnight, Irene"
- "Green, Green Grass of Home"
- "Greystone Chapel"
- "Guess Things Happen That Way"
- "Hey, Porter"
- "Home of the Blues"
- "Hurt"
- "I Couldn't Keep from Crying"
- "I Love You Because"
- "I Still Miss Someone"
- "I Walk the Line"
- "If I Had a Hammer"
- "If I Were a Carpenter"
- "In My Life"
- "In the Jailhouse Now"
- "It Ain't Me Babe"
- "Jackson"
- "Kate"
- "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"
- "The Man Comes Around"
- "Man in Black"
- "The Matador"
- "Oh Lonesome Me"
- "One Piece at a Time"
- "Oney"
- "Orange Blossom Special"
- "The One on the Right Is on the Left"
- "Remember the Alamo"
- "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"
- "Ring of Fire"
- "Rock Island Line"
- "So Doggone Lonesome"
- "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
- "Tennessee Flat Top Box"
- "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
- "A Thing Called Love"
- "Understand Your Man"
- "What Is Truth"
- "What'd I Say"
- "You Are My Sunshine"
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| Television | |
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| Biographies |
- Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words
- Cash: The Autobiography
- Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music
- My Father and the Man in Black
- Walk the Line
- Ring of Fire (musical)
- Ring of Fire (2013 film)
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| Tribute albums |
- The Sound Behind Johnny Cash
- Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
- Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny
- All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
- Johnny Cash Remixed
- We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
- Forever Words
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| Associated acts |
- The Highwaymen
- The Tennessee Three
- Bob Wootton
- Carl Perkins
- W. S. Holland
- Marshall Grant
- Luther Perkins
- Million Dollar Quartet
- The Great Eighties Eight
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| Family | |
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| Historical sites |
- Dyess, Arkansas
- Johnny Cash Boyhood Home
- Johnny Cash Museum
- House of Cash
- Carter Family Fold
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| Singles |
- "Silhouettes"
- "Be My Baby"
- "Baby, I Love You"
- "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up"
- "Do I Love You?"
- "Walking in the Rain"
- "Is This What I Get For Loving You?"
- "I Can Hear Music"
- "You Came, You Saw, You Conquered"
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| 1954 |
- "That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky"
- "Good Rockin' Tonight" / "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine"
- "Milkcow Blues Boogie" / "You're a Heartbreaker"
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| 1955 | |
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| 1956 |
- "Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One"
- "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" / "My Baby Left Me"
- "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog"
- "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti"
- "Money Honey"
- "I Got a Woman"
- "Tryin' to Get to You"
- "Blue Moon"
- "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')" / "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)"
- "Shake, Rattle and Roll" / "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
- "Love Me Tender" / "Any Way You Want Me"
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| 1957 |
- "Too Much" / "Playing for Keeps"
- "All Shook Up" / "That's When Your Heartaches Begin"
- "Peace in the Valley"
- "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You"
- "Paralyzed" (UK)
- "Jailhouse Rock" / "Treat Me Nice"
- "Party" / "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" (UK)
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| 1958 |
- "Don't" / "I Beg of You"
- "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" / "Doncha' Think It's Time"
- "Hard Headed Woman" / "Don't Ask Me Why"
- "King Creole" (UK)
- "One Night" / "I Got Stung"
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| 1959 |
- "I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I"
- "A Big Hunk o' Love" / "My Wish Came True"
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| 1960 |
- "Stuck on You" / "Fame and Fortune"
- "It's Now or Never" / "A Mess of Blues"
- "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "I Gotta Know"
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| 1961 | |
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| 1962 |
- "Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You"
- "She's Not You" / "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello"
- "King of the Whole Wide World"
- "Return to Sender" / "Where Do You Come From"
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| 1963 |
- "One Broken Heart for Sale" / "They Remind Me Too Much of You"
- "(You're the) Devil in Disguise"
- "Bossa Nova Baby" / "Witchcraft"
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| 1964 |
- "Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me"
- "Kiss Me Quick" / "Suspicion"
- "Viva Las Vegas" / "What'd I Say"
- "Such a Night" / "Never Ending"
- "Ask Me" / "Ain't That Loving You Baby"
- "Blue Christmas"
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| 1965 |
- "Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone"
- "Crying in the Chapel
- "(Such an) Easy Question" / "It Feels So Right"
- "I'm Yours" / "(It's a) Long Lonely Highway"
- "Puppet on a String" / "Wooden Heart"
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| 1966 |
- "Tell Me Why" / "Blue River"
- "Frankie and Johnny" / "Please Don't Stop Loving Me"
- "Love Letters"
- "Spinout" / "All That I Am"
- "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"
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| 1967 |
- "Indescribably Blue" / "Fools Fall in Love"
- "You Gotta Stop" / "The Love Machine" (UK)
- "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You Never Forget"
- "There's Always Me" / "Judy"
- "Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me"
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| 1968 |
- "Guitar Man"
- "U.S. Male" / "Stay Away"
- "We Call on Him" / "You'll Never Walk Alone"
- "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go"
- "Almost in Love" / "A Little Less Conversation"
- "If I Can Dream" / "Edge of Reality"
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| 1969 |
- "Memories" / "Charro"
- "How Great Thou Art"
- "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now"
- "Clean Up Your Own Backyard"
- "Suspicious Minds" / "You'll Think of Me"
- "Don't Cry Daddy"
- "Rubberneckin'"
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| 1970 |
- "Kentucky Rain"
- "The Wonder of You" / "Mama Liked the Roses"
- "I've Lost You" / "The Next Step Is Love"
- "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up"
- "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"
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| 1971 |
- "Rags to Riches"
- "Life" / "Only Believe"
- "I'm Leavin'"
- "It's Only Love" / "The Sound of Your Cry"
- "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"
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| 1972 | |
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| 1973 |
- "Steamroller Blues" / "Fool"
- "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"
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| 1974 |
- "Take Good Care of Her" / "I've Got a Thing About You, Baby"
- "If You Talk in Your Sleep" / "Help Me"
- "Promised Land" / "It's Midnight"
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| 1975 |
- "My Boy" / "Thinking About You"
- "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
- "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"
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| 1976 |
- "For the Heart" / "Hurt"
- "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care"
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| 1978 | |
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Posthumous singles |
- "Puppet on a String" / "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (1978)
- "Are You Sincere" / "Solitaire"
- "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" / "I Got a Feelin' in My Body"
- "Guitar Man"
- "Loving Arms" / You Asked Me To"
- "You'll Never Walk Alone / "There Goes My Everything" (1982)
- "The Elvis Medley"
- "I Was the One" / "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" (1983)
- "Heartbreak Hotel" (1996)
- "Blue Christmas" (1998)
- "A Little Less Conversation" (JXL remix)
- "Rubberneckin'" (Paul Oakenfold Remix)
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (with Carrie Underwood) (2008)
- "Blue Christmas" (with Martina McBride) (2008)
- "I Got a Feelin' in My Body" (Tommie Sunshine & Wuki Remix)
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