Chris LeDoux discography

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Chris LeDoux discography
Studio albums28
Live albums1
Compilation albums13
Music videos7
Singles33
Collaborations2

RIAA.[1]

LeDoux has released a total of 33 singles, most of them from his major label albums. While most of his singles failed to chart or missed the top 40, his most famous song is the duet with Garth Brooks, "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" which charted at #7 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The follow-up single, "Cadillac Ranch" reached #18.

Studio albums

1970s

Title Details
Songs of Rodeo Life
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: self-released
Rodeo Songs "Old & New"
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: self-released
Songs of Rodeo and Country
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: self-released
Rodeo and Living Free
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: self-released
Life as a Rodeo Man
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: self-released
Songbook of the American West
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: self-released
Sing Me a Song Mr. Rodeo Man
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: self-released
Cowboys Ain't Easy to Love
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: self-released
Paint Me Back Home in Wyoming
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: self-released
Western Tunesmith
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: self-released

1980s

Title Details
Old Cowboy Heroes
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: self-released
He Rides the Wild Horses
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: self-released
Used to Want to Be a Cowboy
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: self-released
Old Cowboy Classics
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: self-released
Thirty Dollar Cowboy
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: self-released
Melodies and Memories
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: self-released
Wild and Wooly
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: self-released
Chris LeDoux and the Saddle Boogie Band
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: self-released
Powder River
  • Release date: 1989
  • Label: self-released

1990s

Title Details Peak chart
positions[2][3]
sales thresholds
)
US Country US
Western Underground[A] 36 —
Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy
  • Release date: July 20, 1992
  • Label: Liberty Records
 9 65
Under This Old Hat
  • Release date: July 5, 1993
  • Label: Liberty Records
 21 131
Haywire
  • Release date: September 6, 1994
  • Label: Liberty Records
 17 128
Stampede 33 —
One Road Man
  • Release date: July 14, 1998
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 24 180
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title Details Peak chart
positions[2][3]
US Country US
Cowboy
  • Release date: August 1, 2000
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 17 134
After the Storm
  • Release date: April 9, 2002
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 14 121
Horsepower
  • Release date: July 22, 2003
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 24 162

Compilation albums

Title Details Peak chart
positions[2][3]
sales thresholds
)
US Country US
Sounds of the Western Country
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: self-released
 — —
Gold Buckle Dreams
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: self-released
 — —
Radio and Rodeo Hits
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: self-released
 — —
Best of Chris LeDoux
  • Release date: March 8, 1994
  • Label: Liberty Records
 51 —
  • US: Gold
American Cowboy
  • Release date: November 1, 1994
  • Label: Liberty Records
 — —
Rodeo Rock and Roll Collection
  • Release date: August 15, 1995
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 — —
20 Greatest Hits
  • Release date: June 8, 1999
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 17 145
  • US: Platinum
The Capitol Collection (1990-2000)
  • Release date: June 4, 2002
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 63 —
20 Originals: The Early Years
  • Release date: June 15, 2004
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 58 —
Anthology, Volume 1
  • Release date: August 16, 2005
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 20 126
The Ultimate Collection
  • Release date: October 3, 2006
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 33 —
Classic Chris LeDoux
  • Release date: April 29, 2008
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 26 175
Icon
  • Release date: 2013
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title Details Peak chart
positions[2]
US Country
Live
  • Release date: June 17, 1997
  • Label: Capitol Nashville
 26

Singles

1970s and 1980s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
1979 "Lean, Mean and Hungry" 99 Paint Me Back Home in Wyoming
"Caballo Diablo" 98 Life as a Rodeo Man
1980 "Ten Seconds in the Saddle" 96 Western Tunesmith
"Buckin' Machine" — Rodeo & Living Free
1982 "I Used to Want to Be a Cowboy" — Used to Want to Be a Cowboy
1984 "Even Cowboys Like a Little Rock and Roll" — Melodies and Memories
1987 "It Ain't the Years, It's the Miles" — Gold Buckle Dreams
1989 "Sons of the Pioneers" — Powder River
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year Single Peak chart
positions 		Album
US Country
[4] 		CAN Country
[3]
1990 "Wild and Wooly" —A — Radio & Rodeo Hits
"Riding for a Fall"[5] — — —
1991 "This Cowboy's Hat" 63 — Western Underground
1992 "Workin' Man's Dollar" 69 —
"Riding for a Fall" (re-recording) 72 —
"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy"
(featuring Garth Brooks) 		7 5 Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy
"Cadillac Ranch" 18 16
1993 "Look at You Girl" 52 56
"Under This Old Hat" 54 53 Under This Old Hat
"Every Time I Roll the Dice" 61 68
1994 "For Your Love" 50 73
"Honky Tonk World" 71 — Haywire
1995 "Tougher Than the Rest" 67 —
"Dallas Days and Fort Worth Nights" 68 —
1996 "Five Dollar Fine"[6] — — Stampede
"Gravitational Pull" 71 77
1997 "When I Say Forever" 65 —
1998 "Runaway Love" 62 — One Road Man
"Bang a Drum" (with Jon Bon Jovi) 68 —
1999 "Life Is a Highway" 64 —
"Stampede" 66 — 20 Greatest Hits
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes:

  • A "Wild and Wooley" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 8 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.[7]

2000s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
[4]
2000 "Silence on the Line" 65 Cowboy
2001 "He Rides the Wild Horses" —
2002 "Bareback Jack"[8] — After the Storm
"Cowboy Up" —
2004 "Horsepower" 56 Horsepower
2005 "The Ride" —
"Airborne Cowboy" — Anthology, Vol. 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director
1991 "Riding for a Fall" Gary Eckert
1992 "Working Man's Dollar" Joanne Gardner
"Cadillac Ranch"[9] Michael Merriman
1993 "Look at You Girl"[10]
"Under This Old Hat"[11] R. Brad Murano/Steven T. Miller
"For Your Love"[12] Michael Salomon
1994 "Honky Tonk World"[13]
"Tougher Than the Rest"[14] Michael Merriman
1996 "Five Dollar Fine" (cameo by Garth Brooks)[15][16] Michael Salomon
1997 "This Cowboy's Hat"[17] Ken Carpenter
1998 "Bang a Drum" (with Jon Bon Jovi)[18] Anthony M. Bongiovi
1999 "Life Is a Highway"[19] Michael Salomon
"Stampede"[20]
2000 "Silence on the Line"[21]
2001 "He Rides the Wild Horses"[22] Various
2003 "Horsepower"[23] Eric Welch

Notes

  • A
    Top Heatseekers
    chart.

References

  1. ^ a b c "RIAA - Chris LeDoux albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
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  3. ^ a b c d "RPM - Chris LeDoux". RPM. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
  4. ^ a b "Chris LeDoux - Country Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  5. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. September 15, 1990.
  6. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Cashbox. March 9, 1996.
  7. ^ "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. March 24, 1990.
  8. ^ "Going for Adds - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. March 22, 2002. p. 32.
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  16. ^ "Chris LeDoux - Five Dollar Fine". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20.
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