Kitty Wells albums discography

The albums discography of Kitty Wells, an American country artist, consists of thirty-six studio albums, eleven compilation albums, and one box set. Wells' first album release was 1956's Country Hit Parade on Decca Records, which compiled her hits during her first four years of recording for the label. Prior to its release, many labels were reluctant to release albums by female country artists until Wells became the first female vocalist to sell records.[1] Following its release, Wells and her label issued three studio albums during the 1950s: Winner of Your Heart (1957), Lonely Street (1958), and Dust on the Bible (1959). After the success of Wells' number one single "Heartbreak U.S.A." in 1961, an album of the same name was released the same year.

Kitty Wells discography
Studio albums	36
Compilation albums	11
Box sets	1

In 1963, her fourth compilation album The Kitty Wells Story became her first album to chart among the newly created Billboard Magazine Top Country Albums list, peaking at #7.[2] In 1964, her tenth studio album Especially for You became her first studio album to chart on the same list, peaking at #19.[3] The latter started a string of albums that would peak on the Billboard country chart during the 1960s, including Burning Memories (#7; 1965),[4] Lonesome, Sad, and Blue (#7; 1965),[5] and Queen of the Honky Tonk Street (#5; 1967).[6]

After collaborating with country artist Red Foley on a single, the pair released the album Together Again in 1967. The album reached #24 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.[7] The following year, Wells and her husband Johnnie Wright issued We'll Stick Together, whose title track became a minor hit. The duo also released a gospel album in 1972. In the 1970s, Wells' chart success began to decline and her albums remained absent from the Billboard lists. Before leaving Decca/MCA, Wells released Yours Truly, her final studio album for the label, in 1973. Wells signed with Capricorn Records in 1975 and released her thirtieth studio album Forever Young the same year. In 1979, Wells and her husband formed the label Rubocca Records, and Wells issued her final studio albums in 1979 and 1981 on Rubocca respectively.[8]

Studio albums

1950s

Title	Album details
Winner of Your Heart	Release date: August 1957 Label: Decca Formats: LP
Lonely Street	Release date: August 1958 Label: Decca Formats: LP
After Dark	Release date: June 1959 Label: Decca Formats: LP
Dust on the Bible	Release date: August 1959 Label: Decca Formats: LP

1960s

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country [9]
Kitty's Choice	Release date: April 1960 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Seasons of My Heart	Release date: September 1960 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Heartbreak U.S.A.	Release date: May 1961 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Queen of Country Music	Release date: February 1962 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Singing on Sunday	Release date: June 1962 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Christmas Day With Kitty Wells	Release date: November 1962 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Especially for You	Release date: January 1964 Label: Decca Formats: LP	19
Country Music Time	Release date: August 1964 Label: Decca Formats: LP	14
Burning Memories	Release date: February 1965 Label: Decca Formats: LP	7
Lonesome, Sad, and Blue	Release date: June 1965 Label: Decca Formats: LP	7
Songs Made Famous by Jim Reeves	Release date: February 1966 Label: Decca Formats: LP	24
Country All the Way	Release date: June 1966 Label: Decca Formats: LP	9
The Kitty Wells Show	Release date: December 1966 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Love Makes the World Go Around	Release date: April 1967 Label: Decca Formats: LP	28
Queen of Honky Tonk Street	Release date: October 1967 Label: Decca Formats: LP, reel tape	5
Showcase	Release date: March 1968 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette tape, reel	22
Cream of Country Hits	Release date: December 1968 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette, reel	—
Guilty Street	Release date: 1969 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette, reel	29
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

1970s–1980s

Title	Album details
A Bouquet of Country Hits	Release date: January 1970 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
Singin' Em Country	Release date: July 1970 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
Your Love Is the Way	Release date: November 1970 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
They're Stepping All Over My Heart	Release date: April 1971 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
Pledging My Love	Release date: October 1971 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
Sincerely	Release date: June 1972 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
I've Got Yesterday	Release date: October 1972 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
Yours Truly	Release date: July 1973 Label: MCA Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
Forever Young	Release date: January 1975 Label: Capricorn Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
Hall of Fame, Vol. I	Release date: 1979 Label: Rubocca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette
Hall of Fame, Vol. II	Release date: 1981 Label: Rubocca Formats: LP

Collaborative albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country [9]
The Kitty Wells Family Gospel Sing (with Kitty Wells' family)	Release date: October 1965 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Together Again (with Red Foley)	Release date: August 1967 Label: Decca Formats: LP	24
We'll Stick Together (with Johnnie Wright)	Release date: July 1968 Label: Decca Formats: LP	30
Kitty Wells and Johnnie Wright Sing Heartwarming Gospel Songs (with Johnnie Wright)	Release date: July 1968 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country [9]
Kitty Wells' Country Hit Parade	Release date: 1956 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Kitty Wells' & Red Foley's Golden Favorites	Release date: February 1961 Label: Decca Formats: LP	—
Kitty Wells' and Red Foley's Golden Hits (with Red Foley)	Release date: 1961 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette	—
The Kitty Wells Story	Release date: August 1963 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette	7
Kitty Wells	Release date: November 1966 Label: Vocalion Formats: LP, cassette (1980's reissue on Coral Records)	—
Kitty Wells' Greatest Hits	Release date: June 1968 Label: Decca Formats: LP, 8 track, cassette, reel	37
Country Heart	Release date: July 1969 Label: Vocalion Formats: LP	—
Jesus Is Coming Soon	Release date: 1990 Label: MCA Special Products	—
Country Music Hall of Fame Series	Release date: 1991 Label: MCA Formats: Cassette, CD, music download	—
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection	Release date: June 4, 2002 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: Cassette, CD, music download	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

Title	Album details
The Queen of Country Music	Release date: June 28, 1994 Label: Bear Family Formats: CD

References

1. Nash, Alanna (2006). Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Country Music in America. Dorling Kindersley. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7566-2353-1.
2. "The Kitty Wells Story > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
3. "Especially for You > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
4. "Burning Memories > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
5. "Lonesome, Sad, and Blue > charts". Allmusic.
6. "Queen of the Honky Tonk Street > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
7. "Together Again > charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
8. "Artist Biography - Kitty Wells". Countrypolitan. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
9. "Billboard chart positions > Kitty Wells albums". Allmusic.