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{{Infobox artist discography

|Artist = Don Williams

|Image = Donwilliams.jpg

|Caption = Don Williams performing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on November 5, 2006

|Studio = 25

|Compilation = 13

|EP =

|Live = 2

|Singles = 62

|Music videos = 7

|Option = 21

|Option name = #1 Singles

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This is a detailed discography for American country music singer Don Williams that includes information on all of his studio albums, singles, greatest hits compilations and live albums. Don Williams was active from 1967 until his death in 2017.[https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/don-williams-countrys-gentle-giant-dead-at-78-w501990 Don Williams, Country's 'Gentle Giant,' Dead at 78]. Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 8, 2017 He was one of the best-selling male vocalists in country music in the 1970s and early 1980s.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/arts/music/don-williams-dead-country-singer.html?mcubz=1|title=Don Williams, Singer of Plain-Spoken Country Songs, Dies at 78|author=Roslyn Sulcas|date=September 8, 2017|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=September 9, 2017}}

Studio albums

{{See also|List of songs written by Don Williams}}

=1970s=

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rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details

! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country
{{cite magazine

| url=http://www.billboard.com/

| title=Artist Chart History – Don Williams

| magazine=Billboard

| access-date=December 2, 2010}}

! width="45"| US

! width="45"| AUS{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=338}}

! width="45"| CAN Country

scope="row"| Don Williams Volume One

|

| 5

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| —

| —

scope="row"| Don Williams Volume Two

|

  • Release date: January 1974
  • Label: JMI Records
  • Formats: LP

| 13

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| —

| —

scope="row"| Don Williams Vol. III

|

| 3

| —

| —

| —

scope="row"| You're My Best Friend

|

  • Release date: April 1975
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 5

| —

| —

| —

scope="row"| Harmony

|

  • Release date: April 5, 1976
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 1

| —

| —

| —

scope="row"| Visions

|

  • Release date: January 17, 1977
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 4

| —

| 98

| —

scope="row"| Country Boy

|

  • Release date: September 13, 1977
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 9

| —

| —

| 11

scope="row"| Expressions

|

  • Release date: August 23, 1978
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 2

| 161

| —

| 1

scope="row"| Portrait

|

  • Release date: October 19, 1979
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 11

| —

| —

| —

colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=1980s=

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! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details

! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Certifications
(sales threshold)

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| US

! width="45"| AUS

! width="45"| CAN Country

scope="row"| I Believe in You

|

  • Release date: August 4, 1980
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 2

| 57

| 47

| 3

| align="left"|

scope="row"| Especially for You

|

  • Release date: June 26, 1981
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 5

| 109

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| Listen to the Radio

|

  • Release date: March 26, 1982
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 6

| 166

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| Yellow Moon

|

  • Release date: March 25, 1983
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 12

| 44

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| Cafe Carolina

|

  • Release date: May 14, 1984
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 13

| —

| —

| 1

|

scope="row"| New Moves

|

  • Release date: January 17, 1986
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 29

| —

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| Traces

|

  • Release date: October 14, 1987
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette

| —

| —

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| One Good Well

|

  • Release date: April 28, 1989
  • Label: RCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette

| 54

| —

| —

| —

|

colspan="7" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=1990s=

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rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details

! colspan="1"| Peak
positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="65"| US Country

scope="row"| True Love

|

  • Release date: August 7, 1990
  • Label: RCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette

| 56

scope="row"| Currents

|

  • Release date: March 10, 1992
  • Label: RCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette

| —

scope="row"| Borrowed Tales

|

  • Release date: August 8, 1995
  • Label: American Harvest Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette

| —

scope="row"| Flatlands

|

  • Release date: October 8, 1996
  • Label: American Harvest Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette

| —

scope="row"| I Turn the Page

|

  • Release date: October 27, 1998
  • Label: Giant Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette

| 69

colspan="3" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=2000s and 2010s=

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rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details

! colspan="2"| Peak chart
positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| US

scope="row"| My Heart to You

|

| —

| —

scope="row"| And So It Goes

|

| 20

| 100

scope="row"| Reflections

|

  • Release date: March 11, 2014
  • Label: Sugar Hill Records
  • Formats: CD, music download

| 19

| 124

Live albums

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style="width:16em;"| Title

! style="width:18em;"| Album details

scope="row"| An Evening with Don Williams: Best Of Live

|

  • Release date: May 27, 1994
  • Label: American Harvest Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
scope="row"| Live Greatest Hits, Volume Two

|

  • Release date: April 17, 2001
  • Label: Row Music Group
  • Formats: CD
scope="row"| Don Williams in Ireland

|

  • Release date: April 15, 2016
  • Label: Don Williams Music Group
  • Formats: CD, LP


Compilation albums

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rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details

! colspan="3"| Peak chart
positions

! rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Certifications
(sales threshold)

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| AUS

! width="45"| CAN Country

scope="row"| Greatest Hits, Volume One

|

  • Release date: September 22, 1975
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 5

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| The Best of Don Williams, Volume II

|

  • Release date: April 23, 1979
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| 7

| —

| 2

| align="left"|

  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
scope="row"| Now & Then

|

  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: J&B Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette

| —

| 31

| —

|

scope="row"| The Best of Don Williams, Volume III

|

  • Release date: February 13, 1984
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette

| 18

| —

| —

| align="left"|

  • US: Gold
scope="row"| Greatest Hits Volume IV

|

  • Release date: November 11, 1985
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette

| 60

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| Lovers and Best Friends

|

  • Release date: September 22, 1986
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: LP, cassette

| —

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| 20 Greatest Hits

|

  • Release date: February 16, 1987
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette

| 14

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| Greatest Country Hits

|

  • Release date: September 10, 1990
  • Label: Curb Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette

| —

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| The Best of Don Williams

|

  • Release date: May 23, 1995
  • Label: RCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD, cassette

| —

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| 20th Century Masters:
The Millennium Collection

|

| 74

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| Gold

|

  • Release date: October 17, 2000
  • Label: Hip-O Records
  • Formats: CD

| —

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| 20th Century Masters:
The Millennium Collection, Vol. 2

|

  • Release date: September 25, 2001
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD

| —

| —

| —

|

scope="row"| The Definitive Collection

|

  • Release date: June 22, 2004
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD

| 48

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|

scope="row"| Icon: Don Williams

|

  • Release date: August 31, 2010
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Formats: CD

| 43

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|

colspan="6" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

=1970s=

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"| Single

! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country
{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|pages=463–464|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

! width="45"| US Bubbling

! width="45"| AUS

! width="45"| CAN Country

! width="45"| UK
{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/don%20williams/|title=UK Singles Chart history for Don Williams|work=The Official Charts Company|access-date=November 20, 2010}}

rowspan="3"| 1973

! scope="row"| "The Shelter of Your Eyes"

| 14

| —

| —

| —

| —

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Don Williams Volume One

scope="row"| "Come Early Morning"

| 12

| —

| —

| —

| —

scope="row"| "Amanda"

| 33

| —

| 65

| —

| —

rowspan="5"| 1974

! scope="row"| "Atta Way to Go"

| 13

| —

| —

| 57

| —

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Don Williams Volume Two

scope="row"| "We Should Be Together"

| 5

| —

| —

| —

| —

scope="row"| "Down the Road I Go"

| 62

| —

| —

| 50

| —

scope="row"| "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me"

| 1

| —

| —

| 10

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Don Williams Vol. III

scope="row"| "The Ties That Bind"

| 4

| —

| —

| 2

| —

rowspan="3"| 1975

! scope="row"| "You're My Best Friend"

| 1

| —

| 50

| 1

| 35

| align="left" rowspan="2"| You're My Best Friend

scope="row"| "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight"

| 1

| —

| —

| 5

| —

scope="row"| "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry"

| 1

| —

| —

| —

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Harmony

rowspan="3"| 1976

! scope="row"| "Say It Again"

| 1

| —

| —

| 4

| —

scope="row"| "I Recall a Gypsy Woman"

| —

| —

| —

| —

| 13

| align="left"| Don Williams Volume One

scope="row"| "She Never Knew Me"

| 2

| 3

| —

| 2

| —

| align="left"| Harmony

rowspan="2"| 1977

! scope="row"| "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"

| 1

| 8

| —

| 6

| —

| align="left"| Visions

scope="row"| "I'm Just a Country Boy"

| 1

| 10

| —

| 1

| 57{{Efn|Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".|name=fn2|group=upper-alpha}}

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Country Boy

rowspan="3"| 1978

! scope="row"| "I've Got a Winner in You"

| 7

| —

| —

| 10

| —

scope="row"| "Rake and Ramblin' Man"

| 3

| —

| —

| 2

| —

scope="row"| "Tulsa Time"

| 1

| 6

| —

| 1

| —

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Expressions

rowspan="3"| 1979

! scope="row"| "Lay Down Beside Me"

| 3

| —

| 88

| 2

| —

scope="row"| "It Must Be Love"

| 1

| —

| —

| 2

| —

scope="row"| "Love Me Over Again"

| 1

| —

| —

| 1

| —

| align="left"| Portrait

colspan="8" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=1980s=

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"| Single

! colspan="6"| Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| US

! width="45"| US AC
{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Top Adult Songs 1961–2006|publisher=Record Research, Inc.|year=2007|isbn= 978-0-89820-169-7}}

! width="45"| AUS

! width="45"| CAN Country

! width="45"| CAN AC

rowspan="2"| 1980

! scope="row"| "Good Ole Boys Like Me"

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| 3

| —

| align="left"| Portrait

scope="row"| "I Believe in You"

| 1

| 24

| 8

| 20

| 1

| 7

| align="left" rowspan="2"| I Believe in You

rowspan="3"| 1981

! scope="row"| "Falling Again"

| 6

| —

| 39

| —

| 3

| —

scope="row"| "Miracles"

| 4

| —

| 32

| —

| 2

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Especially for You

scope="row"| "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good"

| 1

| —

| —

| —

| 1

| —

rowspan="3"| 1982

! scope="row"| "Listen to the Radio"

| 3

| —

| —

| —

| 1

| —

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Listen to the Radio

scope="row"| "Mistakes"

| 3

| —

| —

| —

| 3

| —

scope="row"| "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)"

| 1

| —

| —

| —

| 1

| —

rowspan="3"| 1983

! scope="row"| "Love Is on a Roll"

| 1

| —

| —

| —

| 1

| —

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Yellow Moon

scope="row"| "Nobody but You"

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| 1

| —

scope="row"| "Stay Young"

| 1

| —

| —

| —

| 3

| —

rowspan="2"| 1984

! scope="row"| "That's the Thing About Love"

| 1

| —

| —

| —

| 1

| —

| align="left" rowspan="4"| Cafe Carolina

scope="row"| "Maggie's Dream"

| 11

| —

| —

| —

| 13

| —

rowspan="2"| 1985

! scope="row"| "Walkin' a Broken Heart"

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| 3

| —

scope="row"| "It's Time for Love"

| 20

| —

| —

| —

| 49

| —

rowspan="3"| 1986

! scope="row"| "We've Got a Good Fire Goin'"

| 3

| —

| —

| —

| 2

| —

| align="left" rowspan="5"| New Moves

scope="row"| "Heartbeat in the Darkness"

| 1

| —

| —

| —

| 2

| —

scope="row"| "Then It's Love"

| 3

| —

| —

| —

| 4

| —

rowspan="3"| 1987

! scope="row"| "Señorita"

| 9

| —

| —

| —

| 12

| —

scope="row"| "I'll Never Be in Love Again"

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| 15

| —

scope="row"| "I Wouldn't Be a Man"

| 9

| —

| —

| —

| 7

| —

| align="left" rowspan="4"| Traces

rowspan="2"| 1988

! scope="row"| "Another Place, Another Time"

| 5

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

scope="row"| "Desperately"

| 7

| —

| —

| —

| 5

| —

rowspan="3"| 1989

! scope="row"| "Old Coyote Town"

| 5

| —

| —

| —

| 2

| —

scope="row"| "One Good Well"

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| 3

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| One Good Well

scope="row"| "I've Been Loved by the Best"

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| 11

| —

colspan="9" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

=1990s and beyond=

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak chart
positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| CAN Country

rowspan="3"| 1990

! scope="row"| "Just as Long as I Have You"

| 4

| 11

| align="left" rowspan="2"| One Good Well

scope="row"| "Maybe That's All It Takes"

| 22

| 47

scope="row"| "Back in My Younger Days"

| 2

| 1

| align="left" rowspan="3"| True Love

rowspan="2"| 1991

! scope="row"| "True Love"

| 4

| 5

scope="row"| "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy"

| 7

| 17

rowspan="3"| 1992

! scope="row"| "It's Who You Love"

| 73

| —

| align="left" rowspan="3"| Currents

scope="row"| "Too Much Love"

| 72

| —

scope="row"| "Catfish Bates"{{cite magazine|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-08-22.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=August 22, 1992}}

| —

| —

rowspan="2"| 1995

! scope="row"| "Fever"

| —

| —

| align="left" rowspan="2"| Borrowed Tales

scope="row"| "Games People Play"

| —

| —

rowspan="2"| 1998

! scope="row"| "Cracker Jack Diamond"

| —

| 87

| align="left"| I Turn the Page

scope="row"| "Pretty Little Baby Child"

| —

| —

| {{n/a}}

2004

! scope="row"| "My Heart to You"

| —

| —

| align="left"| My Heart to You

2012

! scope="row"| "I Just Come Here for the Music" (with Alison Krauss)

| —

| —

| align="left"| And So It Goes

2014

! scope="row"| "I'll Be Here in the Morning"{{cite web |title=Future Releases for Country Radio Stations |url=http://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases |publisher=All Access Music Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012013144/http://www.allaccess.com/country/future-releases |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

| —

| —

| align="left"| Reflections

colspan="5" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

=Featured singles=

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rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"| Single

! rowspan="2"| Artist

! colspan="2"| Peak chart
positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="45"| US Country

! width="45"| CAN Country

1981

! scope="row"| "If I Needed You"

| Emmylou Harris

| 3

| 1

| align="left"| Cimarron

=Promotional singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2" style="width:24em;"| Single

! Peak
positions

! rowspan="2"| Album

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="65"| US Country

1980

! scope="row"| "Could You Ever Really Love a Poor Boy"

| 97

| {{n/a}}

Music videos

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
Year

! style="width:24em;"| Video

! Director

1986

! scope="row"| "Heartbeat in the Darkness"

| Sherman Halsey

1989

! scope="row"| "I've Been Loved by the Best"

| Phil Olsman

1995

! scope="row"| "Fever"

| Bob Gabrielsen

2004

! scope="row"| "My Heart to You"

| John Donegan

2012

! scope="row"| "Imagine That" (with Keith Urban)

| David McClister

rowspan="2"| 2014

! scope="row"| "I'll Be Here in the Morning"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/don-williams/1008324/ill-be-here-in-the-morning.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304221841/http://www.cmt.com/videos/don-williams/1008324/ill-be-here-in-the-morning.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2014|title=CMT : Videos : Don Williams : I'll be Here in the Morning|publisher=Country Music Television|access-date=March 4, 2014}}

| rowspan="2"| Bill Filipiak

scope="row"| "Sing Me Back Home"{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/don-williams/1063985/sing-me-back-home.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812204626/http://www.cmt.com/videos/don-williams/1063985/sing-me-back-home.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2014|title=CMT : Videos : Don Williams : Sing Me Back Home|publisher=Country Music Television|access-date=August 10, 2014}}

See also

Notes

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References

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{{cite web|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Don%20Williams&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25|title=Gold & Platinum Database Search: Don Williams|publisher=RIAA|access-date=December 2, 2010}}

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