(Title / label # / Billboard placing &
chart run (soul / pop) / year)
For O.C.'s vocals on other artists'
records, soundtracks and compilations, please consult the article.
THE COMPLETE ROULETTE LIVE RECORDINGS OF
COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA (1959-1962) (Mosaic MR12-135; 8 cd's) 1991
(-note: these tracks with O.C. on vocals
appeared first only on this box, not in the early 60s)
June 27, 1961, Birdland, NYC: Pretty
Eyes/Smack Dab In The Middle/So Young, So Beautiful/Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To
You/Don't Push, Don't Pull/Everyday I Have The Blues/Person To
Person/Pretty Eyes/Teach Me Tonight (a duet with Sarah Vaughan);
July 28, 1961, Birdland: There Will Never
Be Another You/Make Me A Present Of You/Alright, OK, You Win/It Won't Be
Long/Don't Worry 'Bout Me/Don't Push, Don't Pull
August 12, 1962, Gröna Lund, Stockholm:
Person To Person/Deed I Do
THE DYNAMIC O.C. SMITH (Columbia 9514) '67
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever/That's
Life/My Romance/Work Song/On The South Side Of Chicago/Fever//The
Season/Georgia Rose/Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars/What Now My Love/Here's That
Rainy Day
The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp/Sitting
On The Dock Of The Bay/Main Street Mission/By The Time I Get To Phoenix/Long
Black Limousine/The House Next Door//Little Green Apples/Take Time To Know
Her/Honey (I Miss You)/The Best Man/Seven Days
FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE (Columbia 9756); # 8
(18 weeks) / # 50 (15 weeks); '69
Isn't It Lonely Together/For Once In My
Life/Hey Jude/Wichita Lineman/Promises/I Ain't The Worryin'
Kind//Melodee/Stormy/Cycles/Keep On Keepin' On/Sounds Of Goodbye
AT HOME (Columbia 9908); # 7 (20 weeks) / #
58 (16 weeks); '69
Daddy's Little Man/Friend, Lover, Woman,
Wife/Color Him Father/Clean Up Your Own Back Yard/If I Leave You Now//My Cherie
Amour/The Learning Tree/Didn't We/Sweet Changes/San Francisco Is A Lonely
Town/Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Little Green Apples/Daddy's Little
Man/Honey (I Miss You)/That's Life/Moody/Main Street Mission//Son Of Hickory
Holler's Tramp/Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife/Primrose Lane/Isn't It Lonely
Together/Me And You
HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT (Columbia
30664); # 49 (2 weeks) / # 159 (7 weeks); '71
Help Me Make It Through The Night/Watching
Scotty Grow/Tall Oak Tree/The Long Drive Home/What You See//For The Good
Times/I Stop By Heaven/Empty Arms/Remembering/Diamond In The Rough/Really Big
Shoe
LA LA PEACE SONG (Columbia 33247); '74
La La Peace Song/Don't Misunderstand/When
Morning Comes/Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife/My Cherie Amour//Wish You Were Here
With Me, Mary/I Think I'll Tell Her/Daddy's Little Man/Baby, I Need Your
Loving/The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp
TOGETHER (Caribou 81848); '77
Just Couldn't Help Myself/You And
I/Together/Simple Life/Sweet Lov'liness//Wham Bam (Blue Collar Man)/Come With
Me/Pretending/Love Song/Empty Hearts/I Found The Secret
LOVE IS FOREVER (Shady Brook 012); '79
Love To Burn/Give Me Time/I Don't Know
How To Look For Love/Better Off Just Loving You/You Thrill Me//Living Without
Your Love/A Woman Afraid To Love Again/What Are We Gonna Do About Us/Can't Be
The One To Say It's Over/Everything's Changed
DREAMS COME TRUE (Family 1000); '80
Falling In Love With You (So Easy)/Baby
Come Back/Dreams Come True//Nothing But The Best/You Mean The World To Me
Sweetheart/No Sooner Said Than Done/Walkin' On Air
LOVE CHANGES (South Bay 1001 -> Motown
6019); # 61 (5 weeks) / - ; '82
I Betcha/If You Knew/Love Changes/Girl//Got
To Know/That's One For Love/You're Still My Lady/We're Making Love, We're
Making Music/I'm Glad I Fell In Love With You
WHAT'CHA GONNA DO (Rendezvous 5000); '86
What'cha Gonna Do/Never Say Never/You're
The First, My Last, My Everything/Brenda//La La Peace Song ('86)/You Saved
Me/Spark Of Love/If The World Should End Tomorrow
GREATEST HITS (Original Artist Records); '87
Little Green Apples/Daddy's Little
Man/Hickory Hollers Tramp/Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife/Color Him Father/Don't
Misunderstand/Honey/Baby Come Back/La La Peace Song (note: re-recordings)
ROMANTIC COLLECTION (Original Artist
Records); '87
What'cha Gonna Do/You're The First, My
Last, My Everything/Spark Of Love/Brenda/You Saved Me/Falling In Love With You
(So Easy)/You Mean The World To Me Sweetheart/Walkin' On Air/Nothin But The
Best
AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE (Triune 4153); '93
After All Is Said And Done/Yes I Will/Still
In Love With You/The Best Out Of Me/As Long As I Have You/I'm In
Love/Brenda/The Wisest Of Us Are Fools For Love/Friends/I Could Write A Love
Song/You Saved Me
BEACH MUSIC CLASSICS AND LOVE SONGS (Ruby
Jude Records 5203); 2000
Brenda/You're The First, My Last, My
Everything/Spark Of Love/The Best Out Of Me/I'm In Love/After All Is Said And
Done/Still In Love With You/Doin' The Shag/Nothing But The Best/What'cha
Gonna Do/The Wisest Of Us Are Fools/You Mean The World To Me
Sweetheart/Primrose Lane/Never Sat Never/No Sooner Said Than Done
I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU (Ruby Jude); 2002
I Give My Heart To You/Whatever It
Takes/Unconditional Love/Hangin' On A Heartbeat/Supposed To Be/Where Is The
Loving (Only You & I Know)/Save The Last Dance For Me/A Night 2
Remember/Everytime/This Is Gonna' Last Forever/Understand/Isn't Life
Beautiful
REMEMBERING O.C.SMITH – LOVE BALLADS (Bluewater
Recordings); 2006
Dreams Come True/Everytime/Baby Come
Back/Don't Misunderstand/As Long As I Have You/Yes I Will/What'cha Gonna
Do/You're The First, My Last, My Everything/Little Green Apples/I Could Write
A Love Song/If The World Should End Tomorrow/After All Is Said And Done/A Night
2 Remember/Where Is The Loving/Friends
OTHER AVAILABLE CD COMPILATIONS:
- Hickory Holler Revisited & For Once
In My Life (Collectables 7545), 2003
- Greatest Hits & Help Me Make It
Through The Night (Collectables 7546), 2003
- The Very Best Of O.C. Smith (Taragon
1099), 2003 – 21 Columbia plus 2 Caribou tracks
- Me And You (Collectables 9574), 2004 –
only 10 Columbia tracks
Acknowledgements to Ocie Lee Smith III, Jerry Fuller, H.B.
Barnum, Charles Wallert, Thom Bell, Steve Propes, Billy Foster, Matti Laipio
and Jouni Saari
