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The Kentucky Headhunters discography
Studio albums9
Compilation albums6
Singles27
Music videos14

The Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock & southern rock band founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother. The band's discography comprises nine studio albums, six compilation albums, two video compilations and 27 singles. Of their albums, their 1989 debut Pickin' on Nashville is certified double platinum in the United States and Canada, while 1991's Electric Barnyard has a gold certification in both countries. Of the band's singles, four have reached Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Their highest chart peak is the number 8 "Oh Lonesome Me", which was originally a Number One single for Don Gibson.

Studio albums

1980s and 1990s

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
 US
 CAN
Pickin' on Nashville 2 41 —
  • CAN: 2× Platinum
  • US: 2× Platinum
Electric Barnyard
  • Release date: April 2, 1991
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 3 29 79
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
Rave On!
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 22 102 —
Stompin' Grounds
  • Release date: April 29, 1997
  • Label: BNA Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s – 2020s

Title Album details Peak positions
US Country
Songs from the Grass String Ranch —
Soul
  • Release date: May 6, 2003
  • Label: Audium Entertainment
  • Formats: CD
 —
Big Boss Man
  • Release date: June 21, 2005
  • Label: CBuJ Entertainment
  • Formats: CD
 —
Dixie Lullabies
  • Release date: October 18, 2011
  • Label: Red Dirt
  • Formats: CD
 75
On Safari
  • Release date: November 4, 2016
  • Label: Plowboy
  • Formats: CD, music download
 —
That's a Fact Jack!
  • Release date: October 2, 2021
  • Label: Practice House
  • Formats: CD, music download
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title Album details
The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters:
Still Pickin'
  • Release date: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Flying Under the Radar
  • Release date: June 13, 2006
  • Label: CBuJ Entertainment
  • Formats: CD
Authorized Bootleg: Live – Agara Ballroom – Cleveland, Ohio
The Kentucky Headhunters
  • Release date: December 8, 2011
  • Label: Hickory Records
  • Formats: music download
Snapshot: Kentucky Headhunters
  • Release date: June 23, 2014
  • Label: Hickory Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Dixie Fried : The Best of The Mercury Years
  • Release date: October 12, 2018
  • Label: Wrasse Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair
  • Release date: January 11, 2019
  • Label: Alligator Records
  • Formats: CD, music download

Collaborative albums

Title Album details
That'll Work
(with Johnnie Johnson)
  • Release date: August 17, 1993
  • Label: Elektra/Nonesuch
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Meet Me in Bluesland
(with Johnnie Johnson)

Singles

1970s – 1990s

Year Single Peak chart
positions 		Album
US Country
 CAN Country
1973 "Shotgun Effie" (as Itchy Brother) — — —
1989 "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" 25 — Pickin' on Nashville
1990 "Dumas Walker" 15 54
"Oh Lonesome Me" 8 19
"Rock 'n' Roll Angel" 23 30
1991 "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" 49 82 Electric Barnyard
"With Body and Soul" 56 30
"It's Chitlin' Time" 63 88
"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" 60 —
1992 "Let's Work Together" — — Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (soundtrack)
1993 "Honky Tonk Walkin'" 54 77 Rave On!!
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" — —
"Dixie Fried" 71 —
1994 "Sunday Blues" (with Johnnie Johnson) — — That'll Work
"Stumblin" (with Johnnie Johnson) — —
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" — — Shared Vision: The Songs of the Beatles
1997 "Singin' the Blues" 70 — Stompin' Grounds
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s – 2020s

Year Single Peak positions Album
US Country
2000 "Too Much to Lose" 66 Songs from the Grass String Ranch
2001 "Louisianna CoCo" —
2002 "Love That Woman" —
2003 "Lonely Nights" — Soul
2005 "Big Boss Man" — Big Boss Man
2006 "Chug-a-Lug" —
"Take These Chains from My Heart" —
2011 "Great Acoustics" — Dixie Lullabies
2016 "Crazy Jim" — On Safari
2017 "God Loves a Rolling Stone" —
2018 "Beaver Creek Mansion" —
2021 "How Could I" — That's a Fact Jack!
"That's a Fact Jack" —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Music videos

Year Video Director
1989 "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" John Lloyd Miller
1990 "Dumas Walker"
"Oh Lonesome Me"
1991 "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"
"It's Chitlin' Time" Sherman Halsey
"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" Retta Harvey
1992 "Let's Work Together" Simon Wincer
1993 "Honky Tonk Walkin'" John Lloyd Miller
"Dixie Fried"
1997 "Singin' the Blues"
2000 "Too Much to Lose" Brent Hedgecock
2001 "Louisianna CoCo" Jerad Sloan
2005 "Big Boss Man" Stephen Shepherd
2012 "Great Acoustics" Stacie Huckeba
2015 "Stumblin'" Norry Niven

Video compilations

Title Album details Certifications
(sales threshold)
Pickin' on Nashville: Videos
  • Release date: July 1, 1991
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: VHS
  • US: Gold
Best Pickin's
  • Release date: October 18, 1994
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: VHS

References

  1. ^ "Billboard charted albums for The Kentucky Headhunters". Allmusic. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  2. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Top Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
  3. "Canadian album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin' On Nashville". Music Canada.
  4. "American album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin%27 On Nashville". Recording Industry Association of America.
  5. "Canadian album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Electric Barnyard". Music Canada.
  6. "American album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Electric Barnyard". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  8. "RPM search results for The Kentucky Headhunters". RPM. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  9. Tom Lounges (August 30, 2002). "Kentucky Headhunters search for niche". The Times. Munster, Indiana. pp. D7. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  10. "Kentucky HeadHunters release new single". Country Standard Time. August 18, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  11. "Kentucky Headhunters - God Loves A Rolling Stone". Play MPE. April 14, 2017.
  12. "The Kentucky Headhunters Announce a New LP and Release 'How Could I'". 29 September 2021.
  13. "The Kentucky Headhunters New Album". 22 October 2021.
  14. "Music video for "Oh Lonesome Me"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  15. "Music video for "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  16. "New Videoclips". Billboard. October 12, 1991. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  17. "Music video for "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  18. "Music video for "Honky Tonk Walkin'"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  19. "Production Notes". Billboard. May 3, 1997. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  20. "Music video for "Louisianna CoCo"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  21. "Music video for "Big Boss Man"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  22. Huckeba, Stacie (February 10, 2012). "The Kentucky Headhunters ~ "Great Acoustics"". Vimeo. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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