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This is the discography of British folk-easy listening singer Roger Whittaker.
European albums (selected)
edit- 1967 If I Were a Rich Man (as 'Rog Whittaker')
- 1967 Dynamic!
- 1968 Whistle Stop!
- 1969 This Is Roger Whittaker
- 1970 I Don't Believe in If Anymore
- 1970 Whistling Roger Whittaker
- 1971 New World in the Morning
- 1972 Roger Whittaker... Again
- 1972 Loose and Fiery
- 1975 Magical World of Roger Whittaker
- 1975 Ride a Country Road
- 1978 Roger Whittaker Sings The Hits
- 1979 Mein Deutsches Album (in German)
- 1981 Changes[1]
- 1981 Zum Weinen ist immer noch Zeit
- 1982 Roger Whittaker in Kenya – A Musical Safari[2]
- 1982 Typisch Roger Whittaker
- 1983 Voyager
- 1983 Weihnachten mit Roger Whittaker: Die 14 schönsten Weihnachtslieder mit allen Texten zum Mitsingen
- 1984 Take A Little – Give a Little[3]
- 1984 Ein Glück, daß es Dich gibt
- 1986 The Genius Of Love [4]
- 1987 His Finest Collection
- 1987 Heut bin ich arm – Heut bin ich reich
- 1988 Living and Loving[5]
- 1989 Love Will Be Our Home[6]
- 1990 You Deserve the Best[7]
- 1991 Frohe Weinacht – Die schönsten Weihnachtslieder
- 1991 Mein Herz schlägt nur für Dich
- 1992 Stimme des Herzens
- 1993 Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
- 1994 An Evening with Roger Whittaker
- 1994 Leben mit Dir
- 1994 Sehnsucht nach Liebe
- 1994 Geschenk des Himmels
- 1995 Ein schöner Tag mit Dir
- 1996 Alles Roger!
- 1996 Einfach leben
- 1997 Zurück zur Liebe
- 1999 Alles Roger 2
- 1999 Awakening
- 2000 Wunderbar geborgen
- 2002 Mehr denn je
- 2003 Alles Roger 3
- 2003 Der weihnachtliche Liedermarkt
- 2004 Live in Berlin
- 2004 Mein schönster Traum
- 2005 Moments in My Life
- 2007 The Danish Collection
- 2008 The Golden Age Of Roger Whittaker – 50 Years Of Classic Hits [8]
- 2012 Wunder (German language album)
Canadian albums
edit- 1973 Roger Whittaker En Spectacle Au Quebec – RCA
- 1975 Roger Whittaker Live In Canada – Tembo
US albums
edit| Album | Label | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Changes | ||
| Christmas Songs | Capitol | |
| Best Ballads #1 | ||
| Genius of Love | RCA Victor | |
| New World in the Morning | Columbia Collectables | 1971 |
| Special Kind of Man | RCA Victor | 1971 |
| The Last Farewell and Other Hits | RCA Victor | 1975 |
| Magical World of Roger Whittaker | RCA Records | 1975 |
| Reflections of Love | RCA Records | 1976 |
| In Concert – Recorded with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra | DVD | 1976 |
| The Best of Roger Whittaker | RCA Victor | 1977 |
| Folk Songs of Our Time | RCA Victor | 1977 |
| The Roger Whittaker Christmas Album | RCA | 1978 |
| Imagine | RCA Victor | 1978 |
| Evergreens | 1979 | |
| When I Need You | 1979 | |
| Mirrors of My Mind | RCA Victor | 1979 |
| With Love | 1980 | |
| Voyager | RCA Victor | 1980 |
| Live in Concert | RCA Victor | 1981 |
| The Wind Beneath My Wings | RCA Victor | 1982 |
| Take a Little: Give a Little | RCA Victor | 1984 |
| Tidings of Comfort & Joy | Liberty | 1984 |
| All Time Heart Touching Favorites | 1984 | |
| The Best of Roger Whittaker | RCA Victor | 1984 |
| Fire & Rain | RCA/Pair | 1985 |
| The Genius of Love | RCA | 1986 |
| Living & Loving | Liberty | 1988 |
| The World of Roger Whittaker | RCA/Pair | 1988 |
| I'd Fall in Love Tonight | Liberty | 1989 |
| Love Will Be Our Home | Word/Epic | 1989 |
| World's Most Beautiful Christmas Songs | Liberty | 1989 |
| All Time Heart Touching Favorites, Vol. 1 | Liberty | 23 April 1990 |
| All Time Heart Touching Favorites, Vol. 2 | Liberty | 21 May 1990 |
| Best Loved Ballads, Vol. 2 | Liberty | 4 June 1990 |
| Best Loved Ballads, Vol. 1 | Liberty | 4 June 1990 |
| Golden Tones | Pair | 25 October 1990 |
| You Deserve the Best | Capitol/EMI Records | January 1991 |
| Country Collection | Liberty | 29 April 1991 |
| Classics Collection, Vol. 1 | Liberty | August 1991 |
| The Wind Beneath My Wings & Other Hits | RCA Records | December 1991 |
| I Wish You a Merry Christmas | January 1992 | |
| All-Time Favorites | EMI-Capitol Special Markets | January 1992 |
| Greatest Hits Live | K-Tel | January 1992 |
| Classics Collection, Vol. 2 | Liberty | January 1992 |
| All About Love | Liberty | 27 April 1992 |
| Collection | 30 June 1992 | |
| Christmas With Roger Whittaker | RCA Victor | 14 September 1992 |
| Celebration | RCA Victor | 1 January 1993 |
| The Best of Roger Whittaker | EMI-Capitol Special Markets | 1 January 1993 |
| Live | Drive – (import) | 7 December 1993 |
| Greatest Hits | RCA Records | 1 January 1994 |
| Feelings | RCA Victor | 15 February 1994 |
| Danny Boy | RCA Victor | 15 February 1994 |
| What a Wonderful World | RCA Victor | 12 April 1994 |
| Annie's Song | RCA Victor | 12 April 1994 |
| Live! | RCA Victor | 12 April 1994 |
| The Best of Roger Whittaker | Curb Records | 31 May 1994 |
| I Will Always Love You | RCA Victor | 16 August 1994 |
| The Christmas Song | RCA Victor | 15 August 1995 |
| All Time Favorites | Prime Cuts | 1 January 1995 |
| Sincerely Yours | 11 August 1995 | |
| On Broadway | RCA Victor | 1 October 1995 |
| The World of Roger Whittaker | Universal International | January 1996 |
| A Perfect Day | RCA Victor | 17 September 1996 |
| Einfach Leben | BMG/Ariola | 3 October 1996 |
| Star Gold | Polygram France | 9 May 1997 |
| Happy Holidays | BMG Special Products | 23 September 1997 |
| New World in the Morning: The Encore Collection | BMG Special Products | 18 November 1997 |
| Irish Standards | BMG Special Products | 14 April 1998 |
| The Best of Roger Whittaker | Pegasus/Cleopatra | 20 October 1998 |
| All of My Life: The Very Best of Roger Whittaker | Camden | 1 January 1999 |
| The Greatest Hits of Roger Whittaker | Prism | January 1999 |
| In Concert | Charly | 1 July 1999 |
| Awakening | RCA Victor | 10 August 1999 |
| The Best of Roger Whittaker | Time/Life Music | 17 December 1999 |
| The Last Farewell...Live | Legacy Entertainment | January 2001 |
| The Very Best of Roger Whittaker, Vol. 2 | Polygram International | 28 August 2001 |
| The Holly and the Ivy | BMG Special Products | April 2002 |
| Best of: Original Hits | Paradiso | 23 April 2002 |
| Songs for You: The Collection | Universal International | 17 September 2002 |
| New World in the Morning | Collectables | January 2003 |
| All of My Life: Very Best of | BMG International | 20 July 2004 |
| Moments in My Life | BMG/Ariola | 6 May 2005 |
| An Evening With | Prism Platinum | 7 June 2005 |
| Now and Then: Greatest Hits 1964–2004 | BMG International | 11 October 2005 |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Chart positions | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [9] |
AUS [10] |
CAN [11] |
CAN AC [12] |
CAN Country [13] |
DE [14] |
IRE [15] |
NL [16] |
NZ [17] |
US Hot 100 [18] |
US AC [19] |
US Country [20] | ||
| 1967 | "If I Were a Rich Man" | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1968 | "Mexican Whistler" | 29 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | "Durham Town (The Leavin')" | 12 | 80 | 17 | |||||||||
| 1970 | "New World in the Morning" | 17 | 85 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 12 | ||||||
| "I Don't Believe in If Anymore" | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 26 | |||||||
| 1971 | "Why?" | 47 | 88 | 2 | 40 | ||||||||
| "What Love Is" | 3 | ||||||||||||
| "Mamy Blue" | 31 | 53 | 27 | ||||||||||
| "The Last Farewell" | |||||||||||||
| 1975 | "The Last Farewell" (re-entry) | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 1 | |||
| "I Don't Believe in If Anymore" (re-entry) | 50 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 1976 | "Durham Town (The Leavin')" (re-entry) | 8 | 23 | ||||||||||
| "The First Hello, the Last Goodbye" | 100 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||||
| "River Lady (A Little Goodbye)" | 4 | ||||||||||||
| "Das alte Schiff (River Lady)" | |||||||||||||
| "Indian Lady" | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | "Before She Breaks My Heart" | 39 | |||||||||||
| "From the People, to the People" | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1978 | "Seagull" | 43 | |||||||||||
| "The Last Song" | 38 | ||||||||||||
| "If I Knew Just What to Say" | 9 | 47 | |||||||||||
| "Love Lasts Forever" | |||||||||||||
| 1979 | "Hound Dog / Long Tall Sally" | 36 | |||||||||||
| "You Are My Miracle" | 1 | 35 | |||||||||||
| "Goodbye, 1st Goodbye" | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | "I Was Born" | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1982 | "Canada Is" | 22 | |||||||||||
| "Albany" | 13 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | "I Love You Because" | 91 | |||||||||||
| "Too Beautiful to Cry" | 1 | ||||||||||||
| "Stranger on the Shore" | 95 | 4 | |||||||||||
| "Wenn es Dich noch gibt" | 14 | ||||||||||||
| "Tanz heut Nacht mit mir" | 45 | ||||||||||||
| "Bitter and Sweet" | 145 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | "Abschied ist ein scharfes Schwert" | 9 | |||||||||||
| "Eloisa" | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | "Leben mit dir" | 28 | |||||||||||
| 1986 | "The Genius of Love" | 137 | 13 | ||||||||||
| "The Skye Boat Song" (with Des O'Connor) | 10 | 96 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||
| "Your Voice" | 10 | ||||||||||||
| "Fernweh" | 67 | ||||||||||||
| "Ein bisschen Aroma" | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | "Shenandoah" | 138 | |||||||||||
| "Welcome Home" | 124 | ||||||||||||
| "Memory" | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | "One More Chance" | 22 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | "Bleib' heut' Nacht bei mir" | ||||||||||||
| "Love Still Means You to Me" | 25 | 78 | |||||||||||
| 1990 | "Schön war die Zeit" | ||||||||||||
| "Was ist dabei, wenn wir zwei uns lieben" (with Cindy Berger) | |||||||||||||
| "Take Away My Pain" | 20 | 46 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | "7 Jahre, 7 Meere" | ||||||||||||
| "Doch tanzen will ich nur mit Dir allein" | |||||||||||||
| "Sag' ihr" | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | "Du wirst alle Jahre schöner" | 58 | |||||||||||
| "Play Me A Song (To Make Me Smile)" | 198 | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | "Tauch hinab in die Nacht" | ||||||||||||
| "Bring mir noch einmal die Jahre zurück" | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | "Wir sind jung (Oh Maria)" | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | "Du kannst zaubern" | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | "Alles Roger" | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Roger Whittaker – Changes (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Roger Whittaker – Roger Whittaker In Kenya – A Musical Safari". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Roger Whittaker – Take A Little – Give A Little". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Roger Whittaker – The Genius Of Love (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Roger Whittaker – Living And Loving (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Roger Whittaker – Love Will Be Our Home". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Roger Whittaker – You Deserve The Best". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Roger Whittaker – The Golden Age Of Roger Whittaker 50 Years Of Classic Hits (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 600. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 336. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Canadian peaks Canadian Chart
- ^ Canadian AC peaks Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart
- ^ Canadian peaks Canadian Country Chart
- ^ "Roger Whittaker". Offizielle Deutsche Charts.
- ^ "Roger Whittaker". The Irish Charts.
- ^ Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Roger Whittaker". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-11-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ New Zealand Listener, 1970
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Adult Contemporary Chart
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). Top Country Songs: 1944-2005. Record Research.
External links
edit- Roger Whittaker discography discography at Discogs
- Entries at 45cat.com