Chris LeDoux discography

Chris LeDoux discography
Studio albums	28
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	13
Singles	33
Music videos	7
Collaborations	2

Chris LeDoux was a rodeo cowboy who sang and recorded songs in his spare time and sold his albums from the back of his truck. With his father, he started his own record label, American Cowboy Songs, in 1970. Under that label he released 22 albums between 1971 and 1990. After gaining recognition from the 1989 Garth Brooks song, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" he was signed to Liberty Records, where he released 4 studio albums in four years. He released 6 more albums including a live album under Capitol Records. Horsepower in 2003 was his last studio album before his death in 2005. Nine official compilation albums have been released between 1994 and 2008. 20 Greatest Hits has been certified platinum by the RIAA.[1]

LeDoux has released a total of 33 singles, most of them from his major label albums. While most of his singles failed to chart or missed the top 40, his most famous song is the duet with Garth Brooks, "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" which charted at #7 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The follow-up single, "Cadillac Ranch" reached #18.

Studio albums

1970s

Title	Details
Songs of Rodeo Life	Release date: 1971 Label: self-released
Rodeo Songs "Old & New"	Release date: 1973 Label: self-released
Songs of Rodeo and Country	Release date: 1974 Label: self-released
Rodeo and Living Free	Release date: 1975 Label: self-released
Life as a Rodeo Man	Release date: 1975 Label: self-released
Songbook of the American West	Release date: 1976 Label: self-released
Sing Me a Song Mr. Rodeo Man	Release date: 1977 Label: self-released
Cowboys Ain't Easy to Love	Release date: 1978 Label: self-released
Paint Me Back Home in Wyoming	Release date: 1978 Label: self-released
Western Tunesmith	Release date: 1979 Label: self-released

1980s

Title	Details
Old Cowboy Heroes	Release date: 1980 Label: self-released
He Rides the Wild Horses	Release date: 1981 Label: self-released
Used to Want to Be a Cowboy	Release date: 1982 Label: self-released
Old Cowboy Classics	Release date: 1983 Label: self-released
Thirty Dollar Cowboy	Release date: 1983 Label: self-released
Melodies and Memories	Release date: 1984 Label: self-released
Wild and Wooly	Release date: 1986 Label: self-released
Chris LeDoux and the Saddle Boogie Band	Release date: 1988 Label: self-released
Powder River	Release date: 1989 Label: self-released

1990s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions[2][3]		Certifications (sales thresholds)
		US Country	US
Western Underground^[A]	Release date: July 22, 1991 Label: Liberty Records	36	—
Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy	Release date: July 20, 1992 Label: Liberty Records	9	65	RIAA: Gold[4]
Under This Old Hat	Release date: July 5, 1993 Label: Liberty Records	21	131
Haywire	Release date: September 6, 1994 Label: Liberty Records	17	128
Stampede	Release date: March 19, 1996 Label: Capitol Nashville	33	—
One Road Man	Release date: July 14, 1998 Label: Capitol Nashville	24	180
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

Title	Details	Peak chart positions[2][3]
		US Country	US
Cowboy	Release date: August 1, 2000 Label: Capitol Nashville	17	134
After the Storm	Release date: April 9, 2002 Label: Capitol Nashville	14	121
Horsepower	Release date: July 22, 2003 Label: Capitol Nashville	24	162

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions[2][3]		Certifications
		US Country	US
Sounds of the Western Country	Release date: 1980 Label: self-released	—	—
Gold Buckle Dreams	Release date: 1987 Label: self-released	—	—
Radio and Rodeo Hits	Release date: 1990 Label: self-released	—	—
Best of Chris LeDoux	Release date: March 8, 1994 Label: Liberty Records	51	—	RIAA: Gold[4]
American Cowboy	Release date: November 1, 1994 Label: Liberty Records	—	—
Rodeo Rock and Roll Collection	Release date: August 15, 1995 Label: Capitol Nashville	—	—
20 Greatest Hits	Release date: June 8, 1999 Label: Capitol Nashville	17	145	RIAA: Platinum[4]
The Capitol Collection (1990-2000)	Release date: June 4, 2002 Label: Capitol Nashville	63	—
20 Originals: The Early Years	Release date: June 15, 2004 Label: Capitol Nashville	58	—
Anthology, Volume 1	Release date: August 16, 2005 Label: Capitol Nashville	20	126
The Ultimate Collection	Release date: October 3, 2006 Label: Capitol Nashville	33	—
Classic Chris LeDoux	Release date: April 29, 2008 Label: Capitol Nashville	26	175
Icon	Release date: 2013 Label: Capitol Nashville	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions[2]
		US Country
Live	Release date: June 17, 1997 Label: Capitol Nashville	26

Singles

1970s and 1980s

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country
1979	"Lean, Mean and Hungry"	99	Paint Me Back Home in Wyoming
	"Caballo Diablo"	98	Life as a Rodeo Man
1980	"Ten Seconds in the Saddle"	96	Western Tunesmith
	"Buckin' Machine"	—	Rodeo & Living Free
1982	"I Used to Want to Be a Cowboy"	—	Used to Want to Be a Cowboy
1984	"Even Cowboys Like a Little Rock and Roll"	—	Melodies and Memories
1987	"It Ain't the Years, It's the Miles"	—	Gold Buckle Dreams
1989	"Sons of the Pioneers"	—	Powder River
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		US Country [5]	CAN Country [3]
1990	"Wild and Wooly"	—^A	—		Radio & Rodeo Hits
	"Riding for a Fall"[6]	—	—		—
1991	"This Cowboy's Hat"	63	—	RIAA: Platinum[4]	Western Underground
1992	"Workin' Man's Dollar"	69	—
	"Riding for a Fall" (re-recording)	72	—
	"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" (featuring Garth Brooks)	7	5		Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy
	"Cadillac Ranch"	18	16
1993	"Look at You Girl"	52	56
	"Under This Old Hat"	54	53		Under This Old Hat
	"Every Time I Roll the Dice"	61	68
1994	"For Your Love"	50	73
	"Honky Tonk World"	71	—		Haywire
1995	"Tougher Than the Rest"	67	—
	"Dallas Days and Fort Worth Nights"	68	—
1996	"Five Dollar Fine"[7]	—	—		Stampede
	"Gravitational Pull"	71	77
1997	"When I Say Forever"	65	—
1998	"Runaway Love"	62	—		One Road Man
	"Bang a Drum" (with Jon Bon Jovi)	68	—
1999	"Life Is a Highway"	64	—
	"Stampede"	66	—		20 Greatest Hits
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Notes:

• ^A "Wild and Wooley" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 8 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.[8]

2000s

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country [5]
2000	"Silence on the Line"	65	Cowboy
2001	"He Rides the Wild Horses"	—
2002	"Bareback Jack"[9]	—	After the Storm
	"Cowboy Up"	—
2004	"Horsepower"	56	Horsepower
2005	"The Ride"	—
	"Airborne Cowboy"	—	Anthology, Vol. 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1991	"Riding for a Fall"	Gary Eckert
1992	"Working Man's Dollar"	Joanne Gardner
	"Cadillac Ranch"[10]	Michael Merriman
1993	"Look at You Girl"[11]
	"Under This Old Hat"[12]	R. Brad Murano/Steven T. Miller
	"For Your Love"[13]	Michael Salomon
1994	"Honky Tonk World"[14]
	"Tougher Than the Rest"[15]	Michael Merriman
1996	"Five Dollar Fine" (cameo by Garth Brooks)[16][17]	Michael Salomon
1997	"This Cowboy's Hat"[18]	Ken Carpenter
1998	"Bang a Drum" (with Jon Bon Jovi)[19]	Anthony M. Bongiovi
1999	"Life Is a Highway"[20]	Michael Salomon
	"Stampede"[21]
2000	"Silence on the Line"[22]
2001	"He Rides the Wild Horses"[23]	Various
2003	"Horsepower"[24]	Eric Welch

Notes

• A ^ Western Underground also peaked at number 22 on the U.S. Top Heatseekers chart.

References

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7. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Cashbox. March 9, 1996.
8. "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. March 24, 1990.
9. "Going for Adds - Country" (PDF). Radio & Records. March 22, 2002. p. 32.
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22. "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Silence On The Line". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on July 5, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
23. "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : He Rides The Wild Horses". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on November 29, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
24. "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Horsepower". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2011.