Georgie Fame discography

Georgie Fame discography
Studio albums34
EPs10
Live albums14
Compilation albums18
Singles50

This article is the discography of English R&B and jazz musician Georgie Fame, both with the Blue Flames and as a solo artist.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[1][2] 		NL
[3] 		NOR
[4] 		SWE
[5] 		US
[6][7]
1964 Fame at Last! 15 — — — —
1965 Yeh Yeh
  • Released: April 1965
  • Label: Imperial
  • With the Blue Flames
  • US-only release
 — — — — 137
1966 Get Away
  • Released: March 1966
  • Label: Imperial
  • With the Blue Flames
  • US and Canada-only release
 — — — — —
Sweet Things
  • Released: May 1966
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
  • UK-only release
 6 — — — —
Sound Venture
  • Released: October 1966
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Harry South Big Band
 9 — — — —
1967 The Two Faces of Fame
  • Released: July 1967
  • Label: CBS
  • Live first half with the Harry South Big Band; studio second half with the Georgie Fame Band
 22 — — — —
1968 The Third Face of Fame
  • Released: May 1968
  • Label: CBS
  • Released in the US by Epic in April 1968 as The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
 — — — — 185
1969 Georgie Does His Thing with Strings — — — — —
1970 Seventh Son
  • Released: January 1970
  • Label: CBS
 — — — — —
1971 Going Home
  • Released: May 1971
  • Label: CBS
  • UK-only release
 — — — — —
Fame & Price / Price & Fame / Together — — — — —
1972 All Me Own Work — — — — —
1974 Georgie Fame
  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: Island
 — — — — —
1979 Right Now!
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: Pye
 — — — — —
That's What Friends Are For
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Pye
 — — — — —
1980 Closing the Gap — — — — —
1981 In Hoagland 1981 — — — 15 —
1983 In Goodmansland — — — — —
1986 Georgie, Lena, Lasse
  • Released: July 1986
  • Label: Four Leaf Clover
  • With Lena Ericsson and Lasse Samuelson
  • Sweden-only release
 — — — — —
1988 No Worries
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Four Leaf Clover, CBS
  • Sweden and Australia-only release
  • Re-recordings with the uncredited Aussie Blue Flames
 — — — — —
1989 A Portrait of Chet
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Four Leaf Clover
  • Sweden-only release
 — — — — —
1991 Cool Cat Blues
  • Released: May 1991
  • Label: Go Jazz, Blue Moon
 — — — — —
1992 The Blues and Me
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Go Jazz
 — — — — —
City Life — — — — —
1994 Three Line Whip
  • Released: May 1994
  • Label: Three Line Whip
 — — — — —
1995 How Long Has This Been Going On
  • Released: 4 December 1995
  • Label: Verve
  • Credited as Van Morrison with Georgie Fame & Friends
  • Recorded live without an audience
 76 81 — 47 55
1996 Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison — — — — —
[B]
2000 Poet in New York
  • Released: August 2000
  • Label: Go Jazz
 — — — — —
2001 Relationships
  • Released: September 2001
  • Label: Three Line Whip
 — — — — —
2003 Charlestons
  • Released: 20 October 2003
  • Label: Three Line Whip
 — — — — —
2008 Jazz My Way
  • Released: 17 November 2008
  • Label: Curling Legs
  • Credited as Grethe Kausland featuring Georgie Fame
  • Original recordings from the 1970s and 1980s
  • Norway-only release
 — — 30 — —
2009 Tone-Wheels 'A' Turnin'
  • Released: 15 June 2009
  • Label: Three Line Whip
  • With the Last Blue Flames
 — — — — —
2012 Lost in a Lover's Dream
  • Released: 8 October 2012
  • Label: Three Line Whip
 — — — — —
2015 Swan Songs
  • Released: 6 November 2015
  • Label: Three Line Whip
  • With the Last Blue Flames
 — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Live albums

Year Title Details
1964 Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo
  • Released: January 1964
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
1970 Shorty Featuring Georgie Fame
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Epic
  • Credited as Shorty Featuring Georgie Fame
  • US, Canada and Germany-only release
1983 Live at Montreux Jazzfestival
1991 Georgie on My Mind
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Jazette
  • Croatia-only release
1992 Live in Japan
1993 Endangered Species
1997 Name Droppin': Live at Ronnie Scott's
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Go Jazz
1998 Walking Wounded: Live at Ronnie Scott's
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: Go Jazz
1999 Ring Tenth Anniversary
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Jazette
  • With Ring All Stars
  • Croatia-only release
2004 Georgie Fame & the Birthday Big Band
  • Released: 27 September 2004
  • Label: Three Line Whip
2008 Live at the Royal Garden Jazz Club
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Royal Garden Jazz Club
  • With the Boško Petrović Trio
  • Austria-only release
2014 Singer: The Musical
Steve Gray and Georgie Fame
Rhythm and Blues at the Ricky Tick
  • Released: 14 April 2014
  • Label: Rhythm & Blues
  • Limited vinyl-only release
2015 A Declaration of Love

Compilation albums

Year Title Details Peak chart
positions
UK
[1]
1967 Hall of Fame
  • Released: March 1967
  • Label: Columbia
 12
1972 Fame Again!
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Starline
 —
1980 20 Beat Classics
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: RSO
 —
1989 The First Thirty Years
  • Released: December 1989
  • Label: Connoisseur Collection
 —
1993 Get Away with Georgie Fame —
1995 Georgie Fame at His Best —
1996 The Best of Georgie Fame 1967–1971
  • Released: August 1996
  • Label: Columbia
 —
1997 The Very Best of Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Spectrum Music
 —
1999 Master Series
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Polydor
  • With the Blue Flames
 —
2001 Funny How Time Slips Away: The Pye Anthology —
2004 A Complete Hit Collection 1964–1971
  • Released: 13 July 2004
  • Label: Raven
  • Australia-only release
 —
Superhits
  • Released: 26 July 2004
  • Label: Columbia
  • With Alan Price
 —
2007 Somebody Stole My Thunder: Jazz-Soul Grooves 1967–1971 —
2010 Mod Classics: 1964–1966
  • Released: February 2010
  • Label: BGP
 —
2015 Yeh Yeh: The Georgie Fame Collection
  • Released: 22 May 2015
  • Label: Spectrum Music
 —
The Whole World’s Shaking: Complete Recordings 1963–1966
  • Released: 9 October 2015
  • Label: Polydor
  • 5-CD box set
 —
2016 Survival: A Career Anthology 1963–2015
  • Released: 25 November 2016
  • Label: UMC
  • 6-CD box set
 —
2019 South Venture —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

EPs

Year Title[C] Details Peak chart
positions
UK
[10]
1964 Rhythm and Blue-Beat
  • Released: May 1964
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
 —
Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo
  • Released: December 1964
  • Label: Columbia
 8
1965 Fame at Last
  • Released: February 1965
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
 —
Fats for Fame
  • Released: May 1965
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
 15
Move It On Over
  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
 —
1966 Getaway
  • Released: December 1966
  • Label: Columbia
 7
1967 Georgie Fame
  • Released: 2 June 1967
  • Label: CBS
 2
2015 Soul —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Title[D] Peak chart positions Album Label
UK
[1] 		AUS BE (FLA)
[11] 		BE (WA)
[12] 		CAN
[13] 		GER
[14] 		IRE
[15] 		NL
[16] 		NZ
[17] 		SWE
[18] 		US
[19]
1962 "Baby, Baby (Don't You Worry)" (by Perry Ford and the Sapphires with the Blue Flames)[20]
b/w "Prince of Fools" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single Decca
1964 "Do the Dog" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Shop Around" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo Columbia
"Do-Re-Mi" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Green Onions" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single

Fame at Last!

"Bend a Little"
b/w "I'm in Love with You" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Yeh, Yeh" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Preach and Teach" 		1 14 — 19 1 — 3 — — 6 21 Non-album single[E]
1965 "In the Meantime" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Telegram" 		22 66 — — 30 — — — — — 97 Non-album singles
"Like We Used to Be" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "It Ain't Right" 		33 — — — — — — — — — —
"Something" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Outrage" 		23 — — — — — — — — — —
1966 "Get Away" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "El Bandido" 		1 40 — — 1 32 6 20 10 7 70 Non-album single[F]
"Don't Worry" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Talkin' in My Sleep" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Sunny"
b/w "Don't Make Promises" 		13 — — 8 — — — 2 — — —
"Sitting in the Park"
b/w "Last Night" 		12 92 — — — — — —
[G] 		— — — Sweet Things[H]
1967 "Because I Love You"
b/w "Bidin' My Time ('Cos I Love You)" 		15 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles CBS
"Knock on Wood" (Continental Europe-only release)[I]
b/w "Road Runner" 		— — — — — — — — — — —
"Try My World"
b/w "No Thanks" 		37 — — — — — — — — — —
"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"
b/w "Beware of the Dog" 		1 4 4 7 1 9 4 5 2 6 7 The Third Face of Fame

Non-album track

1968 "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
b/w "For Your Pleasure" 		51[J] — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Hideaway" (US and Canada-only release)
b/w "Kentucky Child" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Epic
"Bullets Laverne" (Netherlands and Germany-only release)
b/w "St. James Infirmary" 		— — — — — — — — — — — The Third Face of Fame CBS
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (US and Canada-only release)
b/w "For Your Pleasure" 		— — — — — — — — — — — The Third Face of Fame

Non-album track

Epic
1969 "Down Along the Cove" (US and Canada-only release)
b/w "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Peaceful"
b/w "Hideaway" 		16 — — — — — — — — — — CBS
"Seventh Son"
b/w "Fully Booked" 		25 — — — — — — — — — — Seventh Son
1970 "Somebody Stole My Thunder"
b/w "Entertaining Mr. Sloane" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Seventh Son

Non-album track[K]

"Fire and Rain"
b/w "Someday Man" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
1971 "Rosetta" (with Alan Price)
b/w "John and Mary" 		11 91 1 29 — 43 16 3 — — — Fame & Price / Price & Fame / Together
"Follow Me" (with Alan Price)
b/w "Sergeant Jobsworth" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
1972 "Hey Baby, I'm Getting Ready"
b/w "City Hicker" 		— — — — — — — — — — — All Me Own Work Reprise
1973 "Don't Hit Me When I'm Down" (with Alan Price)
b/w "Street Lights" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
1974 "Everlovin' Woman"
b/w " That Ol' Rock and Roll" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Georgie Fame Island
"Ali Shuffle"
b/w "Round Two" 		55[J] — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
1976 "Yes Honestly"
b/w "Lily" 		— — — — — — — — — — —
"Sweet Perfection"
b/w "Thanking Heaven" 		— — — — — — — — — — —
1977 "Daylight"
b/w "Three Legged Mule" (with the Blue Flames) 		— — — — — — — — — — —
1979 "A Different Dream"
b/w "Ollie's Party" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Right Now! Pye
"Maybe Tomorrow"
b/w "Cats Eyes" 		— — — — — — — — — — — That's What Friends Are For
1980 "Give a Little More"
b/w "Give a Little More" (Dub Version) 		— — — — — — — — — — — Closing the Gap Piccadilly
1981 "Drip-Drop!" (with Annie Ross)
b/w "One Morning in May (Foxtrot)" (by the Famous Flamingo Orchestra) 		— — — — — — — — — — — In Hoagland 1981 Bald Eagle
1982 "Hong Kong Blues" (with Annie Ross)
b/w "The Old Music Master" (with Annie Ross and the Famous Flamingo Orchestra) 		— — — — — — — — — — —
"The Hurricane"
b/w "The Hurricane" (Part 2) 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single My
1983 "I Love Jamaica" (Germany-only release)
b/w "Everything I Own" 		— — — — — — — — — — — I Love Jamaica[L] Telefunken
1984 "Swinging on a Star" (with Patti Boulaye)
b/w "I Feel Like Loving You" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles Hollywood
1986 "New York Afternoon" (by Mondo Kané featuring Dee Lewis, Coral Gordon and Georgie Fame)
b/w "Manhattan Morning" (by Mondo Kané) 		70 — — — — — — — — — — Lisson
"Samba (Toda Menina Baiana)"
b/w "Willow King" 		81 — — — — — — — — — — Ensign
1990 "Go for It" (Theme from Granada TV Series El C.I.D.)
b/w "I Still Care About Us" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Food for Thought
1992 "Moondance" (Germany-only release)
b/w "Yeah Yeah"/"Georgia" 		— — — — — — — — — — — Cool Cat Blues Go Jazz
"Maybe It's Because of Love" (featuring Dr. John; Germany-only release)
b/w "How Long Has This Been Going On"/"Roll with My Baby" 		— — — — — — — — — — — The Blues and Me
1996 "That's Life" (by Van Morrison with Georgie Fame & Friends)
b/w "Moondance"/"That's Life" 		92 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single

How Long Has This Been Going On

Verve
2002 "Summertime in the Park" (Netherlands-only release) — — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single Capitol
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Notes

  1. ^ Released in Canada by Capitol in May 1965 with the addition of "Yeh, Yeh".
  2. ^ Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and at number 1 on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart.[8][9]
  3. ^ This is a list of EPs released in the UK. Various other EPs were released elsewhere.
  4. ^ Unless stated otherwise, the B-side is by the same artist as the A-side.
  5. ^ Both tracks were included on the US album Yeh Yeh.
  6. ^ Both tracks were included on the US/Canada album Get Away.
  7. ^ "Sitting in the Park" did not chart on the Single Top 100, but did peak at number 31 on Top 40[21]
  8. ^ Both tracks were included on the US/Canada album Get Away.
  9. ^ "Knock on Wood" was released in the UK as a promo-only single with the B-side "No Thanks".
  10. ^ a b Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
  11. ^ From the film of the same name.
  12. ^ German release of Closing the Gap.

References

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  2. ^ "how long going on? | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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  5. ^ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Georgie Fame – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Billboard 200 Chart, Week of February 3, 1996". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Georgie Fame – Jazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Georgie Fame – Traditional Jazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  10. ^ "everyHit.com - UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  12. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  13. ^ Georgie Fame singles chart positions in Canada:
  14. ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  15. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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  17. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  18. ^ "HITS ALLER TIJDEN". www.hitsallertijden.nl. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Georgie Fame – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Perry Ford And The Sapphires With The Blue Flames – Baby, Baby (Don't You Worry)". 45cat.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Georgie Fame – Sitting In The Park". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 April 2021.