Les Humphries Singers discography

Les Humphries Singers discography
Studio albums33
Live albums3
Compilation albums14
Singles39
Box sets3

This is the discography of pop group Les Humphries Singers.

Albums

Studio albums

As the Les Humphries Singers

Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUT
[1] 		DAN
[2][3]
[4][5] 		GER
[6]
 NL
[7]
 SWE
[8]
I Believe
(a.k.a. Rock My Soul) 		— — — — —
We’ll Fly You to the Promised Land
  • Released: May 1971
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — — 9 — —
We Are Goin’ Down Jordan
  • Released: October 1971
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — 9 2 — —
Old Man Moses
(a.k.a. Take Care of Me)
  • Released: April 1972
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — — 2 — —
Mexico
  • Released: October 1972
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 1 16 2 7 —
Seasons Greetings
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — — — — —
Mama Loo
  • Released: April 1973
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 2 2 1 — 6
Carnival
  • Released: November 1973
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — 4 23 — 9
Kansas City
  • Released: April 1974
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 7 4 3 — —
One of These Days
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — — — — —
Live for Today
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — — — — —
Family Show
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — — — — —
Sing Sang Song
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — — — — —
Spirit of Freedom
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Pilz
  • Formats: CD
 — — — — —
Forever Young — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
DAN
[3][9][10] 		GER
[6]
Singing Explosion
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • As Orchestra and Chorus Les Humphries
 — —
Singing Revolution
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As Orchestra and Chorus Les Humphries
 — —
The Family Singers
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: CBS
  • Formats: LP
  • As the Family Singers
 — —
Singing Kaleidoscope
  • Released: November 1971
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As the Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
 — 17
Singing Rotation
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As the Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
 — —
Singing Detonation
  • Released: April 1972
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As Orchestra and Chorus Les Humphries
 — 23
Sound '73
  • Released: March 1973
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
 4 8
One Night Band Stand
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As Les Humphries Orchestra
 — —
Sound '73/II
  • Released: November 1973
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
 8 —
Sound '74
  • Released: March 1974
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As the Les Humphries Singers & Rhythm-Orchestra
 5 19
Rock ’n’ Roll Party
  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As the Les Humphries Singers and R.&R.-Band
 — 38
Piano Party
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • As Mr. Piano and His Band with Les Humphries and His Orchestra
 — —
Singing and Swinging – World Hits for Dancing
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • As the Les Humphries Orchestra, Choir and Piano
 — —
Rock’n'Roll Party II
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • As Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
 — —
Les Humphries '75
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • As the Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
 — —
Party on the Rocks
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • As the Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
 — —
Singing Sensation
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • As the Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
 — —
Disco Dancing
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • As the Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

Title Album details
Live in Concert
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track
Live in Europe
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
  • As the Les Humphries Singers and Orchestra
The Les Humphries Singers Live
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
DAN
[11] 		GER
[6]
Rock My Soul
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
 — —
The World of the Les Humphries Singers
  • Released: 20 July 1973[12]
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — 15
Swinging Sound
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 — —
The Golden World of the Les Humphries Singers
  • Released: August 1974
  • Label: Accord
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
 9 41
20 Golden Hits
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — —
20 Grössten Hits
  • Released: November 1976
  • Label: Arcade
  • Formats: LP, MC
 — 25
Mexico
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Portrait — —
The Best of the Les Humphries Singers
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Teldec
  • Formats: CD, LP
 — —
The Very Best Of
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Bellvue Entertainment
  • Formats: CD
 — —
Greatest Hits – Das Beste
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Telefunken
  • Formats: CD
 — —
The Platinum Collection — —
The Best of the Les Humphries Singers
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Sonocord
  • Formats: 2xCD
 — —
Live 1971–1975 – Live at the Olympia Paris & Musikhalle Hamburg
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: 2xCD
 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

Title Album details
Mama Loo – 40 Jahre
Original Album Series
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: 5xCD
Original Album Series 2
  • Released: 2014
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Formats: 5xCD

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[13] 		AUT
[14] 		BEL (FL)
[15] 		BEL (WA)
[16] 		DEN
[17] 		FIN
[18] 		GER
[6] 		NL
[19] 		SWE
[8] 		SWI
[20]
"Rock My Soul" 1970 — — — — — — — — — — I Believe
"Michael" — — — — — — — — — — We'll Fly You to the Promised Land
"To My Father's House" — — 2 19 — — — 1 — — I Believe
"Soolaimon" — — — — — — — — — — We'll Fly You to the Promised Land
"This Ole House" 1971 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"(We'll Fly You to The) Promised Land" — — 18 33 — — 13 26 — — We'll Fly You to the Promised Land
"We Are Goin' Down Jordan" — — — — 2 — 3 9 — 3 We Are Goin' Down Jordan
"Old Man Moses" 1972 — — — — 3 — 14 17 — 4 Old Man Moses
"White Bread" (as the Family Singers) — — — — — — — — — — The Family Singers
"Take Care of Me" — — — — 17 — 31 — — — Old Man Moses
"Mexico" 62 1 2 18 8 14 2 2 5 1 Mexico
"O Come All Ye Faithful" — — — — — — — — — — Seasons Greetings
"Mama Loo" 1973 — 1 10 36 1 26 1 12 3 1 Mama Loo
"Carnival" — — — — 10 — 14 — — — Carnival
"Kentucky Dew" — — — — — — — — — —
"Kansas City" — 15 — — 8 — 2 — — 1 Kansas City
"Do You Kill Me or Do I Kill You" 1974 — — — — 26 — 46 — — — One of These Days
"Do You Wanna Rock and Roll?" — — — — — — 50 — — —
"Derrick" (as Orchester Les Humphries) — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single[A]
"New Orleans" — — — — — — 33 — — — Live for Today
"Top Szene Hamburg" 1975 — — — — — — — — — — Top Szene Hamburg
"She's Really Something Else" — — — — — — — — — — Mexico
"California" — — — — — — — — — — Family Show
"It's Timex Time" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single[B]
"Family Show" — — — — — — — — — — Family Show
"Spanish Discotheque" 1976 — — — — — — — — — — Sing Sang Song
"Sing Sang Song" — — — — — — 45 — — —
"Indian War" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Going Home" (with the Pipes & Drums of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)) 1977 — — — — — — — — — —
"Mexico" (re-release) 1981 — — — — — — — 8 — — Mexico
"Les Humphries' Dancin' Medley" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Mexico" (remix) 1986 — — — — — — — — — —
"Mega-Remix '89" 1989 — — — — — — — — — —
"Spirit of Freedom" 1992 — — — — — — — — — — Spirit of Freedom
"Ramba Shamba" 1993 — — — — — — — — — —
"Forever Young" 2012 — — — — — — — — — — Forever Young
"Yes We Can (We Can Do It Again)" 2013 — — — — — — — — — —
"I Was Born" — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Mama Knows" 2014 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  1. ^ Theme tune to the television series Derrick
  2. ^ Promotion for Timex watches

References

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  4. ^ "Top 30". Ekstra Bladet. 31 October 1973. p. 33.
  5. ^ "Hitparaden". Ekstra Bladet. 6 March 1974. p. 25.
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  10. ^ "Hitparaden". Ekstra Bladet. 28 February 1974. p. 33.
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