lp discography - covers & lyrics

BOBBY BARE

born on April 7, 1935 in Ironton, OH

(-/-)= Billboard chart position: Top Country albums/ Top Pop albums
(-/-)= Billboard chart position: Top Country singles/ Top Pop singles
lyrics inside

RCA Victor (1963 - 1970)
DETROIT CITY(9/119)	RCA Victor LSP-2776	1963
Detroit City(6/16), Is It Wrong, Lorena, Shame On Me(18/23), I'd Fight The World, Dear Wastebasket, All American Boy(-/2), I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today, Brooklyn Bridge, She Called Me Baby, Gods Were Angry With Me, Book Of Love.
500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME(9/133)	RCA Victor LSP-2835	1963
500 Miles Away From Home(5/10), Homestead On The Farm, Let Me Tell You About Mary, Abilene, Gotta Travel On, Lynchin' Party, Worried Man Blues, I Wonder Where You Are Tonight, Noah's Ark, Sailor Man, What Kind Of Bird Is That, Jeannie's Last Kiss.(reissued ACL-7003 minus 3)
TRAVELIN' BARE(14/-)	RCA Victor LSP-2955	1964
Down In Mexico, Sittin' And Thinkin', I've Lived A Lot In My Time, I'm Gettin' Lonely, Long Way To Tennessee, Sweeter Than The Flowers, I Was Coming Home To You, Long Black Limousine, Another Bridge To Burn, Lonely Town, Candy Coated Kisses, When I'm Gone.
TUNES FOR TWOwith Skeeter Davis(8/-)	RCA Victor LSP-3336	1965
Dear John Letter(11/-), Too Used To Being With You, In The Misty Moonlight, We'll Sing In The Sunshine, I Don't Care, True Love, I Love You, We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds, Let It Be Me, Together Again, That's All I Want From You, Invisible Tears.
CONSTANT SORROW	RCA Victor LSP-3395	1965
Man Of Constant Sorrow, Blowin' In The Wind, Times Are Gettin' Hard(30/-), Lemon Tree, So Soon, One Day At A Time, Delia's Gone, Just To Satisfy You(31/-), I'm A Long Way From Home, Deepening Snow, Don't Think Twice It's All Right, Countin' The Hours Countin' The Days.
THE BEST	RCA Victor LSP-3479	1966
Detroit City, It's All Right(7/-), Four Strong Winds(3/60), Miller's Cave(4/33), I'd Fight The World, Times Are Gettin' Hard, All American Boy, Shame On Me, 500 Miles Away From Home, Dear Wastebasket, He Was A Friend Of Mine, When The Wind Blows In Chicago.
TALK ME SOME SENSE(6/-)	RCA Victor LSP-3515	1966
Passin' Through, You Can't Stop The Wild Wind From Blowin', Got Leavin' On Her Mind, Long Black Veil, Heaven Help My Soul, Talk Me Some Sense(26/-), It Ain't Me Babe, All The Good Times Are Past And Gone, What Color Is A Man, Little Bit Later On Down The Line(14/-), Salt Lake City, For A While We Helped Each Other Out.
STREETS OF BALTIMORE(7/-)	RCA Victor LSP-3618	1966
Early Morning Rain, Houston, Saginaw Michigan, Take Me Home To Mama, Memphis Tennessee, Streets Of Baltimore(5/-), That's How I Wanted It To Be, Vincennes, Cold And Lonely City, Changin' My Mind, There Ain't No Fun In This Town, Green Green Grass Of Home.
THIS I BELIEVE(17/-)	RCA Victor LSP-3688	1966
Less Of Me, Tall Oak Tree, When I've Learned Enough To Die, Family Bible, Lonesome Valley, When God Dips His Love In My Heart, Chicken Every Sunday, I Saw The Light, Steal Away, He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, Just A Closer Walk With Thee, I'll Fly Away.
GAME OF TRIANGLESwith Liz Anderson & Norma Jean(18/-)	RCA Victor LSP-3764	1967
One Among The Three Of Us, Wife Of The Party, Pursuing Happiness, Guess I'll Move On Down The Line, Bye Bye Love, Game Of Triangles(5/-), Homesick(38/-), Fairy Tale, Three Mixed Up Hearts, Don't Let That Doorknob Hit You, Which One Is To Blame.
BIRD NAMED YESTERDAY(20/-)	RCA Victor LSP-3831	1967
Bird Named Yesterday, Somebody Bought My Old Hometown, Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back, Day The Saw Mill Closed Down, Air Conditioner Song, I've Got A Thing About Trains, Old Gang's Gone, They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole, Church In The Wildwood.(reissued Audium 81600)
ENGLISH COUNTRY SIDEwith The Hillsiders(29/-)	RCA Victor LSP-3896	1967
Y'all Come, Find Out What's Happening(15/-), Love's Gonna Live Here, I Love You Drops, Goin' Home, Great Snowman, Blue Is In My Lonely Room, Sweet Dreams, Six Days On The Road.
THE BEST Vol 2(33/-)	RCA Victor LSP-3994	1968
Charleston Railroad Tavern(16/-), Piney Wood Hills, Houston, In The Same Old Way(34/-), Come Kiss Me Love(14/-), Guess I'll Move On Down The Line, Streets Of Baltimore, Delia's Gone, Game Of Triangles, Find Out What's Happening, They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole, Vincennes.
FOLSOM PRISON BLUES	RCA Camden CAS-2289	1968
Folsom Prison Blues, Autumn Of My Life, Abilene, Blowin' In The Wind, Lemon Tree, Try To Remember, Silence Is Golden, Gotta Travel On, When Am I Ever Gonna Settle Down, No Sad Songs For Me.
MARGIE'S AT THE LINCOLN PARK INN(39/-)	RCA Victor LSP-4177	1969
Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town, Son Of Hickory Hollow's Tramp, Law Is For Protection Of The People, Cincinnati Jail, Watching The Trains Go By, Big Ben Colson, Margies's At The Lincoln Park Inn(4/-), If There's Not A Hell There Ought To Be, Skip A Rope, Wild As The Wind, Drink Up And Go Home, Rainy Day In Richmond.
YOUR HUSBAND MY WIFEwith Skeeter Davis	RCA Victor LSP-4335	1970
Your Husband My Wife(22/-), Before The Sunrise, I Got You, I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again, Dream Baby, My Elusive Dreams, Let's Make Love Not War, Truer Love You'll Never Find, Jackson, There Never Was A Time.
REAL THING	RCA Victor LSP-4422	1970
Sunday Morning Coming Down, Chicago Story, Barbara Joey, California Dreams, Singer Of Sad Songs, Real Thing (More Than Just A Memory), Tulsa County, Maggie, Homecoming, Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Daddy.
I'm A LONG LONG WAY FROM HOME	RCA Camden CAS-2465	1971
Talk Me Some Sense, One Day At A Time, Let Me Tell You About Mary, Long Way To Tennessee, Find Out What's Happening, Little Bit Later On Down The Line, I Was Coming Home To You, I Wonder Where You Are Tonight, I'm A Long Way From Home.(sampler)
THIS IS BOBBY BARE	RCA Victor VPS-6090	1972
Detroit City, God Bless America Again(16/-), Houston, Streets Of Baltimore, Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn, Vincennes, Miller's Cave, Have I Stayed Away Too Long(47/94), Long Black Veil, Charleston Railroad Tavern, Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Daddy, All American Boy, Chicken Every Sunday, Four Strong Winds, Long Black Limousine, Game Of Triangles, Times Are Gettin' Hard, Folsom Prison Blues, 500 Miles Away From Home, I'd Fight The World, When The Wind Blows In Chicago, Green Green Grass Of Home, Delia's Gone, Dear John Letter.
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE	RCA Camden ACL1-0150	1973
Memphis Tennessee, Houston, Streets Of Baltimore, In The Same Old Way, Come Kiss Me Love, Early Morning Rain, Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town, Skip A Rope, Green Green Grass Of Home.(sampler)
SUNDAY MORNIN' COMIN' DOWN	RCA Camden ANL1-0560	1974
Sunday Morning Coming Down, Piney Wood Hills, In The Same Old Way, Come Kiss Me Love, California Dreams, Charleston Railroad Tavern, Chicago Story, Singer Of Sad Songs, Homecoming.(sampler)
Mercury (1970 - 1972)
THIS IS BARE COUNTRY(37/-)	Mercury SR-61290	1970
That's How I Got To Memphis(3/-), I'm Her Hoss If I Never Win A Race, Mrs. Jones Your Daughter Cried All Night, Fool, It's A Freezing In El Paso, Come Sundown(7/-), Woman You Have Been A Friend To Me, Don't It Make You Want To Go Home, I Took A Memory To Lunch, Leaving On A Jet Plane, Mary Ann Regrets.
WHERE HAVE ALL THE SEASONS GONE(44/-)	Mercury SR-61316	1971
Where Have All The Seasons Gone, Travelin' Minstrel Man, Hello Darlin', How About You, Dropping Out Of Sight, Mama Bake A Pie, Help Me Make It Through The Night, Roselee, For The Good Times, Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends(8/-), Waitress At Main Street Cafe.
I NEED SOME GOOD NEWS BAD	Mercury SR-61342	1971
Short And Sweet(57/-), West Virginia Woman, Don't You Ever Get Tired, Million Miles To The City, Jesus Is The Only One That Loves Us, New York City Snow, I Need Some Good News Bad, Me And Bobby McGee, Good Christian Soldier, Just The Other Side Of Nowhere, Loving Her Was Easier.
WHAT AM I GONNA DO(19/-)	Mercury SR-61363	1972
What Am I Gonna Do(13/-), Darby's Castle, When Love Is Gone, Lot Of Soul, Jesus Christ What A Man, Lonely Street, Just In Case, Lorena, Roses Are Red, Love Forever, When I Want To Love A Lady.
HIGH AND DRY	Mercury INT-145031	1972
Music City USA, Alabama Rose, Laying Here Lying In Bed, Under It All, Take Some And Give Some, Crazy Arms, City Boy Country Born, Coal River, She Gave Her Heart To Jethro, High And Dry, Footprints In The Sands Of Time, Even The Bad Times Are Good.(released in Germany)
GREATEST HITS	Sun 136	1974
That's How I Got To Memphis, Year That Clayton Delaney Died, Million Miles To The City, Woman You Have Been A Friend To Me, Waitress At Main Street Cafe, Come Sundown, I Took A Memory To Lunch, Where Have All The Seasons Gone, Dropping Out Of Sight, Mama Bake A Pie, Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends.(sampler)
VERY BEST	United Artists 427F	1975
Come Sundown, Sylvia's Mother, Leaving On A Jet Plane, What Am I Gonna Do, That's How I Got To Memphis, Don't It Make You Want To Go Home, Help Me Make It Through The Night, Just The Other Side Of Nowhere, She Gave Her Heart To Jethro, Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends.(sampler)
THIS IS BARE COUNTRY	United Artists 621G	1976
When I Want To Love A Lady, Million Miles To The City, Darby's Castle, Jesus Christ What A Man, Just In Case, City Boy Country Born, Roses Are Red, Lorena, After The Divorce, Lonely Street, Short And Sweet.(sampler)
RCA Victor (1973 - 1977)
I HATE GOODBYES / RIDE ME DOWN EASY(31/-)	RCA Victor APL1-0040	1973
I Hate Goodbyes, What's Your Mama's Name Child, You Know Who, Train That Never Runs, Offer She Couldn't Refuse, Restless Wind, Send Tomorrow To The Moon, Poison Red Berries, I'll Love The Hurt Out Of You, Ride Me Down Easy(11/-).
LULLABYS LEGENDS AND LIES(5/-)	RCA Victor CPL2-0290	1973
Lullabys Legends And Lies, Paul, Marie Leveau(1/-), Daddy What If(2/41), Winner, In The Hills Of Shiloh, She's My Ever Lovin' Machine, Mermaid, Rest Awhile, Bottomless Well, Wonderful Soup Stone, True Story, Sure Hit Songwriter's Pen, Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.
SINGIN' IN THE KITCHENwith Family(27/-)	RCA Victor APL1-0700	1974
Lullabys Legends And Lies, Paul, Marie Leveau(1/-), Daddy What If(2/41), Winner, In The Hills Of Shiloh, She's My Ever Lovin' Machine, Mermaid, Rest Awhile, Bottomless Well, Wonderful Soup Stone, True Story, Sure Hit Songwriter's Pen, Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe.
HARD TIME HUNGRYS(33/-)	RCA Victor APL1-0906	1975
Hard Time Hungrys, Farmer Feeds Us All, Alimony(18/-), Two For A Dollar, Back Home In Huntsville Again(23/-), Daddy's Been Around The House Too Long, Warm And Free, Able Bodied Man, Ten Thousand Dollars In Pennies, Bottles And Boxes, Truck Driver Truck Driver, Unemployment Line.
COWBOYS AND DADDYS(21/-)	RCA Victor APL1-1222	1975
Cowboy And The Poet (Faster Horses), Cowboys And Daddys(29/-), High Plains Jamboree, Chester, Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother, Stranger, Amarillo Highway, Speckled Pony, Pretty Painted Ladies, He's A Cowboy, Last Dance At The Old Texas Moon.
WINNER AND OTHER LOSERS(18/205)	RCA Victor APL1-1786	1976
Climbin' The Ladder And Climbin' The Wall, Baby Wants To Boogie, Keeping Rosie Proud Of Me, Bald Headed Woman, Vince, Lost In Austin, Put A Little Lovin' On Me, Yes Mr Rogers, Brian Hennessey, My Better Half, Dropkick Me Jesus(17/-), Winner(13/-).
ME AND McDILL(27/-)	RCA Victor APL1-2179	1977
If You Think I'm Crazy Now (You Should Have Seen Me When I Was A Kid), Hillbilly Hell, Don't Think You're Too Good For Country Music (Just Because You Can Rock And Roll), Till I Get On My Feet, Don't Turn Out The Light, Wilma Lou, Look Who I'm Cheating On Tonight, You Made A Believer Out Of Me, Woman In Every Man's Life, Can't Seem To Get Nowhere, Tired Of The Road Joe.
GREATEST HITS	RCA Victor AYL1-4118	1981
Marie Leveau, Daddy What If, Alimony, Lullabys Legends And Lies, Winner, Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother, Warm And Free, Giving Tree, Mermaid.(sampler)
Columbia (1978 - 1983)
BARE(44/-)	Columbia KC-35314	1978
Big Dupree, Finger On The Button, Gambler, Yard Full Of Rusty Cars, Greasy Grit Gravy, Too Many Nights Alone(29/-), Childhood Hero, February Snow, This Guitar Is For Sale, Sing For The Song.
SLEEPER WHEREVER I FALL	Columbia KC-35645	1978
Sleep Tight Goodnight Man(11/-), Hot Afternoon, What Did It Get Me, Goin' Up's Easy Comin' Down's Hard, Way I Feel Tonight, Healin'(23/-), Love Is A Cold Wind, I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better, Last Time, On A Real Good Night.
DOWN AND DIRTY(21/-)	Columbia JC-36323	1980
Good For Nothing Blues, Numbers(11/-), Some Days Are Diamonds, Tequila Shiela(31/-), Rock's Star Lament, Crazy Again, Tecumseh Valley, Blind Willie Harper, Rough On The Living, Down To My Last Come And Get Me, Qualudes Again, Goin' Back To Texas, I Can't Watch The Movie Anymore.
DRUNK AND CRAZY(47/-)	Columbia JC-36785	1980
Drunk And Crazy, Food Blues(41/-), World's Last Truck Drivin' Man, I Can Almost See Houston From Here, If That Ain't Love, Rock And Roll Hotel, Song Of The South, Appaloosa Rider, Bathroom Tissue Paper Letter, Willie Jones(19/-), Gotta Get Rid Of This Band, Drinkin' And Druggin' And Watchin' TV, Your Credit Card Won't Get You Into Heaven, I've Never Gone To Bed With An Ugly Woman, Desperados Waiting For The Train.
AS IS(43/204)	Columbia FC-37157	1981
Dollar Pool Fool, Learning To Live Again(28/-), Call Me The Breeze, Take Me As I Am(28/-), Let Him Roll, New Cut Road(18/-), She Is Gone, Dropping Out Of Sight(35/-), Summer Wages, White Freight Liner Blues.
ENCORE	Columbia FC-37350	1981
Numbers, On A Real Good Night, Healin', Gambler, Food Blues, Willie Jones, Sleep Tight Goodnight Man, Tequila Shiela, I Can Almost See Houston From Here, Too Many Nights Alone.(sampler)
AIN'T GOT NOTHIN' TO LOSE(29/-)	Columbia FC-37719	1982
If You Ain't Got Nothin' (You Ain't Got Nothin' To Lose)(31/-), I'm Not A Candle In The Wind(37/-), They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole, Isn't That Just Like Love, Goodnight Irene, Golden Memories, I've Been Rained On Too, Cold Day In Hell, So Good To So Bad, Praise The Lord And Send Me The Money(83/-).
BIGGEST HITS	Columbia FC-38311	1982
Tequila Shiela, Till I Gain Control Again(prev unissued), Learning To Live Again, Let Him Roll, Greasy Grit Gravy, Numbers, Take Me As I Am, Big Dupree, New Cut Road, Goin' Back To Texas, Sleep Tight Goodnight Man, Too Many Nights Alone, Healin', Food Blues, Willie Jones, Dropping Out Of Sight.(sampler)
DRINKIN' FROM THE BOTTLE	Columbia FC-38670	1983
Jogger(29/-), Easy As Dreaming, Rodeo Queen, Me And Jimmie Rodgers, Three Legged Man, Diet Song(69/-), Jennifer Johnson And Me, Drinkin' From The Bottle, Someplace To Come When It Rains, Stacy Brown Got Two, Time.
Other recordings
TENDER YEARS	Hilltop JS-6026	1966
Tender Years, Vampira, Darling Don't, Life Of A Fool, Beggar, Livin' End, Another Love Has Ended, Down On The Corner Of Love.(early recordings 1956-1963)
MERRY CHRISTMAS	SBR LP-1001	1988
Silent Night, Christmas Time's A Comin', White Christmas, Lonely Christmas, Daddy Would You Tell Me About Jesus, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, Away In A Manger, Blue Christmas, What A Merry Christmas This Would Be, Christmas At The Jersey Lily Lounge.
FISHIN' SONGS	Montana 310006	1989
Gone Fishin' Again, Mama's Got The Catfish Blues, I Must Go To Center Hill, Mother Nature's Child, Mermaid, Great American Fisherman, Out On The Water, Fishin' With Orlando, Detroit City.
I LOVE AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS	Fiasco FE-333	1994
I Love An Old Fashioned Christmas, It's Fun To Go To Grandma's House, Christmas In The Eyes Of A Child, Made A Promise To Santa Claus, In Bethlehem, Let's Hold Hands, Christmas Train, We Went To Visit Santa Claus, Christmas In My Smoky Mountain Home, Under The Mistletoe.
SINGLES 1959 - 1969	BMG 57119	1994
All American Boy, Shame On Me, Above And Beyond, Detroit City, Heart Of Ice, 500 Miles Away From Home, It All Depends On Linda, Miller's Cave, Jeannie's Last Kiss, Have I Stayed Away Too Long, More Than A Poor Boy Could Give, Four Strong Winds, Take Me Home, Times Are Gettin' Hard, One Day At A Time, It's Alright, She Picked A Perfect Day, Just To Satisfy You, Memories, Talk Me Some Sense, Delia's Gone, In The Same Old Way, Long Black Veil, Streets Of Baltimore, She Took My Sunshine Away, Homesick, Guess I'll Move On Down The Line, Charleston Railroad Tavern, Vincennes, Come Kiss Me Love, Sandy's Crying Again, Piney Wood Hills, They Covered Up The Old Swimmin' Hole, Find Out What's Happening, When Am I Ever Gonna Settle Down, Little Bit Later On Down The Line, Don't Do Like I Done Son, Town That Broke My Heart, My Baby, Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn, Rainy Day In Richmond, Which One Will It Be, My Frame Of Mind, God Bless America Again, Baby What Else Can I Do, Rosalie.
LIVE AT GILLEY'S	Atlantic 92836	1999
Good For Nothing Blues, Drunk And Crazy, Come Sundown, 500 Miles Away From Home/Four Strong Winds/Shame On Me, Ride Me Down Easy, Tequila Sheila, Detroit City, Marie Laveau, Dropkick Me Jesus, Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother, I've Never Gone To Bed With An Ugly Woman, Jogger.
MOON WAS BLUE	Dualtone 1209	2005
Are You Sincere, I Am An Island, Everybody's Talkin', Yesterday When I Was Young, Love Letters In The Sand, Ballad Of Lucy Jordan, My Heart Cries For You, It's All In The Game, Shine On Harvest Moon, Am I That Easy To Forget, Fellow Travelers.