Gilbert O'Sullivan discography
Encyclopedia
The following is a discography listing of Gilbert O'Sullivan
's officially released works to date.
† Duet with Peggy Lee
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Gilbert O'Sullivan is an Irish-English singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again ", "Clair" and "Get Down". The music magazine, Record Mirror, voted him the No...
's officially released works to date.
Singles
| Release date | A-side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... |
B-side A-side and B-side A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or... |
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
Irish Singles Chart Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... |
U.S. Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| November 1967 | "Disappear" | "You" | |
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| April 1968 | "What Can I Do" | "You" | |
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| May 1969 | "Mr. Moody's Garden" | "I Wish I Could Cry" | |
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| October 1970 | "Nothing Rhymed" | "Everybody Knows" | |
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| February 1971 | "Underneath the Blanket Go" | "Doing The Best I Can" | |
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| July 1971 | "We Will" | "I Didn't Know What To Do" | |
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| August 1971 | "I Wish I Could Cry" | "Mr. Moody's Garden" | |
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| November 1971 | "No Matter How I Try" | "If I Don't Get You (Back Again)" | |
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| February 1972 | "Alone Again (Naturally) Alone Again (Naturally) "Alone Again " is a song by Irish singer–songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan. It was released in 1972, and in total spent six weeks, non-consecutively, at #1 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In Casey Kasem's American 'Top 40 of the 1970s', "Alone Again " ranked as the fifth... " |
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| May 1972 | "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" | "But I'm Not" | |
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| October 1972 | "Clair Clair (song) "Clair" is a popular song by Irish singer Gilbert O'Sullivan and is one of his biggest-selling singles. Written by O'Sullivan and produced by Gordon Mills, it was the number one single in the UK for two weeks in November 1972, number one in Canada on the RPM 100 national singles chart the following... " |
"What Could Be Nicer (Mum, The Kettle's Boiling)" | |
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| January 1973 | "I Wish I Could Cry" | "Mr. Moody's Garden" | |
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| March 1973 | "Out of the Question" | "Everybody Knows" | |
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| March 1973 | "Get Down Get Down (Gilbert O'Sullivan song) "Get Down" is a song by Gilbert O'Sullivan, from his album I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter. Released as a single, it spent two weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart in April 1973, and was also a number-one hit in Ireland and a top-ten hit in the United States and Canada. The song has nothing to do... " |
"A Very Extraordindary Sort of Girl" | |
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| August 1973 | "Ooh Baby" | "Good Company" | |
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| November 1973 | "Why, Oh Why, Oh Why" | "You Don't Have to Tell Me" | |
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| February 1974 | "Happiness is Me and You" | "Breakfast Dinner and Tea" | |
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| August 1974 | "A Woman's Place" | "Too Bad" | |
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| November 1974 | "Christmas Song" | "To Cut a Long Story Short" | |
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| January 1975 | "You are You" | "Tell Me Why" | |
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| May 1975 | "I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You" | "That's a Fact" | |
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| August 1975 | "I'll Believe It When I See It" | "Just As You Are" | |
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| October 1975 | "You Never Listen to Reason" | "Call on Me" | |
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| April 1976 | "Doing What I Know" | "I, Of Course, Replied" | |
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| October 1976 | "To Each His Own" | "Can't Get You Out of My Mind" | |
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| November 1976 | "Matrimony" | "You Don't Have to Tell Me" | |
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| May 1977 | "My Love and I" | "Call on Me" | |
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| July 1977 | "You Got Me Going" | "As Long as I Can" | |
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| February 1978 | "Miss My Love Today" | "Our Own Baby" | |
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| August 1980 | "What's in a Kiss" | "Down, Down, Down" | |
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| November 1980 | "I Love It But" | "Help Is on The Way" | |
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| January 1981 | "Hello, It's Goodbye" | "Break It to Me Gently" | |
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| March 1981 | "Can't Get Enough of You" | "Or So They Say" | |
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| June 1982 | "A Minute of Your Time" | "In Other Words" | |
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| September 1982 | "Bear With Me" | "Don't Bother At All" | |
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| 1989 | "Lost a Friend" | "You Better Run" | |
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| February 1990 | "So What" | "In a Nutshell" | |
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| June 1990 | "At The Very Mention of Your Name" | "What You See is What You Get" | |
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| 1992 | "Can't Think Straight" † | "Sometimes" / "Divorce Irish Style" | |
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| November 1993 | "Are You Happy?" | "Nothing Rhymed" (live) / "Or So They Say" (live) | |
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| November 1995 | "Dear Dream" | "Dear Dream" (dance mix) / "Sometimes" | |
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| October 1998 | "Ain't No Telling (What Tomnorrow Will Bring)" | "Doesn't It Make You Sick" / "Break a Leg" | |
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| July 2001 | "Say Goodbye" | "Sex Appeal" / "Clair" | |
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| June 2002 | "Two's Company (Three is Allowed)" | "I Have a Coat to Keep Me Warm" / "There are Others" | |
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| December 2002 | "Ooh Baby" | "Ooh Baby" (versions) | |
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| June 2007 | "Just So You Know" | |
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| July 2008 | "Never Day Di" | |
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Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...
EPs
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| 1972 | "Alone Again (Naturally)" / "Save It" / "No Matter How I Try" / "If I Don't Get You" |
| 1972 | "Clair" / "What Could be Nicer" / "Ooh-Wakka-Doo-Wakka-Day" / "But I'm Not" |
| November 1978 | "Christmas Song" / "Clair" / "Nothing Rhymed" |
Albums
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| U.S. Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1971 | Himself
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| 1972 | Back to Front Back To Front (Gilbert O'Sullivan album) Back to Front is a 1972 album by singer/songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan.- Track listing :All songs written by Gilbert O'SullivanSide One# "Intro/I Hope You'll Stay" – 2:47# "In My Hole" – 2:46# "Clair" – 3:02# "That's Love" – 3:02...
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| 1973 | I'm A Writer Not A Fighter
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| 1974 | A Stranger In My Own Back Yard
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| 1976 | Greatest Hits
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| 1977 | Southpaw
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| 1980 | Off Centre
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| 1981 | 20 Golden Greats
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| 1982 | Life & Rhymes
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| 1987 | Frobisher Drive (Germany Only)
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| 1989 | In The Key Of G
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| 1991 | Nothing But The Best
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| 1993 | Sounds Of The Loop
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| 1994 | By Larry (also known as 'The Little Album')
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| 1995 | The Best Of Gilbert O'Sullivan: Live In Japan
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| 1995 | Every Song Has Its Play
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| 1997 | Singer Sowing Machine
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| 2001 | Irlish
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| 2003 | Piano Foreplay
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| 2004 | The Berry Vest Of Gilbert O'Sullivan The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan The Berry Vest of Gilbert O'Sullivan is a compilation album by Gilbert O'Sullivan, released in 2004. The songs are composed and performed by Gilbert O'Sullivan.-Track listing:#"Nothing Rhymed" – 3:24#"Alone Again " – 3:38...
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| 2007 | A Scruff At Heart
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| 2011 | Gilbertville
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