Gene Watson Music

Gene Watson has been singing professionally since the late 1950s & has been a country music (album) recording artist since the late 1960s.

Gene Watson steps into a recording studio and, like a great chef, uses the perfect ingredients to create an aural feast.  When Gene Watson takes a step behind the microphone, magic happens.

Gene Watson's contribution to the country music genre is immeasurable and it is here that you will find information about Gene's 45rpm vinyl single releases between 1965 & 1989.

1965
Song Title: 'If you can't come, just call' c/w 'You're what's happened to me'
Record Label: Tonka 11
Chart Position: n/a

1965
Song Title: 'If you can't come, just call' c/w 'Please don't laugh at me'
Record Label: Tonka 11
Chart Position: n/a

1969
Song Title: 'Florence Jean' c/w 'John's back in town'
Record Label: Uni 55212
Chart Position: n/a

1969
Song Title: 'Walking back to Birmingham' c/w 'This sing is just for you'
Record Label: Wide World 801
Chart Position: n/a

1969
Song Title: 'I'll run right back to you' c/w 'Autumn in June'
Record Label: Wide World 1001
Chart Position: n/a

1969
Song Title: 'Before the next teardrop falls' c/w 'I told a lie'
Record Label: Wide World 1002
Chart Position: n/a

1969
Song Title: 'I went all to pieces' c/w 'Two right people'
Record Label: Wide World 1007
Chart Position: n/a

1969
Song Title: 'Lie to me' c/w 'I feel a sin coming on'
Record Label: Wide World 1010
Chart Position: n/a

1969
Song Title: 'If I'm a fool for leaving' c/w 'The only difference'
Record Label: Wide World 1014
Chart Position: n/a

1969
Song Title: 'When my daddy danced' c/w 'Eli Funkelby'
Record Label: Wide World 1016
Chart Position: n/a

1969
Song Title: 'I'll feel fine' c/w 'I'm not strong enough'
Record Label: Wide World 1019
Chart Position: n/a

1972
Song Title: 'The birds & the bees' c/w 'My eyes are jealous'
Record Label: Wide World 1021
Chart Position: n/a

1972
Song Title: 'If I'm a fool for leaving' c/w 'Two right people'
Record Label: Stoneway 1120
Chart Position: n/a

1972
Song Title: 'Through the eyes of love' c/w 'To have conquered'
Record Label: Resco 616
Chart Position: n/a

1972
Song Title: 'It's just a matter of time' c/w 'Walking back to Birmingham'
Record Label: Stoneway 1130
Chart Position: n/a

1972
Song Title: 'I feel a sin coming on' c/w 'I'm not strong enough'
Record Label: Stoneway 1142
Chart Position: n/a

1972
Song Title: 'I'm not strong enough' c/w 'Listen, they're playing song'
Record Label: Wide World 1165
Chart Position: n/a

1972
Song Title: 'Do you have any plans for me' c/w 'Burning memories'
Record Label: Resco 619
Chart Position: n/a

1972
Song Title: 'I told a lie' c/w 'Shadows on the wall'
Record Label: Resco 627
Chart Position: n/a

1975
Song Title: 'Bad water' c/w 'I'll run right back to you'
Record Label: Resco 630
Chart Position: 87

1975
Song Title: 'Love in the hot afternoon' c/w 'Through the eyes of love'
Record Label: Resco 634
Chart Position: 1 (in a number of areas of Texas, Louisiana & Georgia)

1975
Song Title: 'Love in the hot afternoon' c/w 'Through the eyes of love'
Record Label: Capitol 4076
Chart Position: 3

1976
Song Title: 'Where love begins' c/w 'Long enough to care'
Record Label: Capitol 4143
Chart Position: 5

1976
Song Title: 'You could know as much about a stranger' c/w 'Harvest time'
Record Label: Capitol 4214
Chart Position: Top 10 hit

1976
Song Title: 'Because you believed in me' c/w 'When my world left town'
Record Label: Capitol 4279
Chart Position: Top 20 hit

1976
Song Title: 'Her body couldn't keep you (off my mind)' c/w 'If I'm a fool for leaving'
Record Label: Capitol 4331
Chart Position: Top 10 hit

1976
Song Title: 'Paper Rosie' c/w 'Don't look at me (in that tone of voice)'
Record Label: Capitol 4378
Chart Position: 3

1977
Song Title: 'The old man & his horn' c/w 'Just at dawn'
Record Label: Capitol 4458
Chart Position: 11

1978
Song Title: 'I don't need a thing at all' c/w 'Hey Barnum & Bailey'
Record Label: Capitol 4513
Chart Position: 8

1978
Song Title: 'Cowboys don't get lucky all the time' c/w 'I'd love to live with you again'
Record Label: Capitol 4556
Chart Position: 11

1978
Song Title: 'One sided conversation' c/w 'I know what it's like in her arms'
Record Label: Capitol 4616
Chart Position: 8

1979
Song Title: 'Farewell party' c/w 'I don't know how to tell her'
Record Label: Capitol 4680
Chart Position: 3

1979
Song Title: 'Pick the wildwood flower' c/w 'Mama sold roses'
Record Label: Capitol 4723
Chart Position: 5

1979
Song Title: 'Should I come home (or should I go crazy)' c/w 'Beautiful you'
Record Label: Capitol 4772
Chart Position: Top 5 hit

1980
Song Title: 'Nothing sure looked good on you' c/w 'The beer at Dorsey's bar'
Record Label: Capitol 4814
Chart Position: 4

1980
Song Title: 'Bedroom ballad' c/w 'After the party'
Record Label: Capitol 4854
Chart Position: 18

1980
Song Title: 'Raisin' cane in Texas' c/w 'A cold day in July'
Record Label: Capitol 4898
Chart Position: 15

1980
Song Title: 'No one will ever know' c/w 'Down & out this way again'
Record Label: Capitol 4940
Chart Position: 13

1980
Song Title: 'Any way you want me' c/w 'Those eyes that lied to me'
Record Label: Warner Bros. 49648
Chart Position: 4

1981
Song Title: 'Between this time & the next time' c/w 'I'm tellin' me a lie'
Record Label: MCA 51039
Chart Position: 17

1981
Song Title: 'Maybe I should have been listening' c/w 'I'm gonna kill you'
Record Label: MCA 51127
Chart Position: 23

1982 (9-16 January)
Song Title: 'Fourteen carat mind' c/w 'Lonely me'
Record Label: MCA 51183
Chart Position: 1

1982
Song Title: 'Speak softly (you're talking to my heart)' c/w 'Til Melinda comes around'
Record Label: MCA
Chart Position: 9

1982
Song Title: 'This dream's on me' c/w 'This torch that I carry for you'
Record Label: MCA
Chart Position: 8

1983
Song Title: 'What she don't know won't hurt her' c/w 'Fighting fire with fire'
Record Label: MCA
Chart Position: 5

1983
Song Title: 'You're out doing what I'm here doing without' c/w 'You're just another beer drinking song'
Record Label: MCA 52191
Chart Position: 2

1983
Song Title: 'Sometimes I get lucky & forget' c/w 'You put out an old flame last night'
Record Label: MCA 52243
Chart Position: 9

1984
Song Title: 'Drinkin' my way back home' c/w 'My memories of you'
Record Label: MCA 2309
Chart Position: 10

1984
Song Title: 'Forever again' c/w 'Growin' apart'
Record Label: MCA 52356
Chart Position: 10

1984
Song Title: 'Little by little' c/w 'The ballad of Richard Lindsay'
Record Label: MCA 52410
Chart Position: 33

1985
Song Title: 'Got no reason now for going home' c/w 'A memory away'
Record Label: Curb/MCA 52457
Chart Position: 7

1985
Song Title: 'One hell of a heartache' c/w 'Sailing home to me'
Record Label: MCA 52533
Chart Position: 43

1985
Song Title: 'You're out doing what I'm here doing without' c/w 'Sometimes I get lucky & forget'
Record Label: MCA 53556
Chart Position: Top 10 hit

1985
Song Title: 'Cold summer day in Georgia' c/w 'The note'
Record Label: Epic 05407
Chart Position: 24

1986
Song Title: 'Memories to burn' c/w 'Get along little doggie'
Record Label: Epic 05633
Chart Position: 5

1986
Song Title: 'Carmen' c/w 'The New York times'
Record Label: Epic 05817
Chart Position: 32

1986
Song Title: 'Memories to burn' c/w 'Get along little doggie'
Record Label: Epic 05633
Chart Position: 5

1986
Song Title: 'Bottles of tears' c/w 'Stranger in our house tonight'
Record Label: Epic 06057
Chart Position: 50

1986
Song Title: 'Everything I used to do' c/w 'I saved your place'
Record Label: Epic 06290
Chart Position: 29

1987
Song Title: 'Honky tonk crazy' c/w 'Starting new memories today'
Record Label: Epic 06987
Chart Position: 43

1987
Song Title: 'Everybody needs a hero' c/w 'When she touches me'
Record Label: Epic 7308
Chart Position: 28

1989
Song Title: 'Don't waste it on the blues' c/w 'I picked a San Antone rose'
Record Label: Warner Bros. 276532
Chart Position: 5

1989
Song Title: 'Back in the fire' c/w 'Just how little I know'
Record Label: Warner Bros. 27532
Chart Position: 20

1989
Song Title: 'The jukebox played along' c/w 'Somewhere over you'
Record Label: Warner Bros. 22912
Chart Position: 24

1989
Song Title: 'The great divide' c/w 'Ain't no fun to be alone in San Antone'
Record Label: Warner Bros. 22751
Chart Position: 41

1989
Song Title: 'This country's bigger than Texas' c/w 'You can't get arrested in Nashville'
Record Label: Warner Bros. 19540
Chart Position: Unavailable