Ed Ames discography

{{Short description|None}}  {{Infobox artist discography | Artist = [[Ed Ames]] |Image = Ed Ames backstage of the Ryman Auditorium, 1969.png |image caption = Ed Ames warms up backstage of the Ryman Auditorium on May 6, 1969. | Studio = 22 | EP = | Compilation = 4 | Singles = 25 | Option = 1 | Option name = Collaboration singles | 1Option = 5 | 1Option name = Promotional singles }} This is the [[discography]] of American pop and easy listening singer [[Ed Ames]]. Shown below are only his solo releases. It contains 22 [[studio album]]s, 4 [[compilation album]]s, 25 [[Single (music)|singles]] and other releases. Ames' debut single was 1956's "The Bean Song", released by [[RCA Victor]] while he was still recording with the [[Ames Brothers]]. It went unnoticed, and Ames' solo recording career would actually begin in 1963 with "[[Jennie (musical)|Before I Kiss the World Goodbye]]", which received a positive reception. After several other singles, he scored a hit in 1965 with his 1964 recording of "[[Try To Remember]]", which hit the pop and easy listening charts.

The following singles failed to reach the charts, and it would only be in 1966 when his single "[[My Cup Runneth Over (song)|My Cup Runneth Over]]" would score him a hit. The single quickly reached the top-10 of the pop charts in the US and Canada, and managed to top the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|''Billboard'' Easy Listening]] chart. It spawned a top-5 pop album, which received the [[RIAA certification]] for Gold. "[[Time, Time (song)|Time, Time]]" would follow the success with fewer sales, and the third single "[[Timeless Love (song)|Timeless Love]]" completely missed the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. In September, Ames took up a [[James Last]] tune "[[When the Snow Is on the Roses]]" which returned him to the Easy Listening number 1 spot, and the pop Hot 100. Ames changed direction with the 1967 protest song "[[Who Will Answer? (song)|Who Will Answer?]], which returned him to the pop top-20 in the US, and scored him his biggest success in Canada. ''[[Who Will Answer?]]'' in 1968 achieved him another [[RIAA certification]]. The following singles in 1968 would consistently reach the charts. Ames' 1968 original recording of "Kiss Her Now" from ''[[Dear World]]'' spawned a full [[The Hits of Broadway and Hollywood|Broadway themed album]] as well.

In 1969, due to slipping sales, Ames would change his message of songs again. "[[Changing, Changing]]", "[[Son of a Travelin' Man]]", and "[[Leave Them a Flower]]", all preached change, travelling, and nature. During the year, he also recorded with American singer [[Marilyn Maye]], "[[Think Summer]]" was the single they released, which reached the Easy Listening top-20. By the end of the year, Ames' and RCA's efforts would not lead to an increase in sales, with the final album of 1969 for Ames, ''[[Love of the Common People (Ed Ames album)|Love of the Common People]]'' failing to reach the top-150 on any type of chart. In 1970, the duet single was reissued and reached number 38 in the US, the same position as Ames' cover of "Three Good Reasons" released in March 1970. ''[[Sing Away the World]]'' was Ames' second-to-last charting album, reaching number 194 in the summer. The [[pop folk|folk-pop]] song "[[Chippewa Town]]" became Ames' final entry on the Easy Listening chart, though RCA continued releasing several other singles until 1973. In 1971, a tribute to [[Burt Bacharach]] & [[Hal David]] would make Ames reach the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] one last time. In 1972, he would record another tribute, this time a [[country music|country-themed]] album to [[Jim Reeves]]. Ed Ames recordings would be featured on a number of compilations released by RCA throughout the years.

==Albums== === Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of studio albums, showing all relevant details ! width="50" rowspan="2" | Year ! width="200" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Title ! colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" | Certification |- ! width="40" | [[Billboard Top LPs|US 200]] <ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | title = Top LPs, 1955–1996 | year = 1996 | publisher = Record Research | page = 10 | url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/10/mode/2up | access-date = July 10, 2025}}</ref> ! width="40" | [[Cash Box|US CB]] <ref name="CB">{{Cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank W |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/6/mode/2up |title=The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974 |date=1988 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2005-6 |location=Metuchen, N.J. |pages=6 |access-date=May 10, 2026}}</ref> |- | rowspan="1" | 1963 | style="text-align:left;" | ''Try To Remember'' | — | — |- | rowspan="1" | 1964 | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[The Ed Ames Album]]'' | — | — |- | rowspan="2" | 1965 | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[My Kind of Songs]]'' | — | — |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[It's a Man's World (Ed Ames album)|It's a Man's World]]'' | — | — |- | rowspan="2" | 1966 | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[More I Cannot Wish You (album)|More I Cannot Wish You]]'' | 90 | 100 |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[My Cup Runneth Over (album)|My Cup Runneth Over]]'' | 4 | 4 | [[RIAA]]: Gold<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web | title = Ed Ames – Gold & Platinum | website = RIAA | url = https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Ed+Ames#search_section | access-date = 2025-09-01 | publisher = Recording Industry Association of America | quote = Search results page for Ed Ames’ RIAA Gold & Platinum certifications.}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3" | 1967 | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Time, Time]]'' | 77 | 57 |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''Christmas with Ed Ames'' | 11 | — |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[When the Snow Is on the Roses (album)|When the Snow Is on the Roses]]'' | 24 | 22 |- | rowspan="3" | 1968 | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Who Will Answer?]]'' | 13 | 12 | [[RIAA]]: Gold<ref name="RIAA"/> |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Sings Apologize]]'' | 135 | 87 |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[The Hits of Broadway and Hollywood]]'' | 186 | 70 |- | rowspan="3" | 1969 | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[A Time for Living, a Time for Hope]]'' | 114 | 91 |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[The Windmills of Your Mind (Ed Ames album)|The Windmills of Your Mind]]'' | 157 | 72 |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Love of the Common People (Ed Ames album)|Love of the Common People]]'' | 172 | — |- | rowspan="2" | 1970 | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Sing Away the World]]'' | 194 | — |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''Christmas is the Warmest Time of the Year'' | — | — |- |1971 | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Sings the Songs of Bacharach and David]]'' | 199 | — |- | rowspan="3" | 1972 | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Ed Ames (album)|Ed Ames]]'' | — | — |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Remembers Jim Reeves|Ed Ames Remembers Jim Reeves]]'' | — | — |- | style="text-align:left;" | ''[[Songs from "Lost Horizon" and Themes from Other Movies]]'' | — | — |- |}

=== Compilation albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of compilation albums, showing all relevant details ! width="210" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" rowspan="2" | Album details ! colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |- ! width="40" | [[Billboard Top LPs|US 200]] <ref name="Whitburn" /> |- ! scope="row" | ''[[The Best of Ed Ames]]'' | * Released: September 1969 * Label: [[RCA Victor Records]] * Formats: [[LP record|LP]], [[8-track cartridge]] | 119 |- ! scope="row" | ''This is Ed Ames'' | * Released: 1970 * Label: RCA Victor (VSP) * Formats: LP, 2 record set | — |- ! scope="row" | ''Somewhere My Love'' | * Released: 1972 * Label: [[RCA Camden]] * Formats: LP | — |- ! scope="row" | ''Ed Ames'' | * Released: 1972 * Label: RCA Camden * Formats: LP | — |- ! scope="row" | '' [[The Very Best of Ed Ames]]'' | * Released: 2001 * Label: [[RCA Records]] * Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]] | — |- |}

==Singles== ===As lead artist=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details ! rowspan="2"|Single ! rowspan="2"|Year ! colspan="6"|Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"|Album |- ! [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US AC]] <ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnpres0000whit/page/10/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, 1961-2006 |date=2007 |publisher=Menomonee Falls, Wis. : Record Research Inc. |isbn=978-0-89820-169-7 |pages=10}}</ref> ! [[Billboard Hot 100|US]] <ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/16/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201551 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisc. |pages=16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnsbub0000whit/page/8/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981 |date=1982 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=978-0-8982-0047-8 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis |pages=8}}</ref> ! [[Cashbox (magazine)|CB]] <ref name="CB 2">{{Cite book |last=Downey |first=Pat |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxpopsingle00down/page/6/mode/2up |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 |date=1994 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1-56308-316-7 |location=Englewood, Colo. |pages=6}}</ref> ! [[Canada|CAN (''RPM'')]] <ref name="canada">{{cite web|title=Searched: Ed Ames on the RPM charts |url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Home/Result?q_type_1=q&q_1=Ed%20ames&DataSource=Library%7CRPM&DataSourceSel=Library&ST=SAD&&tag=101149& |website=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |access-date=May 3, 2026}}</ref> ! [[Canada|CAN (''AC'')]] <ref name="canada" /> ! [[Kent Music Report|AUS]] |- ! scope="row"| "[[Jennie (musical)|Before I Kiss the World Goodbye]]" | 1963 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''Opening Night with Ed Ames'' |- ! scope="row"| "It Only Takes a Moment" | rowspan="3" | 1964 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non LP-tracks}} |- ! scope="row"| "Give Me Back My Life" | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – |- ! scope="row"| "[[Try to Remember]]" | align="center"| 17 | align="center"| 73 | align="center"| 83 | align="center"| 39 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''Opening Night with Ed Ames'' |- ! scope="row"| "Dio Mio" | rowspan="2" | 1965 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | {{n/a|Non LP-tracks}} |- ! scope="row"| "[[On a Clear Day You Can See Forever|Melinda]]" | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''[[My Cup Runneth Over (album)|My Cup Runneth Over]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "River Boy" | rowspan="3"| 1966 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''It's a Man's World'' |- ! scope="row"| "There's a Time for Everything" | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | rowspan="2" | ''[[My Cup Runneth Over (album)|My Cup Runneth Over]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[My Cup Runneth Over (song)|My Cup Runneth Over]]" | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 8 | align="center"| 8 | align="center"| 9 | align="center"| – | align="center"| 34 |- ! scope="row"| "[[Time, Time (song)|Time, Time]]" | rowspan="4"|1967 | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 61 | align="center"| 66 | align="center"| 60 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''[[Time, Time]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Timeless Love (song)|Timeless Love]]" | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| – | align="center"| 109 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | rowspan="2" |''[[When the Snow Is on the Roses (album)|When the Snow Is on the Roses]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[When the Snow Is on the Roses]]" | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 98 | align="center"| 97 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – |- ! scope="row"| "[[Who Will Answer? (song)|Who Will Answer?]]" | align="center"| 6 | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| 14 | align="center"| 6 | align="center"| – | align="center"| 71 | ''[[Who Will Answer?|Who Will Answer and Other Songs of our Time]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Apologize (Ed Ames song)|Apologize]]" | rowspan="3"|1968 | align="center"| 10 | align="center"| 79 | align="center"| 66 | align="center"| 47 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''[[Sings Apologize]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[All My Love's Laughter]]" | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| 122 | align="center"| 106 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | {{n/a|Non LP-tracks}} |- ! scope="row"| "[[Dear World|Kiss Her Now]]" | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| – | align="center"| 77 | align="center"| 65 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''[[The Hits of Broadway and Hollywood]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Changing, Changing]]" | rowspan="5"|1969 | align="center"| 11 | align="center"| 130 | align="center"| 112 | align="center"| – | align="center"| 6 | align="center"| – | ''[[A Time for Living, a Time for Hope]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Son of a Travelin' Man]]" | align="center"| 21 | align="center"| 92 | align="center"| 94 | align="center"| 81 | align="center"| 14 | align="center"| 61 | ''[[The Windmills of Your Mind (Ed Ames album)|The Windmills of Your Mind]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Think Summer]]" (with [[Marilyn Maye]]) | align="center"|17 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | {{n/a|Non LP-tracks}} |- ! scope="row"| "[[Leave Them a Flower]]" | align="center"| 19 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| 33 | align="center"| – | rowspan="2"|''[[Love of the Common People (Ed Ames album)|Love of the Common People]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[A Thing Called Love (song)|A Thing Called Love]]" | align="center"| 21 | align="center"| – | align="center"| 115 | align="center"| – | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| – |- ! scope="row"| "[[Three Good Reasons (song)|Three Good Reasons]]" | rowspan="4"|1970 | align="center"| 28 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''[[Sing Away the World]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Think Summer]]" (Rerelease) | align="center"| 38 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | rowspan="4" {{n/a|Non LP-tracks}} |- ! scope="row"| "[[Chippewa Town]]" | align="center"| 36 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – |- ! scope="row"| "Sweet, Sweet Reason" | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – |- ! scope="row"| "He Gives Us All His Love" | 1971 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – |- ! scope="row"| "[[And I Love You So (song)|And I Love You So]]" | rowspan="3"| 1972 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''[[Ed Ames (album)|Ed Ames]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Distant Drums (song)|Distant Drums]]" | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | ''[[Remembers Jim Reeves|Ed Ames Remembers Jim Reeves]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Lost Horizon (1973 film)|Lost Horizon]]" | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | rowspan="2"| ''[[Songs from "Lost Horizon" and Themes from Other Movies]]'' |- ! scope="row"| "[[Butterflies Are Free]]" | 1973 | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – | align="center"| – |- | align="center"; colspan="9" style="font-size:90%" |"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |}

===Promotional singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of promotional singles, showing all relevant details ! style="width:20em;"| Title ! Year ! Album ! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| "Hello, Lyndon!" | 1964 | {{n/a}} | align="center"| <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Ed |title="Hello, Lyndon!"/(Blank [[B-side]]) (7 inch vinyl single) |journal=[[1964 Democratic National Convention]] |date=1964 |id=RK3M 4583}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "[[My Cup Runneth Over (song)|My Cup Runneth Over]]" | 1966 | ''[[My Cup Runneth Over (album)|My Cup Runneth Over]]'' | align="center"| <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Ed |title="My Cup Runneth Over"/"My Cup Runneth Over" (7 inch vinyl single) |journal=[[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] |date=November 1966 |id=47-9002}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "[[Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!]]" | 1968 | ''Christmas With Ed Ames'' | align="center"| <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Ed |title="Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"/"The Ballad of the Christmas Donkey" (7 inch vinyl single) |journal=[[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] |date=November 1968 |id=SP-45-188}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "[[Changing, Changing]]" | 1969 | ''[[A Time for Living, a Time for Hope]]'' | align="center"| <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ames |first1=Ed |title="Changing, Changing"/"Changing, Changing" (7 inch vinyl single) |journal=[[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] |date=February 1969 |id=47-9726}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "[[Butterflies Are Free]]" | 1973 | ''[[Songs from "Lost Horizon" and Themes from Other Movies]]'' | align="center"| <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Amee |first1=Ed |title="Butterflies Are Free" (mono)/"Butterflies Are Free (Stereo)" (7 inch vinyl single) |journal=[[RCA Records|RCA Victor]] |date=January 1973 |id=74-0883}}</ref> |- |}

== References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ames, Ed}} {{Template:Ed Ames}}

[[Category:Discographies of American artists]] [[Category:Pop music discographies]]