This is the discography for American jazz band The Crusaders.
Albums as The Jazz Crusaders
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Label | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop[1] | US R&B[1] | US Jazz[1] | |||||||
| 1961 | Freedom Sound | — | — | — | Pacific Jazz | ||||
| 1962 | Lookin' Ahead | — | — | — | |||||
| 1963 | Tough Talk | — | — | — | |||||
| Heat Wave | — | — | — | ||||||
| Jazz Waltz (with Les McCann) | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1964 | Stretchin' Out | — | — | — | |||||
| 1965 | The Thing | — | — | — | |||||
| Chile Con Soul | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1966 | Talk That Talk | — | — | — | |||||
| 1967 | Uh Huh | — | — | — | |||||
| 1968 | Powerhouse | 184 | 38 | 6 | |||||
| 1970 | Give Peace a Chance | — | — | — | Liberty | ||||
| Old Socks New Shoes – New Socks Old Shoes | 90 | 12 | 6 | Chisa | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Compilations as The Jazz Crusaders
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz [1] | |||||
| 1969 | The Best of the Jazz Crusaders | 13 | Blue Note | ||
| 1973 | Tough Talk | — | |||
| 1975 | The Young Rabbits | — | |||
| 1993 | The Best Of... | — | Pacific Jazz | ||
| 2005 | The Pacific Jazz Quintet Studio Sessions | — | Mosiac | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Albums as Jazz Crusaders (Wayne Henderson & Wilton Felder)
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz [1] | |||||
| 1994 | Happy Again | 13 | Sin-Drome | ||
| 1996 | Louisiana Hot Sauce | — | |||
| 1998 | Breakin' Da Rulz! | — | Indigo Blue | ||
| 2003 | Soul Axess | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Albums as The Crusaders
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Label | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [1] | US R&B [1] | US Jazz [1] | UK [2] | ||||||
| 1971 | Pass the Plate | 168 | — | 12 | — | Chisa | |||
| 1972 | Hollywood | — | 45 | — | — | MoWest | |||
| Crusaders 1 | 96 | 29 | 3 | — | Blue Thumb | ||||
| 1973 | The 2nd Crusade | 45 | 4 | 1 | — | ||||
| Unsung Heroes | 173 | 33 | — | — | |||||
| 1974 | Southern Comfort | 31 | 3 | 1 | — | ||||
| 1975 | Chain Reaction | 26 | 9 | 1 | — | ||||
| 1976 | Those Southern Knights | 38 | 9 | 2 | — | ||||
| 1977 | Free as the Wind | 41 | 8 | 1 | — | ||||
| 1978 | Images | 34 | 18 | 1 | — | ||||
| 1979 | Street Life | 18 | 3 | 1 | 10 | MCA | |||
| 1980 | Rhapsody and Blues | 29 | 14 | 1 | 40 | ||||
| 1981 | Standing Tall | 59 | 29 | 2 | 47 | ||||
| 1984 | Ghetto Blaster | 79 | 20 | 3 | 46 | ||||
| 1986 | The Good and the Bad Times | — | 49 | 2 | — | ||||
| 1988 | Life in the Modern World | — | — | 13 | — | ||||
| 1991 | Healing the Wounds | 174 | — | 1 | — | GRP | |||
| 2003 | Rural Renewal | — | 73 | 2 | — | P.R.A./Verve | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [1] | US R&B [1] | US Jazz [1] | |||
| 1962 | The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse | — | — | — | Pacific Jazz |
| 1966 | Live at the Lighthouse '66 | — | — | — | |
| 1968 | Lighthouse '68 | — | 30 | 6 | |
| 1968 | The Festival Album | — | — | — | |
| 1969 | Lighthouse '69 | — | — | 10 | |
| 1974 | Scratch | 73 | 16 | 4 | |
| 1980 | Live Sides | — | — | — | |
| 1981 | Ongaku Kai - Live in Japan | — | — | — | |
| 1982 | Royal Jam | 144 | 30 | 5 | |
| 1993 | Live In Japan | — | — | 24 | |
| 2000 | Power of Our Music - The Endangered Species | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | Live in Japan 2003 | — | — | — | P.R.A. |
| 2006 | Alive in South Africa (reissue) | — | — | — | True Life Jazz |
Compilations as The Crusaders
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Label | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [1] | US R&B [1] | US Jazz [1] | |||||||
| 1973 | At Their Best | — | 19 | 17 | Motown | ||||
| 1976 | The Best of the Crusaders | 122 | 41 | 18 | ABC Blue Thumb | ||||
| 1987 | The Vocal Album | — | — | — | MCA | ||||
| 1988 | Sample a Decade | — | — | — | Connoisseur | ||||
| 1990 | 16 Original World Hits | — | — | — | MCA | ||||
| 1992 | The Golden Years | — | — | — | GRP | ||||
| 1994 | Best of Best | — | — | — | MCA | ||||
| And Beyond... | — | — | — | Music Collection | |||||
| Best | — | — | — | Pickwick | |||||
| 1995 | The Ultimate Compilation | — | — | — | Nectar | ||||
| The Greatest Crusade | — | — | — | Calibre | |||||
| The Ultimate | — | — | — | Castle | |||||
| Soul Shadows | — | — | — | Connoisseur | |||||
| 1996 | The Best of the Crusaders | — | — | — | MCA | ||||
| Way Back Home | — | — | — | Blue Thumb | |||||
| 1998 | Priceless Jazz Collection | — | — | — | GRP | ||||
| 2000 | The Crusaders' Finest Hour | — | — | — | Verve | ||||
| 2003 | Groove Crusade | — | — | — | Blue Thumb | ||||
| 2007 | Gold | — | — | — | Hip-O / Verve | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Singles as The Nite Hawks
| Year | Title (A-side / B-side) | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | "Chicken Grabber / Big Top" | (Single only) | Del-Fi |
Singles as The Night Hawks
| Year | Title (A-side / B-side) | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | "Bunny Ride / Sweetie Lester" | (Single only) | Pacific Jazz |
Singles as The Jazz Crusaders
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Label | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [3] | |||||
| 1962 | "Tonight / Sinnin' Sam" | — | rowspan="3| Pacific Jazz | Lookin' Ahead | |
| "The Young Rabbits / Song of India" | — | ||||
| "Congolese Sermon / Weather Beat" | — | (Single only) | |||
| 1963 | "No Name Samba / Tough Talk" | — | World Pacific | Tough Talk | |
| "Turkish Black/Boopie" | — | ||||
| "Spanish Castles / Bluesette" | — | Jazz Waltz (with Les McCann) | |||
| 1964 | "On Broadway / Heat Wave" | — | Heat Wave | ||
| "I Remember Tomorrow / Long John" | — | Stretchin' Out | |||
| 1965 | "Tough Talk / The Thing" | — | The Thing | ||
| "Aqua Dulce / Soul Bourgeoisie" | — | Chile Con Soul | |||
| 1966 | "Uptight (Everything's Alright) / Scratch" | 95 | Pacific Jazz | Talk That Talk | |
| 1968 | "Ooga-Boo-Ga-Loo / Eleanor Rigby" | — | Lighthouse '68 | ||
| "Love and Peace / Hey Jude" | — | Powerhouse | |||
| 1969 | "Get Back / Willie and Laura Mae Jones" | — | Lighthouse '69 | ||
| 1970 | "Way Back Home / Jackson" | 90 | Chisa | Old Socks, New Shoes | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||
Singles as The Crusaders
| Year | Title (A-side / B-side) | Chart positions | Label | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [3] | US R&B [4] | UK [2][5] | |||||||
| 1971 | "Pass the Plate / Greasy Spoon" | — | — | — | Chisa | Pass the Plate | |||
| 1972 | "Spanish Harlem / Papa Hooper's Barrelhouse Groove" | — | — | — | MoWest | Hollywood | |||
| "Put It Where You Want It / Mosadi (Woman)" | 52 | 39 | — | Blue Thumb | Crusaders 1 | ||||
| "So Far Away / That's How I Feel" | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1973 | "Don't Let It Get You Down / Journey from Within" | 86 | 31 | — | Second Crusade | ||||
| "That's How I Feel / Take It or Leave It" | — | — | — | Crusaders 1 | |||||
| 1974 | "Lay It on the Line / Let's Boogie" | — | — | — | Unsung Heroes | ||||
| "Scratch / Way Back Home" | 81 | 70 | — | Scratch | |||||
| "Stomp and Buck Dance / A Ballad for Joe (Louis)" | — | 41 | — | ABC Blue Thumb | Southern Comfort | ||||
| 1975 | "Creole / I Felt the Love" | — | 84 | — | Chain Reaction | ||||
| 1976 | "Keep That Same Old Feeling / Til' the Sun Shines" | — | 21 | — | Those Southern Knights | ||||
| "And Then There Was the Blues / Feeling Funky" | — | 92 | — | ||||||
| 1977 | "Feel It / The Way We Was" | — | 63 | — | Free as the Wind | ||||
| "Free as the Wind / The Way We Was" | — | 84 | — | ||||||
| 1978 | "Bajou Bottoms / Covert Action" | — | 93 | — | Images | ||||
| 1979 | "Street Life / The Hustler" | 36 | 17 | 5 | MCA | Street Life | |||
| 1980 | "Soul Shadows / Sweet Gentle Love" | — | 41 | — | Rhapsody and Blues | ||||
| 1981 | "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today / Standing Tall" | 97 | 67 | 61 | Standing Tall | ||||
| "This Old World's Too Funky for Me / Standing Tall" | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1984 | "New Moves / Ghetto Blaster" | — | 27 | — | Ghetto Blaster | ||||
| "Dead End / Dream Street" | — | 57 | — | ||||||
| "Gotta Lotta Shakalada / Zalal'e Mini (Take It Easy)" | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Night Ladies / Megastreet" | — | — | 55 | ||||||
| 1986 | "The Way It Goes / Good Times" | — | — | — | The Good and Bad Times | ||||
| 1988 | "A.C. (Alternating Currents) / Mullholland Nights" | — | — | — | Life in the Modern World | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||
References
- ^ "The Crusaders - Awards". AllMusic. Archived August 12, 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "CRUSADERS - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. 1st ed. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 164. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research. p. 99-100. ISBN 0-89820-115-2.
- ^ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004. 1st ed. London: Collins. p. 182. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
- ^ "The Crusaders @ARTISTdirect". ARTISTdirect
- ^ "The Crusaders - Biography, Albums, Streaming Links - AllMusic". AllMusic