During his career as a singer and composer, Pat Boone released 63 singles in the United States, mostly during the 1950s and early 1960s when Boone was a successful pop singer and, for a time, the second-biggest charting artist behind Elvis Presley according to Billboard. Boone has had over 25 singles reach the top 20 on the U.S. singles charts, including the number-one hits "Ain't That a Shame" (1955), "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1956), "Don't Forbid Me" (1957), "Love Letters in the Sand" (1957), "April Love" (1957), and "Moody River" (1961). "I'll Be Home" (1956) reached No. 1 in the UK. He set a Billboard record, which he still holds, for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.
Boone also had several top 20 albums during this time, including the EP Four by Pat (1957) which peaked at No. 5 on the U.S. album charts, and his highest-charting album, Star Dust (1958), which reached No. 2. He also released two hit soundtracks for musical films in which he starred, April Love (1957) and State Fair (1962). Most of his records during the 1950s and 1960s were released on the Dot Records label.
In 1967, Boone recorded several spoken word essays, which were released on record, along with selections from other narrators, by an organization called the Family Achievement Institute.
Boone had a single release in 2024 entitled âÂÂMy Stupid Tattooâ and he has continued to release both studio albums and compilation albums regularly for six decades, in addition to several soundtracks and video albums. His post-1960s output has been on a variety of different labels and has increasingly focused on Christian music. A notable exception was his controversial 1997 album ', which featured Boone covering well-known hard rock and heavy metal songs such as "Stairway to Heaven", "Smoke on the Water" and "Crazy Train" in a jazz/ big band style. It reached No. 125 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, thus becoming Boone's first album to chart in 35 years.
Albums
Studio albums
EPs
Soundtracks
Compilations
Other
- 1964: The Gold Collection (The Gold Label)
- 1982: Best of Pat Boone (Prism Platinum)
- 1982: The Best of Pat Boone (MCA)
- 1986: Jivin' Pat (Bear Family)
- 1986: All the Hits (Topline)
- 1987: Love Letters (Dominion)
- 1990: Greatest Hits (Curb)
- 1990: The Best of Pat Boone: April Love (Delta)
- 1993: Love Letters in the Sand (Delta)
- 1994: Pat Boone (Bellaphon)
- 1994: More Greatest Hits (Varèse Sarabande)
- 1994: Remember (Eclipse)
- 1995: Greatest Hits (Bellaphon)
- 1995: Greatest Hymns (Curb)
- 1995: His Greatest Hits (Laserlight)
- 1996: The Best of Pat Boone (Hallmark)
- 1997: Pat Boone (Members Edition)
- 1997: Fifties: Complete (Bear Family)
- 1997: EP Collection (See For Miles Records)
- 1998: My God is Real: The Inspirational Collection (Varese)
- 1998: The Best of Pat Boone (Music Club)
- 1999: Hymns We Love (Universal Special Products)
- 1999: Golden Treasury of Hymns (The Gold Label)
- 1999: My Greatest Songs (IMS)
- 2000: Love Letters in the Sand (Hallmark)
- 2000: At His Best: Love Letters in the Sand (Castle Music)
- 2000: I Believe In Music (Acrobat)
- 2000: The Very Best of Pat Boone (Big Eye Music)
- 2000: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Pat Boone (MCA)
- 2000: Best of the Best (Legacy)
- 2001: Blast from the Past: Pat Boone (Direct Source)
- 2001: Greatest Hits & Favorite Hymns (Goldies)
- 2001: Pat's 40 Big Ones (Connoisseur)
- 2002: On the Sentimental Side (MRA)
- 2002: Best Selection (Universal)
- 2002: Pat Boone Best Selection (Universal)
- 2002: The Ultimate Collection (Universal)
- 2003: Ultimate Legends: Pat Boone (Ultimate Entertainment)
- 2003: The Singles+ (BR Music)
- 2003: Pat Boone (Weton)
- 2004: Greatest Contemporary Christian Songs (Curb)
- 2004: Greatest Love Songs (Curb)
- 2004: Greatest Rock N' Roll Songs (Curb)
- 2004: Greatest Hits (Elap)
- 2004: Christmas with Pat Boone (Noel)
- 2004: I'll Be Home for Christmas (Christmas Legends)
- 2005: Remember You're Mine (Brentwood Records)
- 2005: Platinum Collection (Platinum Entertainment)
- 2006: Best of Pat Boone (Platinum Disc)
- 2006: The Sixties (1960âÂÂ1962) (Bear Family)
- 2006: Kid in the White Buckskin Shoes! (Canetoad International)
- 2007: Encore of Golden Hits (Musicpro)
- 2008: Gee Whittakers (Xtra)
- 2008: Sweet Hour of Prayer (Remember Records)
- 2008: Rock N Roll Legends (RNR Music)
- 2008: Ain't That a Shame (Hallmark)
- 2008: Pat's Great Hits (Hallmark)
- 2008: Pledging My Love (Hallmark)
- 2009: Pat Boone Rocks (Bear Family)
- 2009: My God Is Real (Delta Leisure Group)
- 2009: Spotlight on Pat Boone (Mbop Direct-Zone 5)
- 2010: Christmas Songs
- 2015: Duets
- 2017: Greatest Hits
- 2019: Greatest Hits Live
- 2019: Old-Fashioned Christmas
- 2020: IâÂÂll Be Home for Christmas: The Lost 1958 Christmas Album
- 2020 Anthology: The Definitive Collection (Remastered)
- 2020: The Gold Collection (Deluxe Version with Commentary)
- 2023: Country Jubilee
Singles
Sources for chart positions: Billboard and [ All Music.Com]
Non-US singles
German-language singles
Italian-language singles
Videos
- 1995: Christmas with Pat Boone (Delta)
- 1995: 40 Years of Hits (Rhino)
- 2002: American Glory (The Gold Label)
- 2006: For My Country, Ballad of the National Guard (The Gold Label)
- 2006: Thank You, Billy Graham
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