Bobby Bare

390 songs across 51 album sections.

About Bobby Bare

Bobby Bare stands as a cornerstone of country music history, celebrated for his distinctive voice and authentic storytelling that bridged the gap between traditional honky-tonk and folk sensibilities. His extensive catalog features iconic tracks like "Yes Mr. Rogers" and "It Ain't Me Babe," which have resonated with audiences for decades. Known for his ability to blend humor with heartfelt emotion, Bare's work often explores themes of love, loss, and the American experience, delivered with a warmth that defined an era. His discography includes significant releases such as "All-American Boy" and "Singin' in the Kitchen," showcasing his versatility across studio albums and collaborative projects. While he is frequently associated with the Nashville sound, his artistic identity remains deeply rooted in the folk traditions he championed. This entry highlights his enduring legacy, marked by thousands of streams and a collection of songs that continue to inspire new generations of musicians and fans alike.

-Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down [RCA Camden] [1974]

-Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down [RCA Camden] [1974]

  1. California Dreams
  2. Chicago Story
  3. Singer of Sad Songs
10 Bare Essentials [Music Mill] [2006]

10 Bare Essentials [Music Mill] [2006]

  1. Come Sundown
  2. Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends
  3. Short and Sweet
  4. Help Me Make It Through the Night
  5. Me and Bobby McGee
16 Biggest Hits [RCA Nashville/Legacy] [2007]

16 Biggest Hits [RCA Nashville/Legacy] [2007]

  1. 500 Miles Away From Home
  2. The Streets of Baltimore
  3. Detroit City
  4. Miller's Cave
  5. Four Strong Winds
  6. Margie's At the Lincoln Park Inn
  7. It's All Right
  8. That's How I Got to Memphis
  9. Ride Me Down Easy
  10. Daddy What If
  11. Marie Leveau
  12. Winner
  13. Dropkick Me Jesus
  14. Tequila Sheila
  15. Numbers
  16. All American Boy
20 Bare Essentials [Music Mill] [2006]

20 Bare Essentials [Music Mill] [2006]

  1. Loving Her Was Easier
  2. The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
  3. What Am I Gonna Do?
  4. Don't You Ever Get Tired
  5. Roses Are Red
  6. Mama Bake a Pie
  7. Lonely Street
  8. You Are
Ain't Got Nothin' to Lose [Columbia] [1982]

Ain't Got Nothin' to Lose [Columbia] [1982]

  1. If You Ain't Got Nothing
  2. I'm Not a Candle in the Wind
  3. Isn't That Just Like Love
  4. I've Been Rained on Too
  5. Cold Day in Hell
  6. So Good to So Bad
All American Country [BMG Special Products] [2003]

All American Country [BMG Special Products] [2003]

  1. Just to Satisfy You
  2. The Piney Wood Hills
  3. Delia's Gone
All-American Boy [Bear Family] [1994]

All-American Boy [Bear Family] [1994]

  1. Homestead on the Farm
  2. Lynchin' Party
  3. Worried Man Blues
  4. Noah's Ark
  5. Sailor Man
  6. What Kind of Bird Is That
  7. Book of Love
  8. Brooklyn Bridge
  9. Dear Wastebasket
  10. I'm Gettin' Lonely
  11. Candy Coated Kisses
  12. Gods Were Angry With Me
  13. Is It Wrong
  14. Dear Waste Basket
  15. Lonely Town
  16. She Called Me Baby
  17. Sittin' and Thinkin'
  18. Down in Mexico
  19. Another Bridge to Burn
  20. I've Lived a Lot in My Time
  21. Take Me Home to Mama
  22. Sweeter Than the Flowers
  23. Let It Be Me [W' Skeeter Davis]
  24. In the Misty Moonlight [W' Skeeter Davis]
  25. I Love You [W' Skeeter Davis]
  26. Together Again [W' Skeeter Davis]
  27. We'll Sing in the Sunshine [W' Skeeter Davis]
  28. (We Must Have Been) Out of Our Minds [W' Skeeter D
  29. I Don't Care [W' Skeeter Davis]
  30. That's All I Want from You [W' Skeeter Davis]
  31. Too Used to Being With You [W' Skeeter Davis]
  32. Invisible Tears [W' Skeeter Davis]
  33. A Dear John Letter [W' Skeeter Davis]
  34. True Love [W' Skeeter Davis]
  35. Deepening Snow
  36. Man of Constant Sorrow
  37. So Soon
  38. Countin' the Hours, Countin' the Days
  39. Don't Think Twice It's All Right
  40. Changin' My Mind
All-American Boy: 21 Greatest Hits [Country Stars/ [1999]

All-American Boy: 21 Greatest Hits [Country Stars/ [1999]

  1. I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today
  2. Game of Triangles
  3. Bye Bye Love
As Is [Columbia] [1981]

As Is [Columbia] [1981]

  1. Call Me the Breeze
  2. She Is Gone
  3. White Freight Liner Blues
Bare Tracks [Koch Records] [1999]

Bare Tracks [Koch Records] [1999]

  1. Dropping Out of Sight
  2. Food Blues
  3. Appaloosa Rider
  4. Willie Jones
Bare [Columbia] [1978]

Bare [Columbia] [1978]

  1. Finger on the Button
  2. Yard Full of Rusty Cars
  3. Childhood Hero
  4. February Snow
  5. Sing for the Song
Biggest Hits [Columbia] [1982]

Biggest Hits [Columbia] [1982]

  1. Take Me As I Am
  2. Big Dupree
  3. Too Many Nights Alone
  4. Healin'
Bird Named Yesterday / Talk Me Some Sense [Omni] [2006]

Bird Named Yesterday / Talk Me Some Sense [Omni] [2006]

  1. Salt Lake City
  2. Little Bit Later on Down the Line
  3. Got Leavin' on Her Mind
  4. All the Good Times Are Past and Gone
  5. Heaven Help My Soul
  6. For a While We Helped Each Other Out
  7. Talk Me Some Sense
  8. You Can't Stop the Wild Wind From Blowin'
  9. It Ain't Me Babe
  10. Long Black Veil
  11. Passin' Through
  12. What Color Is a Man
  13. Bird Named Yesterday
  14. Somebody Bought My Old Hometown
  15. Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back
  16. Day the Saw Mill Closed Down
  17. Air Conditioner Song
  18. I've Got a Thing About Trains
  19. Old Gang's Gone
  20. Church in the Wildwood
  21. They Covered Up the Old Swimmin' Hole
  22. When I've Learned
  23. Law Is for Protection of the People
  24. If There's Not a Hell (There Ought to Be)
Bobby Bare [St. Clair] [2001]

Bobby Bare [St. Clair] [2001]

  1. The Jogger
Country Legends [2003]

Country Legends [2003]

  1. Shame on Me
  2. He Was a Friend of Mine
  3. When I'm Gone
Down & Dirty [Raven] [2006]

Down & Dirty [Raven] [2006]

  1. Goodnight Irene
  2. Summer Wages
  3. Gambler
  4. This Guitar Is for Sale
  5. Sleep Tight, Goodnight Man
  6. Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go)
  7. Diet Song
  8. Rough on the Living
  9. Goin' Back to Texas
  10. Good for Nothing Blues
  11. Some Days Are Diamonds
  12. Rock Star's Lament
  13. Crazy Again
  14. Tecumseh Valley
  15. Blind Willie Harper
  16. Down to My Last Come and Get Me
  17. Qualudes Again
  18. I Can't Watch the Movie Anymore
  19. Goin' Up's Easy, Comin' Down's Hard
Drinking from the Bottle [Columbia] [1983]

Drinking from the Bottle [Columbia] [1983]

  1. Easy As Dreaming
  2. Rodeo Queen
  3. Three Legged Man
  4. Jennifer Johnson and Me
  5. Drinkin' from the Bottle
  6. Someplace to Come When It Rains
  7. Stacy Brown Got Two
  8. Time
Drunk and Crazy [Columbia] [1980]

Drunk and Crazy [Columbia] [1980]

  1. World's Last Truck Drivin' Man
  2. If That Ain't Love
  3. Rock and Roll Hotel
  4. Bathroom Tissue Paper Letter
  5. Gotta Get Rid of This Band
  6. Drinkin' and Druggin' and Watchin' TV
  7. Your Credit Card Won't Get You Into Heaven
  8. Desperados Waiting for the Train
Encore [Columbia] [1981]

Encore [Columbia] [1981]

  1. I Can Almost See Houston From Here
  2. On a Real Good Night
Folsom Prison Blues/I'm a Long Way from Home [Coll [2004]

Folsom Prison Blues/I'm a Long Way from Home [Coll [2004]

  1. Let Me Tell You About Mary
  2. Abilene
  3. Gotta Travel On
  4. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
  5. Long Way to Tennessee
  6. I Was Coming Home to You
  7. I'm a Long Way From Home
  8. One Day At a Time
  9. Blowin' in the Wind
  10. Lemon Tree
  11. Try to Remember
  12. Folsom Prison Blues
  13. Autumn of My Life
  14. Silence Is Golden
  15. When Am I Ever Gonna Settle Down
  16. No Sad Songs For Me
  17. Find Out What's Happening
For the Good Times [Ember] [1999]

For the Good Times [Ember] [1999]

  1. Mrs. Jones Your Daughter Cried All Night
Greatest Hits [RCA Victor] [1981]

Greatest Hits [RCA Victor] [1981]

  1. Alimony
  2. Warm and Free
  3. Giving Tree
Hard Times Hungrys [RCA Victor] [1975]

Hard Times Hungrys [RCA Victor] [1975]

  1. Opening Dialog
  2. More Dialog
  3. Hard Time Hungrys
  4. Farmer Feeds Us All
  5. Dialog 3
  6. Dialog 4
  7. Two For a Dollar
  8. Dialog 5
  9. Back Home in Huntsville Again
  10. Dialog 6
  11. Daddy's Been Around the House Too Long
  12. Dialog 7
  13. Able Bodied Man
  14. Dialog 8
  15. Ten Thousand Dollars in Pennies
  16. Dialog 9
  17. Bottles and Boxes
  18. Dialog 10
  19. Truck Driver, Truck Driver
  20. Dialog 11
  21. Unemployment Line
  22. Dialog 2
I Hate Goodbyes/Ride Me Down Easy [RCA Victor] [1973]

I Hate Goodbyes/Ride Me Down Easy [RCA Victor] [1973]

  1. I Hate Goodbyes
  2. What's Your Mama's Name Child
  3. You Know Who
  4. Train That Never Runs
  5. Offer She Couldn't Refuse
  6. Restless Wind
  7. Send Tomorrow to the Moon
  8. Poison Red Berries
  9. I'll Love the Hurt Out of You
I Need Some Good News Bad [Mercury] [1971]

I Need Some Good News Bad [Mercury] [1971]

  1. Good Christian Soldier
I Took A Memory To Lunch [2008]

I Took A Memory To Lunch [2008]

  1. Sylvia's Mother
  2. Hello Darlin'
  3. For the Good Times
  4. Leaving on a Jet Plane
  5. Don't It Make You Want to Go Home
  6. Woman You Have Been a Friend to Me
  7. I Took a Memory to Lunch
  8. When Love Is Gone
Live at Gilley's [Atlantic] [1999]

Live at Gilley's [Atlantic] [1999]

  1. Drunk and Crazy
  2. I've Never Gone to Bed With An Ugly Woman
Lullabys, Legends and Lies (And More) [RLG Legacy] [2006]

Lullabys, Legends and Lies (And More) [RLG Legacy] [2006]

  1. Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe
  2. Mermaid
  3. Lullabys, Legends and Lies
  4. Paul
  5. Wonderful Soup Stone
  6. In the Hills of Shiloh
  7. She's My Ever Lovin' Machine
  8. Rest Awhile
  9. Bottomless Well
  10. True Story
  11. Sure Hit Songwriter's Pen
Margies At the Lincoln Park Inn [RCA Victor] [1969]

Margies At the Lincoln Park Inn [RCA Victor] [1969]

  1. Cincinnati Jail
  2. Watching the Trains Go By
  3. Big Ben Colson
  4. Wild As the Wind
  5. Drink Up and Go Home
Masters [Import] [2001]

Masters [Import] [2001]

  1. Sunday Morning Coming Down
  2. Homecoming
  3. Long Black Limousine
  4. Green, Green Grass of Home
  5. Cowboys and Daddys
  6. Son of Hickory Hollow's Tramp
  7. Houston
  8. Come on Home and Sing the Blues to Daddy
  9. Saginaw, Michigan
Me and McDill [RCA Victor] [1977]

Me and McDill [RCA Victor] [1977]

  1. If You Think I'm Crazy Now
  2. Hillbilly Hell
  3. Don't Think You're Too Good for Country Music
  4. Till I Get on My Feet
  5. Don't Turn Out the Light
  6. Wilma Lou
  7. Look Who I'm Cheating on Tonight
  8. You Made a Believer Out of Me
  9. Woman in Every Man's Life
  10. Can't Seem to Get Nowhere
  11. Tired of the Road Joe
Memphis Tennessee [RCA Camden] [1973]

Memphis Tennessee [RCA Camden] [1973]

  1. Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
  2. Skip a Rope
  3. Early Morning Rain
Mercury Years [1987]

Mercury Years [1987]

  1. Waitress At Main Street Cafe
  2. Where Have All the Seasons Gone
  3. West Virginia Woman
  4. Jesus Is the Only One That Loves Us
  5. New York City Snow
  6. I Need Some Good News Bad
  7. Just the Other Side of Nowhere
  8. I'm Her Hoss If I Never Win a Race
  9. It's a Freezing in El Paso
  10. Mary Ann Regrets
  11. Fool
  12. How About You
  13. Travelin' Minstrel Man
  14. Jesus Christ What a Man
  15. Just in Case
Singin' in the Kitchen (w. Family) [RCA Victor] [1974]

Singin' in the Kitchen (w. Family) [RCA Victor] [1974]

  1. Monkey and the Elephant
  2. Lovin' You Anyway
  3. Where'd I Come From
  4. Ricky Tic Song
  5. Unicorn
  6. Cloudy Sky
  7. She Thinks I Can
  8. Scarlet Ribbons
  9. See That Bluebird
  10. Singin' in the Kitchen
Singles: 1959-1969 [BMG International] [2001]

Singles: 1959-1969 [BMG International] [2001]

  1. In the Same Old Way
  2. Come Kiss Me Love
  3. Charleston Railroad Tavern
  4. Jeannie's Last Kiss
  5. Have I Stayed Away Too Long
  6. Times Are Gettin' Hard
  7. Rainy Day in Richmond
  8. Take Me Home
  9. Homesick
  10. Guess I'll Move on Down the Line
  11. Vincennes
  12. God Bless America Again
Sleepers Wherever I Fall [Columbia] [1978]

Sleepers Wherever I Fall [Columbia] [1978]

  1. What Did It Get Me
  2. Love Is a Cold Wind
  3. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
  4. Last Time
The Best of Bobby Bare [Razor & Tie] [1994]

The Best of Bobby Bare [Razor & Tie] [1994]

  1. I'd Fight the World
  2. When the Wind Blows in Chicago
  3. Chicken Every Sunday
The Columbia Years: Bare's Picks [Edsel - (UK)] [2000]

The Columbia Years: Bare's Picks [Edsel - (UK)] [2000]

  1. Let Him Roll
  2. New Cut Road
  3. Greasy Grit Gravy
  4. Me and Jimmie Rodgers
  5. Song of the South
  6. (I'm Not) a Candle in the Wind
The English Side (w. Hillsiders) [RCA Victor] [1967]

The English Side (w. Hillsiders) [RCA Victor] [1967]

  1. Y'all Come
  2. Love's Gonna Live Here
  3. I Love You Drops
  4. I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew
  5. Goin' Home
  6. Great Snowman
  7. Blue Is in My Lonely Room
  8. Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)
  9. Sweet Dreams
  10. Six Days on the Road
The Essential [RCA Records] [1997]

The Essential [RCA Records] [1997]

  1. Your Husband My Wife
  2. A Dear John Letter
The Game of Triangles (w. Liz Anderson & Norma Jea [1967]

The Game of Triangles (w. Liz Anderson & Norma Jea [1967]

  1. One Among the Three of Us
  2. Wife of the Party
  3. Pursuing Happiness
  4. Bye, Bye Love
  5. Fairy Tale
  6. Three Mixed Up Hearts
  7. Don't Let That Doorknob Hit You
  8. Which One Is to Blame
The Mercury Years 1970-1972, Vol. 3 [Bear Family] [1994]

The Mercury Years 1970-1972, Vol. 3 [Bear Family] [1994]

  1. Lorena
  2. When I Want to Love a Lady
  3. Love Forever
  4. Darby's Castle
  5. Lot of Soul
The Real Thing [RCA Victor] [1970]

The Real Thing [RCA Victor] [1970]

  1. Barbara Joe
  2. Real Thing
  3. Tulsa County
  4. Maggie
The Streets of Baltimore [RCA Victor] [1966]

The Streets of Baltimore [RCA Victor] [1966]

  1. Memphis, Tennessee
  2. That's How I Wanted It to Be
  3. Cold and Lonely City
  4. There Ain't No Fun in This Town
The Winner and Other Losers [RCA Victor] [1976]

The Winner and Other Losers [RCA Victor] [1976]

  1. Climbin' the Ladder and Climbin' the Wall
  2. Bald Headed Woman
  3. Put a Little Lovin' on Me
  4. Yes Mr. Rogers
  5. Brian Hennessey
  6. My Better Half
This I Believe [RCA Victor] [1966]

This I Believe [RCA Victor] [1966]

  1. Less of Me
  2. Tall Oak Tree
  3. When I've Learned Enough to Die
  4. Family Bible
  5. Lonesome Valley
  6. When God Dips His Love in My Heart
  7. I Saw the Light
  8. Steal Away
  9. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
  10. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
  11. I'll Fly Away
This Is Bare Country [United Artists] [1976]

This Is Bare Country [United Artists] [1976]

  1. Million Miles to the City
This Is Bobby Bare [RCA Victor] [1972]

This Is Bobby Bare [RCA Victor] [1972]

  1. Dear John Letter
Tunes for Two (w. Skeeter Davis) [RCA Victor] [1965]

Tunes for Two (w. Skeeter Davis) [RCA Victor] [1965]

  1. Too Used to Being With You
  2. In the Misty Moonlight
  3. We'll Sing in the Sunshine
  4. I Don't Care
  5. True Love
  6. I Love You
  7. We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds
  8. Let It Be Me
  9. Together Again
  10. That's All I Want From You
  11. Invisible Tears
Where Have All the Seasons Gone [Mercury] [1971]

Where Have All the Seasons Gone [Mercury] [1971]

  1. Roselee
Your Husband, My Wife (w. Skeeter Davis) [RCA Vict [1970]

Your Husband, My Wife (w. Skeeter Davis) [RCA Vict [1970]

  1. Before the Sunrise
  2. I Got You
  3. I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again
  4. Dream Baby
  5. My Elusive Dreams
  6. Let's Make Love Not War
  7. Truer Love You'll Never Find
  8. Jackson
  9. There Never Was A Time