Debby Boone discography

Debby Boone discography
Studio albums	12
Compilation albums	4
Singles	16
No. 1 Singles	2

This article documents the discography of American pop, Christian, and country music singer, Debby Boone. She first recorded with her family, charting twice with her sisters as the Boones on the Billboard AC chart. As a solo artist, Boone has released 12 studio albums and four compilation albums. Boone also placed 15 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart including two Number One songs – "You Light Up My Life" (10 weeks – Hot 100, 1 week – AC) and "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again" (1 week – Country). Boone's You Light Up My Life album and single were both certified platinum.

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions					Certifications (sales threshold)
		US Country	US	AUS[1]	US Christian	CAN
You Light Up My Life	Release date: 1977 Label: Warner Bros./Curb	6	6	73	—	1	US: Platinum[2]
Midstream	Release date: 1978 Label: Warner Bros./Curb	—	147	—	—	—
Debby Boone	Release date: 1979 Label: Warner Bros./Curb	—	—	—	—	—
Love Has No Reason	Release date: 1980 Label: Warner Bros./Curb	17	—	—	—	—
With My Song	Release date: 1980 Label: Lamb & Lion Records	—	—	—	9	—
Savin' It Up	Release date: 1981 Label: Warner Bros./Curb	49	—	—	—	—
Surrender	Release date: 1983 Label: Lamb & Lion Records	—	—	—	7	—
Choose Life	Release date: 1985 Label: Lamb & Lion Records	—	—	—	7	—
Friends for Life	Release date: 1987 Label: Lamb & Lion Records	—	—	—	4	—
Be Thou My Vision	Release date: 1989 Label: Lamb & Lion Records	—	—	—	23	—
Home for Christmas	Release date: 1989 Label: Benson Records	—	—	—	—	—
Reflections of Rosemary	Release date: 2005 Label: Concord Records	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Details	Peak positions
		US Christian
The Best of Debby Boone	Release date: 1986 Label: Curb Records	—
Love Put a Song in My Heart	Release date: 1988 Label: MCA Records	—
Reflections	Release date: 1989 Label: Lamb & Lion Records	33
You Light Up My Life: Greatest Inspirational Songs	Release date: 2001 Label: Curb Records	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Reissues

Title	Details
Home for Christmas^[A]	Release date: 1993 Label: Curb Records
Greatest Hymns^[B]	Release date: 2000 Label: Curb Records
Home for Christmas^[A]	Release date: 2002 Label: Curb Records
Surrender/Choose Life	Release date: 2008 Label: Curb Records
With My Song ... I Will Praise Him/Friends for Life	Release date: 2008 Label: Curb Records

Other albums

Title	Artist	Details
The Pat Boone Family	The Pat Boone Family	Release date: 1969 Label: Word Records
All in the Boone Family	The Boone Family	Release date: 1972 Label: MGM Records
The Family Who Prays	The Boone Family with the First Nashville Jesus Band	Release date: 1973 Label: Lamb & Lion Records
The Pat Boone Family in the Holy Land	The Pat Boone Family	Release date: 1973 Label: Lamb & Lion Records
The Boone Family Christmas	The Boone Family	Release date: 1974 Label: Warner Bros./Curb
Glass Castle	The Boone Girls (a.k.a. The Boones)	Release date: 1976 Label: Lamb & Lion Records
First Class		Release date: 1978 Label: Lamb & Lion Records
Heavenly Love		Release date: 1979 Label: Lamb & Lion Records
Highlights: Best of the Boone Girls Plus Two		Release date: 1980 Label: Lamb & Lion Records

Singles

1970s

Year	Title	Peak chart positions							Certifications (sales threshold)	Album
		US Country	US	US AC	AUS[1]	CAN Country	CAN	CAN AC
1977	"You Light Up My Life"	4	1	1	7	6	1	1	US: Platinum[3]	You Light Up My Life
1978	"California"	—	50	20	—	—	60	21		Midstream
	"God Knows"	22	74	14	86	—	98	—
	"When You're Loved"	—	—	48	—	—	—	—
	"In Memory of Your Love"	61	—	—	—	—	—	—		—
1979	"My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own"	11	—	—	—	20	—	—		Debby Boone
	"Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart"	25	—	—	—	28	—	—
	"See You in September"	41	—	45	—	45	—	—		—
	"Everybody's Somebody's Fool"	48	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Country	US AC	CAN Country
1980	"Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again"	1	31	20	Love Has No Reason
	"Free to Be Lonely Again"	14	—	—
	"Take It Like a Woman"	44	—	—
	"Lord, I Believe"	—	—	—	With My Song
1981	"Perfect Fool"	23	37	20	Savin' It Up
	"It'll Be Him"	46	—	—
1983	"Keep the Flame Burning"	—	—	—	Surrender
1985	"The Time Is Now"	—	—	—	Choose Life
	"Choose Life"	—	—	—
1987	"Masihlanganeni (Let Us Stand Together)"	—	—	—	Friends for Life
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Guest singles

Year	Title	Artist	Peak positions
			US AC
1972	"Children Learn What They Live"	The Boone Family	—
	"Curiosity Killed the Cat"	The Boone Girls	—
	"Bless the Beasts and Children"		—
1973	"You Don't Own Me"		—
1974	"Please Mr. Postman"	Pat Boone Family	—
1975	"When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"	The Boones	25
1977	"Hasta Mañana"		32
1978	"When I'm with You I'm Feeling Good (Theme from Matilda)"	Pat Boone	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Charted B-sides

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Original A-side
		US Country	US	US AC
1978	"Baby, I'm Yours"	33	flip	18	"God Knows"

Other album appearances/credits

• 1978: The Magic Of Lassie – various artists; "Brass Rings & Day Dreams", "There'll Be Other Friday Nights", "When You're Loved"
• 1979: On This Christmas Night – various artists; "The Gift Of Love"
• 1980: Cranston Thorndike & The Dragon – various artists; voice of Cranston's Mother, music/lyrics co-writer
• 1982: Good Night, Sleep Tight – various artists; "I Thank the Father"
• 1983: Solo – Steve Archer; "Evermore" (duet)
• 1989: Bowling in Paris – Stephen Bishop; background vocals
• 1995: Sing Me To Sleep, Mommy – various artists; "Sleep My Child"
• 1996: The Holiday Collection: Volume 1 – various artists; "The Gift Of Life"
• 1996: A Hollywood Christmas – various artists; "White Christmas"
• 1997: Cole Porter: A Musical Toast – various artists; "Do I Love You?"
• 1998: My Dream Come True – Ryan DeHeus; "Someone To Watch Over Me"
• 2000: Shake Those Hula Hips – Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack; "Little Grass Shack", "Princess Poo-poo-ly Has Plenty Papaya"
• 2008: The Real Me – John Sawyer; "I'm Always On Your Side"
• 2012: Christmas Around the World with Perry Como; featured guest

Notes

• A^ Reissue of Home for Christmas (1989) with different cover art.
• B^ Reissue of Be Thou My Vision

References

1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 42. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
2. "American album certifications – Debby Bone – You Light Up My Life". Recording Industry Association of America.
3. "American single certifications – Debby Bone – You Light Up My Life". Recording Industry Association of America.

External Links

• Debby Boone discography at Discogs