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Freddie and the Dreamers discography

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Freddie and the Dreamers discography
Studio albums13
EPs8
Soundtrack albums1
Compilation albums12
Singles23

This is the discography of English beat band Freddie and the Dreamers.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
US
[2]
Freddie and the Dreamers
  • Released: October 1963
  • Label: Columbia (UK)
4
You Were Mad for Me
  • Released: October 1964
  • Label: Columbia (UK)
Freddie & the Dreamers
  • Released: March 1965
  • Label: Mercury (US)
19
Do the Freddie
  • Released: August 1965
  • Label: Mercury (US)
85
Frantic Freddie
  • Released: October 1965
  • Label: Mercury (US)
Sing-Along Party
  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Columbia (UK)
Fun Lovin' Freddie
  • Released: December 1965
  • Label: Mercury (US)
Freddie and the Dreamers in Disneyland
  • Released: October 1966
  • Label: Columbia (UK)
King Freddie & His Dreaming Knights
  • Released: November 1967
  • Label: Columbia (UK)
Oliver in the Overworld
  • Released: February 1970
  • Label: Starline (UK)
The New Freddie and the Dreamers
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Army's Shack (UK)
Breaking Out
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Army's Shack (UK)
Greatest Hits & Latest Bits
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Army's Shack (UK)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

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Title Album details
Seaside Swingers
  • Released: July 1965
  • Label: Mercury (US)
  • Features two tracks by Freddie & the Dreamers

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
[2]
I'm Telling You Now
  • Released: March 1965
  • Label: Tower (US)
  • Split album with other artists
86
Three at the Top
  • Released: October 1965
  • Label: Tower (US)
  • Split album with other artists
The Best of Freddie and the Dreamers
  • Released: December 1977
  • Label: EMI (UK)
The Collection
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: The Collection (UK)
The EP Collection
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: See for Miles (UK)
The Best of the EMI Years
  • Released: February 1992
  • Label: EMI (UK)
The Best of Freddie & the Dreamers – The Definitive Collection
  • Released: 2 June 1992
  • Label: EMI/Tower (US)
Original Hits
  • Released: 1 September 1995
  • Label: Disky (Netherlands)
The Very Best of Freddie and the Dreamers
Greatest Hits
  • Released: July 1998
  • Label: Music for Pleasure (UK)
A's B's & EP's
  • Released: 1 March 2004
  • Label: EMI Gold (UK)
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 13 March 2006
  • Label: EMI Gold (UK)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

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Title[A] Details Peak chart
positions
UK
[3]
AUS
[4]
If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
  • Released: September 1963
  • Label: Columbia
8
Songs from the Film 'What a Crazy World'
  • Released: January 1964
  • Label: Columbia
15
You Were Made for Me
  • Released: March 1964
  • Label: Columbia
Over You
  • Released: May 1964
  • Label: Columbia
17
Freddie Sings 'Just for You'
  • Released: August 1964
  • Label: Columbia
Ready Freddie Go!
  • Released: 2 April 1965
  • Label: Columbia
Freddie and the Dreamers
  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Columbia
  • Released in Australia as A Windmill in Old Amsterdam
28
Freddie and the Dreamers
  • Released: 21 October 1977
  • Label: EMI
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

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Title (A-side, B-side)

Both sides from same album except where indicated

Year Peak chart positions UK Album US Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[4]
BEL (WA)
[5]
CAN
[6]
FRA
[7]
IRE
[8]
NL
[9]
NZ
[10]
US
[11][12]
"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody"
b/w "Feel So Blue"
1963 3 7 Freddie and the Dreamers

Non-album track

Non-album single

Do the Freddie

"I'm Tellin' You Now"
b/w "What Have I Done to You?"
2 1 6 1 Sing-Along Party

Non-album tracks

I'm Telling You Now
"You Were Made for Me"
b/w "Send a Letter to Me"
3 23 10 4 21 Tree at the Top
"Over You"
b/w "Come Back When You're Ready"
1964 13 96 Non-album singles Do the Freddie

Non-album track

"I Love You Baby"
b/w "Don't Make Me Cry"
16 9 Non-album single
"Just for You"
b/w "Don't Do That to Me"
41 Do the Freddie
"I Understand"
b/w "I Will"
5 74 4 [B] 36 Freddie & the Dreamers

Non-album track

"A Little You"
b/w "Things I'd Like to Say"
1965 26 8 48 Do the Freddie
"Do the Freddie"
b/w "Tell Me When"
55 6 18 Non-album single

You Were Made for Me

Do the Freddie

Freddie & the Dreamers

"Send a Letter to Me" (US-only release)
b/w "There's Not One Thing" (by Just Four Men)
123 Non-album singles Three at the Top

Non-album track

"Thou Shalt Not Steal"
b/w "I Don't Know"
44 Fun Lovin' Freddie

Non-album track

"A Windmill in Old Amsterdam" (US, Canada and Netherlands-only release)
b/w "I Don't Know"
27 Frantic Freddie

Non-album track

"If You've Got a Minute, Baby"
b/w "When I'm Home with You"
1966 Non-album singles
"Playboy"
b/w "Some Day"
"Short Shorts" (US-only release)
b/w "Some Day"
Frantic Freddie

Non-album track

"Turn Around"
b/w "Funny Over You"
Non-album single

Fun Lovin' Freddie

"Brown and Porters (Meat Exporters) Lorry"
b/w "Little Brown Eyes"
1967 Non-album singles
"Hello, Hello"
b/w "All I Ever Want Is You"
"Little Big Time"
b/w "You Belong to Me" (Freddy Garrity solo)
1968
"Gabardine Mac"
b/w "It's Right"
"Get Around Downtown Girl"
b/w "What to Do"
1969
"Susan's Tuba" [C]
b/w "She Needs Me" (Europe) / "You Hurt Me Girl" (UK)
1970 3 3
"Here We Go"
b/w "I Saw You"
1978 Breaking Out
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

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  1. ^ This is a list of EPs released in the UK. Various other EPs were released elsewhere.
  2. ^ "I Understand" didn't enter the Dutch Single Top 10, but did peak at number 30 on the Dutch Top 40.[13]
  3. ^ "Susan's Tuba" features only Freddie Garrity with instrumentation augmented by members who would form 10cc, including co-writer Graham Gouldman.

References

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  1. ^ a b "FREDDIE & THE DREAMERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Freddie And The Dreamers". Billboard. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  3. ^ "everyHit.com - UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  5. ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Results: RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  7. ^ "InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par F". www.infodisc.fr. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  10. ^ "flavour of new zealand - search lever". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1994). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1993. Record Research. p. 230. ISBN 9780898201048.
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–1981. Record Research. p. 64. ISBN 9780898200478.
  13. ^ "Freddie & The Dreamers - I Understand | Top 40". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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