Jump to content

Herbie Hancock discography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herbie Hancock discography
A black man wearing a black t-shirt plays keyboard.
Hancock performing in concert, 2006
Studio albums41
Soundtrack albums5
Live albums12
Compilation albums62
Singles38

The discography of the American jazz artist Herbie Hancock consists of forty-one studio albums, twelve live albums, sixty-two compilation albums, five soundtrack albums, thirty-eight physical singles, nine promo singles and four songs not released as singles, but that charted due to downloads. This article does not include re-issues, unless they are counted separately from the original works in the charts, furthermore because of the enormous amount of material published, this discography omits less notable appearances in compilations and live albums. The discography shows the peak weekly main chart positions of eight selected countries: United States, France,[a] Germany, Japan,[b] Netherlands, Sweden,[c] Switzerland and United Kingdom. Positions also listed on United States are R&B / hip hop, dance / club, jazz[d] and bubbling under charts.[e] The peaks do not refer necessarily to the position that a record reached when it was first released. Also included are certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)[f] and the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).[g]

Hancock made his debut as professional musician in the early 1960s as a sideman, quickly earning a good reputation. Blue Note Records noticed his talent and added him to its roster. For the label, he released seven albums, including Takin' Off (1962), his first solo album, supported by the single "Watermelon Man", which is one of the most performed jazz standards; Empyrean Isles (1964) and Maiden Voyage (1965), two influential jazz albums.[1] During these years, Hancock also began a career as composer for film and television soundtracks, beginning with Blow-Up (1966) for MGM Records. In this role, he reached the top in 1986 with the Round Midnight soundtrack (for Columbia Records), that had its best result on the AFYVE Spanish Albums Chart at No. 18[2] and won an Academy Award for Best Original Score.[3] After his departure from Blue Note, Hancock signed with Warner Bros. Records, publishing three albums in which he experimented with new jazz music directions: the R&B-oriented Fat Albert Rotunda (1969) and the electronic-oriented Mwandishi (1971) and Crossings (1972). These three releases became influential in the jazz rock movement.[1]

Hancock continued to experiment after leaving Warner Bros. for Columbia Records, where he remained until the late 1980s, releasing sixteen studio albums. At Columbia, Hancock had his best commercial results, gaining immediate success with Head Hunters (1973), an R&B-oriented jazz album with strong funk influences. It peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200[4] and became the best-selling jazz album for a period of time.[5][6] In 1986, it became the first jazz album ever to win a RIAA Platinum Award[7] and is considered very influential in jazz, funk, soul and hip-hop music.[5][8] Head Hunters also contains Hancock's first mainstream hit, "Chameleon" (1974), which peaked at No. 35 on the RPM Canadian Singles Chart[9] and is a jazz standard. Other albums that followed in the style of Head Hunters with good popular success, especially in the US, were Thrust (1974) and Man-Child (1975), which ranked respectively No. 13 and No. 21 on the Billboard 200.[4] In 1978, Hancock added disco influences to his jazz and established himself as a mainstream hitmaker across Europe with "I Thought It Was You" (1978) and "You Bet Your Love" (1979), which peaked, respectively, at No. 15 and No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart,[10] and "Tell Everybody" (1979), which peaked at No. 22 on the Belgian Flemish Singles Chart.[11] Thanks to these singles, his albums Sunlight (1978) and Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (1979) earned good popular success, especially in Europe. The first album had its best performance peaking on UK Albums Chart at No. 26,[10] and the second peaked on the VG Norwegian Albums Chart at No. 18.[12]

In 1983, Hancock radically refreshed his sound with strong electronic influences and released Future Shock (1983), an influential album in jazz fusion, dance, electronic, techno and hip-hop music.[13][14][15] The album had its best results in Europe, where it peaked at No. 7 on the Ö3 Austria Top 75 Longplays chart.[16] Furthermore, it spawned his biggest hit single, "Rockit" (1983), the first jazz hip-hop song,[17][18][19] and became a worldwide anthem for breakdancers and the hip-hop culture of the 1980s.[15][20] It reached the top 10 in several countries (especially in Europe), having its best performance on Swiss Singles Chart and Belgian Flemish Singles Chart, in each case at No. 4.[11][21] It also won a RIAA Gold Award in 1990.[22] Thanks to this song, Hancock won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance, the first Grammy of his career of a total of fourteen.[23] Future Shock was a bigger success than even Head Hunters, winning a RIAA Platinum Award in 1994 faster than the earlier album had.[22] It spawned an additional mainstream hit with "Autodrive" (1983), which had its best performance on UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 33.[10] Sound-System (1984) followed the musical direction of Future Shock and won the Grammy Award in the same category of "Rockit", making Hancock the first solo artist to win in this category for two consecutive years and also the artist with most wins in the category (a record shared with Earth, Wind & Fire and George Benson).[23] After six years of silence in his solo career, Hancock signed with Mercury Records and released Dis Is da Drum (1994) that showed another innovation in his career with an acid jazz-oriented sound and reached No. 40 on the Swedish Albums Chart.[24] After this release, there were several albums of duets, covers and tributes, such as Gershwin's World (1998), Possibilities (2005) and River: The Joni Letters (2007). The last peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200[4] and became the second jazz album in history to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year (the first was Getz/Gilberto (1964) by Stan Getz and João Gilberto).[25] As of 2016, Hancock's last original solo project was the electronic-influenced Future 2 Future (2001), released for Transparent Music.

Albums

[edit]

Studio albums

[edit]
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details[26] Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[4]
US
R&B

[4]
US
Jazz

(Trad)
[4]
US
Jazz

(Cont)
[4]
FRA
[27]
GER
[28]
JPN
[29]
NL
[30]
SWE
[24]
SWZ
[21]
UK
[10]
Takin' Off 286
My Point of View
  • Recorded March 19, 1963; Released 1963
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
Inventions & Dimensions
  • Recorded August 30, 1963; Released 1964
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
Empyrean Isles
  • Recorded June 17, 1964; Released November 1964
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
67
Maiden Voyage
  • Recorded March 17, 1965; Released 1965
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, SACD, Tape
225
Speak Like a Child
  • Recorded March 6, 1968; Released 1968
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
14 279
The Prisoner
  • Recorded April 1969; Released 1969
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
Fat Albert Rotunda
  • Recorded October–December 1969; Released December 1969
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
15
Mwandishi
  • Recorded December 31, 1970; Released 1971
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
16
Crossings
  • Recorded February 1972; Released May 1972
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
10
Sextant
  • Recorded 1972; Released March 30, 1973
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, 8-Track
176 3
Head Hunters
  • Recorded September 1973; Released October 26, 1973[8]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, MD, SACD, Tape, 8-Track
13 2 1 86
Dedication
  • Recorded July 29, 1974; Released September 21, 1974
  • Label: CBS / Sony
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
Thrust
  • Recorded August 1974; Released September 6, 1974[14]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape, 8-Track
13 2 1
Man-Child
  • Released August 22, 1975
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape, 8-Track
21 6 1
Secrets
  • Released August 1976[31]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape, 8-Track
49 8 1
Third Plane (with Ron Carter and Tony Williams)
  • Recorded July 13, 1977; Released 1977[32]
  • Label: Milestone
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
40
The Herbie Hancock Trio (with Ron Carter and Tony Williams)
  • Recorded July 13, 1977; Released September 21, 1977
  • Label: CBS / Sony
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
82
Sunlight
  • Recorded 1977; Released June 15, 1978
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape, 8-Track
58 31 3 26
Directstep
  • Recorded October 1978; Released January 21, 1979
  • Label: CBS / Sony
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
The Piano
  • Recorded October 1978; Released June 21, 1979
  • Label: CBS / Sony
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
Feets, Don't Fail Me Now
  • Recorded 1978; Released February 1979
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
38 16 2 38 28
Monster
  • Recorded 1979–1980; Released March 1980
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape, 8-Track
94 19 3
Mr. Hands
  • Recorded 1980; Released September 1980
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
117 46 4
Magic Windows
  • Recorded 1981; Released September 29, 1981
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
140 40 13
Herbie Hancock Trio (with Ron Carter and Tony Williams)
  • Recorded June 27, 1981; Released October 1982[33]
  • Label: CBS / Sony
  • Format: CD, Download
Quartet (with Ron Carter, Tony Williams and Wynton Marsalis)
  • Recorded July 28, 1981; Released 1982
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
202 5 77
Lite Me Up
  • Recorded 1982; Released August 1, 1982
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
151 31 10 68
Future Shock
  • Recorded 1983; Released August 1983
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, SACD, Tape
43 10 2 25 22 51 16 19 9 27
Sound-System
  • Recorded October–December 1983; Released January 1984
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
71 34 7 51 48
Village Life (with Foday Musa Suso)
  • Recorded August 1984; Released 1985
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
Perfect Machine
  • Recorded 1988; Released May 1988
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
65
A Tribute to Miles (with Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Ron Carter and Wallace Roney)
  • Recorded September 19, 1992 + 1994; Released 1994
  • Label: Qwest
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
2
Dis Is da Drum
  • Recorded 1993–1994; Released 1994
  • Label: Mercury
  • Format: CD, Download, Tape
2 65 40 38
The New Standard
  • Recorded June 14–16, 1996; Released February 19, 1996[35]
  • Label: Verve
  • Format: CD, 2CD, 2LP, Download, Tape
2 64 39 45
1+1 (with Wayne Shorter)
  • Released July 1, 1997[36]
  • Label: Verve
  • Format: CD, Download, Tape
2
  • BVMI: Gold (Jazz)[34]
Gershwin's World
  • Recorded March–June 1998; Released October 20, 1998
  • Label: Verve
  • Format: CD, Download, SACD
1 47 76
  • BVMI: Gold (Jazz)[34]
Future 2 Future
  • Released September 25, 2001
  • Label: Transparent Music
  • Format: CD, LP
2 111 45
Possibilities (duets album)
  • Recorded 2005; Released August 30, 2005
  • Label: Hear Music, Hancock Music, Vector
  • Format: CD, Download
22 1 80 66 33 95
River: The Joni Letters
  • Recorded 2006–2007; Released September 25, 2007
  • Label: Verve
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
5 1 70 54 51 76 61 179
The Imagine Project (duets album)
  • Released June 22, 2010
  • Label: Hancock, Red
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
54 1 77 27 101 35 29
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

[edit]

Releases that charted

[edit]
List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details[26] Peak chart positions
US
[4]
US
R&B

[4]
US
Jazz

(Trad)
[4]
JPN
[29]
V.S.O.P.
  • Release date: April, 1977
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, SACD, Tape
79 24 5 65
An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert (with Chick Corea)
  • Release date: November 1978
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
100 8
CoreaHancock (with Chick Corea)
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Polydor
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape[37]
175 19
Directions in Music: Live at Massey Hall (with Roy Hargrove and Michael Brecker)
  • Release date: June 11, 2002
  • Label: Verve
  • Format: CD, Download
2 62
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Releases that did not chart

[edit]
List of other live albums
Title Album details[26]
Hear, O Israel – A Prayer Ceremony in Jazz
Flood
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: CBS / Sony
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
V.S.O.P.-The Quintet
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: CBS / Sony
  • Format: CD, LP
A Night with Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Format: LP
Jazz Africa (with Foday Musa Suso)
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Verve
  • Format: CD, Tape
Parallel Realities Live... (with Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny and Dave Holland)
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Jazz Door
  • Format: CD
Herbie Hancock Trio Live in New York (with Jeff Littleton and Gene Jackson)
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Jazz Door
  • Format: CD
Quartet Live (with Al Foster, Buster Williams, Greg Osby, Michael Brecker and Bobby McFerrin)
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Jazz Door
  • Format: CD
Live: Detroit / Chicago
  • Release date: July 12, 2005[39]
  • Label: Hudson Street[39]
  • Format: CD, Download[39]

Compilations

[edit]

Releases that charted

[edit]
List of compilations, with selected chart positions
Title Album details[26] Peak chart positions
US
[4]
US
R&B

[4]
US
Jazz

(Trad)
[4]
FRA
[27]
JPN
[29]
Treasure Chest
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: LP
158 31
The Best of Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
27
Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: September 23, 2008[40]
  • Label: Verve
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
8 30 65
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Releases that did not chart

[edit]
List of other compilations
Title Album details[26]
The Best of Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: LP, Tape
Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: September 1975[41]
  • Label: Blue Note[41]
  • Format: CD, LP[41]
Happy the Man
Hancock Alley
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Manhattan
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
Double Rainbow
Hot and Heavy
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Premier
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
The Best of Herbie Hancock: The Blue Note Years
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
Feets Don't Fail Me Now / Future Shock
  • Release date: 1989
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: LP
The Very Best of Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, LP
The Collection
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: Castle
  • Format: CD
A Jazz Collection
  • Release date: March 16, 1991[44]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, Tape
The Best of Herbie Hancock, Vol. 2
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD
The Collection
  • Release date: July 1, 1992[45]
  • Label: Griffin[45]
  • Format: CD[45]
Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Musica Jazz
  • Format: CD
The Egg
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Music Mirror
  • Format: CD
Jamming
  • Release date: July 27, 1994[46]
  • Label: Royal Co.[46]
  • Format: CD,[46] Tape, 8-Track
Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings
  • Release date: November 22, 1994[47]
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Format: CD, Download
Jazz Portrait
  • Release date: September 1, 1995[48]
  • Label: TriStar[48]
  • Format: CD[48]
Takin' Off / Inventions And Dimensions / Empryean Isles
  • Release date: October 1, 1995[49]
  • Label: Blue Note[49]
  • Format: CD[49]
Cantaloupe Island
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download
Jazz & Blues Collection, Vol. 63
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Edition Atlas
  • Format: CD
Jazz Profile
  • Release date: April 1, 1997[50]
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download
This Is Jazz, Vol. 35
  • Release date: April 28, 1998[51]
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download
Mr. Funk
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD
Rare Tracks
  • Release date: August 28, 1998[52]
  • Label: Import[52]
  • Format: CD[52]
The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions
  • Release date: October 6, 1998[53]
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download
Dr. Jazz: The Blue Note Years 1962 / 69
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Blue Note
  • Format: CD, Download
Dancin' Grooves
  • Release date: January 21, 1999[54]
  • Label: SME
  • Format: CD
Riot
  • Release date: April 13, 1999[55]
  • Label: Blue Note[55]
  • Format: CD[55]
Backtracks (with Quincy Jones)
  • Release date: September 28, 1999[56]
  • Label: Renaissance[56]
  • Format: CD, Download[56]
Les Incontournables
Sextant / Secrets
  • Release date: January 17, 2000[58]
  • Label: Sony[58]
  • Format: CD[58]
The Best of Herbie Hancock
The Best of Herbie Hancock: The Hits
Jammin' with Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: 2000
  • Label: Collecteables
  • Format: CD, Download
Head Hunters / Future Shock / Man-Child
  • Release date: September 17, 2001[61]
  • Label: Jazz[61]
  • Format: CD[61]
The Herbie Hancock Box
  • Release date: October 1, 2002[62]
  • Label: Columbia / Legacy[62]
  • Format: CD, Download[62]
Head Hunters / Thrust
  • Release date: December 16, 2002[63]
  • Label: Sony[63]
  • Format: CD[63]
Thrust / Mr. Hands / Secrets
  • Release date: October 6, 2003[64]
  • Label: Jazz[64]
  • Format: CD[64]
Blue Note Years, Vol. 20
  • Release date: April 27, 2004[65]
  • Label: Blue Note[65]
  • Format: CD[65]
Jazz Moodes: 'Round Midnight
  • Release date: June 15, 2004[66]
  • Label: Legacy / Columbia[66]
  • Format: CD, Download[66]
Rockit
  • Release date: August 16, 2004[67]
  • Label: Delta No. 1[67]
  • Format: CD[67]
Head Hunters / Sextant / Thrust
  • Release date: December 14, 2004[68]
  • Label: Columbia[68]
  • Format: CD[68]
Soul Power
  • Release date: April 4, 2005[69]
  • Label: Double Gold[69]
  • Format: CD[69]
Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: June 7, 2005[70]
  • Label: Platinum Disc[70]
  • Format: CD[70]
The Essential Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: February 21, 2006
  • Label: Columbia / Legacy
  • Format: CD, Download
Great Sessions
  • Release date: April 4, 2006[71]
  • Label: Blue Note[71]
  • Format: CD[71]
The Very Best of Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: August 14, 2006[72]
  • Label: Music Brokers[72]
  • Format: CD[72]
Piano Fiesta (with Chick Corea)
  • Release date: October 17, 2006[73]
  • Label: Jazz Hour[73]
  • Format: CD[73]
Techno Voodu — Astral Black Simulations
  • Release date: February 21, 2007[74]
  • Label: Legacy[74]
  • Format: CD[74]
Finest in Jazz
  • Release date: June 4, 2007[75]
  • Label: Blue Note[75]
  • Format: CD[75]
The Herbie Hancock Trio in Concert
  • Release date: October 8, 2007[76]
  • Label: Jazz Hour[76]
  • Format: CD[76]
Soul and Funk (with James Brown and Quincy Jones)
  • Release date: May 19, 2008[77]
  • Label: Mastercuts[77]
  • Format: CD[77]
Future Shock / Head Hunters
  • Release date: October 14, 2008[78]
  • Label: Legacy[78]
  • Format: CD[78]
Playlist: The Very Best of Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: October 28, 2008[79]
  • Label: Columbia / Legacy[79]
  • Format: CD, Download[79]
Les Incontournables du Jazz : Herbie Hancock
  • Release date: 2008
  • Label: Warner Jazz
  • Format: CD
The Best of Herbie Hancock Box Set
  • Release date: October 9, 2009[80]
  • Label: Blue Note[80]
  • Format: CD[80]
Milken Archive Digital (this box includes Hear O Israel)
  • Release date: September 1, 2011
  • Label: Milken Archive Digital
  • Format: Download
Complete Columbia Collection Box Set
  • Release date: November 16, 2013[81]
  • Label: Sony[81]
  • Format: CD[81]
  • Some of these compilations were re-issued many times with different titles. Sometimes the re-issues included the same track list in a different order and/or with small variations with some bonus tracks.

Soundtrack albums

[edit]
List of soundtrack albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details[26] Peak chart positions
US
[4]
US
R&B

[4]
US
Jazz

(Trad)
[4]
SWE
[24]
Blow-Up
  • Release date: October 1966
  • Label: MGM
  • Format: CD, LP
192
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Death Wish
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP
38
Round Midnight
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: Columbia
  • Format: CD, Download, LP, Tape
196 2 28

Singles

[edit]

Physical singles

[edit]

Physical releases that charted

[edit]
List of physical singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Year
[82]
Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[4]
US
R&B

[4]
US
Dance

[4]
US
Jazz

(Digital)
[4]
FRA
[27]
GER
[28]
NL
[30]
SWE
[24]
SWZ
[21]
UK
[10]
"Watermelon Man" 1963 121 Takin' Off
"Chameleon" 1974 42 18 Head Hunters
"Palm Grease" 45 Thrust
"Doin' It" 1976 104 83 40 Secrets
"I Thought It Was You" 1978 85 15 Sunlight
"You Bet Your Love" 1979 18 Feets, Don't Fail Me Now
"Tell Everybody" 47 24
"Ready or Not" 25
"Stars in Your Eyes" 1980 33 Monster
"Making Love" 73
"Magic Number" 1981 59 9 Magic Windows
"Everybody's Broke" 46
"Lite Me Up!" 1982 52 Lite Me Up
"Gettin' to the Good Part" 47
"Rockit" 1983 71 6 1 40 9 6 7 10 4 8 Future Shock
"Autodrive" 26 36 53 39 33
"Future Shock" 54
"Mega-Mix" 1984 105 38
"Hardrock" 41 53 65 Sound-System
"Vibe Alive" 1988 25 46 Perfect Machine
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Physical releases that did not chart

[edit]
List of other physical singles
Title Year
[82]
Album
"Blind Man, Blind Man (Parts 1 & 2)" 1963 My Point of View
"Fat Mama" / "Wiggle Waggle" 1969 Fat Albert Rotunda
"Crossings" / "Water Torture" 1972 Crossings
"Watermelon Man" / "Sly" 1973 Head Hunters
"Spank-A-Lee" / "Actual Proof" 1974 Thrust
"Hang Up Your Hang Ups" / "Sun Touch" 1975 Man-Child
"Sunlight" / "Come Running To Me" 1978 Sunlight
"Don't Hold It In" / "It All Comes Around" 1980 Monster
"Go for It"
"Just Around the Corner" Mr. Hands
"Fun Tracks" 1982 Lite Me Up
"Paradise"
"Metal Beat" 1984 Sound-System
"People Are Changing"
"Beat Wise" 1988 Perfect Machine
"Call It '94" 1994 no album
"The Essence" (with Chaka Khan) 2001 Future 2 Future
"Rockit 2.002" 2002 no album

Promo singles

[edit]

Note: Promo releases do not chart, because they are not sold, they are promotional items

Promo releases that charted

[edit]
List of promo singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Dance

[4]
US
Jazz

(Smooth)
[4]
US
Jazz

(Digital)
[4]
"Go For It" / "Saturday Night" / "Stars In Your Eyes" 1980 12 Monster
"A Song for You" (with Christina Aguilera) 2006 11 Possibilities
"River" (with Corinne Bailey Rae) 2007 28 River: The Joni Letters
"Imagine" (with P!nk, Seal, India.Arie, Jeff Beck, Konono N°1 and Oumou Sangaré) 2010 22 7 The Imagine Project
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promo releases that did not chart

[edit]
List of other promo singles
Title Year
[82]
Album
"Knee Deep" 1979 Feets, Don't Fail Me Now
"Saturday Night" 1980 Monster
"Dis Is da Drum Sampler" 1995 no album
"Call It '95" Dis Is da Drum
"Bring Down the Birds" 2008 Blow-Up

Other charted songs

[edit]
List of songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Jazz

(Digital)
[4]
"Stitched Up" (with John Mayer) 2010 25 Possibilities
"Don't Give Up" (with P!nk and John Legend) 15 The Imagine Project
"Tomorrow Never Knows" (with Dave Matthews) 24
"A Change Is Gonna Come" (with James Morrison) 47

Other appearances

[edit]

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  • a ^ From 1989, SNEP lists greatest hits and compilation albums of the artists in a compilation chart (already active from 1987 only for the various artists compilations).[83]
    Prior the launch of the SNEP Singles Chart on November 3, 1984, there wasn't a reliable weekly chart for the singles in France. So, in 2000, Fabrice Ferment in collaboration with SNEP compiled monthly charts for the pre-SNEP chart period based on retail sales of the time.
  • b ^ Before Oricon launched the albums chart (started in 1987), it published only albums charts classified as follows: LPs (1970-1989), Cassettes (1974-1995) and CDs (1985-1997). For pre-1987 peak positions, the LP chart is used, as that was the main medium.[29]
  • c ^ Prior September 8, 1993, the IFPI Swedish charts were bi-weekly.[84]
  • d ^ Between October 20, 1984, and December 4, 1993, the Billboard jazz albums charts were bi-weekly. Note that Top Contemporary Jazz Albums was established on February 28, 1987, and before this date, Contemporary jazz albums were charted on the Top Traditional Jazz Albums (at the time known simply as Top Jazz Albums).[85]
  • e ^ Between June 1, 1959, and August 24, 1985 Billboard published the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which ranked the songs that failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. In December 1970, a bubbling under chart was created for the albums that failed to enter into the Billboard 200 and was called Bubbling Under Top LPs. This list closed on August 24, 1985. The bubbling under charts came back on December 5, 1992, with Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and Bubbling Under R&B / Hip-Hop Singles. The latter lists the singles that failed to enter into the Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs.[85]
  • f ^ RIAA certifications are based on shipment sales in the United States and, on request by the label, RIAA certifies albums and singles as Gold (500,000 units), Platinum (every 1 million units) and Diamond (every 10 million units).[86]
  • g ^ BVMI certifications are based on retail sales in Germany calculated by GEMA and other societies. For the low sales of the jazz records, BVMI established a jazz division in 1992 only for albums and singles of the genre released from this date; on request by the label, BVMI certifies them as Gold (every 10,000 copies) and Platinum (every 20,000 copies).[87]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Larkin, Colin. "Herbie Hancock Biography". Oldies.com. Gotham Distributing Corporation. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  2. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish). Fundación Autor–SGAE, 2005. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  3. ^ "Academy Awards Database". Academy Awards. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the United States charts:
  5. ^ a b "The National Recording Registry 2007". National Recording Registry. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  6. ^ Ginell, Richard S. "Herbie Hancock – Biography". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  7. ^ Head Hunters. University of Michigan Press. 2005. ISBN 9780472034482. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  8. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Head Hunters". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  9. ^ "RPM Top Singles – Volume 21, No. 15, June 01 1974". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d e Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the United Kingdom charts:
  11. ^ a b "Herbie Hancock – Belgian Flemish Singles Chart". Ultratop / Hung Medien (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  12. ^ "Herbie Hancock – VG Charts". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Schibsted. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  13. ^ "Billboard (Sept. 29, 2001)". Billboard. Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeverijen / BPI Communications. September 29, 2001. p. 11. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  14. ^ a b Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001). All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. p. 231. ISBN 0-87930-628-9. Retrieved September 11, 2012. Herbie Hancock Future Shock Hip Hop influential.
  15. ^ a b "Meet – Herbie Hancock". Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  16. ^ "Herbie Hancock – Austrian Longplays Chart" (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  17. ^ Koskoff, Ellen (2005). Music cultures in the United States: an introduction. New York, NY: Routledge. p. 364. ISBN 0-415-96588-8. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  18. ^ Price, Emmett George (2006). Hip Hop Culture. Santa Barbara, California: ABC–CLIO, Inc. p. 114. ISBN 1-85109-867-4. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  19. ^ Keyes, Cheryl Lynette (2004). Rap music and street consciousness. Illinois: Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. p. 109. ISBN 0-252-02761-2. Retrieved July 28, 2012. Herbie Hancock Rockit first jazz hip hop.
  20. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (May 10, 2004). "Culture quake: Rockit". The Telegraph. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  21. ^ a b c Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the Swiss charts:
  22. ^ a b c d e f "Herbie Hancock". riaa.com. Recording Industry Association of America.
  23. ^ a b "Past Winners Search". Grammy Awards. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  24. ^ a b c d Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the Swedish charts:
  25. ^ "GRAMMYs' Best Albums". Grammy Awards. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
  26. ^ a b c d e f General references for the albums:
  27. ^ a b c Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the French charts:
  28. ^ a b "Discographie von Herbie Hancock" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  29. ^ a b c d Peak chart positions for albums charting on the Japanese chart:
  30. ^ a b Peak chart positions for albums and singles charting on the Netherlands charts:
  31. ^ Ginell, Richard S. "Secrets". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  32. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Third Plane". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  33. ^ "The Herbie Hancock Trio (1982)". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  34. ^ a b c "German certifications" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  35. ^ Yanow, Scott. "The New Standard". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  36. ^ Ginell, Richard S. "1+1". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  37. ^ "Corea/Hancock (Cassette)". Tower Records. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  38. ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Hear, O Israel > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  39. ^ a b c "Live: Detroit / Chicago > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  40. ^ Collar, Matt. "Then and Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  41. ^ a b c Ginell, Richard S. "Herbie Hancock > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  42. ^ a b c "Happy the Man > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  43. ^ a b c "Double Rainbow > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  44. ^ "A Jazz Collection > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  45. ^ a b c "The Collection > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  46. ^ a b c "Jamming > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  47. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  48. ^ a b c "Jazz Portrait > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  49. ^ a b c "The Takin' Off / Inventions And Dimensions / Empryean Isles > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  50. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Jazz Profile > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  51. ^ Bush, John. "This Is Jazz, Vol. 35 > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  52. ^ a b c "Rare Tracks > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  53. ^ Yanow, Scott. "The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  54. ^ "Dancin' Grooves > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  55. ^ a b c "Riot > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  56. ^ a b c "Backtracks > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  57. ^ a b c "Les Incontournables > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  58. ^ a b c "Sextant / Secrets > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  59. ^ a b c "The Best of Herbie Hancock (EMI) > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  60. ^ a b c Zimmermann, Curtis. "The Best of Herbie Hancock: The Hits > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  61. ^ a b c "Head Hunters / Future Shock / Man-Child > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  62. ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "The Herbie Hancock Box > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  63. ^ a b c "Head Hunters / Thrust > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  64. ^ a b c "Thrust / Mr Hands / Secrets > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  65. ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Blue Note Years, Vol. 20 > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  66. ^ a b c Theakston, Rob. "Jazz Moods: 'Round Midnight > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  67. ^ a b c "Rockit > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  68. ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Headhunters / Sextant / Thrust > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  69. ^ a b c "Soul Power > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  70. ^ a b c "Herbie Hancock (Platinum Disc) > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  71. ^ a b c Theakston, Rob. "Great Sessions > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  72. ^ a b c "The Very Best of Herbie Hancock > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  73. ^ a b c "Piano Fiesta > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  74. ^ a b c "Techno Voodu — Astral Black Simulations > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  75. ^ a b c "Finest in Jazz > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  76. ^ a b c "The Herbie Hancock Trio in Concert > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  77. ^ a b c "Soul and Funk > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  78. ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Future Shock / Head Hunters > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  79. ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Playlist: The Very Best of Herbie Hancock > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  80. ^ a b c "The Best of Herbie Hancock Box Set > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  81. ^ a b c "Complete Columbia Collection Box Set > Releases". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  82. ^ a b c General references for the singles:
  83. ^ "Chronologie des Différents Classements d'Albums / CD" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  84. ^ "Charts Archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  85. ^ a b "Billboard Magazine Archives". Billboard. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  86. ^ "Certification Criteria". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  87. ^ "Richtlinien für die verleihung von Gold/Platin auszeichnungen" (PDF) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
[edit]