# Nitty Gritty Dirt Band discography

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (NGDB) is an American country rock band. The group has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California, in 1966. The band's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period when the band performed and recorded as the Dirt Band. The band is often cited as instrumental to the progression of contemporary country and roots music.
The band's successes include a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker's "Mr. Bojangles". Albums include 1972's Will the Circle Be Unbroken, featuring such traditional country artists as Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, and Jimmy Martin. A follow-up album based on the same concept, Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two was released in 1989, was certified gold, won two Grammys, and was named Album of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards.

## Studio albums
### 1960s

| Title | Details | Peak positions |
| Title | Details | US |
| The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Release date: March 1967 Label: Liberty Records | 151 |
| Ricochet | Release date: September 1967 Label: Liberty Records | — |
| Rare Junk | Release date: February 1968 Label: Liberty Records | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||

### 1970s

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | AUS | CAN |
| Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy | Release date: September 1970 Label: Liberty Records | — | 66 | 31 | 56 |
| All the Good Times | Release date: January 1972 Label: United Artists Records | — | 162 | 47 | — |
| Stars & Stripes Forever | Release date: June 1974 Label: United Artists Records | 32 | 28 | 93 | 25 |
| Symphonion Dream | Release date: August 1975 Label: United Artists Records | — | 66 | — | — |
| The Dirt Band | Release date: June 1978 Label: United Artists Records | — | 163 | — | — |
| An American Dream | Release date: July 1979 Label: United Artists Records | — | 76 | 82 | 63 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

### 1980s

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN |
| Make a Little Magic | Release date: June 1980 Label: United Artists Records | — | 62 | 12 | 64 |
| Jealousy | Release date: July 1981 Label: Liberty Records | — | 102 | — | — |
| Let's Go | Release date: June 1983 Label: Liberty Records | 26 | — | — | — |
| Plain Dirt Fashion | Release date: June 1984 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 8 | — | 5 | — |
| Partners, Brothers and Friends | Release date: July 1985 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 9 | — | — | — |
| Hold On | Release date: July 1987 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 14 | — | — | — |
| Workin' Band | Release date: August 1988 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 33 | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

### 1990s onward

| Title | Details | Peak positions |
| Title | Details | US Country |
| The Rest of the Dream | Release date: June 26, 1990 Label: MCA Records | 53 |
| Not Fade Away | Release date: 1992 Label: Liberty Records | — |
| Acoustic | Release date: May 31, 1994 Label: Liberty Records | — |
| The Christmas Album | Release date: October 21, 1997 Label: Rising Tide Records | — |
| Bang, Bang, Bang | Release date: May 5, 1999 Label: DreamWorks Records | — |
| Welcome to Woody Creek | Release date: September 21, 2004 Label: Dualtone Records | — |
| Speed of Life | Release date: September 22, 2009 Label: NGDB Records | 59 |
| Dirt Does Dylan | Release date: March 8, 2022 Label: NGDB Records | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||

## Collaborations

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Release date: October 1972 Label: United Artists Records | 4 | 68 | — | 21 | US: Platinum |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two | Release date: May 1, 1989 Label: Universal Records | 5 | 95 | 3 | 57 | CAN: Gold |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III | Release date: February 1, 2002 Label: Capitol Nashville | 18 | 134 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

## Live albums

| Title | Details | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Title | Details | US Country | US Folk | US Bluegrass |
| Alive | Release date: March 1969 Label: Liberty Records | — | — | — |
| Live Two Five | Release date: July 16, 1991 Label: Capitol Nashville | 50 | — | — |
| Circlin’ Back: Celebrating 50 Years (CD/DVD) | Release date: September 30, 2016 Label: Warner Nashville | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Compilation albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Title | Details | US Country | US | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
| Dirt, Silver and Gold | Release date: October 1976 Label: United Artists Records | 28 | 77 | |
| Twenty Years of Dirt | Release date: May 1986 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 10 | — | US: Platinum |
| The Best Of | Release date: September 1987 Label: EMI America Records | — | — | |
| More Great Dirt | Release date: January 10, 1989 Label: Warner Bros. Records | 38 | — | US: Gold |
| Greatest Hits | Release date: October 1990 Label: Curb Records | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Singles
### 1960s and 1970s

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | US | AUS | CAN | Album |
| 1967 | "Buy for Me the Rain" | — | 45 | — | 37 | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 1967 | "Truly Right" | — | — | — | — | Ricochet |
| 1968 | "Collegiana" | — | — | — | — | Rare Junk |
| 1969 | "Some of Shelly's Blues" | — | — | — | — | Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy |
| 1970 | "Mr. Bojangles" | — | 9 | 15 | 2 | Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy |
| 1970 | "Rave On" | — | — | — | — | Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy |
| 1971 | "House at Pooh Corner" | — | 53 | — | 30 | Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy |
| 1971 | "Some of Shelly's Blues" | — | 64 | — | 56 | Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy |
| 1971 | "I Saw the Light" (with Roy Acuff) | 56 | — | — | — | Will the Circle Be Unbroken |
| 1972 | "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" | — | 84 | — | — | All the Good Times |
| 1972 | "Baltimore" | — | — | — | — | All the Good Times |
| 1972 | "Jamaica (Say You Will)" | — | — | — | — | All the Good Times |
| 1972 | "Honky Tonkin'" | — | — | — | — | Will the Circle Be Unbroken |
| 1973 | "Cosmic Cowboy – Part 1" | — | 123 | — | — | Stars & Stripes Forever |
| 1973 | "Grand Ole Opry Song" (with Jimmy Martin) | 97 | — | — | — | Will the Circle Be Unbroken |
| 1973 | "Tennessee Stud" (with Doc Watson) | — | — | — | — | Will the Circle Be Unbroken |
| 1974 | "The Battle of New Orleans" | — | 72 | — | — | Stars & Stripes Forever |
| 1975 | "(All I Have to Do Is) Dream" | — | 66 | — | — | Symphonium Dream |
| 1975 | "Mother of Love" | — | — | — | — | Symphonium Dream |
| 1976 | "Cosmic Cowboy" (re-recording) (as The Dirt Band) | — | — | — | — | Dirt, Silver and Gold |
| 1976 | "Jamaica Lady" (as The Dirt Band) | — | — | — | — | Dirt, Silver and Gold |
| 1976 | "Mother Earth (Provides For Me)" (as The Dirt Band) | — | — | — | — | Dirt, Silver and Gold |
| 1978 | "In for the Night" (as The Dirt Band) | — | 86 | — | — | The Dirt Band |
| 1978 | "For A Little While" (as The Dirt Band) | — | — | — | — | The Dirt Band |
| 1979 | "In Her Eyes" (as The Dirt Band) | — | — | — | — | An American Dream |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||

### 1980s

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | US | AUS | CAN Country | CAN | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album |
| 1980 | "An American Dream" (as The Dirt Band) | 58 | 13 | 45 | — | 3 | | An American Dream |
| 1980 | "Make a Little Magic" (as The Dirt Band) | 77 | 25 | — | — | 52 | | Make a Little Magic |
| 1980 | "Badlands" (as The Dirt Band) | — | 107 | — | — | — | | Make a Little Magic |
| 1980 | "High School Yearbook" (as The Dirt Band) | — | — | — | — | — | | Make a Little Magic |
| 1981 | "Fire in the Sky" (as The Dirt Band) | — | 76 | — | — | — | | Jealousy |
| 1981 | "Jealousy" (as The Dirt Band) | — | — | — | — | — | | Jealousy |
| 1981 | "Too Close For Comfort" (as The Dirt Band) | — | — | — | — | — | | Jealousy |
| 1983 | "Shot Full of Love" | 19 | — | — | — | — | | Let's Go |
| 1983 | "Dance Little Jean" | 9 | — | — | 39 | — | | Let's Go |
| 1984 | "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | | Plain Dirt Fashion |
| 1984 | "I Love Only You" | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | | Plain Dirt Fashion |
| 1985 | "High Horse" | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | | Plain Dirt Fashion |
| 1985 | "Modern Day Romance" | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | | Partners, Brothers and Friends |
| 1985 | "Home Again in My Heart" | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | | Partners, Brothers and Friends |
| 1986 | "Partners, Brothers and Friends" | 6 | — | — | 3 | — | | Partners, Brothers and Friends |
| 1986 | "Stand a Little Rain" | 5 | — | — | 3 | — | | Twenty Years of Dirt |
| 1986 | "Fire in the Sky" (re-release) | 7 | — | — | 5 | — | | Twenty Years of Dirt |
| 1987 | "Baby's Got a Hold on Me" | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | | Hold On |
| 1987 | "Fishin' in the Dark" | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | US: Platinum | Hold On |
| 1987 | "Oh What a Love" | 5 | — | — | — | — | | Hold On |
| 1988 | "Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)" | 4 | — | — | 6 | — | | Workin' Band |
| 1988 | "I've Been Lookin'" | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | | Workin' Band |
| 1988 | "Down That Road Tonight" | 6 | — | — | — | — | | Workin' Band |
| 1989 | "Turn of the Century" | 27 | — | — | 24 | — | | Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two |
| 1989 | "And So It Goes" (with John Denver) | 14 | — | — | 29 | — | | Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two |
| 1989 | "When It's Gone" | 10 | — | — | 11 | — | | Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||

### 1990s onward

| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | CAN Country | Album |
| 1990 | "One Step Over the Line" (with Rosanne Cash and John Hiatt) | 63 | 47 | Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two |
| 1990 | "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" | 65 | 66 | The Rest of the Dream |
| 1990 | "You Made Life Good Again" | 60 | 33 | The Rest of the Dream |
| 1990 | "The Rest of the Dream" | — | — | The Rest of the Dream |
| 1991 | "Cadillac Ranch" | — | — | Live Two Five |
| 1991 | "Mr. Bojangles" (re-recording) | — | 68 | Live Two Five |
| 1992 | "I Fought the Law" | 66 | — | Not Fade Away |
| 1992 | "One Good Love" | 74 | 85 | Not Fade Away |
| 1993 | "Little Angel" | — | — | Not Fade Away |
| 1994 | "Cupid's Got a Gun" | — | — | Acoustic |
| 1996 | "Maybe Baby" | — | — | Not Fade Away (Remembering Buddy Holly) |
| 1998 | "Bang, Bang, Bang" | 52 | 44 | Bang, Bang, Bang |
| 1999 | "Bang, Bang, Bang" (re-release) | 63 | 67 | Bang, Bang, Bang |
| 2021 | "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (with Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, and The War and Treaty | — | — | Dirt Does Dylan |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Other singles
### Christmas singles

| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
| Year | Single | US Country | Album |
| 1983 | "Colorado Christmas" | 93 | A Christmas Tradition |
| 1988 | "Colorado Christmas" (re-release) | — | Sessions Presents: Christmas Wishes |