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Here is, as of July 2025, the minimum list of records needed to complete the full Don Covay's recordings as an artist, on TOP of his 9 original albums.
Note that this list would be much longer without the CDs 'Rockin' And Doowoppin' (The Early Years)' [2015, including most of his late 50s - early 60s doo-wop, twist and rock'n'roll tracks] and The Rainbows : Mary Lee [unofficial CD from 2000, for doo-wop completists only].
♣ non-album single
* alternative avaibility on CD / LP compilations :
A concise discography
Note that this list would be much longer without the CDs 'Rockin' And Doowoppin' (The Early Years)' [2015, including most of his late 50s - early 60s doo-wop, twist and rock'n'roll tracks] and The Rainbows : Mary Lee [unofficial CD from 2000, for doo-wop completists only].
- 1962
7" The Soldier Boys (feat. Don Covay) I'm Your Soldier Boy ♣ Scepter A-1230
- 1963 7" Don Covay Wiggle Wobble ♣ Cameo C-251
- 1964 7" Don Covay Ain't That Silly ♣ Parkway 894
- 1964 7" Don Covay The Froog ♣ A-side* Parkway 910
- 1965 7" Don Covay You're Good For Me ♣ B-side 'Truth Of The Life' Landa 701
- 1966 7" Don Covay and The Goodtimers Watching The Late Late Show ♣ A-side Atlantic 45-2323
- 1966 7" Don Covay and The Goodtimers Iron Out The Rough Spots ♣ B-side 'You Put Something On Me'* Atlantic 45-2340
- 1966 7" Don Covay and The Goodtimers Somebody's Got To Love You ♣ * Atlantic 45-2357
- 1967 7" Don Covay Shingaling '67 ♣ Atlantic 45-2375
- 1967 7" Don Covay and The Goodtimers 40 Days - 40 Nights ♣ A-side Atlantic 45-2407
- 1967 7" Don Covay and The Goodtimers Never Had No Love ♣ Atlantic 45-2440
- 1968 7" Don Covay and The Goodtimers Chain Of Fools ♣ Atlantic 45-2481
- 1968 7" Don Covay and The Goodtimers Don't Let Go ♣ Atlantic 45-2494
- 1968 7" Don Covay and The Goodtimers Gonna Send You Back To Your Mama ♣ Atlantic 45-2521
- 1968 7" The Soul Clan (feat. Don Covay) Soul Meeting ♣ Atlantic 45-2530
- 1968 7" Don Covay and The Goodtimers I Stole Some Love ♣ Atlantic 45-2565
- 1969 7" Don Covay and The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band Sweet Pea (Don't Love Nobody But Herself) ♣ Atlantic 45-2609
- 1969 7" Don Covay and The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band Ice Cream Man (The Gimmie Game) ♣ Atlantic 45-2666
- 1970 7" Don Covay Everything I Do Goin' Be Funky ♣ A-side* Atlantic 45-2725
- 1976 7" Don Covay Travelin' In Heavy Traffic B-side 'Once You Have It' P.I.R. ZS8 3602
- 1977 7" Don Covay Back To The Roots (Part 1) ♣ U-Von 101
- 1980 12" Don Covay Badd Boy ♣ Newman N5001
- 1988 CD Don Covay Checkin' In With Don Covay CD compilation incl. the then-unreleased tracks 'There's Something On Your Mind ' and 'I Was Checkin' Out She Was Checkin' In [alt. version]' Mercury 836 030-2
- 1993 CD Don Covay & Angela Strehli People Get Ready : A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield V/A CD incl. 'Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um' in duet Shanachie Records 9004
- 2000 CD The Rainbows (feat. Don Covay) Mary Lee unofficial CD covering all the Rainbows era Pilgrim 801
- 2015
CD Don Covay Rockin' And Doowoppin' (The Early Years) compilation CD covering most of the early doo-wop, twist and rock'n'roll singles Jasmine JASCD 934
♣ non-album single
* alternative avaibility on CD / LP compilations :
- 'The Soldier Boys' A-side from 1962 features on the double CD compilation 'V/A Soldier Boy : The Scepter Records Story 1961-1962 [One Day - 2013]'
- Watching The Late Late Show [1966] features on the compilation album 'Mercy Mercy: The Definitive Don Covay' [Razor & Tie - 1994]
- You Put Something On Me [1961] features on the CD compilation album 'Super Bad' [The Great American Music Company - 2009]
- Somebody's Got To Love You [1961] features on the UK compilation LP 'Mercy' [Edsel - 1984]
- Everything I Do Goin' Be Funky [1970] features on the CD compilation album 'The Platinum Collection' [Warner - 2007].
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