Editing Muddy Waters discography

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{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist       = [[Muddy Waters]]
| Image        = Muddy Waters.jpg
| Caption      = Muddy Waters with [[James Cotton]] in Ontario Place, [[Toronto]] (1978)
| Alt          = Photograph of Muddy Waters on stage playing an electric guitar
| Studio       = 13
| Live         = 9+
| Compilation  = 25+
| Video        = 
| Music videos = 
| Tribute      = 
| EP           = 
| Singles      = 62
| B-sides      = 
| Soundtrack   = 
| Option       = 20
| Option name  = Singles as accompanist
| 1Option      = 17
| 1Option name = Albums as accompanist
}}

[[Muddy Waters]] (1913–1983) was an American [[blues]] artist who is considered a pioneer of the electric [[Chicago blues]] and a major influence on the development of [[blues]] and [[Rock music|rock]] music.{{sfn|Herzhaft|1992|pp=254–257}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Palmer |first1=Robert |author1-link=Robert Palmer (American writer) |title=Muddy Waters, Blues Performer, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/01/obituaries/muddy-waters-blues-performer-dies.html |access-date=January 22, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=May 1, 1983 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He popularized several early [[Delta blues]] songs, such as "[[Rollin' and Tumblin']]", "[[Walkin' Blues]]", and "[[Baby, Please Don't Go]]", and recorded songs that went on to become [[blues standards]], including "[[Hoochie Coochie Man]]",  "[[Mannish Boy]]", and "[[Got My Mojo Working]]".{{sfn|Herzhaft|1992|pp=435–478}} During his recording career from 1941 to 1981, he recorded primarily for two record companies, [[Aristocrat Records|Aristocrat]]/[[Chess Records|Chess]] and [[Blue Sky Records|Blue Sky]]; they issued 62 singles and 13 studio albums (as with most postwar blues musicians, his recordings were released as two-song [[singles (music)|singles]] until the 1960s, when the focus shifted to [[LP record|long-playing albums]]).{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|pp=26–53}}{{sfn|Chess|1989|pp=26–27}}

While he was living in Mississippi, Waters was recorded by [[Alan Lomax]] in 1941 for a U.S. [[Library of Congress]] [[Field recording|folk music project]].{{sfn|Gordon|2002|pp=35–38}}  Two songs were released on a [[78 rpm]] record, "Country Blues"  and "I Be's Troubled".{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=37}}  After moving to Chicago, he recorded for [[Leonard Chess]] and Aristocrat issued Waters's first single in 1947.{{sfn|Chess|1989|p=28}}  In 1950, Chess bought out his label partners and formed Chess Records.{{sfn|Gordon|2002|pp=100–101}} From 1950 to 1958, Chess issued 15 singles that reached the top 10 of [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] magazine's [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]].{{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}  Among the many albums the label released are the influential early compilation ''[[The Best of Muddy Waters]]'' (1958) and the live ''[[At Newport 1960]]''.{{sfn|Koda|1996|pp=269–270}}

After Chess went out of business in 1975,{{sfn|Gordon|2002|p=248}} Waters recorded several successful albums for Blue Sky.  Produced by [[blues rock]] singer and guitarist [[Johnny Winter]],{{sfn|Gordon|2002|pp=255, 257, 262}}  ''[[Hard Again]]'' (1977), ''[[I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)|I'm Ready]]'' (1978), and ''[[Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live]]'' (1978) won [[Grammy Award]]s for "Best Ethnic or Traditional Recordings".<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/muddy-waters
| author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
| title = Grammy Awards History – Muddy Waters
| website = [[Grammy Award|Grammy.com]]
| access-date = June 19, 2019
}}</ref>  As a sideman, Waters also contributed to recordings by [[Little Walter]], [[Junior Wells]], [[Otis Spann]], and others.{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|pp=26–53}} After Waters's death in 1983, a large number of compilation and live albums have been issued by various record companies,{{sfn|Gordon|2002|pp=295–296}}<ref name="Compilations">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/muddy-waters-mn0000608701/discography/compilations
| title = Muddy Waters: Discography – Compilations
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = April 6, 2016
}}</ref> often with significant overlap and duplication.{{sfn|Dahl|1996|pp=269–271}}  The double disc ''[[The Anthology: 1947–1972]]'' (2001) is ranked at number 483 on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's 2020 list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".<ref>
{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/muddy-waters-the-anthology-2-1062750/
| author = Rolling Stone
| date = September 22, 2020
| title = 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]
| access-date = September 23, 2020
}}</ref>

For an in depth, illustrated discography, see https://www.wirz.de/music/waters.htm 

== Studio albums ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ {{sronly|List of studio albums with title, album details, chart peak, and reference(s)}}
! scope="col" width=50% | Title
! scope="col" width=% class="unsortable" | Album details
! scope="col" width=5% data-sort-type=number | Chart<br />peak <br>U.S.<br>[[Billboard 200|200]]
! scope="col" width=5% class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Muddy Waters Sings "Big Bill"]]''
|
*Released: June 1960
*Label: [[Chess Records|Chess]] <small>(LP-1444)</small>
*Format: [[Monaural|Mono]] [[LP record|LP]]
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Folk Singer (album)|Folk Singer]]''
|
*Released: January 30, 1964
*Label: Chess <small>(LP-1483)</small>
*Format: Mono LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Muddy, Brass & the Blues]]''
|
*Released: October 26, 1966
*Label: Chess <small>(LP/S-1507)</small>
*Format: Mono/[[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Electric Mud]]''
|
*Released: October 5, 1968
*Label: [[Cadet Records|Cadet Concept]] <small>(LPS-314)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
| align="center"| 127{{efn|In 1968, ''Electric Mud'' reached number 47 on the [[RPM (magazine)|RPM chart]] (Canada).<ref>
{{cite magazine
| date = December 16, 1968
| title = Top 50 Albums
| magazine = [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]
| volume = 10
| issue = 16
| url = https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5883.pdf
| via = Collectionscanada.gc.ca
}}</ref>}}
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}<ref name="Billboard">
{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.billboard.com/music/muddy-waters
| author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
| title = Muddy Waters – Chart History
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[After the Rain (Muddy Waters album)|After the Rain]]''
|
*Released: May 12, 1969
*Label: Cadet Concept <small>(LPS-320)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Fathers and Sons (album)|Fathers and Sons]]''
|
*Released: August 18, 1969
*Label: Chess <small>(LPS-127; reissue: 2CH 50033, 1972)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
*Note: Sides 1 and 2 are studio recordings
| align="center"| 70
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}<ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|London Muddy Waters Sessions, The|''[[The London Muddy Waters Sessions]]''}}
|
*Released: April 1972
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 60013)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Can't Get No Grindin']]''
|
*Released: August 1973
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 50023)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Unk in Funk|''[["Unk" in Funk]]''}}
|
*Released: March 1974
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 60031)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Muddy Waters Woodstock Album, The|''[[The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album]]''}}
|
*Released: April 1975
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 60035)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Hard Again]]''
|
*Released: January 10, 1977{{efn|Koda places the ''Hard Again'' release date as May 1977.{{sfn|Koda|1996|p=270}}}}
*Label: [[Blue Sky Records|Blue Sky]] <small>(PZ 34449)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
| align="center"| 143
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/><ref>
{{cite magazine
| author = Billboard
| date = January 22, 1977
| title = Soul Sauce
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| volume = 89
| issue = 3
| issn = 0006-2510
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)|I'm Ready]]''
|
*Released: January 1978
*Label: Blue Sky <small>(JZ 34928)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
| align="center"| 157
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>{{sfn|Dahl|1996|p=270}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[King Bee (album)|King Bee]]''
|
*Released: 1981
*Label: Blue Sky <small>(PZ 37064)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
| align="center"| 192
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="4" style="font-size: 80%"|  "—" denotes a release that did not chart
|}

== Selected live albums ==
Since Waters's death in 1983, a large number of live albums have been released by a variety of record companies.<ref name="Compilations"/> According to biographer Robert Gordon, "much of it comes from the latter years and the recordings tend to blend."{{sfn|Gordon|2002|p=295}}  However, some were well-received and appeared on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard's'']] [[Billboard charts#Albums|Blues albums chart]].<ref name="Billboard"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ {{sronly|List of live albums with title, album details, chart peak, and reference(s)}}
! scope="col" width=50% | Title
! scope="col" width=% class="unsortable" | Album details
! scope="col" width=5% data-sort-type=number | Chart<br />peak <br>U.S. <br>[[Billboard charts#Albums|Blues]]
! scope="col" width=5% class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[At Newport 1960]]''
|
*Released: November 15, 1960
*Label: [[Chess Records|Chess]] <small>(LP-1449)</small>
*Format: [[Monaural|Mono]] [[LP record|LP]]
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Fathers and Sons (album)|Fathers and Sons]]''
|
*Released: August 1969
*Label: Chess <small>(LPS-127)</small>
*Format: [[Stereophonic sound|Stereo]] LP
*Note: Sides 3 and 4 are live recordings
|align="center"|—{{efn|In 1969, ''Fathers and Sons'' reached number 70 on ''Billboard's'' 200 album chart.<ref name="Billboard"/>}}
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Live at Mr. Kelly's]]''
|
*Released: October 1971{{efn|Dahl places the ''Live at Mr. Kelly's'' release date as June 1971.{{sfn|Dahl|1996|p=270}}}}
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 50012)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
*Note: Recorded June 1971
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|pp=48–49}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live]]''
|
*Released: Early 1979{{efn|''Billboard'' includes ''Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live'' on "New LP/Tape Releases" for week ending February 3, 1979.<ref name="New"/>}}
*Label: [[Blue Sky Records|Blue Sky]] <small>(JZ35712)</small>
*Format: Stereo LP
*Note: Recorded March 1977
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=52}}<ref name="New">{{cite magazine
| author = Billboard
| date = Feb 3, 1979
| title = New LP/Tape Releases
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| volume = 91
| issue = 5
| issn = 0006-2510
| page = 80
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Collaboration''{{efn|Also released as ''Live in 1958'' by MW{{sfn|Koda|1996|p=271}}}}
|
*Released: 1995
*Label: [[Tomato Records|Tomato]] <small>(R2 71661)</small>
*Format: [[Compact disc|CD]]
* Note: Recorded 1958
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Gordon|2002|p=295}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Hoochie Coochie Man''
|
*Released: 1996
*Label: [[Laserlight (label)|LaserLight]] <small>(17 101)</small>
*Format: CD
*Note: Recorded 1964
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Gordon|2002|p=295}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Lost Tapes, The|''The Lost Tapes''}}
|
*Released: 1999
*Label: [[Blind Pig Records|Blind Pig]] <small>(BPCD 5054)</small>
*Format: CD
*Note: Recorded Nov 1971
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=49}}<ref>
{{cite AV media notes
| last = Schuller
| first = Tim
| author-link = Tim Schuller
| year = 1999
| title = The Lost Tapes
| type = Album notes
| others = [[Muddy Waters]]
| location = San Francisco, California
| publisher = [[Blind Pig Records]]
| id = BPCD 5054
| at = Back cover
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Live at the Fillmore Auditorium{{snd}}San Francisco Nov 04–06 1966''
|
*Released: 2009
*Label: [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]/Chess <small>(B0012650-02)</small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"|8
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981]]''
|
*Released: 2012
*Label: [[Eagle Rock Entertainment|Eagle Vision]]
*Format: CD, [[DVD]]
*Note: Muddy Waters & the [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]]
|align="center"| 15
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Hoochie Coochie Man: Live at the Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club''
|
*Released: 2016
*Label: [[Justin Time Records|Justin Time]] <small></small>
*Format: LP, CD
*Note: Recorded Jan 1977
|align="center"|5
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=52}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Live at Rockpalast 1978''
|
*Released: 2018
*Label: MIG/[[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] <small></small>
*Format: Double LP, 2xCD, 2xDVD
|align="center"|7
| align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|- class="sortbottom"
|-
! scope="row" | ''The Montreux Years 1972/1974/1977''
|
*Released: 2021
*Label: BMG <small></small>
*Format: Double LP, CD
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| 
|- class="sortbottom"
|-
! scope="row" | ''Live In Los Angeles 1954''
|
*Released: 2021
*Label: GNP Crescendo <small></small>
*Format: 10" LP
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| 
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="4" style="font-size: 80%"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart
|}

== Selected compilation albums ==
Muddy Waters's original two-song singles recorded for Chess were later released on various "Best of" and anthology albums.{{sfn|Gordon|2002|p=292}}  Over the years, many were repackaged with new titles and re-sequenced,{{sfn|Gordon|2002|pp=292–293}} with the earlier versions going out-of-print.{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=36}}  In the 1990s, Chess's successor, [[MCA Records]], began releasing compilations, sometimes focusing on different periods during Waters's career as well as broader overviews.{{sfn|Gordon|2002|p=292}}  Around the same time, [[Charly Records]] also released a number of albums of Chess recordings, including the nine CD set ''The Complete Muddy Waters 1947–1967'' (1992).{{sfn|Koda|1996|p=270}} After years of litigation, MCA was able to stop Charly from using Chess material without authorization.<ref>
{{cite magazine
| last = Holland
| first = Bill
| date = October 18, 1997
| title = MCA Is Victor in Supreme Ct. Refusal to Hear Charly Case
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| issn = 0006-2510
| pages = 5, 97
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ {{sronly|List of compilation albums with title, album details, chart peak, and reference(s)}}
! scope="col" width=50% | Title
! scope="col" width=% class="unsortable" | Album details
! scope="col" width=5%  data-sort-type=number | Chart<br />peak <br>U.S.<br>[[Billboard charts#Albums|Blues]]
! scope="col" width=5% class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Best of Muddy Waters, The|''[[The Best of Muddy Waters]]''}}
|
*Released: 1958
*Label: [[Chess Records|Chess]] <small>(LP-1427)</small>
*Format: [[Monaural|Mono]] [[LP record|LP]]
*Note: Repackaged and resequenced as ''[[Sail On (Muddy Waters album)|Sail On]]'' <br>(1969, Chess)
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Real Folk Blues, The|''[[The Real Folk Blues (Muddy Waters album)|The Real Folk Blues]]''}}
|
*Released: January 1966
*Label: Chess <small>(LP-1501)</small>
*Format: Mono LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[More Real Folk Blues (Muddy Waters album)|More Real Folk Blues]]''
|
*Released: January 27, 1967
*Label: Chess <small>(LP/S-1511)</small>
*Format: Mono/[[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''They Call Me Muddy Waters''
|
*Released: February 1971
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 1553)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=26}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[McKinley Morganfield A.K.A. Muddy Waters]]''
|
*Released: June 1971
*Label: Chess <small>(2CH 60006)</small>
*Format: Double LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Rolling Stone''
|
*Released: November 1982
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 8202)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Rare and Unissued''
|
*Released: 1984
*Label: Chess <small>(CH 9180)</small>
*Format: Mono LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Trouble No More: Singles 1955–1959''
|
*Released: 1989
*Label: Chess <small>(CH/C/D-9291)</small>
*Format: LP, [[Compact cassette|cassette]], [[Compact disc|CD]]
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|p=27}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Chess Box, The|''The Chess Box–Muddy Waters''}}
|
*Released: 1989{{efn|Koda places the ''Chess Box'' release date as March 1990.{{sfn|Koda|1996|p=270}}}}
*Label: Chess <small>(CH/D-80002)</small>
*Format: LP/CD
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Chess|1989|loc=Back cover}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Blues Sky''
|
*Released: June 16, 1992
*Label: [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/[[Legacy Recordings|Legacy]] <small>(ZK/T-49172)</small>
*Format: CD, cassette
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Koda|1996|p=271}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Complete Plantation Recordings, The|''[[The Complete Plantation Recordings]]''}}
|
*Released: June 8, 1993
*Label: Chess <small>(CHD/C-9344)</small>
*Format: CD, cassette
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Koda|1996|p=271}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''One More Mile''
|
*Released: 1994
*Label: Chess <small>(CHD/C2-9348)</small>
*Format: CD, cassette
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Unterberger|1996|p=271}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''His Best: 1947 to 1955 [Volume 1]''
|
*Released: 1997
*Label: Chess <small>(CHD-9370)</small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/his-best-1947-to-1955-mw0000099683
| last = Koda
| first = Cub
| author-link = Cub Koda 
| title = Muddy Waters: ''His Best, 1947 to 1955'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''His Best: 1956 to 1964 [Volume 2]''
|
*Released: 1997
*Label: Chess <small>(CHD-9380)</small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/his-best-1956-to-1964-mw0000022665
| last = Koda
| first = Cub
| author-link = Cub Koda
| title = Muddy Waters: ''His Best: 1956 to 1964'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''King of the Electric Blues''
|
*Released: 1997
*Label: [[Epic Records|Epic]]/Legacy <small>(65215)</small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/king-of-the-electric-blues-mw0000028480
| last = Eder
| first = Bruce
| title = Muddy Waters: ''King of the Electric Blues'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Best of Muddy Waters: The Millennium Collection, The|''The Best of Muddy Waters: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection''}}
|
*Released: 1999
*Label: Chess <small>(CHD-11946)</small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"| 15
|align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rollin' Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection]] (1947–1952)''
|
*Released: 2000
*Label: Chess <small>(CHD-112301)</small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/rollin-stone-the-golden-anniversary-collection-mw0000609331
| last = Horowitz
| first = Hal
| title = Muddy Waters: ''Rollin' Stone: The Golden Anniversary Collection'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Anthology (1947–1972), The|''[[The Anthology (1947–1972)]]''}}
|
*Released: 2001
*Label: Chess <small>(CHD-112649)</small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-anthology-1947-1972-mw0000012893
| last = Erlewine
| first = Stephen Thomas
| author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine
| title = Muddy Waters: ''The Anthology: 1947–1972'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Winning Combinations'' (split release with [[John Lee Hooker]])
|
*Released: 2001
*Label: Universal/MCA <small>(088 112 646-2)</small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"|8
|align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Muddy Waters''
|
*Released: 2003
*Label: [[Universal Records (defunct record label)|Universal]] <small>(B000048202)</small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"| 4
|align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters, Volume 2, 1952–1958''
|
*Released: 2004
*Label: [[Hip-O Records|Hip-O Select]]
*Format: CD
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/hoochie-coochie-man-complete-chess-masters-vol-2-1952-1958-mw0000446801
| last = Eder
| first = Bruce
| title = Muddy Waters: ''Hoochie Coochie Man: Complete Chess Masters, Volume 2, 1952–1958'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Definitive Collection, The|''The Definitive Collection''}}
|
*Released: 2006
*Label: [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
*Format: CD
|align="center"| 14
|align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Father of Chicago Blues, The|''The Father of Chicago Blues''}}
|
*Released: 2010
*Label:  [[X5 Music Group]] <small></small>
*Format: CD
|align="center"|1
|align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Playlist: The Very Best of Muddy Waters''
|
*Released: 2011
*Label: Epic/Legacy
*Format: CD
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/playlist-the-very-best-of-muddy-waters-mw0002131078
| last = Erlewine 
| first = Stephen Thomas 
| author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine 
| title = ''Playlist: The Very Best of Muddy Waters'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''You Shook Me: The Complete Chess Masters, Volume 3, 1958–1963''
|
*Released: 2012
*Label: Geffen
*Format: CD
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-shook-me-the-chess-masters-vol-3-1958-to-1963-mw0002451659
| last = Jurek
| first = Thom
| title = Muddy Waters: ''You Shook Me: The Chess Masters, Vol. 3: 1958 to 1963'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="4" style="font-size: 80%"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart
|}

== Singles ==
Muddy Waters's first 78 rpm record in 1941 listed him using his birth name, McKinley Morganfield. The late 1940s–mid-1950s record releases by [[Aristocrat Records]] and [[Chess Records]] sometimes used "Muddy Waters and His Guitar" as well as Muddy Waters. From the late 1950s on, he is identified as Muddy Waters.{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|pp=37–52}}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ {{sronly|List of singles with title, year, label, chart peak, and reference(s)}}
! scope="col" width=% | Title<br /><small>A-side / B-side</small>
! scope="col" width=5% | Year
! scope="col" width=10% | Label
! scope="col" width=5% data-sort-type=number | Chart<br />peak<br>U.S.<br>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]]
! scope="col" width=5% class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Country Blues" / "I Be's Troubled"
| 1941
| Library of<br> Congress<br> <small>AAFS 18</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=37}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Gypsy Woman" / "Little Anna Mae"
| 1948
| [[Aristocrat Records|Aristocrat]] <br><small>1302</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=37}}
|-
! scope="row" | "I Can't Be Satisfied" / "I Feel Like Going Home"
| 1948
| Aristocrat <br><small>1305</small>
| align="center"| 11
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=37}}{{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Train Fare Home" / "Sittin' Here and Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues)"
| 1948
| Aristocrat <br><small>1306</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=38}}
|-
! scope="row" | "You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead and Gone)" / "Mean Red Spider"
| 1948
| Aristocrat <br><small>1307</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=38}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Streamline Woman" / "Muddy Jumps One" (instrumental)
| 1949
| Aristocrat <br><small>1310</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=38}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Little Geneva" / "Canary Bird"
| 1949
| Aristocrat <br><small>1311</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=38}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Screamin' and Cryin'" / "Where's My Woman Been"
| 1949
| Aristocrat <br><small>406</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=38}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Rollin' and Tumblin']]" Part 1 / "Rollin' and Tumblin'" Part 2
| 1950
| Aristocrat <br><small>412</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Rollin' Stone (Muddy Waters song)|Rollin' Stone]]" / "[[Walkin' Blues]]"
| 1950
| [[Chess Records|Chess]] <br><small>1426</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "You're Gonna Need My Help 'I Said' (Gonna Need My Help)" / "Sad Letter Blues"
| 1950
| Chess <br><small>1434</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Louisiana Blues" / "Evans Shuffle" (instrumental) ({{a.k.a.}} "Ebony Shuffle")
| 1950
| Chess <br><small>1441</small>
| align="center"| 10
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Long Distance Call" / "Too Young Too Know"
| 1951
| Chess <br><small>1452</small>
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"|{{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Honey Bee" / "Appealing Blues (Hello Little Girl)"
| 1951
| Chess <br><small>1468</small>
| align="center"| 10
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Still a Fool (Two Trains Running)" / "My Fault"
| 1951
| Chess <br><small>1480</small>
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "She Moves Me" / "Early Morning Blues (Before Daybreak)"
| 1952
| Chess <br><small>1490</small>
| align="center"| 10
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "All Night Long" / "Country Boy"
| 1952
| Chess <br><small>1509</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Please Have Mercy" / "Looking for My Baby" ({{a.k.a.}} "I Can't Be Satisfied")
| 1952
| Chess <br><small>1514</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Standing Around Crying" / "Gone to Main Street"
| 1952
| Chess <br><small>1526</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "She's All Right" / "Sad, Sad Day"
| 1953
| Chess <br><small>1537</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Turn the Lamp Down Low ([[Baby Please Don't Go]])" / "Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man"
| 1953
| Chess <br><small>1542</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Mad Love (I Want You to Love Me)" / "Blow Wind Blow"
| 1953
| Chess <br><small>1550</small>
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man]]" / "She's So Pretty"
| 1953
| Chess <br><small>1560</small>
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Just Make Love to Me ([[I Just Want to Make Love to You]])" / "Oh! Yeh"
| 1954
| Chess <br><small>1571</small>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[I'm Ready (Muddy Waters song)|I'm Ready]]" / "I Don't Know Why"
| 1954
| Chess <br><small>1579</small>
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "I'm a Natural Born Lover" / "Loving Man"
| 1954
| Chess <br><small>1585</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "I Want to Be Loved" / "My Eyes (Keep Me in Trouble)"
| 1955
| Chess <br><small>1596</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Manish Boy ([[Mannish Boy]])" / "Young Fashioned Ways (Old Fashioned Ways)"
| 1955
| Chess <br><small>1602</small>
| align="center"| 5{{efn|In 1988, "Mannish Boy" reached number 51 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="OCC">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/muddy%20waters/
| title = Muddy Waters – Singles
| website = [[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]
| access-date = April 6, 2016
}}</ref>}}
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Sugar Sweet (I Can't Call Her Sugar)"
| 1955
| Chess <br><small>1612</small>
| align="center"| 11
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | / "[[Trouble No More (song)|Trouble No More]]"
| 1955
| Chess <br><small>1612</small>
| align="center"| 7
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Forty Days and Forty Nights]]" / "All Aboard"
| 1956
| Chess <br><small>1620</small>
| align="center"| 7
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Don't Go No Farther (You Need Meat)" / "Diamonds at Your Feet"
| 1956
| Chess <br><small>1630</small>
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Just to Be with You" / "I Got to Find My Baby"
| 1956
| Chess <br><small>1644</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Got My Mojo Working]]" / "[[Rock Me Baby (song)|Rock Me]]"
| 1956
| Chess <br><small>1652</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Good News" / "Come Home Baby (I Wish You Would)"
| 1957
| Chess <br><small>1667</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "I Live the Life I Love (I Love the Life I Live)" / "Evil"<!--NOT the Willie Dixon/Howlin' Wolf song-->
| 1957
| Chess <br><small>1680</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "I Won't Go On" / "She's Got It"
| 1958
| Chess <br><small>1692</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Close to You" / "She's Nineteen Years Old"
| 1958
| Chess <br><small>1704</small>
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| {{sfn|Whitburn|1988|p=435}}{{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Walking Thru the Park (Walking in the Park)" / "Mean Mistreater"
| 1958
| Chess <br><small>1718</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Clouds in My Heart" / "Ooh Wee"
| 1959
| Chess <br><small>1724</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Take the Bitter with the Sweet" / "She's Into Something"
| 1959
| Chess <br><small>1733</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Recipe for Love" / "Tell Me Baby"
| 1959
| Chess <br><small>1739</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | "I Feel So Good" / "When I Get to Thinking"
| 1959
| Chess <br><small>1748</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Read Way Back" / "I'm Your Doctor"
| 1960
| Chess <br><small>1752</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Look What You've Done" / "Love Affair"
| 1960
| Chess <br><small>1758</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Tiger in Your Tank" / "Meanest Woman"
| 1960
| Chess <br><small>1765</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Got My Mojo Working" Part 1 (live) / "Woman Wanted"
| 1960
| Chess <br><small>1774</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Messin' with the Man" / "Lonesome Bedroom Blues"
| 1961
| Chess <br><small>1796</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Going Home" / "Tough Times"
| 1962
| Chess <br><small>1819</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[You Shook Me]]" / "Muddy Waters Twist"
| 1962
| Chess <br><small>1827</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[You Need Love (Muddy Waters song)|You Need Love]]" / "Little Brown Bird"
| 1962
| Chess <br><small>1839</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=43}}<ref>{{cite magazine
| date = November 10, 1962
| title = Spotlight Singles of the Week
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| volume = 74
| issue = 49
| issn = 0006-2510
| page = 48}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Five Long Years]]" / "Twenty Four Hours"
| 1963
| Chess <br><small>1862</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=43}}
|-
! scope="row" | "{{sort|Same Thing, The|The Same Thing}}" / "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had"
| 1964
| Chess <br><small>1865</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=43}}
|-
! scope="row" | "My John the Conquer Root" / "Short Dress Woman"
| 1964
| Chess <br><small>1914</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=44}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Put Me in Your Lay Away" / "Still a Fool" <small>(re-release)</small> 
| 1964
| Chess <br><small>1921</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=44}}
|-
! scope="row" | "My Dog Can't Bark" / "I Got a Rich Man's Woman"
| 1965
| Chess <br><small>1937</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=44}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Corine, Corina" / "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" <small>[w/overdubbed horns]</small>
| 1966
| Chess <br><small>1973</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=44}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Birdnest on the Ground" / "When the Eagle Flies"
| 1967
| Chess <br><small>2018</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=45}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Going Home" <small>(remake)</small> / "I Feel So Good" <small>(remake)</small>
| 1970
| Chess <br><small>2085</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=48}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Making Friends" / "Two Steps Forward"
| 1971
| Chess <br><small>2107</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|pp=44, 45}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Can't Get No Grindin' (What's the Matter with the Meal)" / "Garbage Man"
| 1973
| Chess <br><small>2143</small>
|align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=48}}
|-
! scope="row" | "{{sort|Blues Had a Baby and They Named It
Rock and Roll (No. 2), The|The Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll (No. 2)}}" / "Mannish Boy" <small>(remake, 12-inch single)</small>
| 1977
| [[Blue Sky Records|Blue Sky]] <br><small>MUDT 1</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=51}}
|-
! scope="row" | "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" <small>(remake)</small> / "Mannish Boy" <small>(edited remake, 12-inch single)</small>
| 1977
| Blue Sky <br><small>MUD 1</small>
| align="center"|—
| align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=51}}
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="5" style="font-size: 80%"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart
|}

==As accompanist==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ {{sronly|List of albums with title, album details, chart peak, and reference(s)}}
! scope="col" width=50% | Title
! scope="col" width=% | Album details<br><small>(sortable by listed artist)</small>
! scope="col" width=5% data-sort-type=number | Chart<br />peak<br>U.S.<br>[[Billboard charts#Albums|Blues]]
! scope="col" width=5% class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Broken Soul Blues''{{efn|Reissued as ''Chicago Blues Masters, Vol. 1: Muddy Waters and Memphis Slim'' ([[Capitol Records|Capitol]], 1995)}}
|
* [[Memphis Slim]]
*Released: 1961
*Label: [[United Artists Records|United Artists]] <small>(3137)</small>
*Format: [[LP record|LP]]
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=42}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Blues of Otis Spann, The|''[[The Blues of Otis Spann]]''}}{{efn|Reissued as ''Half Ain't Been Told'' (1980, Black Cat)}}
|
* {{sort|Spann, Otis|[[Otis Spann]]}}
*Released: 1964
*Label: [[Decca Records|Decca]] <small>(4615)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=43}}<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-blues-of-otis-spann-mw0000864576
| last = Dahl
| first = Bill
| title = ''The Blues of Otis Spann'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Blues Never Die!, The|''[[The Blues Never Die!]]''}}
|
* {{sort|Spann, Otis|[[Otis Spann]]}}
*Released: 1965
*Label: [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] <small>(7391)</small>
*Format: LP
*Note: credited as "Dirty Rivers"
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=44}}<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-blues-never-die%21-mw0000310275
| last = Henderson
| first = Alex
| title = Otis Spann: ''The Blues Never Die!'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band – 1966''
| 
* {{sort|Thornton, Big Mama|[[Big Mama Thornton]]}}
* Released: 1966
* Label: [[Arhoolie Records|Arhoolie]] <small>(9043)</small>
* Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=44}}<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/with-the-muddy-waters-blues-band-1966-mw0000204916
| last = Campbell
| first = Al
| title = Big Mama Thornton: ''With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Live at Cafe Au Go Go]]''
|
* {{sort|Hooker, John Lee|[[John Lee Hooker]]}}
*Released: 1966
*Label: [[Bluesway Records|Bluesway]] <small>(BL/BLS 6002)</small>
*Format: LP
*Note: recorded August 1966
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite AV media notes
| last = Morris
| first = Chris
| author-link = Chris Morris (author)
| year = 1996
| title = Live at Cafe Au Go-Go (And Soledad Prison)
| type = Reissue album notes
| others = [[John Lee Hooker]]
| location = Universal City, California
| publisher = [[MCA Records]]
| id = MCAD-11537
| page = 5
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Blues Is Where It's At]]''
|
* {{sort|Spann, Otis|[[Otis Spann]]}}
*Released: 1967
*Label: Bluesway <small>(BLS 6003)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=45}}<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-blues-is-where-its-at-mw0000172925
| title = Otis Spann: ''The Blues Is Where It's At'' – Overview
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Super Blues]]''
|
* [[Bo Diddley]], [[Little Walter]]
*Released: 1967{{efn|Koda places the ''Super Blues'' release date as November 1968.{{sfn|Koda|1996|p=270}}}}
*Label: [[Checker Records|Checker]] <small>(LP/S 3008)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Gordon|2002|p=293}}<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/super-blues-mw0000691585
| last = Koda
| first = Cub
| author-link = Cub Koda
| title = Bo Diddley / Muddy Waters / Little Walter: ''Super Blues'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Super Super Blues Band, The|''[[The Super Super Blues Band]]''}}
|
* [[Bo Diddley]], [[Howlin' Wolf]]
*Released: 1968
*Label: Checker <small>(LP/S 3008)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=46}}<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-super-super-blues-band-mw0000313000
| last = Chang
| first = Ken
| title = Howlin' Wolf / Muddy Waters / Bo Diddley: ''The Super Super Blues Band'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Bottom of the Blues, The|''[[The Bottom of the Blues]]''}}
|
* {{sort|Spann, Otis|[[Otis Spann]]}}
*Released:1968
*Label: Bluesway <small>(BLS 6013)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=46}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''George Smith & the Chicago Blues Band: A Tribute to Little Walter''{{efn|Reissued by Capitol in 1997}}
|
* {{sort|Smith, George|[[George "Harmonica" Smith]]}}
*Released: 1968
*Label: [[World Pacific Records|World Pacific]] <small>(WPS–21887)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=47}}<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/blues-with-a-feeling-a-tribute-to-little-walter-mw0000862323
| last = Dahl
| first = Bill
| title = George "Harmonica" Smith & the Chicago Blues Band / George "Harmonica" Smith: ''Blues with a Feeling: A Tribute to Little Walter'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Luther "Georgia Boy Snake" Johnson with the Muddy Waters Blues Band''{{efn|name=fn2|Some songs reissued on ''Mud in Your Ear'' (1973, [[Muse Records|Muse]] and others)}}
|
* {{sort|Johnson, Luther|[[Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson]]}}{{efn|The album cover uses "Luther Georgia Boy Snake Johnson", while album reviewer [[Cub Koda]] identifies him as "Luther 'Snake Boy' Johnson".<ref name="Koda 1996 139">{{harvnb|Koda|1996|p=139}}</ref>}}
*Released: December 1969
*Label: Douglas <small>(LP 781)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Koda|1996|p=139}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''Come On Home''{{efn|name=fn2}}
|
* {{sort|Johnson, Luther|[[Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson]]}}{{efn|The album cover uses "Luther Johnson", while album reviewer [[Cub Koda]] identifies him as "Luther 'Snake Boy' Johnson".<ref name="Koda 1996 139"/>}} 
*Released: 1969
*Label: Douglas <small>(LP 789)</small>
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Koda|1996|p=139}}
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Nothin' but the Blues (Johnny Winter album)|Nothin' but the Blues]]''
|
* {{sort|Winter, Johnny|[[Johnny Winter]]}}
*Released: Mid-1977{{efn|''Billboard'' includes ''Nothin' but the Blues'' on "Album Radio Action" National Breakouts for the week ending June 29, 1977.<ref name="Nothin'"/>}}
*Label: [[Blue Sky Records|Blue Sky]] <small>(PZ 34813)</small>
*Format: LP, [[Cassette tape|cassette]]
| align="center" | —{{efn|''Nothin' but the Blues'' reached number 146 on ''Billboard's'' 200 album chart.<ref>
{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.billboard.com/artist/johnny-winter/chart-history/tlp/
| title = Johnny Winter: Chart History – Billboard 200
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| access-date = April 17, 2018
}}</ref>}}
|align="center"| <ref name="Nothin'">
{{cite magazine
| author = Billboard
| date = July 9, 1977
| title = Billboard Album Radio Action
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| volume = 89
| issue = 27
| issn = 0006-2510
| page = 22
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/nothin-but-the-blues-mw0000192478
| last = Ruhlmann
| first = William
| title = Johnny Winter: ''Nothin' but the Blues'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = April 19, 2018
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Last Waltz (1978 album), The|[[The Last Waltz (1978 album)|''The Last Waltz'']]}}
|
*{{sort|Band, The|[[The Band]]}}
*Released: March 1978
*Label: [[Warner Bros.]] 
*Format: LP
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Mojo|2007|p=790}}<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-last-waltz-mw0000198624
| last = Deming
| first = Mark
| title = The Band: ''The Last Waltz'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Live the Life''{{efn|Reissued as ''I Wanna Come Home'' (2003, [[HighTone Records|HighTone]])}}
|
* {{sort|Spann, Otis|[[Otis Spann]]}}
*Released: 1997
*Label: [[Testament Records (United States)|Testament]] <small>(TCD 6001)</small>
*Format: [[Compact disc|CD]]
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-the-life-mw0000234622
| last = Koda 
| first = Cub 
| author-link = Cub Koda 
| title = Otis Spann: ''Live the Life'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sort|Last Waltz (2002 album), The|[[The Last Waltz (2002 album)|''The Last Waltz'' (box set re-release)]]}}
|
*{{sort|Band, The|[[The Band]]}}
*Released: April 16, 2002
*Label: Warner Bros./[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]] 
*Format: [[Compact disc|CD]]
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| <ref>
{{cite magazine
| author = Billboard
| date =  March 30, 2002
| title = Music & Showbiz
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| issn = 0006-2510
| page = 76
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-last-waltz-box-set-mw0000659032
| last = Erlewine
| first = Stephen Thomas
| author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine
| title = The Band: ''The Last Waltz [Box Set]'' – Review
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| access-date = May 30, 2019
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down]]''
|
* {{sort|Cotton, James|[[James Cotton]]}} & [[Johnny Winter]]
*Released: Mid-2007{{efn|''Billboard'' includes ''Breakin' It Up, Breakin' It Down'' on "Top Blues Albums" for the week ending June 30, 2007 (shows two weeks on chart).<ref name="Top Blues"/>}}
*Label: [[Epic Records|Epic]]/[[Legacy Recordings|Legacy]] <small>(07283)</small>
*Format: CD
| align="center" | 3
|align="center"| <ref name="Billboard"/><ref name="Top Blues">
{{cite magazine
| author = Billboard
| date = June 30, 2007
| title = Top Blues Albums
| magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| issn = 0006-2510
| page = 59
}}</ref>
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="4" style="font-size: 80%"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ {{sronly|List of singles with title, year, listed artist, label, chart peak, and reference(s)}}
! scope="col" width=% | Title<br /><small>A-side / B-side</small>
! scope="col" width=5% | Year
! scope="col" width=% | Listed artist
! scope="col" width=10% | Label
! scope="col" width=5% data-sort-type=number | Chart<br />peak<br>U.S.<br>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]]
! scope="col" width=5% class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref(s)|References}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Johnson Machine Gun" / "Fly Right, Little Girl"
| 1948
| [[Sunnyland Slim]]
| [[Aristocrat Records|Aristocrat]] <br><small>1301</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=37}}
|-
! scope="row" | "She Ain’t Nowhere" / "My Baby, My Baby"
| 1948
| [[Sunnyland Slim]]
|  Aristocrat <br><small>1304</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=37}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Florida Hurricane" / "So Nice and Kind"
| 1948
| [[St. Louis Jimmy Oden|St. Louis Jimmy]]
| Aristocrat <br><small>7001</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=38}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Blue Baby" / "I Want My Baby"
| 1948
| [[Sunnyland Slim]]
| Tempo Tone <br><small>1396</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=38}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Locked Out Boogie" / "Shady Grove Blues"
| 1948
| {{sort|Foster, Leroy|[[Leroy Foster (musician)|Leroy Foster]]}}
| Aristocrat <br><small>1234</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=38}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Big Town Playboy" / "Shelby County Blues"
| 1949
| {{sort|Jones, Little Johnny|[[Little Johnny Jones (pianist)|Little Johnny (Jones)]]}}
| Aristocrat <br><small>405</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=38}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Bad Acting Woman" / "Muskadine Blues (Take a Walk with Me)"
| 1950
| [[Leroy Foster (musician)|Baby Face Leroy]] & [[Little Walter]]
| [[Regal Records (1949)|Regal]] <br><small>3296</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "I Just Keep Loving Her" / "Moonshine Blues"
| 1950
| [[Leroy Foster (musician)|Baby Face Leroy]] & [[Little Walter]]
| Parkway <br><small>502</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Boll Weevil" / "Red Headed Woman"
| 1950
| [[Leroy Foster (musician)|Baby Face Leroy]] & [[Little Walter]]
| Parkway <br><small>104</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" |"[[Rollin' and Tumblin']]" Part 1 / "Rollin' and Tumblin'" Part 2
| 1950
| [[Leroy Foster (musician)|Baby Face Leroy]] & [[Little Walter]]
| Parkway <br><small>501</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Going Away Baby" / "Today, Today Blues"
| 1950
| {{sort|Rogers, Jimmy|[[Jimmy Rogers]]}}
| [[Chess Records|Chess]] <br><small>1442</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Juke (song)|Juke]]" / "Can’t Hold Out Much Longer"
| 1952 
| [[Little Walter]]
| [[Checker Records|Checker]] <br><small>758</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "{{sort|Last Time, The|The Last Time}}" / "Out on the Road"
| 1952
| {{sort|Rogers, Jimmy|[[Jimmy Rogers]]}}
| Chess <br><small>1519</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=39}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Left Me with a Broken Heart" / "Act Like You Love Me"
| 1953
| {{sort|Rogers, Jimmy|[[Jimmy Rogers]]}}
| Chess <br><small>1543</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Chicago Bound" / "Sloppy Drunk"
| 1954
| {{sort|Rogers, Jimmy|[[Jimmy Rogers]]}}
| Chess <br><small>1574</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "{{sort|Bout the Break of Day|'Bout the Break of Day ([[Early in the Morning (Sonny Boy Williamson I song)|Early in the Morning]])}}" / "Lord Lord (Lawdy Lawdy)"
| 1954
| {{sort|Wells, Junior|[[Junior Wells]]}}
| [[States Records|States]] <br><small>139</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "So All Alone (Baby So Long)" (Prison Bars all Around Me) / {{efn|name=fn3|Muddy Waters does not perform on the B-side.}}
| 1954
| {{sort|Wells, Junior|[[Junior Wells]]}}
| States <br><small>143</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Blues All Day Long (Blues Leave Me Alone)" / {{efn|name=fn3}}
| 1955
| {{sort|Rogers, Jimmy|[[Jimmy Rogers]]}}
| Chess <br><small>1616</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Don't Start Me Talkin'|Don't Start Me to Talkin']]" / "All My Love in Vain"
| 1955
| {{sort|Williamson II, Sonny Boy|[[Sonny Boy Williamson II]]}}
| Checker <br><small>824</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=40}}
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Key to the Highway]]" / "Rock Bottom"
| 1958
| [[Little Walter]]
| Checker <br><small>904</small>
|align="center"|—
|align="center"| {{sfn|Wight|Rothwell|1991|p=41}}
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="center" colspan="6" style="font-size: 80%"| "—" denotes a release that did not chart
|}

==Notes==
'''Footnotes'''
{{Notelist}}
'''Citations'''
{{Reflist}}
'''References'''
*{{cite AV media notes
| author = Chess
| title = Muddy Waters: Chess Box
| others = [[Muddy Waters]]
| year = 1989
| type = Box set booklet
| publisher = [[Chess Records|Chess]]/[[MCA Records]]
| id = CHD3-80002
| oclc = 154264537}}
*{{cite encyclopedia
| last = Dahl
| first = Bill
| year = 1996
| title = Muddy Waters
| editor1-last = Erlewine
| editor1-first = Michael
| editor1-link = Michael Erlewine
| editor-last2 = Bogdanov
| editor-first2 = Vladimir
| editor-link2 = Vladimir Bogdanov (editor)
| editor-last3 = Woodstra
| editor-first3 = Chris
| editor-last4 = Koda
| editor-first4 = Cub
| editor-link4 = Cub Koda
| encyclopedia = [[All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues|All Music Guide to the Blues]]
| location = San Francisco
| publisher = [[Miller Freeman, Inc.|Miller Freeman Books]]
| isbn = 0-87930-424-3}}
*{{cite book
| last = Gordon
| first = Robert
| title = Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
| url = https://archive.org/details/cantbesatisfied00robe_0
| url-access = registration
| year = 2002
| publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company|Little, Brown]]
| isbn = 0-316-32849-9}}
*{{cite encyclopedia
| last = Herzhaft
| first = Gerard
| year = 1992
| title = Muddy Waters, Blues Standards
| encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of the Blues
| location = Fayetteville, Arkansas
| publisher = [[University of Arkansas Press]]
| isbn = 1-55728-252-8}}
*{{cite encyclopedia
| last = Koda
| first = Cub
| author-link = Cub Koda
| year = 1996
| title = ''Muddy Waters at Newport'', ''The Best of Muddy Waters''
| editor-last = Erlewine
| editor-first = Michael
| editor-link = Michael Erlewine
| editor-last2 = Bogdanov
| editor-first2 = Vladimir
| editor-link2 = Vladimir Bogdanov (editor)
| editor-last3 = Woodstra
| editor-first3 = Chris
| editor-last4 = Koda
| editor-first4 = Cub
| encyclopedia = [[All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues|All Music Guide to the Blues]]
| location = San Francisco
| publisher = [[Miller Freeman, Inc.|Miller Freeman Books]]
| isbn = 0-87930-424-3
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetob00erle}}
*{{cite book
| author = Mojo
| author-link = Mojo (magazine)
| year = 2007
| title = The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition
| location = Edinburgh, Scotland
| publisher = [[Canongate Books]]
| isbn = 978-1-84767-643-6}}
*{{cite encyclopedia
| last = Unterberger
| first = Richie
| author-link = Richie Unterberger
| year = 1996
| title = One More Mile
| editor-last = Erlewine
| editor-first = Michael
| editor-link = Michael Erlewine
| editor-last2 = Bogdanov
| editor-first2 = Vladimir
| editor-link2 = Vladimir Bogdanov (editor)
| editor-last3 = Woodstra
| editor-first3 = Chris
| editor-last4 = Koda
| editor-first4 = Cub
| editor-link4 = Cub Koda
| encyclopedia = [[All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues|All Music Guide to the Blues]]
| location = San Francisco
| publisher = [[Miller Freeman, Inc.|Miller Freeman Books]]
| isbn = 0-87930-424-3
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidetob00erle}}
*{{cite book
| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| author-link = Joel Whitburn
| year = 1988
| entry = Muddy Waters
| title = Top R&B Singles 1942–1988
| location = Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
| publisher = [[Record Research]]
| isbn = 0-89820-068-7
| url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whit}}
*{{cite magazine
| last1 = Wight
| first1 = Phil
| last2 = Rothwell
| first2 = Fred
| title = The Complete Muddy Waters Discography
| magazine = [[Blues & Rhythm]]
| issue = 200
| year = 1991}}

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