Person · Male
Mel Tillis
- From
- Dover, United States
- Active
- 1932–2017
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 83
- country
- outlaw country
About
Lonnie Melvin Tillis (August 8, 1932 – November 19, 2017) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s as part of the outlaw country movement, with a long list of Top 10 hits. Tillis' biggest hits include "I Ain't Never", "Good Woman Blues", and "Coca-Cola Cowboy". His composition "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" became a world-wide hit in 1969 when recorded by Kenny Rogers.
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President Barack Obama awarded Tillis the National Medal of Arts in 2012 for his contributions to country music. He also won the Country Music Association Awards' most coveted award, Entertainer of the Year. Tillis was a member of the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Country Music Hall of Fame. Additionally, he was known for his stutter, which did not affect his singing voice. His daughter is 1990s country hitmaker Pam Tillis.
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Discography
Albums
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Heart Over Mind and Other Big Country Hits
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Stateside
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Mr. Mel
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Life Turned Her That Way
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Let Me Talk To You
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Something Special
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Sings Old Faithful
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Who's Julie
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She’ll Be Hanging ’Round Somewhere
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One More Time
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Living and Learning / Take My Hand
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The Arms of a Fool / Commercial Affection
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I Ain’t Never / Neon Rose
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Would You Want the World to End
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Let’s Go All The Way Tonight
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Sawmill
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Stomp Them Grapes
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Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
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M‐M‐Mel
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Love Revival
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In Person
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I Believe in You
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Me and Pepper
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Mr. Entertainer
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Southern Rain Apple Music
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Your Body Is An Outlaw Apple Music
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Mel and Nancy
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It's A Long Way To Daytona Apple Music
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After All This Time
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Look At Life
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New Patches
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California Road Apple Music
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American Originals
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Beyond the Sunset
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You Ain't Gonna Believe This...
Singles
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Tall Drink of Water
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Coca Cola Cowboy / Cottonmouth
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I Got the Hoss
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Don’t Let Go
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Midnight Me and the Blues / Modern Home Magazine
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Memory Maker
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I Went a Ramblin’ / Untouched
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Brand New Mister Me
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Life’s Little Surprises / Take My Hand
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One More Drink / I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You
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Too Lonely, Too Long / Memories Made This House
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These Lonely Hands Of Mine / Cover Mama’s Flowers
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She’ll Be Hanging ’Round Somewhere / Where Love Has Died
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Stateside
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Not in Front of the Kids
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Hearts of Stone
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Party Girl
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Loco Weed / It’s So Easy
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Walk On, Boy
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Sawmill / You Are the Reason
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Georgia Town Blues / Till I Get Enough of Those Blues
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The Violet and a Rose / No Song to Sing
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The Brooklyn Bridge
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Teen Age Wedding / Lonely Street
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This Heart / Take My Hand
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It Takes A Worried Man To Sing A Worried Blues
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If You’ll Be My Love / Juke Box Man
Live
Compilations
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36 All-Time Greatest Hits
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Hitsides! 1970-1980
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The Best of Mel Tillis Apple Music
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Best of Mel Tillis Apple Music
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All His Great Hits Apple Music
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Mel Tillis Greatest Hits
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Four Legends
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The Great Mel Tillis
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S‐S‐Superstar!
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Mel Tillis and Friends
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24 Great Hits by Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
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The Best of Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
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Mel Tillis’ Greatest Hits, Vol.2
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The Very Best of Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
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Big n’ Country
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Mel Tillis’ Greatest Hits
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Night Train to Memphis Apple Music
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Greatest Hits Apple Music
Links
Listen
Official
Concerts
Instrumental supporting musician
Parent
Also known as
Lonnie Melvin Tillis · Mel Tills · Melvin Tillis
Tags
- 2008 universal fire victim
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 0d744e10-5e7e-4a5d-b89a-4bda5d8d7141
- ISNI
- 000000038362657X
- IPI
- 00030649696
- IPI
- 00208697149
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.