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Delbert McClinton

Person · male · United States · Lubbock · born 1940 · recording since 1972

American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist

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Also known as Delbert McCinton · Delbert Ross McClinton · デルバート・マクリントン

Debut: 1972
Recording span: 50 years
Release groups: 42
Awards: 2
Timeline events: 27
Wiki language versions: 11

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Timeline

27 events▣ Album 24◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1

1940s
1. 4 November 1940 · Birth
  Born 1940-11-04
  source: wikidata
1970s
1. 1972 · Debut release
  Debut release: Delbert & Glen
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1972 · Album
  Album: Delbert & Glen
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1975 · Album
  Album: Victim of Life’s Circumstances
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1976 · Album
  Album: Genuine Cowhide
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1977 · Album
  Album: Love Rustler
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1978 · Album
  Album: Second Wind
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1979 · Album
  Album: Keeper of the Flame
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1980 · Album
  Album: The Jealous Kind
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1981 · Album
  Album: Plain’ From the Heart
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1984 · Album
  Album: Feelin’ Alright
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 20 February 1990 · Album
  Album: I'm With You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 27 April 1992 · Album
  Album: Never Been Rocked Enough
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1993 · Album
  Album: Delbert McClinton
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 19 April 1994 · Album
  Album: Classics, Volume 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1995 · Album
  Album: Let the Good Times Roll
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1995 · Album
  Album: The Great Songs Come Together
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1997 · Album
  Album: One of the Fortunate Few
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2000 · Album
  Album: Genuine Rhythm & The Blues
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2001 · Album
  Album: Nothing Personal
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2002 · Album
  Album: Room to Breathe
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2005 · Album
  Album: Cost of Living
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2009 · Album
  Album: Honky Tonkin' All Night
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 17 August 2009 · Album
  Album: Acquired Taste
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 14 June 2013 · Album
  Album: Blind, Crippled and Crazy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2019 · Award
  Honoured: Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance
  source: wikidata
2020s
1. 13 May 2022 · Album
  Album: Outdated Emotion
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography795 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379456401

Biography

Delbert McClinton (born November 4, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist.
From his first professional stage appearance in 1957 to his most recent national tour in 2018, he has recorded albums for several major record labels and singles that have reached the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-charting single was "Tell Me About It", a 1992 duet with Tanya Tucker, which reached number four on the country chart. Four of his albums have been number one on the blues chart, and another reached number two. His highest-charting pop hit was 1980's "Giving It Up for Your LoveGiving It Up for Your Love1980 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAGiving It Up for Your Love3:27BMy Sweet Baby2:40", which peaked at number eight on the Hot 100.
McClinton has earned four Grammy Awards - 1992 Rock Performance by a Duo with Bonnie Raitt for "Good Man, Good Woman", 2002 Contemporary Blues Album for Nothing PersonalNothing Personal2001 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1Livin' It Down2:412Gotta Get It Worked On4:023When Rita Leaves4:384Squeeze Me In2:555Birmingham Tonight4:006Baggage Claim3:297All Night Long4:058Don't Leave Home Without It3:409Desperation3:2410Nothin' Lasts Forever3:0511Read Me My Rights4:3912All There Is of Me5:3613Watchin' the Rain3:37, 2006 Best Contemporary Blues Album for Cost of LivingCost of Living2005 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1One of the Fortunate Few2:472Right to Be Wrong2:413The Part I Like Best2:174I’ll Change My Style2:375Hammerhead Stew2:536Your Memory, Me, and the Blues4:057Dead Wrong2:038Down Into Mexico4:359Kiss Her Once for Me4:0210I Had a Real Good Time2:2711Midnight Communion4:1112Two Step Two3:0213Alright by Me3:12, and 2020 Best Traditional Blues Album for Tall, Dark, & Handsome. He has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards as of 2020.
He was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame in March 2011, along with Lee Roy Parnell, Bruce Channel, Gary Nicholson, and Cindy Walker. In 2019, Delbert McClinton was honored by the historic Paramount Theatre in Austin, Texas, with the fifth star in their Walk of Fame. (Others are actors Jaston Williams and Joe Sears, and musical artists Jerry Jeff Walker and Lyle Lovett).

Early years

McClinton was born in Lubbock, Texas, and moved with his family to Fort Worth when he was 11 years old. He worked in a bar band, the Straitjackets, who backed Sonny Boy Williamson II, Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Jimmy Reed. McClinton recorded several regional singles before hitting the national chart in 1962, playing harmonica on Bruce Channel's "Hey! Baby". On a tour with Channel in the United Kingdom, McClinton instructed John Lennon on the finer points of blues harmonica playing.
McClinton formed the Ron-Dels, sometimes called the Rondells, with Ronnie Kelly and Billy Wade Sanders. The band had a chart single in 1965 with "If You Really Want Me to I'll Go".

1970s

Relocating to Los Angeles in 1972, McClinton partnered with fellow Texan Glen Clark to perform a combination of country and soul music. They released two albums before splitting, and McClinton embarked on a solo career.
Emmylou Harris had a number-one hit in 1978 with her recording of McClinton's composition "Two More Bottles of Wine", and a cover version of his "B Movie Boxcar Blues" was on the first album by the Blues Brothers, Briefcase Full of Blues.

1980s and 1990s

McClinton's 1980 album, The Jealous KindThe Jealous Kind1980 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Shotgun Rider3:05A2I Can’t Quit You3:28A3Giving It Up for Your Love3:45A4The Jealous Kind4:30A5Going Back to Louisiana2:50B1Baby Ruth3:03B2Bright Side of the Road3:01B3Take Me to the River3:27B4Shaky Ground3:00B5My Sweet Baby2:42, contained his only Top 40 hit single, "Giving It Up for Your LoveGiving It Up for Your Love1980 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAGiving It Up for Your Love3:27BMy Sweet Baby2:40", which peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 35 on Adult Contemporary. He was inactive in the studio during much of the 1980s, though he toured heavily. McClinton closed the decade with the Grammy-nominated 1989 album Live from AustinLive From Austin1989 · Album · LiveSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracksA1Maybe Someday BabyA2Lipstick TracesA3Standing on Shaky GroundA4Sandy BeachesA5Thank You BabyA6B Box Car MovieB1I’ve Got Dreams to RememberB2Let Me Be Your LoverB3Going Back to LouisianaB4You Are My SunshineB5Givin’ It Up for Your Love, recorded during an appearance on the television program Austin City Limits and co-produced by saxophonist sideman Don Wise, who went on to become a longtime fixture in the band.
In 1991, McClinton won a Grammy Award for a duet with Bonnie Raitt, "Good Man, Good Woman", and reached the Top 5 of the country chart with "Tell Me About It", a duet with Tanya Tucker. He re-entered the Billboard charts in 1992 with the album Never Been Rocked EnoughNever Been Rocked Enough27 April 1992 · Studio albumSpotify YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Every Time I Roll the Dice4:282I Used to Worry2:563Miss You Fever4:084Why Me?3:195Have a Little Faith in Me4:146Never Been Rocked Enough3:347Blues as Blues Can Get4:058Can I Change My Mind3:319Cease and Desist2:5810Stir It Up3:3311Good Man, Good Woman3:32, which included the charting single "Every Time I Roll the Dice" and a cover of John Hiatt's "Have a Little Faith in Me".
McClinton recorded the song "Weatherman", which was played with the opening titles and closing credits of the 1993 film Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray. The fledgling label Rising Tide Records released One of the Fortunate Few in 1997, before the label went out of business.

2000–present

McClinton released two studio albums in the early 2000s for New West Records, which also issued Delbert McClinton Live in 2003, a compilation album of songs from his career. In 2006, he won a Grammy Award for his album Cost of LivingCost of Living2005 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 13 tracks1One of the Fortunate Few2:472Right to Be Wrong2:413The Part I Like Best2:174I’ll Change My Style2:375Hammerhead Stew2:536Your Memory, Me, and the Blues4:057Dead Wrong2:038Down Into Mexico4:359Kiss Her Once for Me4:0210I Had a Real Good Time2:2711Midnight Communion4:1112Two Step Two3:0213Alright by Me3:12 in the category Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Etta James included two McClinton songs on her 2003 album, Let's Roll.
McClinton was a judge for the fourth annual Independent Music Awards, presented to independent artists to support their careers. He is featured in the documentary film Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey, by the filmmaker Jay Curlee.
McClinton performed on the Frankie Miller album Double Take, released in 2016; his voice is merged with Miller's in the song "Beginner at the Blues". His 2019 recording, Tall, Dark and Handsome, was chosen as a Favorite Blues Album by AllMusic. It was awarded the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	11	61.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	42	93.1th
Studio albums	25	97.5th
Awards recorded	2	92.6th
Timeline events	27	96.1th
Recording span (years)	50	90.9th
Genres	9	95.7th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (42 release groups · 25 studio albums)

Albums · 25

Delbert & Glen
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 36:03
1Old Standby3:22
2Ain't What You Eat It's the Way You Chew It2:20
3I Received a Letter2:54
4I Felt the Burden (Being Lifted Off My Shoulders)2:54
5'B' Movie Box Car Blues2:14
6Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday3:08
7All Them Other Good Things2:03
8Sugar Daddy4:45
9Here Comes the Blues Again4:06
10Rosie's (The Working Girl's Hotel)3:19
11C.O.D.4:58
Victim of Life’s Circumstances
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 31:18
A1Victim of Life’s Circumstances2:20
A2Honky Tonkin (I Guess I Done Me Some)3:15
A3Two More Bottles of Wine2:58
A4Lesson in the Pain of Love2:51
A5Do It2:51
B1Object of My Affection2:52
B2Ruby Louise2:33
B3Real Good Itch2:33
B4Solid Gold Plated Fool2:59
B5Morgan City Fool2:40
B6Troubled Women3:26
Genuine Cowhide
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:40
A1It’s Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)2:32
A2Please Please Please2:40
A3Lovey Dovey3:22
A4Before You Accuse Me3:03
A5Blue Monday2:01
A6I’m Dyin’ Fast as I Can2:52
B1Lipstick, Powder and Paint2:23
B2Pledging My Love2:53
B3One Kiss Led to Another2:45
B4(When She Wants Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes to Me2:53
B5Special Love Song2:30
B6Let the Good Times Roll2:46
Love Rustler
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 32:31
A1Love Rustler3:31
A2Let Love Come Between Us2:52
A3Under Suspicion3:33
A4Some People2:25
A5As Long as I Got You2:58
B1Hold On to Your Hiney3:03
B2In the Jailhouse Now3:33
B3That Woman3:23
B4Ain’t No More Cane3:15
B5Turn On Your Love Light3:58
Second Wind
1978 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:04
A1“B” Movie Boxcar Blues3:52
A2Isn’t That So3:56
A3Corinna3:31
A4Take It Easy4:57
A5Spoonful3:14
B1It Ain’t Whatcha Eat but How You Chew It2:47
B2Sick and Tired4:23
B3Maybe Someday Baby3:14
B4Big River2:50
B5Lovinest Man3:20
Keeper of the Flame
1979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 35:52
A1Plain Old Makin’ Love3:07
A2Just a Little Bit3:01
A3Shot From the Saddle3:47
A4I Don’t Want to Hear It Anymore3:36
A5Have Mercy4:13
B1I’m Talking About You3:00
B2Two More Bottles of Wine4:58
B3Seesaw2:58
B4I Received a Letter2:56
B5A Mess of Blues4:16
The Jealous Kind
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 32:51
A1Shotgun Rider3:05
A2I Can’t Quit You3:28
A3Giving It Up for Your Love3:45
A4The Jealous Kind4:30
A5Going Back to Louisiana2:50
B1Baby Ruth3:03
B2Bright Side of the Road3:01
B3Take Me to the River3:27
B4Shaky Ground3:00
B5My Sweet Baby2:42
Plain’ From the Heart
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:38
A1Be Good to Yourself2:55
A2A Fool in Love2:58
A3Heartbreak Radio3:25
A4I’ve Got Dreams to Remember3:58
A5In the Midnight Hour3:01
B1I Wanna Thank You Baby3:19
B2Sandy Beaches3:00
B3Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)4:05
B4I Feel So Bad3:39
B5Rooster Blues3:18
Feelin’ Alright
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
A1Wake Up Baby
A2Lost in a Dream
A3Crying Over You
A4Lose Your Money
A5Couldn’t Have Been a Millionaire
B1Don’t Cry No More
B2It’s Over
B3I Ain’t Never
B4Singin’ the Blues
B5Tina
I'm With You
1990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 34:13
1That's the Way I Feel3:13
2My Baby's Lovin'4:00
3Go On4:08
4Got You on My Mind3:15
5Crazy 'Bout You3:24
6I'm With You3:52
7I Want to Love You3:59
8Who's Foolin' Who2:39
9The Real Thing3:22
10My Love Is Burnin'2:21
Never Been Rocked Enough
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 40:18
1Every Time I Roll the Dice4:28
2I Used to Worry2:56
3Miss You Fever4:08
4Why Me?3:19
5Have a Little Faith in Me4:14
6Never Been Rocked Enough3:34
7Blues as Blues Can Get4:05
8Can I Change My Mind3:31
9Cease and Desist2:58
10Stir It Up3:33
11Good Man, Good Woman3:32
Delbert McClinton
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:10
1The Sun Medley5:06
2Tell Me About It3:47
3Weatherman4:19
4Mary Lou3:16
5Have a Little Faith in Me4:15
6The Wanderer5:00
7Just You and Me4:22
8One More Last Chance4:08
9Lay Around and Love on You3:46
10He Will Break Your Heart4:11
Classics, Volume 1
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:26
1Shotgun Rider3:08
2I Can’t Quit You3:35
3Giving It Up for Your Love3:49
4The Jealous Kind4:34
5Going Back to Louisiana2:54
6Baby Ruth3:06
7Bright Side of the Road3:03
8Take Me to the River3:31
9Shaky Ground3:05
10My Sweet Baby2:41
Let the Good Times Roll
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 28:33
1Before You Accuse Me3:03
2Pledging My Love2:53
3It’s Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)2:31
4Let the Good Times Roll2:46
5Lipstick, Powder and Paint2:23
6Lovey Dovey3:22
7(When She Wants Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes to Me2:53
8One Kiss Led to Another2:45
9Solid Gold Plated Fool2:59
10Two More Bottles of Wine2:58
The Great Songs Come Together
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:06
1Come Together4:03
2Can I Change My Mind3:29
3Stir It Up3:33
4I’m With You3:53
5Have A Little Faith In Me4:13
6Tell Me About It3:32
7My Baby’s lovin’4:00
8Who’s Foolin’ Who2:39
9Why Me3:18
10Everytime I Roll The Dice4:26
One of the Fortunate Few
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:11
1Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)2:57
2Leap of Faith3:38
3Somebody to Love You4:32
4Sending Me Angels3:46
5Too Much Stuff4:15
6Monkey Around3:11
7Lie No Better4:28
8You Were Never Mine4:02
9Better Off With the Blues4:07
10Best of Me3:15
Genuine Rhythm & The Blues
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 45:13
1Lipstick, Powder & Paint2:24
2Lovey Dovey3:24
3Pledging My Love2:52
4Before You Accuse Me3:07
5Blue Monday2:03
6In the Jailhouse Now3:33
7Let Love Come Between Us2:52
8Turn on Your Love Light3:57
9Have Mercy3:58
10Just a Little Bit3:05
11Corinna3:30
12I’m Talking About You2:54
13Spoonful3:14
14A Mess of Blues4:20
Nothing Personal
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 49:51
1Livin' It Down2:41
2Gotta Get It Worked On4:02
3When Rita Leaves4:38
4Squeeze Me In2:55
5Birmingham Tonight4:00
6Baggage Claim3:29
7All Night Long4:05
8Don't Leave Home Without It3:40
9Desperation3:24
10Nothin' Lasts Forever3:05
11Read Me My Rights4:39
12All There Is of Me5:36
13Watchin' the Rain3:37
Room to Breathe
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 42:20
1Same Kind of Crazy4:04
2Smooth Talk3:50
3Jungle Room3:41
4Everything I Know About the Blues3:32
5Blues About You Baby3:01
6Lone Star Blues3:57
7The Rub3:16
8Won’t Be Me4:04
9Don’t Want to Love You3:00
10Ain’t Lost Nothin’2:45
11Money Honey3:36
12New York City3:34
Cost of Living
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 40:52
1One of the Fortunate Few2:47
2Right to Be Wrong2:41
3The Part I Like Best2:17
4I’ll Change My Style2:37
5Hammerhead Stew2:53
6Your Memory, Me, and the Blues4:05
7Dead Wrong2:03
8Down Into Mexico4:35
9Kiss Her Once for Me4:02
10I Had a Real Good Time2:27
11Midnight Communion4:11
12Two Step Two3:02
13Alright by Me3:12
Honky Tonkin' All Night
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 50:40
1If You Really Want Me To, I'll Go2:27
2Lover in Demand1:45
3Wake Up Baby4:04
4Twist and Shout/La Bamba3:22
5I Lost My Love Today2:16
6Picture of You2:11
7Don't Cry No More (Feel Alright)2:39
8Lose Your Money1:54
9I Cry 'Cause I Care1:58
10Mr. Pitiful2:29
11These Boots Are Made for Walkin'2:35
12Lost In a Dream2:25
13Lord Knows I've Tried3:24
14It's Over2:17
15This Boy3:21
16Except for You2:17
17I Ain't Never2:04
18Cryin' Over You2:25
19You Got Me Hummin'2:48
20Tina1:59
Acquired Taste
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 47:27
1Mama’s Little Baby3:08
2Starting a Rumor3:40
3Can’t Nobody Say I Didn’t Try3:13
4Never Saw It Comin’3:01
5Do It2:48
6I Need to Know3:06
7People Just Love to Talk3:17
8Until Then4:58
9Willie2:37
10Wouldn’t You Think (Should’ve Been Here by Now)4:32
11She’s Not There Anymore3:03
12When She Cries at Night3:08
13Cherry Street3:33
14Out of My Mind3:23
Blind, Crippled and Crazy
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:09
1Been Around a Long Time3:39
2Whoever Said It Was Easy2:54
3Oughta Know3:09
4World of Hurt3:44
5More and More, Less and Less2:53
6Just When I Need You the Most3:19
7Somebody to Love You4:09
8Sure Feels Good4:24
9Tell My Mama3:15
10Peace in the Valley2:50
11Good as I Feel Today3:09
12If I Could Be Your Lover2:44
Outdated Emotion
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 41:47
1Stagger Lee2:35
2Settin' the Woods on Fire2:41
3The Sun Is Shining2:36
4One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer3:12
5Long Tall Sally2:31
6Two Step Too3:06
7I Want a Little Girl3:02
8Ain't That Lovin' You2:19
9Jambalaya2:51
10Connecticut Blues2:26
11I Ain't Got You2:31
12Move It on Over2:43
13Hard Hearted Hannah3:01
14Sweet Talkin' Man2:40
15Money Honey2:58
16Call Me a Cab0:35
Livin It Down
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 56:14
1I Wanna Thank You Baby3:20
2Tell Me About It3:41
3Before You Accuse Me3:08
4Maybe Someday3:44
5Givin' It Up For Your Love3:48
6Who's Foolin' Who2:43
7Livin It Down2:41
8The Real Thing3:21
9Memphis Women3:45
10Two More Bottles of Wine3:02
11Squeeze Me In2:55
12Can I Change My Mind3:31
13Sending Me Angels3:46
14You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly3:03
15Everytime I Roll the Dice4:26
16Cease and Desist2:58
17Victim Of2:22

Single · 1

Single release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1980	Giving It Up for Your LoveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:07 AGiving It Up for Your Love3:27 BMy Sweet Baby2:40		1980

Album · 16

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1989	Live From AustinSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks A1Maybe Someday Baby A2Lipstick Traces A3Standing on Shaky Ground A4Sandy Beaches A5Thank You Baby A6B Box Car Movie B1I’ve Got Dreams to Remember B2Let Me Be Your Lover B3Going Back to Louisiana B4You Are My Sunshine B5Givin’ It Up for Your Love	Live	1989
1989	Best of Delbert McClintonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:26 1A Fool in Love2:58 2The Real Thing3:21 3I've Got Dreams to Remember3:57 4Heartbreak Radio3:27 5Givin' It Up for Your Love3:48 6Go On4:10 7Take Me to the River3:31 8I Want to Love You4:02 9Who's Foolin' Who2:42 10Shotgun Rider3:10 11I Wanna Thank You Baby3:20	Compilation	1989
1997	Honky Tonk ’n BluesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 42:10 1Victim of Life’s Circumstances2:24 2Two More Bottles of Wine3:02 3Before You Accuse Me3:08 4Under Suspicion3:36 5(When She Wants Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes To Me2:56 6Honky Tonkin’3:20 7Lovey Dovey3:25 8It’s Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)2:36 9Love Rustler3:36 10Lesson in the Pain of Love2:53 11Solid Gold Plated Fool3:06 12Please, Please, Please2:43 13Pledging My Love2:51 14Special Love Song2:34	Compilation	1997
1999	Victim of Life’s Circumstances / Genuine CowhideSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 27 tracks · 1:16:57 1Victim of Life’s Circumstances2:22 2Honky Tonkin’ (I Guess I Done Me Some)3:16 3Two More Bottles of Wine3:00 4Lesson in the Pain of Love2:51 5Do It2:50 6Object of My Affection2:53 7Ruby Louise2:32 8Real Good Itch2:36 9Solid Gold Plated Fool3:02 10Morgan City Fool2:42 11Troubled Woman3:28 12It’s Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)2:33 13Please, Please, Please2:41 14Lovey Dovey3:25 15Before You Accuse Me3:07 16Blue Monday2:03 17I’m Dyin’, Fast as I Can2:56 18Lipstick, Powder and Paint2:25 19Pledging My Love2:49 20One Kiss Led to Another2:42 21(When She Wants Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes to Me2:54 22Special Love Song2:31 23Let the Good Times Roll2:48 24Love Rustler3:33 25Let Love Come Between Us2:54 26Under Suspicion3:35 27Some People2:29	Compilation	1999
1999	Ultimate CollectionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:00:46 1Giving It Up for Your Love3:47 2B‐Movie Boxcar Blues3:50 3Love Rustler3:33 4Two More Bottles of Wine2:59 5Victim of Life ’s Circumstances2:23 6Honky Tonkin’ (I Guess I Done Me Some)3:17 7Special Love Song2:31 8I’m Dyin’ as Fast as I Can2:55 9Lipstick, Powder & Paint2:25 10Under Suspicion3:35 11Take It Easy4:57 12The Jealous Kind4:32 13Shot From the Saddle3:44 14It Ain’t What You Eat but How You Chew It2:46 15Plain Old Makin’ Love3:05 16Sandy Beaches2:59 17Heartbreak Radio3:25 18You Were Never Mine4:03	Compilation	1 January 1999
2000	Don’t Let Go: The CollectionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 38:50 1Don’t Let Go2:26 2Lover in Demand1:45 3Without You4:05 4Twist and Shout/La Bamba3:22 5Don’t Cry No More (Feel Alright)2:39 6Lose Your Money1:54 7I Cry ’Cause I Care1:58 8Mr. Pitiful2:29 9These Boots Are Made For Walkin’2:35 10Lost In A Dream2:26 11Lord Knows I’ve Tried3:24 12This Boy3:21 13I Ain’t Never2:04 14Cryin’ Over You2:24 15Tina1:58	Compilation	28 March 2000
2001	The Jealous Kind / Plain’ From the HeartSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:16:37 1Shotgun Rider3:05 2I Can’t Quit You3:33 3Giving It Up for Your Love3:47 4The Jealous Kind4:34 5Going Back to Louisiana2:52 6Baby Ruth3:05 7Bright Side of the Road3:02 8Take Me to the River3:30 9Shaky Ground3:04 10My Sweet Baby2:43 11Be Good to Yourself2:58 12A Fool in Love2:58 13Heartbreak Radio3:26 14I’ve Got Dreams to Remember3:56 15In the Midnight Hour3:01 16I Wanna Thank You Baby3:21 17Sandy Beaches3:01 18Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)4:06 19I Feel So Bad3:35 20Rooster Blues3:19 21As Long as I Got You3:01 22Hold on to Your Hiney3:07 23In the Jailhouse Now3:33	Compilation	2001
2003	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Delbert McClintonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 36:14 1Victim of Life's Circumstances2:23 2Honky Tonkin' (I Guess I Done Me Some)3:18 3Two More Bottles of Wine3:00 4Solid Gold Plated Fool3:02 5Pledging My Love2:54 6Lipstick, Powder And Paint2:25 7It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)2:34 8Special Love Song2:32 9Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself)3:08 10Love Rustler3:33 11Under Suspicion3:35 12B-Movie Boxcar Blues3:50	Compilation	15 July 2003
2003	LiveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:28:56 Disc 111 tracks · 49:27 1Old Weakness (Comin' on Strong)3:09 2Leap of Faith6:05 3I'm With You4:29 4I Wanna Thank You Baby3:54 5I Want to Love You8:53 6Smooth Talk3:40 7Maybe Someday Baby3:39 8Don't Want to Love You3:18 9New York City4:14 10Squeeze Me In2:48 11I've Got Dreams to Remember5:18 Disc 28 tracks · 39:29 1Why Me?3:50 2Rebecca, Rebecca6:39 3Going Back to Louisiana4:32 4When Rita Leaves5:16 5Livin' It Down3:09 6Giving It Up for Your Love3:22 7B-Movie Boxcar Blues8:47 8Little Fine Healthy Thing3:54	Live	17 October 2003
2004	The Delbert & Glen Sessions 1972-1973Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks · 1:12:24 1Old Standby3:22 2Ain't What You Eat It's the Way You Chew It2:20 3I Received a Letter2:54 4I Felt the Burden (Being Lifted Off My Shoulders)2:54 5'B' Movie Box Car Blues2:14 6Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday3:08 7All Them Other Good Things2:03 8Sugar Daddy4:45 9Here Comes the Blues Again4:06 10Rosie's (The Working Girl's Hotel)3:19 11C.O.D.4:58 12Oh My2:11 13If You Don't Leave Me Alone (I'm Gonna Find Somebody Who Will)2:56 14Lucky Boy (Your Ramblin' Days Are Through)3:37 15Too Much2:37 16Sidewalk Diploma2:51 17Cold November3:31 18I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore3:35 19Let Me Be Your Lover2:41 20Bless 'em2:28 21California Livin'2:26 22You Gonna Miss Me3:07 23To Be With You4:21	Compilation	2004
2006	Live From Austin TxSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks · 59:57 1Mess of Blues4:20 2A Fool in Love2:56 3Lipstick, Powder & Paint3:00 4Plain Old Makin' Love3:19 5Going Back to Louisiana3:25 6Sneakin' Around5:01 7Take Me to the River3:37 8Let Love Come Between Us3:59 9Heartbreak Radio3:32 10The Jealous Kind5:07 11Shaky Ground3:32 12Givin' It Up for Your Love3:55 13I've Got Dreams to Remember4:34 14I Wanna Thank You Baby3:48 15Turn on Your Lovelight5:52	Live	2006
2006	The Definitive CollectionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:13:20 1Hey! Baby2:24 2I Received a Letter2:52 3Honky Tonkin' (I Guess I Done Me Some)3:18 4Victim of Life's Circumstances2:23 5Two More Bottles of Wine3:01 6Special Love Song2:31 7Lipstick, Powder & Paint2:26 8Pledging My Love2:52 9I'm Dyin' as Fast as I Can2:56 10Love Rustler3:34 11Under Suspicion3:36 12Ain't What You Eat but How You Chew It2:46 13Take It Easy4:56 14B-Movie Boxcar Blues3:49 15A Mess of Blues4:20 16Plain Old Makin' Love3:05 17The Jealous Kind4:32 18Giving It Up for Your Love3:48 19Sandy Beaches2:59 20Heartbreak Radio3:26 21Maybe Someday Baby (live)3:45 22You Were Never Mine4:01	Compilation	4 July 2006
2009	Voices of Americana: Delbert McClintonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 50:51 1Don’t Let Go2:27 2Lover in Demand1:45 3Without You4:04 4Twist and Shout/La Bamba3:23 5I Lost My Love Today2:17 6A Picture of You2:11 7Don’t Cry No More2:41 8Lose Your Money1:54 9I Cry ’Cause I Care1:58 10Mr. Pitiful2:29 11These Boots Are Made for Walkin’2:36 12Lost in a Dream2:26 13Lord Knows I’ve Tried3:24 14It’s Over2:17 15This Boy3:22 16Except for You2:17 17I Ain’t Never2:06 18Cryin’ Over You2:25 19You Got Me Hummin’2:50 20Tina1:59	Compilation	24 May 2009
2013	Under Suspicion – The ABC SessionsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 33 tracks · 1:36:14 Disc 116 tracks · 48:46 1Love Rustler3:31 2Let Love Come Between Us2:52 3Under Suspicion3:33 4Some People2:25 5As Long as I Got You2:58 6Hold On to Your Hiney3:05 7In the Jailhouse Now3:31 8That Woman3:21 9Ain’t No More Cane3:05 10Turn On Your Lovelight3:56 11It’s Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)2:31 12Please, Please, Please2:40 13Lovey Dovey3:22 14Before You Accuse Me3:03 15Blue Monday2:01 16I’m Dyin’, Fast as I Can2:52 Disc 217 tracks · 47:28 1Lipstick, Powder and Paint2:23 2Pledging My Love2:53 3One Kiss Led to Another2:45 4(When She Wants Good Lovin’) My Baby Comes to Me2:53 5Special Love Song2:30 6Let the Good Times Roll2:46 7Victim of Life’s Circumstances2:20 8Honky Tonkin’ (I Guess I Done Me Some)3:15 9Two More Bottles of Wine2:58 10Lesson in the Pain of Love2:51 11Do It2:51 12Object of My Affection2:52 13Ruby Louise2:33 14Real Good Itch2:33 15Solid Gold Plated Fool2:59 16Morgan City Fool2:40 17Troubled Woman3:26	Compilation	2013
2016	The Early YearsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 38:59 1Don’t Let Go2:26 2A Picture of You2:12 3Lose Your Money1:55 4I Cry ’cause I Care1:58 5You Got Me Hummin’2:46 6Nothing in the World Can Hurt Me (Except You)2:18 7Don’t Cry No More (Feel Alright)2:38 8Lover in Demand1:44 9Cryin’ Over You2:25 10Singin’ the Blues1:57 11I Ain’t Never2:05 12Without You3:26 13Wake Up Baby4:07 14Lost in a Dream2:26 15These Boots Are Made for Walkin’2:37 16(Oh) Tina1:59	Compilation	2016
—	Classics, Volume 2Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:54 1Be Good To Yourself3:00 2A Fool In Love2:59 3Heartbreak Radio3:28 4I've Got Dreams To Remember3:58 5In The Midnight Hour3:02 6I Wanna Thank You Baby3:23 7Sandy Beaches3:02 8Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)4:07 9I Feel So Bad3:38 10Rooster Blues3:17	Compilation	—

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Delbert McClinton head-to-head →

Delbert McClinton metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	11	61.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	42	93.1th
Studio albums	25	97.5th
Awards recorded	2	92.6th
Timeline events	27	96.1th
Recording span (years)	50	90.9th
Genres	9	95.7th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Category	Result
2019	Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance		lifetime
2019	Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance		lifetime

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Delbert McClinton & Glen Clark(band)	—	present
Delbert McClinton & Self‐Made Men(band)	—	present
Ron-Dels(band)	—	present
Johnny Neel And The Last Word(band)	—	present
Los Super Seven(band)	—	present
The Straitjackets(band)	1957	present	original

Where this record comes from

aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d0a2f884-96a6-4f21-9f20-0893fd34a55a
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d0a2f884-96a6-4f21-9f20-0893fd34a55a
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463013
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463013
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delbert_McClinton
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delbert_McClinton

Why this artist is in the database

List of blues musicians — rank #144
| 1940 | | Texas | Electric blues |
List of country music performers

United States · Person

blues · country music

2 shared genre tags · debut 1972, same year · from United States

38 wikis

Timeline

1940s

Born 1940-11-04

1970s

Debut release: Delbert & Glen

Album: Delbert & Glen

Album: Victim of Life’s Circumstances

Album: Genuine Cowhide

Album: Love Rustler

Album: Second Wind

Album: Keeper of the Flame

1980s

Album: The Jealous Kind

Album: Plain’ From the Heart

Album: Feelin’ Alright

1990s

Album: I'm With You

Album: Never Been Rocked Enough

Album: Delbert McClinton

Album: Classics, Volume 1

Album: Let the Good Times Roll

Album: The Great Songs Come Together

Album: One of the Fortunate Few

2000s

Album: Genuine Rhythm & The Blues

Album: Nothing Personal

Album: Room to Breathe

Album: Cost of Living

Album: Honky Tonkin' All Night

Album: Acquired Taste

2010s

Album: Blind, Crippled and Crazy

Honoured: Americana Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance

2020s

Album: Outdated Emotion

Biography

Biography

Early years

1970s

1980s and 1990s

2000–present

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (42 release groups · 25 studio albums)

Albums · 25

Single · 1

Album · 16

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

Where this record comes from

Why this artist is in the database

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