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Houston Person

Person · male · United States · Florence · born 1934 · recording since 1967

American jazz saxophonist (born 1934)

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Also known as Houston Pearson · 休士頓·派森

Debut: 1967
Recording span: 58 years
Release groups: 58
Timeline events: 48
Wiki language versions: 12

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Timeline

48 events▣ Album 46◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1930s
1. 10 November 1934 · Birth
  Born 1934-11-10
  source: wikidata
1960s
1. 1967 · Debut release
  Debut release: Underground Soul!
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1967 · Album
  Album: Underground Soul!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1968 · Album
  Album: Trust In Me
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1968 · Album
  Album: Blue Odyssey
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 25 August 1969 · Album
  Album: Goodness!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1970 · Album
  Album: Person to Person!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1971 · Album
  Album: Houston Express
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1973 · Album
  Album: Sweet Buns & Barbeque
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1975 · Album
  Album: Houston Person 75
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1975 · Album
  Album: Get Out'a My Way!
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1977 · Album
  Album: Stolen Sweets
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1977 · Album
  Album: Harmony
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1 November 1977 · Album
  Album: The Nearness of You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1981 · Album
  Album: Very Personal
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1982 · Album
  Album: Heavy Juice
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1985 · Album
  Album: Always on My Mind
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1987 · Album
  Album: The Talk of the Town
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1989 · Album
  Album: Basics
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1991 · Album
  Album: The Lion and His Pride
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1992 · Album
  Album: Just Friends (The Tenors of Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins, Houston Person)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1994 · Album
  Album: Horn to Horn
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1997 · Album
  Album: Christmas With Houston Person & Etta Jones
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 4 March 1997 · Album
  Album: Person-ified
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 20 October 1998 · Album
  Album: My Romance
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 28 September 1999 · Album
  Album: Soft Lights
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2000 · Album
  Album: In a Sentimental Mood
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 15 August 2000 · Album
  Album: Together at Christmas
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 13 November 2001 · Album
  Album: Blue Velvet
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 12 November 2002 · Album
  Album: Sentimental Journey
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2003 · Album
  Album: Social Call
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 27 September 2005 · Album
  Album: All Soul
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1 October 2006 · Album
  Album: You Taught My Heart to Sing
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 2007 · Album
  Album: Thinking of You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 2009 · Album
  Album: Mellow
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 2009 · Album
  Album: Sweet and Saxy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 5 October 2010 · Album
  Album: Moment to Moment
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 11 October 2011 · Album
  Album: So Nice
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2012 · Album
  Album: Naturally
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2013 · Album
  Album: A Sunday Kind Of Love
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 22 October 2013 · Album
  Album: Nice 'n' Easy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2014 · Album
  Album: The Melody Lingers On
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2014 · Album
  Album: I Love You, Yes I Do
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 23 October 2015 · Album
  Album: Something Personal
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 2017 · Album
  Album: Rain or Shine
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 2017 · Album
  Album: I Wanna Be Loved
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
11. 26 July 2019 · Album
  Album: I’m Just a Lucky So and So
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 18 November 2022 · Album
  Album: Reminiscing at Rudy’s
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography1,218 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1369099929

Biography

Houston Person (born November 10, 1934) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer. Although he has performed in the hard bop and swing genres, he is most experienced in and best known for his work in soul jazz. He received the "Eubie Blake Jazz Award" in 1982.

Biography

Person grew up in Florence, South Carolina, and first played piano, before switching to tenor saxophone. He studied at South Carolina State College, where he was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1999.
In the United States Air Force, he joined a service band stationed in West Germany, and played with Don Ellis, Eddie Harris, Cedar Walton, and Leo Wright. Person later continued his studies at Hartt College of Music in Hartford, Connecticut.
He first became known for a series of albums for Prestige in the 1960s. Contrary to popular belief, he was never married to the vocalist Etta Jones, but did spend many years as her musical partner, recording, performing and touring, and for much of his career this association was what he was best known for. They first met playing in organist Johnny Hammond's band.
There are more than 75 albums recorded by Person as a bandleader, on Prestige, Westbound, Mercury, Savoy, and Muse, and he has most recently been recording on HighNote. He has recorded with Charles Brown, Ron Carter, Bill Charlap, Charles Earland, Lena Horne, Etta Jones, Lou Rawls, Janis Siegel, Horace Silver, Dakota Staton, Cedar Walton, plus Billy Butler, Don Patterson, Grant Green, Sonny Phillips, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Richard "Groove" Holmes and others.
Person has been a resident of Newark, New Jersey.

As leader

Underground Soul! (Prestige, 1966)
Chocomotive (Prestige, 1967)
Trust in Me (Prestige, 1967)
Blue Odyssey (Prestige, 1968)
Soul Dance! (Prestige, 1968)
Goodness! (Prestige, 1969)
Truth! (Prestige, 1970)
Person to Person! (Prestige, 1970)
Houston Express (Prestige, 1971)
Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (Prestige, 1972)
Sweet Buns & Barbeque (Prestige, 1972)
Island Episode (Prestige, 1971/1973 [1997])
The Real Thing [live] (Eastbound, 1973) - 2LP
Houston Person '75 (Westbound/20th Century, 1975)
Get Out'a My Way! (Westbound/20th Century, 1975)
Pure Pleasure (Mercury, 1976)
Harmony (Mercury, 1977)
Stolen Sweets (Muse, 1976 [1977])
Wild Flower (Muse, 1977 [1978])
The Nearness of You (Muse, 1977 [1978])
The Gospel Soul of Houston Person (Savoy, 1978)
The Big Horn (Muse, 1976 [1979])
Suspicions (Muse, 1980)
Very PERSONal (Muse, 1980 [1981])
Heavy Juice (Muse, 1982)
Road Warriors (Greene Street, 1984) - with Les McCann
Creation (Greene Street, 1984) - with Roger Kellaway
Always on My Mind (Muse, 1985)
The Talk of the Town (Muse, 1987)
We Owe It All to Love (Baseline [UK], 1989)
Basics (Muse, 1987 [1989])
Something in Common (Muse, 1989 [1990]) - with Ron Carter
The Party (Muse, 1989 [1991])
Now's the Time (Muse, 1990) - with Ron Carter
Just Friends (Muse, 1990 [1992]) - with Buddy Tate and Nat Simkins
Why Not! (Muse, 1990)
The Lion and His Pride (Muse, 1991)
Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (Muse, 1994) - with Randy Johnston, Etta Jones, Grady Tate, Benny Green [reissued as Santa Baby on Savoy in 2003]
Horn to Horn (Muse, 1994 [1996]) - with Teddy Edwards
Close Encounters (HighNote, 1996 [1999]) - with Teddy Edwards
Person-ified (HighNote, 1996 [1997]) - with Richard Wynands, Ray Drummond, Kenny Washington
Lost & Found - with Charles Brown (32 Jazz, 1997) [first issue of previously unreleased Muse album Sweet Slumber, recorded in 1991]
The Opening Round (Savant, 1997)
Christmas With Houston Person and Etta Jones (32 Jazz, 1997) [compilation of various Muse material]
My Romance (HighNote, 1998)
Soft Lights (HighNote, 1999)
Together at Christmas (HighNote, 2000) - with Etta Jones
The Way We Were: Live in Concert (HighNote, 2000 [2011]) - with Etta Jones
In a Sentimental Mood (HighNote, 2000)
Dialogues (HighNote, 2000 [2002]) - with Ron Carter
Blue Velvet (HighNote, 2001)
Sentimental Journey (HighNote, 2002)
Social Call (HighNote, 2003) - with Paul Bollenback
To Etta with Love (HighNote, 2004) - with Paul Bollenback
You Taught My Heart to Sing (HighNote, 2004 [2006]) - with Bill Charlap
All Soul (HighNote, 2005)
Just Between Friends (HighNote, 2005 [2008]) - with Ron Carter
Thinking of You (HighNote, 2007)
The Art and Soul of Houston Person (HighNote, 2008) - 3CD
Mellow (HighNote, 2009)
Moment to Moment (HighNote, 2010)
So Nice (HighNote, 2011)
Naturally (HighNote, 2012)
Nice 'n' Easy (HighNote, 2013)
The Melody Lingers On (HighNote, 2014) - with Steve Nelson
Something Personal (HighNote, 2015)
Chemistry (HighNote, 2015 [2016]) - with Ron Carter
Rain or Shine (HighNote, 2017)
Remember Love (HighNote, 2018) - with Ron Carter
I'm Just a Lucky So and So (HighNote, 2019)
Live in Paris (HighNote, 2019 [2021])
Reminiscing at Rudy's (HighNote, 2022)

As sideman

With Joe Alterman

Give Me the Simple Life (Mile High, 2012)
Brisket for Breakfast (no label, 2025)
With Billy Butler

This Is Billy Butler! (Prestige, 1968)
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Prestige, 1970)
Night Life (Prestige, 1971)
With Joey DeFrancesco

All About My Girl (Muse, 1994)
Plays Sinatra His Way (High Note, 1998 [rel. 2004])
With Charles Earland

Black Talk! (Prestige, 1969)
Pleasant Afternoon (Muse, 1981)
With Peter Hand Big Band

The Wizard of Jazz: A Tribute to Harold Arlen (Savant, 2005 [rel. 2009])
Out of Hand (Savant, 2013)
Blue Topaz (Whaling City, 2024)
With Richard "Groove" Holmes

Good Vibrations (Muse, 1977 [rel. 1980])
Broadway (Muse, 1980)
Blues All Day Long (Muse, 1988)
Hot Tat (Muse, 1989 [rel. 1991])
With Etta Jones

Etta Jones '75 (Westbound/20th Century, 1975)
Ms. Jones to You (Muse, 1976)
My Mother's Eyes (Muse, 1977)
If You Could See Me Now (Muse, 1978)
Save Your Love for Me (Muse, 1980)
Fine and Mellow (Muse, 1986)
I'll Be Seeing You (Muse, 1987)
Sugar (Muse, 1989)
Christmas with Etta Jones (Muse, 1990)
Reverse the Charges (Muse, 1992)
At Last (Muse, 1995)
The Melody Lingers On (HighNote, 1997)
My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson (HighNote, 1998)
All the Way (HighNote, 1999)
Easy Living (HighNote, 2000)
Etta Jones Sings Lady Day (HighNote, 2001)
With Johnny Lytle

Fast Hands (Muse, 1980)
Good Vibes (Muse, 1982)
Moonchild (Muse, 1992)
With Don Patterson

Four Dimensions (Prestige, 1967)
Oh Happy Day (Prestige, 1969)
Tune Up! (Prestige, 1969)
With Johnny "Hammond" Smith

Mr. Wonderful (Riverside, 1963)
A Little Taste (Riverside, 1963)
The Stinger (Prestige, 1965)
The Stinger Meets the Golden Thrush (Prestige, 1966) - with Byrdie Green
Gettin' Up (Prestige, 1967)
Soul Flowers (Prestige, 1967)
Dirty Grape (Prestige, 1968)
Nasty! (Prestige, 1968)
Here It 'Tis (Prestige, 1970)
With others

The 3B's, Soothin' 'N Groovin' with The 3B's (3B's Music, 1994)
Gene Ammons, The Boss Is Back! (Prestige, 1969)
Charles Brown, Blues and Other Love Songs (Muse, 1992)
Paul (PB) Brown, Paul Brown Quartet Meets The Three Tenors (Brownstone, 1998)
Ron Carter, Orfeu (Somethin' Else/Blue Note, 1999)
Emmet Cohen, Masters Legacy Series Volume 5: Houston Person (La Reserve Records, 2023)
Grant Green, Live at Club Mozambique (Blue Note, 2006) – rec. 1971
Tiny Grimes, Profoundly Blue (Muse, 1973)
Randy Johnston, Detour Ahead (HighNote, 2001) – rec. 1998
Charles Kynard, Afro-Disiac (Prestige, 1970)
Sonny Phillips, Sure 'Nuff (Prestige, 1969)
Jimmy Ponder, Come On Down (Muse, 1991)
Bernard Purdie, Shaft (Prestige, 1973) – rec. 1971
Shirley Scott, Oasis (Muse, 1989)
Rhoda Scott, Feelin' the Groove (Verve, 1993)
Janis Siegel, Friday Night Special (Telarc, 2003)
Horace Silver, That Healin' Feelin' (Blue Note, 1970)
Melvin Sparks, Sparks! (Prestige, 1970)
Warren Vaché, Horn of Plenty (Muse, 1993)

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	12	64.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	58	95.3th
Studio albums	47	99.2th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	48	98.7th
Recording span (years)	58	96.8th
Genres	5	88.3th

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

Discography (58 release groups · 47 studio albums)

Albums · 47

Underground Soul!
1967 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 34:35
A1What the World Needs Now Is Love3:55
A2Underground Soul5:45
A3The Pimp3:45
A4Tears3:45
B1Aleilula4:10
B2Ballin’5:50
B3If You Could See Me Now4:25
B4Strike Up the Band3:00
Trust In Me
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 38:31
1One Mint Julep5:27
2Trust in Me4:57
3Hey There5:12
4My Little Suede Shoes4:24
5That Old Black Magic6:10
6Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child6:31
7The Second Time Around5:50
Blue Odyssey
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 35:51
A1Blue Odyssey7:35
A2Holy Land6:38
A3I Love You, Yes I Do3:39
B1Funky London4:48
B2Please Send Me Someone to Love7:03
B3Starrburst6:08
Goodness!
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 37:43
A1Hey Driver5:27
A2Goodness9:26
A3Brother H4:35
B1Hard Times6:15
B2Jamilah5:32
B3Close Your Eyes6:28
Person to Person!
1970 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 38:50
A1The Son of Man8:30
A2Teardrops4:35
A3Close to You5:15
B1Drown in My Own Tears7:15
B2Up at Joe's, Down at Jim's8:45
B3Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday4:30
Houston Express
1971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 38:23
1Young Gifted And Black5:15
2The Houston Express5:49
3Enjoy4:56
4Give More Power To The People3:42
5Chains Of Love7:31
6Just My Imagination5:34
7Lift Every Voice5:36
Sweet Buns & Barbeque
1973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 32:15
A1A Song For You4:35
A2The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye (Love Theme From “Fuzz”)4:00
A3Scared To Be Alone4:20
A4Sweet Buns And Barbeque3:05
B1This Masquerade6:20
B2Down Here On The Ground3:45
B3Put It Where You Want It3:10
B4Groove Thang3:00
Houston Person 75
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:33
A1I Like to Live the Love3:51
A2What It Is2:24
A3Shotgun2:26
A4Mayola4:03
A5Gold in My Ear2:59
B1500 Gin Rummy3:26
B2Funky Sunday Afternoon3:25
B3A Touch of Bad Stuff4:35
B4All in Love Is Fair6:51
B5He’ll Fight My Battle3:33
Get Out'a My Way!
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 32:58
A1Disco Sax3:43
A2Soul Samba3:01
A3Ain't Nothin but a Funky Song4:00
A4My Way5:20
B1For the Love of You5:05
B2Forever in Love5:42
B3Spread It3:08
B4How Vicious2:59
Stolen Sweets
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 38:02
A1If Ever I Would Leave You10:39
A2At Last7:42
B1Stolen Sweets5:36
B2Skylark7:32
B3T-Bone Steak6:33
Harmony
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 37:49
A1Harmony, Perfect Harmony7:46
A2Do It While You Can5:14
A3I Write the Songs4:50
B1I No Get Eye for Back11:27
B2Love Is All We Need8:32
The Nearness of You
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 33:24
A1Pretty Please8:00
A2Please Mr.Person4:38
A3I Hope I Can Love Again5:00
B1Freddie the Freeloader5:29
B2The Nearness of You4:59
B3Mean to Me5:18
Very Personal
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 40:52
A1Daydream4:13
A2Peace5:31
A3Chicago Serenade6:19
A4Steppin' Into Beauty4:32
B1I'll Let You Know6:20
B2Berkshire Blues7:36
B3God Bless the Child6:21
Heavy Juice
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 31:54
A1Heavy Juice2:46
A2Summertime5:11
A3Theme From Loveboat3:57
A4Never Let Me Go4:34
B1Let the Feeling Flow4:04
B2Please Send Me Someone to Love5:06
B3The Texas Shuffle2:59
B4Blue Hue3:17
Always on My Mind
1985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 34:53
A1I Can't Help Myself4:30
A2Always on My Mind5:28
A3Endlessly7:08
B1How Do You Keep the Music Playing6:14
B2Cutie Pie5:35
B3It Might Be You (Theme From Tootsie)5:58
The Talk of the Town
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 39:04
1Only Trust Your Heart7:20
2Everything Happens to Me6:00
3Almost Like Being in Love6:45
4It's the Talk of the Town7:22
5Just for You4:12
6I'll Never Be Free7:25
Basics
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 44:16
A1What a Difference a Day Makes7:20
A2Stormy Weather8:35
A3St. Thomas5:30
B1Some Other Spring7:42
B2Time After Time7:15
B3Sweet Slumber7:54
The Lion and His Pride
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 1:00:31
1Dig9:32
2I Remember Clifford7:32
3Dear Heart8:06
4Sweet Love (Theme From Black Orpheus)6:26
5You Are Too Beautiful6:52
6Like Someone in Love7:11
7Our Day Will Come4:45
8Captain Hook10:07
Just Friends (The Tenors of Buddy Tate, Nat Simkins, Houston Person)
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 46:51
1Broadway6:39
2Ellington Medley: Daydream / In a Sentimental Mood / Sophisticated Lady7:38
3Lucaya Blue5:03
4Ain't Misbehavin5:58
5Buddy's Blues7:50
6Just Friends6:48
7Polka Dots and Moonbeams6:55
Horn to Horn
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 56:32
1Equinox7:58
2That's All6:28
3Lester Leaps In5:18
4The Girl From Ipanema6:59
5Body and Soul7:20
6Red Top7:43
7Talk of the Town6:58
8Out of Nowhere7:48
Christmas With Houston Person & Etta Jones
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 49:05
1Medley2:45
2Blue Christmas6:51
3I’ll Be Home for Christmas3:13
4Merry Christmas Baby9:17
5God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen4:25
6Merry Christmas Baby5:32
7What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?8:09
8The Christmas Song5:17
9I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas3:36
Person-ified
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 55:03
1You're My Everything5:30
2I'll Never Stop Loving You6:15
3There's a Small Hotel4:32
4Stranger on the Shore6:14
5Isn't It Romantic?4:15
6Detour Ahead5:19
7Gentle Rain6:28
8In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning6:07
9Blue Jug7:46
10May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You2:37
My Romance
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 55:40
1But Beautiful6:15
2Blue Moon5:49
3Laura7:32
4The Very Thought of You4:58
5Mean to Me7:40
6My Romance5:54
7Stairway to the Stars5:42
8Love Is Here to Stay5:04
9Time After Time6:46
Soft Lights
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:03:07
1Here's That Rainy Day5:07
2I Only Have Eyes for You4:38
3It Might as Well Be Spring6:08
4Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me5:52
5At Last7:02
6The Night We Called It a Day7:56
7It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream8:48
8I'll Be Around5:59
9Hey There!6:16
10If5:21
In a Sentimental Mood
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:13
1Don't Get Around Much Anymore4:13
2Tenderly6:42
3Skylark5:40
4You Don't Know What Love Is4:34
5The Way We Were (To Chicago, IL and Brooklyn, NY)5:20
6My Funny Valentine5:05
7All the Things You Are4:56
8Good Morning Heartache5:05
9Without a Song4:23
10In a Sentimental Mood3:41
11Embraceable You4:32
12Deed I Do4:02
Together at Christmas
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:16
1Frosty the Snowman5:07
2Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas5:55
3Jingle Bells5:03
4I’ll Be Home for Christmas3:27
5Winter Wonderland4:43
6Silent Night3:33
7Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!3:54
8What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve6:18
9Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:07
10White Christmas4:21
11Christmas Waltz4:28
12The Christmas Song4:20
Blue Velvet
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 52:20
1Everything I Have Is Yours5:36
2Wonder Why4:06
3Blame It on My Youth6:50
4Too Late Now7:45
5There's No You5:55
6Be My Love6:06
7I Want to Talk About You4:16
8I Hadn't Anyone Till You5:12
9Blue Velvet6:34
Sentimental Journey
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 56:48
1Sentimental Journey6:08
2A Sunday Kind of Love6:22
3It Had to Be You6:37
4Fools Rush In5:48
5Black Velvet (Don'Cha Go 'Way Mad)6:46
6Save Your Love for Me7:18
7What'll I Do6:19
8I Love You Yes I Do4:52
9Canadian Sunset6:38
Social Call
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 56:12
1Social Call5:25
2If You Could See Me Now5:42
3Juicy Lucy5:51
4Evening Star4:59
5The End of a Love Affair5:12
6Bewitched4:39
7I'll Let You Know4:46
8Stolen Sweets5:09
9Day Dream4:59
10Easy Walker4:48
11Some Other Spring4:42
All Soul
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 55:26
1Why Not5:59
2All Soul4:28
3Bossa for Baby5:59
4Wonderland4:28
5Let It Be Me5:51
6So What3:58
7Time Stood Still5:24
8Two RB's5:40
9Please Send Me Someone to Love6:51
10Put It Right There6:48
You Taught My Heart to Sing
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 57:04
1You Taught My Heart to Sing5:23
2Namely You5:30
3Where Are You5:09
4Sweet Lorraine5:12
5If I Ruled the World5:40
6S' Wonderful5:30
7Where Is the Love6:41
8I Was Telling Her About You4:28
9Don't Forget the Blues6:29
10I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone7:02
Thinking of You
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 55:38
1Rock Me to Sleep5:12
2People5:21
3Thinking of You4:57
4I Didn't Know What Time It Was6:58
5Brazilian Emerald3:34
6Why Did I Choose You?5:42
7Black Coffee6:36
8Sing5:28
9Avant de mourir (My Prayer)4:41
10When October Goes2:36
11Medley: That Sunday That Summer / Funny4:33
Mellow
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 55:05
1Sunny5:41
2Too Late Now6:23
3In a Mellow Tone4:52
4To Each His Own4:51
5What a Difference a Day Made6:06
6Two Different Worlds4:14
7Blues in the A.M.6:37
8Who Can I Turn To?5:29
9God Bless the Child7:39
10Lester Leaps In3:13
Sweet and Saxy
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:31
1Canadian Sunset4:35
2You Better Go Now4:08
3Star Eyes3:44
4Can't Get Out of This Mood3:27
5Why Was I Born3:28
6Maybe You'll Be There5:42
7Nice 'n' Easy3:56
8You Belong to Me5:31
9Don'cha Go Away Mad2:19
10Ain't No Sunshine2:43
11It's Too Late5:04
12Teardrops From My Eyes5:54
Moment to Moment
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 56:16
1Bleeker Street4:01
2I Cover the Waterfront5:59
3Moment to Moment4:49
4Freight Dance4:37
5Don't Take Your Love From Me6:12
6E Nada Mais4:54
7Just the Way You Are6:16
8Back In New Orleans6:09
9All My Life3:36
10Love Won't Let Me Wait5:51
11Nina Never Knew3:52
So Nice
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 59:27
1Blues Everywhere5:18
2All Too Soon5:39
3I Wished on the Moon3:33
4Kiss and Run5:33
5So Nice4:07
6I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face5:00
7Close to You4:40
8Star Eyes5:08
9Minor Inconvenience4:41
10Easy Living4:25
11Everything I Love4:58
12Stephen Sondheim Medley: Small World/Anyone Can Whistle6:25
Naturally
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 51:51
1Bag's Groove7:07
2That's All5:49
3How Little We Know4:26
4Namely You6:49
5My Foolish Heart6:30
6Red Sails in the Sunset4:22
7Don' Cha Go 'way Mad5:34
8It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream5:50
9Sunday5:24
A Sunday Kind Of Love
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:55
1I'm Just A Lucky So And So4:39
2Soft Winds3:44
3The Green Door3:52
4Good Morning Heartache4:52
5A Sunday Kind Of Love5:16
6On The Sunny Side Of The Street3:21
7I Cover The Waterfront5:25
8My Romance4:51
9Polka Dots And Moonbeams3:48
10I Love You For Sentimental Reasons4:26
11Medley: Smile / Make Someone Happy5:22
12Let's Stay Together4:19
Nice 'n' Easy
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 55:16
1Someday You'll Be Sorry5:43
2All My Tomorrows5:33
3Stolen Sweets4:57
4It's All in the Game4:01
5Nice 'n' Easy5:40
6If It's the Last Thing I Do6:58
7Ill Wind5:47
8Let's Fall in Love3:50
9Sweet Life6:58
10Bluesology5:49
The Melody Lingers On
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 56:55
1My Funny Valentine6:24
2Gone Again4:42
3You’re Nearer4:31
4Minton’s4:35
5Bewitched6:00
6Only Trust Your Heart7:20
7They All Laughed4:39
8Try a Little Tenderness5:47
9The Song Is Ended5:14
10You Can’t Lose With the Blues7:43
I Love You, Yes I Do
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:25
1Save Your Love For Me4:59
2Canadian Sunset6:44
3I Had A Talk With My Man Last Night4:26
4Trust In Me5:12
5I Didn't Know What Time It Was3:33
6Who Can I Turn To?5:40
7If It's The Last Thing I Do4:56
8Black Eyed Blues5:17
9I Love You Yes I Do4:19
10And I Love Him4:07
11For The Love Of You5:25
12Blow Top Blues3:47
Something Personal
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:03:21
1The Second Time Around7:40
2Crazy He Calls Me5:02
3I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over5:12
4The Way We Were7:45
5Guilty7:04
6Change Partners6:00
7Teardrops From My Eyes5:52
8Something Personal4:51
9On the Sunny Side of the Street4:00
10I Remember Clifford9:55
Rain or Shine
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 56:18
1Come Rain or Come Shine6:24
2132nd and Madison7:04
3Everything Must Change6:59
4Learnin' the Blues6:19
5I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone5:28
6Soupbone7:13
7Never Let Me Go5:08
8Our Day Will Come5:43
9Danny Boy6:00
I Wanna Be Loved
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:43
1Perdido3:01
2I Wanna Be Loved4:17
3This Time The Dream's On Me3:15
4I'll Close My Eyes5:12
5Shiny Stockings4:14
6Skylark5:09
7Work Song5:23
8When Sunny Gets Blue5:09
9Please Send Me Someone To Love6:18
10September In The Rain3:33
11Make Me A Present Of You4:12
I’m Just a Lucky So and So
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 54:57
1Willow Weep for Me8:05
2Wonder Why4:54
3I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry5:44
4I’m Just a Lucky So and So6:55
5Who Can I Turn To5:59
6Day by Day3:28
7Alone With Just My Dreams4:52
8Song for a Rainbow4:51
9I Want to Talk About You4:58
10Next Time You See Me5:11
Reminiscing at Rudy’s
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 57:19
1At Long Last Love4:57
2Again6:50
3Moon River4:48
4Put Your Head on My Shoulder5:27
5Why Did I Choose You4:12
6Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You4:17
7My Romance6:15
8I’ll Let You Know7:42
9Please Send Me Someone to Love7:01
10Reminiscing at Rudy’s5:50
The Real Thing
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:36:10
1You Are The Sunshine Of My Life8:58
2Since I Fell For You6:20
3Until It's Time For You To Go4:11
4Pain13:56
5Angel Eyes6:52
6Easy Walker8:32
7Kittitian Carnival7:33
8Could It Be I'm Falling In Love4:16
9Where Is The Love?4:06
10Ain't Nobody's Business4:28
11Don't Go To Strangers5:05
12Crazy Legs6:47
13Lester Leaps In15:06

Album · 10

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1993	PersonalitySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:13:20 1Kittitian Carnival7:33 2Funky Sunday Afternoon3:09 3Pain13:56 4Shotgun2:50 5A Touch of the Bad Stuff4:37 6He'll Fight My Battles3:35 7All in Love Is Fair6:50 8Mayola4:04 9Until It's Time for You to Go4:11 10You Are the Sunshine of My Life8:58 11Don't Go to Strangers5:05 12Easy Walker8:32	Compilation	1993
1996	Legends of Acid JazzSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:18:14 1Son of Man8:33 2Tear Drops4:41 3Close to You5:20 4Drown in My Own Tears7:23 5Up at Joe's, Down at Jim's8:54 6Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday4:37 7Young, Gifted & Black5:18 8The Houston Express5:53 9Enjoy4:59 10Give More Power to the People (For God's Sake)3:45 11Chains of Love7:35 12Just My Imagination5:36 13Lift Every Voice & Sing5:40	Compilation	3 December 1996
1997	The Opening Round: The Groove Masters SeriesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 55:20 1Sweet Sucker9:03 2Let's Stay Together6:25 3Can't Help Lovin' That Man7:07 4What's Going On?6:33 5When a Man Loves a Woman4:37 6Blue Spring8:33 7Song for a Rainbow8:07 8Shenandoah4:55	Compilation	1 July 1997
2007	Don’t Misunderstand: Live in New YorkSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 53:27 1Blue Monk8:40 2Don’t Misunderstand3:51 3Exactly Like You5:25 4Ain’t Misbehavin’4:18 5I Saw Stars4:02 6I’m Glad There Is You7:32 7Bluesology10:18 8Are You Real9:21	Live	2007
2008	The Art and Soul of Houston PersonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 30 tracks · 2:42:47 Disc 110 tracks · 52:52 1You Do Something to Me4:52 2I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance6:54 3You're a Sweetheart3:54 4Maybe You'll Be There6:49 5All the Things You Are4:56 6You're My Everything5:29 7Skylark5:40 8I Only Have Eyes for You4:36 9Everything I Have Is Yours5:36 10Wonder Why4:06 Disc 210 tracks · 54:35 1Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me5:51 2Here's That Rainy Day5:06 3Isn't It Romantic?4:15 4Fools Rush In5:48 5It Had to Be You6:37 6But Beautiful6:14 7For All We Know5:59 8Blue Moon5:49 9Bewitched4:42 10Don't Get Around Much Anymore4:14 Disc 310 tracks · 55:20 1Sentimental Journey6:07 2Where Are You?5:09 3There's a Small Hotel4:32 4Tenderly6:43 5Be My Love6:06 6It Might as Well Be Spring6:09 7My Funny Valentine5:06 8Gentle Rain6:28 9Mack the Knife4:04 10The Very Thought of You4:56	Compilation	2008
2009	Very Saxy (Live au Méridien, Paris)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 2:13:03 Disc 18 tracks · 1:04:54 1Blues for Later7:02 2In Walked Bud9:02 3What a Wonderful World6:08 4The Days of Wine and Roses9:29 5Rollin’ and Strollin’8:10 6My Funny Valentine6:27 7What’s Up With That8:10 8On the Sunny Side of the Street10:26 Disc 210 tracks · 1:08:09 1In a Mellow Tone8:32 2Nova7:36 3Shiny Stockings5:25 4Mune One and Only Love6:09 5Just the Way You Are5:39 6Yona6:57 7C Jam Blues7:18 8Only Trust Your Heart6:18 9Sugar6:38 10Sweet Sucker7:37	Live	20 April 2009
2010	Bewitched & Witchcraft: Live at Jazz StandardSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:57 1Bewitched (TV Theme)2:53 2Witchcraft4:04	Live	2010
2011	The Way We Were: Live in ConcertSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 58:58 1Do Nothin’ ’Till You Hear From Me6:50 2The Way We Were7:15 3Deed I Do5:18 4Please Send Me Someone to Love5:49 5Fine and Mellow6:29 6Lady Be Good4:12 7Somewhere in My Lifetime5:32 8I Could Have Danced All Night3:53 9What a Wonderful World5:05 10Ma, He’s Makin’ Eyes at Me2:07 11Don’t Go to Strangers3:50 12I’ll Be Seeing You2:38	Live	2011
2021	Houston Person Live in ParisSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks · 58:54 1Sweet Sucker (live)9:10 2Only Trust Your Heart (live)8:43 3Easy Walker (live)7:09 4The Way We Were (live)8:07 5Lester Leaps In (live)5:34 6Since I Fell for You (live)7:39 7Sunny (live)9:02 8Jean‐Jaures Shuffle (live)3:30	Live	24 September 2021
2025	Brisket for BreakfastSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 7 tracks · 54:18 1The Second Time Around7:46 2That's All8:35 3Only Trust Your Heart7:44 4Never Let Me Go5:05 5Namely You8:44 6Since I Fell for You8:59 7You Are My Sunshine7:25	Live	7 February 2025

Other · 1

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Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2004	To Etta with LoveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 54:28 1It's Magic5:18 2Love Walked In6:20 3Don't Misunderstand4:43 4I Should Care4:55 5Don't Go to Strangers5:22 6For All We Know6:01 7Since I Fell for You6:32 8Ain't Misbehavin'4:32 9What a Wonderful World7:11 10Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You3:34		2004

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Houston Person metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	12	64.8th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	58	95.3th
Studio albums	47	99.2th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	48	98.7th
Recording span (years)	58	96.8th
Genres	5	88.3th

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