Artysta przeniósł się na Florydę i związał si z wydawnictwem ABC-Dunhill Records. Z płyt A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean pochodziła kontrowersyjna piosenka Why Don We Get Drunk, która zwróciła na Buffetta uwagę publiczności. W 1977 powstał bestsellerowy album Changes in Latitudes. Przebojem stała się piosenka Margaritauille, która znalazła się na ósmym miejscu listy bestsellerowych singli w USA. Piosenkarz mieszkał wtedy na żaglówce "Euphonia H" i tylko sporadycznie koncertował. Zagrał także w dwóch filmach Rancho Delux i FM.
Powodzeniem cieszyły się jego albumy Volcano i Coconut Telegraph. Na początku lat 80-tych więcej wpływów niż płyty zaczęły przynosić koncerty, które przekształcił w zabawę w tropikach. Artysta wokół jedynego wielkiego przeboju Margaritauille, zebrał utwory składając się na album największych przebojów pt. Songs You Know By Heart. Płyta rozeszła się w nakładzie ponad 2 mln kopii. Na początku lat 90-tych Buffett otworzył sieć klubów "Margaritaville" na Florydzie i w Nowym Orleanie. Tę samą nazwę miała jego własna wytwórnia płyt.
Kolejne kompilacje w rodzaju Boats, Beaches, Bars an Ballads niezmiennie osiągały ogromne nakłady. Piosenkarz przedstawił nowy repertuar, także z wielkim powodzeniem, na płytach Fruitcakes w 1994 i rok później na Barometer Soup. W 1997 wspólnie z Hermanem Woukiem, autorem powieści Don't Stop the Carmoal, stworzył musical. Z powodu braku zainteresowania scen na Broadwayu, Buffett wystawił sztukę w Miami.
Następne płyty Beach House on the Moon oraz Live: Tuesday/ Thursday/ Saturday, znów okazały się sukcesem.
Zbudował swego rodzaju imperium
Single
Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
Saxophones/Ringling, Ringling | Jimmy Buffett | 03.1974 | - | 105[4] | Dunhill-ABC 4378 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Don Grant] |
Come Monday / The Wino and I Know | Jimmy Buffett | 05.1974 | - | 30[14] | Dunhill-ABC 4385 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Don Grant] |
Pencil Thin Mustache/ Brand New Country Star | Jimmy Buffett | 10.1974 | - | 101[7] | Dunhill-ABC 15 011 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Don Grant] |
A Pirate Looks at Forty/Presents to Send You | Jimmy Buffett | 04.1975 | - | 101[8] | Dunhill-ABC 15 029 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Don Grant] |
Door Number Three / Dallas | Jimmy Buffett | 08.1975 | - | 102[4] | ABC 12 113 | [written by Jimmy Buffett,Steve Goodman][produced by Don Grant][88.Country Chart] |
Margaritaville / Miss You So Badly | Jimmy Buffett | 04.1977 | - | 8[22] | ABC 12 254 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Norbert Putnam][13[10].Country Chart] |
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes / Landfall | Jimmy Buffett | 09.1977 | - | 37[10] | ABC 12 305 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Norbert Putnam][24[5].Country Chart] |
Cheeseburger in Paradise / African Friend | Jimmy Buffett | 04.1978 | - | 32[11] | ABC 12 358 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Livingston Saturday Night / Cowboy in the Jungle | Jimmy Buffett | 08.1978 | - | 52[6] | ABC 12 391 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Manana / Coast of Marseilles | Jimmy Buffett | 12.1978 | - | 84[6] | ABC 12 428 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Fins / Dreamsicle | Jimmy Buffett | 09.1979 | - | 35[11] | MCA 41 109 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Volcano / Stranded on a Sandbar | Jimmy Buffett | 12.1979 | - | 66[7] | MCA 41 161 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Survive / Boat Drinks | Jimmy Buffett | 03.1980 | - | 77[5] | MCA 41 199 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
It's My Job / Little Miss Magic | Jimmy Buffett | 02.1981 | - | 57[8] | MCA 51 061 | [written by Jimmy Buffett][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Who's the Blonde Stranger? / She's Going out of My Mind | Jimmy Buffett | 05.1985 | - | - | MCA 52 550 | [written by J. Buffett, M. Utley, W. Jennings, J. Leo][produced by Jimmy Bowen, Michael Utley, Tony Brown][37[3].Country Chart] |
If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me / Frank and Lola | Jimmy Buffett | 10.1985 | - | - | MCA 52 664 | [written by J. Buffett, M. Utley, W. Jennings][produced by Jimmy Bowen, Michael Utley, Tony Brown][16[10].Country Chart] |
It's five o'clock somewhere | Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett | 06.2003 | - | 1[8][27] | Arista Nashville | [written by Don Rollins, Jim Brown][produced by Keith Stegall] |
Hey Good Lookin' | Jimmy Buffett with Clint Black,Kenny Chesney,Alan Jackson,Toby Keith and George Strait | 05.2004 | - | - | Mailboat | [written by Hank Williams][produced by Mac McAnally,Michael Utley][8[20].Country Chart] |
Trip around the sun | Jimmy Buffett with Martina Mc Bride | 09.2004 | - | 112[9] | Mailboat | [written by Al Anderson,Stephen Bruton,Sharon Vaughn][produced by Mac McAnally,Michael Utley][20[15].Country Chart] |
Albumy
Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
Living and Dying in 3/4 Time | Jimmy Buffett | 03.1974 | - | 176[13] | Dunhill-ABC 50 132 | [produced by Don Gant] |
A1A | Jimmy Buffett | 02.1975 | - | 25[27] | Dunhill-ABC 50 183 | [produced by Don Gant] |
Havana Daydreamin' | Jimmy Buffett | 02.1976 | - | 65[14] | ABC 914 | [produced by Don Gant] |
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | Jimmy Buffett | 02.1977 | - | 12[42] | ABC 990 | [platinum-US][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Son of a Son of a Sailor | Jimmy Buffett | 04.1978 | - | 10[29] | ABC 1046 | [platinum-US][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
You Had to Be There | Jimmy Buffett | 11.1978 | - | 72[18] | ABC 1008 | [gold-US][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Volcano | Jimmy Buffett | 09.1979 | - | 14[28] | MCA 5102 | [gold-US][produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Coconut Telegraph | Jimmy Buffett | 02.1981 | - | 30[18] | MCA 5169 | [produced by Norbert Putnam] |
Somewhere Over China | Jimmy Buffett | 01.1982 | - | 31[15] | MCA 5285 | [produced by Norbert Putnam] |
One Particular Harbour | Jimmy Buffett | 10.1983 | - | 59[24] | MCA 5447 | [produced by Jimmy Buffett, Michael Utley] |
Riddles in the Sand | Jimmy Buffett | 09.1984 | - | 87[14] | MCA 5512 | [produced by Jimmy Bowen] |
Last Mango in Paris | Jimmy Buffett | 07.1985 | - | 53[20] | MCA 5600 | [produced by Jimmy Buffett, Tony Brown] |
Songs You Know By Heart: Jimmy Buffett's Greatest Hit(s) | Jimmy Buffett | 11.1985 | - | 100[24] | MCA 5633 | [7x-platinum-US][produced by Don Gant, Norbert Putnam] |
Floridays | Jimmy Buffett | 06.1986 | - | 66[16] | MCA 5730 | [produced by Michael Utley] |
Hot Water | Jimmy Buffett | 07.1988 | - | 46[14] | MCA 42 093 | [produced by Michael Utley, Russell Kunkel; Ralph MacDonald] |
Off to See the Lizard | Jimmy Buffett | 07.1989 | - | 57[13] | MCA 6314 | [produced by Elliot Scheiner, Jimmy Buffett] |
Feeding Frenzy | Jimmy Buffett | 11.1990 | - | 68[15] | MCA 10 022 | [gold-US][produced by Elliot Scheiner, Jimmy Buffett] |
Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads | Jimmy Buffett | 06.1992 | - | 68[19] | Margaritaville 10 613 | [4x-platinum-US] |
Before the Beach | Jimmy Buffett | 06.1993 | - | 169[2] | Margaritaville 10 823 | [produced by Travis Turk] |
Fruitcakes | Jimmy Buffett | 06.1994 | - | 5[19] | Margaritaville 11 043 | [platinum-US][produced by Russell Kunkel, Jimmy Buffett] |
Barometer Soup | Jimmy Buffett | 08.1995 | - | 6[17] | Margaritaville 11 247 | [gold-US][produced by Russell Kunkel, Jimmy Buffett] |
Banana Wind | Jimmy Buffett | 06.1996 | - | 4[18] | Margaritaville 11 451 | [platinum-US][produced by Russell Kunkel, Jimmy Buffett] |
Christmas Island | Jimmy Buffett | 10.1996 | - | 27[14] | Margaritaville 11 489 | [platinum-US][produced by Russell Kunkel, Michael Utley] |
Don't Stop the Carnival | Jimmy Buffett | 05.1998 | - | 15[11] | Margaritaville 524 485 | [gold-US][produced by Michael Utley] |
Beach House on the Moon | Jimmy Buffett | 06.1999 | - | 8[17] | Margaritaville 524 660 | [gold-US][produced by Russell Kunkel, Michael Utley, Mac McAnally, Tony Brown] |
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays | Jimmy Buffett | 11.1999 | - | 37[11] | Mailboat 2000 | [gold-US][produced by Michael Utley] |
Far Side of the World | Jimmy Buffett | 04.2002 | - | 5[16] | Mailboat 2005 | [produced by Russ Titelman] |
Meet Me In Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection | Jimmy Buffett | 05.2003 | - | 9[46] | Mailboat 067 781 | [2x-platinum-US] |
License to Chill | Jimmy Buffett | 07.2004 | - | 1[1][38] | Mailboat 62 270 | [platinum-US][produced by Michael Utley,Mac McAnally] |
Live in Hawaii | Jimmy Buffett | 04.2005 | - | 66[8] | Mailboat 2109 | [gold-US] |
Live at Fenway Park | Jimmy Buffett | 12.2005 | - | 41[6] | Mailboat 2115 | [produced by Michael Utley] |
Take the Weather with You | Jimmy Buffett | 10.2006 | - | 4[13] | Mailboat | [gold-US][produced by Stan Kellam, Mac McAnally, Michael Utley] |
Live at Texas Stadium | Alan Jackson/George Strait/Jimmy Buffett | 04.2007 | - | 11[11] | Mailboat | [produced by Mac McAnally, Keith Stegall, George Strait, Michael Utley] |
Live in Anguilla | Jimmy Buffett | 11.2007 | - | 54[6] | Mailboat | - |
Buffet Hotel | Jimmy Buffett | 12.2009 | - | 17[12] | Mailboat | [produced by Mac McAnally, Michael Utley] |
Encores | Jimmy Buffett | 08.2010 | - | 7[13] | Mailboat | [gold-US][produced by Mac McAnally] |
Songs From St. Somewhere | Jimmy Buffett | 07.2013 | - | 4[11] | Mailboat | [produced by Emilio Estefan, Mac McAnally, Michael Utley] |
'Tis the SeaSon | Jimmy Buffett | 11.2016 | - | 50[8] | Mailboat | [produced by Mac McAnally, Michael Utley] |
Buried Treasure: Volume One | Jimmy Buffett | 11.2017 | - | 85[1] | Mailboat | - |
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