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Mario Lanza: A Discography
English Recordings
by Derek McGovern

English Recordings, page 3

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September Song

  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

Serenade (Cahn-Brodszky)

  • 1955 three versions for the soundtrack of Serenade, the best of which (by far) is sung softly in one of the "Mexican" scenes in the film and has not been released commercially.

Serenade (Cahn-Brodszky)

– different song
  • 1955 two versions recorded for the film of the same name, but never used. One of these was released on the 2004 BMG UK CD Serenade/A Cavalcade of Show Tunes. The unreleased take is better in some respects (though the ending is superior on the released version).

Serenade (Romberg) from The Student Prince

  • 1946 live radio broadcast on Great Moments in Music
  • 1952 two versions: one (immortal) rendition for
    the soundtrack of The Student Prince Two superior CD choices with completely different audio mixes (male chorus pushed back in the first instance, as in the film, and with a long orchestral intro; and chorus brought forward in the second, as on the RCA LP): Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances at MGM (Rhino, 1998); Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (SonyBMG, 2009)
    the other a much inferior Coca-Cola Radio rendition
  • 1959 RCA

The Seven Hills of Rome

  • 1957 two versions: Seven Hills of Rome soundtrack and a poorly sung outtake
  • 1958 Royal Albert Hall recital

Siboney

  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Silent Night

  • 1951 Two versions: one for RCA, and the other (an unreleased recording) for Coca-Cola Radio Show
  • 1959 RCA

So In Love

  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise

  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show,
  • 1958 two live versions: Royal Albert Hall and Saturday Spectacular TV Show

Somebody Bigger Than You And I

  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Some Day

  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio ShowChristmas Hymns and Carols/You Do Something to Me (BMG/Collectables, 2004)
  • 1954 Shower of Stars live TV performance
  • 1959 RCA: The Vagabond King

Someday I’ll Find You

  • 1952 two (released) versions for Coca-Cola Radio Show; the rendition first released on the 1993 CD Don't Forget Me is marginally superior

Somewhere a Voice Is Calling

  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

The Song Angels Sing

  • 1951 soundtrack recording for Because You're Mine
  • 1952 RCA

The Song Is You

  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Song of India

  • 1953 RCA Christmas Hymns and Carols/You Do Something to Me (BMG/Collectables, 2004)

Song of Songs

  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Song of the Vagabonds

  • 1959 RCA

Speak Low

  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

Strange Music

  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Summertime in Heidelberg

  • 1952 two takes for soundtrack for The Student Prince with Ann Blyth)
  • 1959 RCA with Norma Giusti

Sylvia

  • 1951 (Coca-Cola Radio Show

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Tell Me, Oh Blue Blue Sky

  • 1952 home recording
  • 1958 Albert Hall recital

Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight

  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Tell Me Tonight

  • 1952 (Coca-Cola Radio Show

Temptation

  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Then You Will Know

  • 1959 RCA

There’s Gonna Be a Party Tonight

  • 1957 soundtrack recording for Seven Hills of Rome

They Didn’t Believe Me

  • 1948 (with Kathryn Grayson, sop.) soundtrack recording for That Midnight Kiss
  • 1949 two versions: one for RCA, the other a radio broadcast
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Thine Alone

  • 1948 two versions: one a radio performance, the other a Hollywood Bowl performance with Kathryn Grayson, sop.
  • 1951 Coca-Cola radio version
  • 1956 Cavalcade of Show Tunes

This Land

  • 1956

This Nearly Was Mine

  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

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  • (continued)

  • Thoughts Will Come To Me

    • 1959 RCA The Student Prince (stereo remake album)

    The Thrill Is Gone

    • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Through the Years

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Time On My Hands

    • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Tina-Lina

    • 1950 two versions: one for RCA, the other for Toast of New Orleans soundtrack
    • 1951 (Coca-Cola Radio Show)

    The Toast of New Orleans

    • 1950 two versions: one for RCA, the other for the soundtrack of the film of the same name

    Tomorrow

    • 1959 RCA The Vagabond King

    The Touch of Your Hand

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!

    • 1956 Cavalcade of Show Tunes album

    Trees

    • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    The Trembling of a Leaf

    • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    V

    Valencia

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    The Virgin’s Slumber Song

    • 1950 RCA

    W

    Wanting You

    • 1951 two takes for Coca-Cola Radio Show; the released version is much superior

    We Three Kings of Orient Are

    • 1956 RCA
    • 1959 RCA

    What Is This Thing Called Love?

    • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    When Day Is Done

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    When You’re In Love

    • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Where Or When

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Why Was I Born?

    • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

    Will You Remember?

    • 1956 Cavalcade of Show Tunes album

    With a Song In My Heart

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Without a Song

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Woman Is Fickle (aria: La Donna è Mobile)

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Wonder Why

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    The World Is Mine Tonight

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Y

    Yesterdays

    • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    You and the Night and the Music

    • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

    You Are Love

    • 1952 two renditions for Coca-Cola Radio Show, neither of them successful!

    You Are My Love

    • 1953

    You Do Something To Me

    • 1952

    You’ll Never Walk Alone

    • 1952 two renditions for Coca-Cola Radio Show; the superior version of these is on the 1995 BMG CD of the same name
    • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

    Younger Than Springtime

    • 1956 RCA Lanza on Broadway album
    • 1957 (RCA single)

    Your Eyes Have Told Me So

    • 1951 two similarly rendered takes for Coca-Cola Radio Show

    Yours Is My Heart Alone

    • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show
    • 1956 RCA Serenade/A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (BMG UK, 2004)



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