Mario Lanza: A Discography
English Recordings (S-Y)
by Derek McGovern

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September Song

(from Knickerbocker Holiday) (Weill-Anderson)
  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

Serenade

(Brodszky-Cahn)
  • 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

(Brodszky-Cahn) – 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

(from The Student Prince) (Romberg-Donnelly) (partially updated lyrics by P.F. Webster on 1952 MGM Version)

The Seven Hills of Rome

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

Siboney

(Lecuona-Morse)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Silent Night

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

So In Love

(from Kiss Me Kate) (Porter)
  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise

(from New Moon) (Romberg-Hammerstein-Mandel-Schwab)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show,
  • 1958 two live versions: Royal Albert Hall and Saturday Spectacular TV Show

Somebody Bigger Than You And I

(Lange-Heath-Burke)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Some Day

(from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)

Someday I’ll Find You

(from Private Lives) (Coward)
  • 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

(Tate-Newton)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

The Song Angels Sing

(adapted from Brahms/Aaronson-Webster)
  • 1951 soundtrack recording for Because You're Mine
  • 1952 RCA

The Song Is You

(from Music in the Air) (Kern-Hammerstein)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Song of India

(adapted from Rimsky-Korsakov/new lyrics by J. Mercer)

Song of Songs

(Moya-Lucas)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Song of the Vagabonds

(from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)
  • 1959 RCA

Speak Low

(from One Touch of Venus) (Weill-Nash)
  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

Strange Music

(from Song of Norway) (adapted from Grieg/Wright-Forrest)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Summertime in Heidelberg

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

Sylvia

(Speaks-Scollard)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

T

Tell Me, Oh Blue Blue Sky

(Giannini-Flaster)
  • 1952 home recording
  • 1958 Albert Hall recital

Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight

(Bixio-English lyricist unknown)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Tell Me Tonight

(Spoliansky-Eyton)
  • 1952 (Coca-Cola Radio Show

Temptation

(from Going Hollywood) (Brown-Freed)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Then You Will Know

(from The Desert Song) (Romberg-Harbach-Hammerstein-Mandel)
  • 1959 RCA

There’s Gonna Be a Party Tonight

(Stoll)
  • 1957 soundtrack recording for Seven Hills of Rome

They Didn’t Believe Me

(from The Girl from Utah) (Kern-Rourke)
  • 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

(from Eileen) (Herbert-Blossom)
  • 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

(from The Lord Don't Play Favorites) (Stanley-Taylor)
  • 1956

This Nearly Was Mine

(from South Pacific) (Rodgers-Hammerstein)
  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album (arguably Lanza's worst recording)

Thoughts Will Come To Me

(from The Student Prince) (Romberg-Donnelly)
  • 1959 RCA The Student Prince (stereo remake album)

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  • (continued)

The Thrill Is Gone

(Henderson-Brown)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Through the Years

(Youmans-Heyman)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Time On My Hands

(Adamson-Youmans-Gordon)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

The Tina-Lina

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

The Toast of New Orleans

(Brodszky-Cahn)
  • 1950 two versions: one for RCA, the other for the soundtrack of the film of the same name

Tomorrow

(from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)
  • 1959 RCA The Vagabond King (Note: duet with soprano Judith Raskin, whose contribution was recorded and overdubbed in 1960)

The Touch of Your Hand

(from Roberta) (Kern-Harbach)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!

(from Naughty Marietta) (Herbert-Young)
  • 1956 Cavalcade of Show Tunes album

Trees

(Kilmer-Rasbach)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

The Trembling of a Leaf

(Green-Lawrence)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

V

Valencia

(Padilla-Grey)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

The Virgin’s Slumber Song

(Reger)
  • 1950 RCA

W

Wanting You

(from New Moon) (Romberg-Hammerstein-Mandel-Schwab)
  • 1951 two takes for Coca-Cola Radio Show; the released version is much superior

We Three Kings of Orient Are

(Hopkins)
  • 1956 RCA
  • 1959 RCA

What Is This Thing Called Love?

(from Wake Up and Dream) (Porter)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

When Day Is Done

(Katscher-DeSylva)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

When You’re In Love

(Laine-Fischer)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Where Or When

(from Babes in Arms) (Rodgers-Hart)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Why Was I Born?

(from Sweet Adeline) (Kern-Hammerstein)
  • 1956 Lanza on Broadway album

Will You Remember?

(from Maytime) (Romberg-Young)
  • 1956 Cavalcade of Show Tunes album

With a Song In My Heart

(from Spring Is Here) (Rodgers-Hart)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Without a Song

(from Great Day) (Youmans-Rose-Eliscu)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Woman Is Fickle (aria: La Donna è Mobile)

(Verdi/English lyrics by Unknown)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Wonder Why

(Brodszky-Cahn)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

The World Is Mine Tonight

(Posford-Marvel)
  • 1951 Coca-Cola Radio Show

Y

Yesterdays

(from Roberta) (Kern-Harbach)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

You and the Night and the Music

(Schwartz-Dietz)
  • 1952 Coca-Cola Radio Show

You Are Love

(from Show Boat) (Kern-Hammerstein)
  • 1952 two renditions for Coca-Cola Radio Show (neither of which is successful!)

You Are My Love

(Callinicos-Webster)
  • 1953

You Do Something To Me

(from Fifty Million Frenchmen) (Porter)
  • 1952

You’ll Never Walk Alone

(from Carousel) (Rodgers-Hammerstein)
  • 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

(from South Pacific) (Rodgers-Hammerstein)
  • 1956 RCA Lanza on Broadway album
  • 1957 (RCA single)

Your Eyes Have Told Me So

(Blaufuss-Kahn-Van Alstyne)
  • 1951 two similarly rendered takes for Coca-Cola Radio Show

Yours Is My Heart Alone

(from The Land of Smiles) (Lehar-Smith)
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