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September Song

(from Knickerbocker Holiday) (Weill-Anderson)

• 15 May 1956 (i) RCA ❌

Serenade (from the film Serenade) 

(Brodszky-Cahn)

• 25 August 1955 (j) partial take for the soundtrack of Serenade (used over the opening credits in some versions) 
• 25 August 1955 (j) for the soundtrack of Serenade Mario Lanza: The Legendary Tenor (RCA, 1987) / Serenade / A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (BMG UK, 2004)
• 26 August 1955 (j) for the soundtrack of Serenade (softly sung version with scaled-back orchestra and dominant guitars) The Undiscovered Mario Lanza: Rare Recordings and Hidden Gems (Sepia, 2022) 

Serenade

(Brodszky-Cahn) – different song from above; originally intended as the the title song for the 1956 film of the same name

• 15 July 1955 (c) outtake recorded for the film Serenade   Serenade / A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (BMG UK, 2004)
• 15 July 1955 (c) outtake recorded for the film Serenade   Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023)

Serenade (from The Student Prince) 

(Romberg-Donnelly) Note: the 1952 MGM version includes new lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

• 20 February 1946 (k) impressive live CBS radio performance  Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026)
• 2 May 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show (four takes were recorded between April 24 and May 2, but only one has survived)  Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG/RCA, 1993)
• 29 July 1952 (l) immortal rendition for the soundtrack of The Student Prince (with MGM chorus postdubbed) Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026)
• April 1959 (m) RCA (with chorus postdubbed in New York City on 24 September 1959) Mario Lanza: The Student Prince with Norma Giusti  (Sepia, 2012) / The Electrifying Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2022) [original "raw" mono acetate version, without the postdubbed chorus or the reverb added by RCA]

Note: The video included at the bottom of this page provides an overview of all four of Lanza's renditions of the "Serenade." 

The Seven Hills of Rome

(Young-Adamson)

• June 1957 (e) two takes for the soundtrack of Seven Hills of Rome, only the superior one of which can be heard in the film and was commercially released. Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony 5-CD set, 2009)
• 16 January 1958 (h) recital Mario Lanza: Live from London (BMG, 1994)  Listen to this performance (which includes Lanza's spoken introduction) in this creative video. 

Siboney

(Lecuona-Morse)

• 20 November 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Serenade: A Mario Lanza Songbook (Sony, 2009)

Silent Night

(Mohr-Gruber)

• 28 September 1951 (r) RCA (with the Jeff Alexander Choir) O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025) [In DES stereo]
• December 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything (Sony 2-CD set, 2017) [transcription in reasonable sound] This recording comes close to matching the beauty of the 1951 RCA version at times, particularly in Lanza's exquisitely sensitive handling of its final verse.
• May 1959 (m) RCA (with chorus postdubbed in New York City on 16-17 September 1959) The Electrifying Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2022) [Original "raw" mono acetate without the overlaid chorus] / Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998) [in stereo with the overlaid chorus]

So In Love

(from Kiss Me Kate) (Porter)

• 15 May 1956 (i) RCA ❌ 

Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise

(from New Moon) (Romberg-Hammerstein-Mandel-Schwab)

• 17 July 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show (unreleased as of August 2026 on any official CD; readily available on YouTube, however) 
• 16 January 1958 (h) recital Mario Lanza: Live from London (BMG, 1994) 
• 18 January 1958 (u) TV performance

Somebody Bigger Than You And I

(Lange-Heath-Burke)

• 2 May 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: You'll Never Walk Alone (BMG, 1995)

Some Day

(from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)

• 27 June 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Golden Days (Sepia, 2024) [in DES stereo]
• 28 October 1954 (f) afternoon rehearsal for that evening's live TV performance The Immortal Voice of Mario Lanza: A Centennial Celebration (Sepia, 2021)
• 28 October 1954 (f) live TV performance (watch it here and read an essay about it here]
• July 1959 (s) RCA (with soprano Judith Raskin---postdubbed in New York City in March 1960) Mario! Lanza At His Best (Sony/BMG SACD, 2006)

Someday I’ll Find You

(from Private Lives) (Coward)

• 15 February 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show (official "LP" take) Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony 5-CD set, 2009)
• 15 February 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show (alternate take) Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG/RCA, 1993) 

Somewhere a Voice Is Calling

(Tate-Newton)

• 16 January 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: You'll Never Walk Alone (BMG, 1995)

The Song Angels Sing

(adapted from Brahms/Aaronson-Webster)

• 23 October 1951 (o) soundtrack recording for Because You're Mine
• 24 July 1952 (b) RCA O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)

The Song Is You

(from Music in the Air) (Kern-Hammerstein)

• 13 July 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show My Romance (BMG, 2001)

Song of India

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

• 17 June 1953 (b) RCA (with chorus) Mario Lanza: Golden Days (Sepia, 2024) Note: The RCA recording logs for this session simply state "Orchestra," but I assume that it was the RCA Victor Orchestra (as usual).

Song of Songs

(Moya-Lucas)

• 23 August 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show The Mario Lanza Collection (BMG 3-CD set, 1991)

Song of the Vagabonds

(from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)

• July 1959 (s) RCA Mario! Lanza At His Best (Sony/BMG Super Audio CD, 2004)

Speak Low

(from One Touch of Venus) (Weill-Nash)

• 15 May 1956 (i) RCA ❌

Strange Music 

(from Song of Norway) (adapted from Grieg/Wright-Forrest)

• 23 August 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony 5-CD set, 2009) ❌

Summertime in Heidelberg

(Brodszky-Webster)

• 29 July 1952 (l) film take for the soundtrack of The Student Prince with soprano Ann Blyth Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026) [In DES stereo] A partial outtake can also be heard on Mario Lanza: All the Things You Are (Sepia, 2019). (On this version, only Blyth's contribution is a different take.) Note: On the RCA/BMG/Sony releases of this recording, Ann Blyth's voice is substituted by soprano Elizabeth Doubleday's vocals.
• April 1959 (m) RCA with soprano Norma Giusti (whose vocal contribution was recorded separately in Rome) The Immortal Voice of Mario Lanza: A Centennial Celebration (Sepia, 2021) [Lanza's vocal only] or Mario Lanza: The Student Prince with Norma Giusti  (Sepia, 2012) [with Giusti] 

Sylvia

(Speaks-Scollard)

• December 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Golden Days (Sepia, 2024) [In DES stereo]

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Tell Me, Oh Blue Blue Sky

(Giannini-Flaster)

• 1952 (g) home recording Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia, 2017)
• 16 January 1958 (h) recital Mario Lanza: Classics (Sepia, 2020) or Mario Lanza: Live From London (BMG, 1994)

Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight

(Bixio-English lyricist unknown)

• 1 February 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG/RCA, 1993) Note: Lanza also recorded this in the original Italian as "Parlami d'Amore, Mariu'." 

Tell Me Tonight

(Spoliansky-Eyton)

• 15 February 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia, 2025)

Temptation

(from Going Hollywood) (Brown-Freed)

• 29 November 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show The Mario Lanza Collection (BMG 3-CD set, 1991)

Then You Will Know

(from The Desert Song) (Romberg-Harbach-Hammerstein-Mandel)

• August 1959 (s) RCA Mario Lanza: The Student Prince and the Desert Song (BMG, 1987)

There’s Gonna Be a Party Tonight

(Stoll)

• June 1957 (w) soundtrack for Seven Hills of Rome with Renato Rascel and chorus Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony 5-CD set, 2009)

They Didn’t Believe Me

(from The Girl from Utah) (Kern-Reynolds)

• 1 December 1948 (d) soundtrack recording for That Midnight Kiss  (with Kathryn Grayson, soprano) Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023) or Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances at MGM (Rhino, 1998) 
• 23 August 1949 (r) RCA (solo version) My Romance (BMG, 2001) and Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (Sony/TCM 2-CD set, 2013)
• 29 September 1949 (q) live radio performance (with Kathryn Grayson, soprano) Mario Lanza Live (Recorded 1940-1950) (Andromeda, 2014)  
• 14 August 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show (solo version)

T (continued)

Thine Alone

(from Eileen) (Herbert-Blossom)

• 24 July 1948 (n) concert with Kathryn Grayson, soprano Mario Lanza Live (Recorded 1940-1950) (Andromeda, 2014) 
• 22 September 1948 (v) radio broadcast
• 27 June 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything (Sony 2-CD set, 2017) 
• 6 September 1956 (t) RCA Mario Lanza: Serenade /A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (BMG UK, 2004)

This Land

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

• 10 August 1956 (t) RCA Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023) and The Mario Lanza Collection (BMG 3-CD set, 1991) 

This Nearly Was Mine

(from South Pacific) (Rodgers-Hammerstein)

• 14 May 1956 (i) RCA ❌

Thoughts Will Come To Me (of Days That Are No More)

(from The Student Prince) (Romberg-Donnelly)

• April 1959 (m) RCA Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026)

The Thrill Is Gone

(Henderson-Brown)

• 29 November 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show When Day Is Done (BMG, 1998) or Mario Lanza: Poetry and Passion (Sepia, 2018)

Through the Years

(Youmans-Heyman)

• 8 November 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony 5-CD set, 2009) or Mario Lanza: You'll Never Walk Alone (BMG, 1995) 

Time On My Hands

(Adamson-Youmans-Gordon)

• 21 August 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show When Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

The Tina-Lina

(Brodszky-Cahn)

• 27/28 December 1949 (p) for Toast of New Orleans soundtrack, with Rita Moreno and chorus Be My Love: Mario Lanza's Greatest Performances at MGM (Rhino, 1998) 
• 25 January 1950 (p) for Toast of New Orleans soundtrack (alternate version with chorus)  
• 27 June 1950 (r) RCA (with Jeff Alexander Choir) Mario Lanza in Hollywood (BMG, 1999) or The Mario Lanza Collection (BMG 3-CD set, 1991)
• 29 June 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show

The Toast of New Orleans

(Brodszky-Cahn)

• 25 January 1950 (p) 
• 29 June 1950 (r) RCA Mario Lanza in Hollywood (BMG, 1999) or, for a more visceral experience, the exciting "raw" studio acetate, as heard on Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023)  

Tomorrow

(from The Vagabond King) (Friml-Hooker)

• July 1959 (s) RCA with soprano Judith Raskin, whose contribution was recorded and overdubbed in 1960  Mario! Lanza At His Best (Sony/BMG Super Audio CD, 2004)

The Touch of Your Hand

(from Roberta) (Kern-Harbach)

• 13 July 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony 5-CD set, 2009)

Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!

(from Naughty Marietta) (Herbert-Young)

• 6 September 1956 (t) RCA with the Jeff Alexander Choir and Thurl Ravenscroft, bass Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026) 

Trees

(Kilmer-Rasbach)

• 20 November 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)

The Trembling of a Leaf

(Green-Lawrence)

• 4 March 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)

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Valencia

(Padilla-Grey)

• 20 November 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show When Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

The Virgin’s Slumber Song

(Reger)

• 29 May 1950 (b) RCA with chorus O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)

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Wanting You

(from New Moon) (Romberg-Hammerstein-Mandel-Schwab)

• 20 July 1951 (a) two takes for Coca-Cola radio show; only the (superior) version has been commercially released Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia, 2017)

We Three Kings of Orient Are

(Hopkins)

• 29 September 1951 (r) RCA with the Jeff Alexander Choir and Thurl Ravenscroft, narrator. O Holy Night: Christmas with Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2025)
• May 1959 (m) RCA (with chorus postdubbed in New York City on 16-17 September 1959) Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (BMG, 1998) 

What Is This Thing Called Love?

(from Wake Up and Dream) (Porter)

• 29 January 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Toast of Hollywood (Sony 2-CD set, 2013)

When Day Is Done

(Katscher-DeSylva)

• 20 November 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show When Day Is Done (BMG, 1998)

When You’re In Love

(Laine-Fischer)

• 20 November 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023)

Where Or When

(from Babes in Arms) (Rodgers-Hart)

• 8 November 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show The Electrifying Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2022) or Mario Lanza: My Romance (BMG, 2001)

Why Was I Born?

(from Sweet Adeline) (Kern-Hammerstein)

• 14 May 1956 (i) RCA ❌

Will You Remember?

(from Maytime) (Romberg-Young)

• 27 August 1956 (t) RCA with the Jeff Alexander Choir Mario Lanza: The Definitive Student Prince (Sepia, 2026) 

With a Song In My Heart

(from Spring Is Here) (Rodgers-Hart)

• 21 August 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Greatest Hits (BMG, 1995)

Without a Song

(from Great Day) (Youmans-Rose-Eliscu)

• 14 August 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia, 2025) or The Immortal Voice of Mario Lanza: A Centennial Celebration (Sepia, 2021) 

Woman Is Fickle

(English version of the aria "La donna è mobile" from Rigoletto) (Verdi/English lyricist unknown)

• 29 June 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG, 1993)

Wonder Why

(Brodszky-Cahn)

• 21 July 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show The Mario Lanza Collection  (BMG 3-CD set, 1991)

The World Is Mine Tonight

(Posford-Marvell)

• 10 July 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia, 2025)

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Yesterdays

(from Roberta) (Kern-Harbach)

• 6 March 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show When Day Is Done (BMG, 1998) or Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia, 2017)

You and the Night and the Music

(Schwartz-Dietz)

• December 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: The Quintessential Tenor (Sepia, 2023)

You Are Love

(from Show Boat) (Kern-Hammerstein)

• 4 March 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show (official "LP" take) Original Album Classics (Sony/RCA 5-CD set, 2017)
• 4 March 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show (alternate take) Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG, 1993) 

You Are My Love

(Callinicos-Webster)

• 17 June 1953 (b) RCA (with chorus) The Electrifying Mario Lanza (Sepia, 2022) Note: The RCA recording logs for this session simply state "Orchestra," but I assume that it was the RCA Victor Orchestra (as usual).

You Do Something To Me

(from Fifty Million Frenchmen) (Porter)

• 1 August 1952 (b) RCA Mario Lanza: Golden Days (Sepia, 2024)

You’ll Never Walk Alone

(from Carousel) (Rodgers-Hammerstein)

• 18 April 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG/RCA, 1993) 
• 18 April 1952 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Mario Lanza: You'll Never Walk Alone (BMG, 1995) 
• 17 May 1956 (i) RCA Mario Lanza: Be My Love (BMG/RCA, 1991)

Younger Than Springtime

(from South Pacific) (Rodgers-Hammerstein)

• 17 May 1956 (i) RCA  ❌
• 7 November 1957 (s) RCA Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia 2-CD set, 2025)

Your Eyes Have Told Me So

(Blaufuss-Kahn-Van Alstyne)

• December 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show (official "LP" take) Mario Lanza: Original Album Classics (Sony/RCA 5-CD set, 2017)
• December 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show alternate take Mario Lanza: One Alone (Sepia, 2017) / Mario Lanza: Don't Forget Me (BMG/RCA, 1993) 

Yours Is My Heart Alone

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

• 10 July 1951 (a) Coca-Cola radio show Original Album Classics (Sony/RCA 5-CD set, 2017)
• 27 August 1956 (t) RCA Mario Lanza: Night and Day (Sepia, 2025)