The following is a discography of original albums and singles released by American singer Mario Lanza.
Singles (78 rpm)
"Be My Love" / "The Loveliest Night of the Year" (RCA Victor 420-0771)
Singles (45 rpm) RCA Victor 1950: "Be My Love" / "I’ll Never Love You" (RCA Victor, 10-1561) ????: "Vesti la giubba" / "Ave Maria" (RCA Victor, 10-3228) 1951: "Granada" / "Lolita" (RCA Victor, 12-1192) 1962: "O Holy Night" / "The Virgin's Slumber Song" (RCA Victor, 12-1285)
Red Seal 1950: "'O sole mio" / "Mattinata" (RCA Victor, 49-0902) ????: "Granada" / "Lolita" (RCA Victor, 49-1169) ????: "O Holy Night" / "The Virgin's Slumber Song" (RCA Victor Red Seal, 49-1338) 1951: "Because" / "For You Alone" (RCA Victor Red Seal, 49-3207) 1952: "Because You're Mine" / "The Song Angels Sing" (RCA Victor Red Seal, 49-3914) 1953: "Song of India" / "If You Were Mine" (RCA Victor, 49-4209) 1954: "Granada" / "Lolita" (RCA Victor, 49-4213) 1954: "I'll Walk with God" / "Beloved" (RCA Victor, 49-4210) 1954: "Serenade" / "Deep in My Heart, Dear" (RCA Victor, 49-4218) 1955: "Ave Maria" / "I'll Walk with God" (RCA Victor, 47-6330) 1957: "Be My Love" / "The Loveliest Night of the Year" (RCA Victor, 47-6334) 1957: "Never till Now" / "Come Dance with Me" (RCA Victor, 47-7119) 1957: "A Night to Remember" / "Behold!" (RCA Victor, 47-6915) 1957: "Granada" / "Mamma mia che vo' sape?" (RCA Italiana, N 0618) 1957: "Arrivederci Roma" / "The Loveliest Night of the Year" (RCA Italiana, N 0633) 1958: "Silent Night" / " The First Noel" (RCA Italiana, N 0698) 1958: "Come prima" / "'O sole mio" (RCA Italiana, N 0732) 1958: "There's Gonna Be a Party Tonight" / "Imitation Sequence" (RCA, ERA 115) 1957: "Behold!" / "A Night to Remember" (RCA, 45RCA 1026) 1958: "Seven Hills of Rome" / "Come Dance with Me" (RCA, 45-RCA 1045) 1958: "Arrivederci Roma" / "Never till Now" (RCA, 45-RCA 1052) 1958: "On the Street Where You Live" / "Younger than Springtime" (RCA, 45-RCA 1059) 1958: "Love in a Home" / "Do You Wonder?" (RCA, 45-RCA 1080) 1958: "Drinking Song" / "Serenade" (RCA, 45-RCA 1090) 1958: "I'll Walk with God" / "The Lord's Prayer" (RCA, RCA 1094) 1959: "'O sole mio" / "For the First Time" (RCA, 47-7439) 1959: "Guardian Angels" / "I'll Walk with God" (RCA, 47-7622) ????: "Granada" / "Lolita" (RCA Victor, 47-9126) 1959: "Because" / "Ave Maria" (RCA, RCA 1123) 1959: "'O Sole Mio" / "I Love Thee (Ich liebe dich)" (RCA, RCA 1128) 1959: "O Come All Ye Faithful" / "Silent Night, Holy Night" (RCA, 45-RCA) 1155 1960: "Because You're Mine" / "The Donkey Serenade" (RCA, 45-RCA 1166) 1960: "Only a Rose" / "Be My Love" (RCA, RCA 1210) ????: "Mamma mia che vo' sape'?" / "Core 'ngrato" (RCA Victor Red Seal, DM 1330) 1951: "Begin the Beguine" / "Night and Day" (RCA, 447-0772) ????: "Ave Maria" / "The Lord's Prayer" (RCA, 447-0774) ????: "Drink, Drink, Drink" / "Giannina mia" (RCA, 447-0775) ????: "O Holy Night" / "I'll Walk with God" (RCA, 447-0777) ????: "Arrivederci Roma" / "Come prima" (RCA, 447-0853)
His Master's Voice 1950: "Che gelida manina" / "Core 'ngrato" (His Master's Voice, D.B. 21017) 1950: "Mattinata" / "Cielo e mar" (His Master's Voice, D.B. 21302) 1950: "Lolita" / "Granada" (His Master's Voice, D.B. 21310) ????: "Be My Love" / "The Bayou Lullaby" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 1964) ????: "I'll Never Love you" / "Tina-Lina" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 1965) 1951: "La donna e mobile" / "The Loveliest Night of the Year" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 1978) 1951: "Because" / "Ave Maria" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 1982) 1951: "E lucevan le stelle" / "Vesti la giubba" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 1983) 1951: "Questa o quella" / "Recondita armonia" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 1989) 1952: "'A vucchella" / "Marechiare" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 1989) ????: "Temptation" / "Lycia" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2002) 1952: "Because You're Mine" / "The Song Angels Sing" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2017) ????: "You Do Something to Me" / "Lee-ah-loo" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2020) ????: "The Lord's Prayer" / "Guardian Angels" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2024) ????: "Song of India" / "If You Were Mine" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2048) 1953: "Call Me a Fool" / "You Are My Love" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2051) 1954: "Beloved" / "I'll Walk with God" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2062) 1954: "Drinking Song" / "Serenade" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2065) ????: "Deep in My Heart, Dear" (with Elizabeth Doubleday) / "Golden Days" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2066) ????: "Summertime in Heidelberg" (with Elizabeth Doubleday) / "Gaudeamus igitur" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2070) ????: "Away in a Manger" / "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2072) ????: "If I Loved You" / "Romance" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2074) 1956: "Serenade" / "My Destiny" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2085) ????: "This Land" / "Earthbound" (His Master's Voice, D.A. 2086) 1954: "Mamma, quel vino è generoso" (His Master's Voice, 7EB 6005) ????: "O Come All Ye Faithful" (His Master's Voice, 7EB 6008) ????: Christmastide with Lanza (His Master's Voice, 7EB 6020) 1956: Songs from The Student Prince, (His Master's Voice, 7EB 6023) ????: Romance in Song (His Master's Voice, 7EB 6025) ????: "Be My Love" / "The Bayou Lullaby" (His Master's Voice, 7R 130) ????: "Toselli's 'Serenade'" / "Serenade" (His Master's Voice, 7R 131) ????: "Lolita" / "Granada" (His Master's Voice, 7R 157) ????: "Lolita" / "Granada" (His Master's Voice, 7RF 253)
Extended plays (EPs) 1949: That Midnight Kiss (RCA Victor Red Seal, LM-89) 1952: Mario Lanza Sings Selections from "Because You're Mine" (RCA Victor, ERA-51) 1952: Four Neapolitan Songs (RCA Red Seal, ERA-100) 1953: Mario Lanza in Movie Hits (RCA Victor, ERA-130) 1954: Mario Lanza Sings "Because", (RCA Victor, ERA-222) 1954: Mario Lanza Sings the Hit Songs from "The Student Prince" (RCA Victor, ERB 1837) 1955: The Student Prince (RCA, RCX 133) 1956: Four Favorite Christmas Carols (RCA Victor, ERB 1837) 1956: Mario da suerte (RCA, 3-26071, Spain) 1956: Serenade (RCA Victor, ERB 70-2) 1957: Mario Lanza a Broadway n° 1 (RCA Italiana, A72V 0137) 1957: "Granada" / "Mamma mia che vo' sape?" / "The Lord's Prayer" / "Yours Is My Heart Alone" (RCA Italiana, A72V 0150) 1957: "Core 'ngrato" / "The Donkey Serenade" / "Because" / "Serenata" (RCA Italiana, A72V 0151) 1957: Mario Lanza a Broadway n° 2 (RCA Italiana, A72V 0157) 1957: Mario Lanza a Napoli (RCA Italiana, A72V 0164) 1958: Arrivederci Roma (RCA Italiana, A72V 0204) 1958: "I'll Walk with God" / "Guardian Angels" / "The Lord's Prayer" / "Ave Maria" (RCA Victor, EPA 5048) 1959: Be My Love (RCA, RCX 1025) 1959: For the First Time (RCA Victor, EPA 4344) 1959: The Loveliest Night of the Year (RCA Victor, EPA 5083) 1959: Mario Lanza a Valencia (RCA Italiana, EPA 30-302) 1959: "Serenata de las mulas" / "Siboney" / "Bésame mucho" / "Rose Marie" (RCA Victor, 33027/3-20533) 1960: Film Hits (RCA, RCX 1056) 1960: Vieni sul mar (RCA, 86281) 1961: "Maria Marì" / "Funiculì funiculà" / "Tu ca nun chiagne" / "'Na sera 'e maggio" / "Comme facette mammeta" / "Dicitencello vuje" (RCA, LPC-31002) 1961: "Granada" / "Valencia" / "Lolita" / "La Danza" (RCA, LPC-5025) 1962: "Begin the Beguine" / "Noche y día" / "'O sole mio" / "Core 'ngrato" (RCA Victor, 3-20450) 1963: Because (RCA Victor, 86 202)
Studio albums (EPs) 1949: That Midnight Kiss 1950: Operatic Arias and Duets as Sung in "The Toast of New Orleans" (RCA Victor Red Seal WDM-1395) 1950: Mario Lanza Sings Popular Songs from the M-G-M Technicolor Motion Picture "The Toast of New Orleans" (RCA Victor Red Seal WDM-1417)
Studio albums (LPs) 1951: Mario Lanza Sings Selections from "The Great Caruso" (a.k.a. The Great Caruso; RCA Victor Red Seal LM-1127) 1951: Mario Lanza Sings Christmas Songs (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-155) 1952: Mario Lanza Sings Songs from M-G-M's Technicolor Motion Picture "Because You're Mine" (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-7015) 1954: Mario Lanza Sings the Hit Songs from "The Student Prince" and Other Great Musical Comedies (a.k.a. The Student Prince; RCA Victor Red Seal LM-1837) 1955: "A Kiss" and Other Love Songs (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-1860) 1955: The Touch of Your Hand (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-1927) 1956: Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2029) 1956: The Magic Mario (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-1943) 1956: Mario Lanza in "Serenade" (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-1996) 1956: Lanza on Broadway (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2070) 1957: A Cavalcade of Show Tunes (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2090) 1958: Seven Hills of Rome (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2211) 1959: Mario! (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2331) 1959: Lanza Sings Christmas Carols (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2333) 1959: For the First Time (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2338) 1959: The Student Prince (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2339) 1960: Mario Lanza Sings Caruso Favorites (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2393) 1960: The Desert Song (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2440) 1961: The Vagabond King (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2509) 1962: I'll Walk with God (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2607)
Compilation albums (LP) 1962: Love Songs & A Neopolitan Serenade (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-1188) 1963: You Do Something to Me (RCA Camden CAL 450) 1963: Mario Lanza – Christmas Hymns and Carols (RCA Camden CAL-777) 1964: The Best of Mario Lanza (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2748) 1967: Mario Lanza sings His Favorite Arias (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2932) 1968: The Best of Mario Lanza Volume 2 (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2998) 1969: Mario Lanza in Opera (RCA Red Seal LSC-3101(e)) 1969: Mario Lanza – Memories (RCA Red Seal LSC-3102(e)) 1970: Mario Lanza in his Greatest Hits from operettas and Musicals (RCA Red Seal VCS-6192(e)) 1971: Mario Lanza sings Opera's Greatest Hits (RCA Red Seal VCS-7073(e)) 1972: Be My Love (RCA Red Seal LSC-3289(e)) 1973: Lanza Sings Caruso (RCA Red Seal ARL1-0134(e)) 1976: Mario Lanza – A Legendary Performer (RCA Red Seal CRL1-1750(e)) 1978: Mario Lanza – Pure Gold (RCA ANL1-2847(e)) (Reissue of Lanza on Broadway) 1981: The Mario Lanza Collection (RCA Red Seal CRM5-4158)
Select RCA CD reissues Mario Lanza Five CD Box Set (RCA 88697-5921822) Includes the RCA Victor Red Seal LPs: The Student Prince (and Other Great Musical Comedies) The Touch of Your Hand Seven Hills of Rome (A: Soundtrack / B: Selections conducted by Henri René, Ray Heindorf) I'll Walk with God Mario Lanza Sings His Favorite Arias Mario Lanza – The Legendary Tenor (1987) Christmas with Mario Lanza (1987) The Great Caruso and Other Caruso Favorites (1989) Mario Lanza Sings Songs from "The Student Prince" and "The Desert Song" (1989) The Mario Lanza Collection (1991) Mario! Lanza at His Best (1995) Mario Lanza: Opera Arias and Duets (1999) Be My Love My Romance Don't Forget Me Mario Lanza Live from London Double Feature: For the First Time / That Midnight Kiss The Ultimate Collection Lanza: Greatest Hits The Essential Mario Lanza The Best of Everything
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