Mario Lanza discography

The following is a discography of original albums and singles released by American singer Mario Lanza.

Singles (45rpm)[]

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" / "" (RCA Victor, 12-1192)
• 1962: "O Holy Night" / "The Virgin's Slumber Song" (RCA Victor, 12-1285)^[1]

Red Seal

• 1950: "'O sole mio" / "Mattinata" (RCA Victor, 49-0902)
• ????: "Granada" / "" (RCA Victor, 49-1169)
• ????: "O Holy Night" / "The Virgin's Slumber Song" (RCA Victor Red Seal, 49-1338)
• ????: "Because" / "For You Alone" (RCA Victor Red Seal, 49-3207)
• 1953: "Song of India" / "If You Were Mine" (RCA Victor, 49-4209)
• 1954: "Granada" / "" (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)
• 1959: "'O sole mio" / "For the First Time" (RCA, 47-7439)
• ????: "I'll Walk With God" / "Guardian Angels" (RCA, 47-7622)
• ????: "Granada" / "" (RCA Victor, 47-9126)
• 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: "Because" / "Ave Maria" (RCA, RCA 1123)^[2]
• 1959: "'O Sole Mio" / "I Love Thee (Ich Liebe Dich)" (RCA, RCA 1128)^[3]
• 1959: "O Come All Ye Faithful" / "Silent Night, Holy Night" (RCA, 45-RCA) 1155^[4]
• 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" (HMV, D.B. 21017)
• 1950: "Mattinata" / "Cielo e mar" (HMV, D.B. 21302)
• 1950: "" / "Granada" (HMV, D.B. 21310)
• ????: "Be My Love" / "The Bayou Lullaby" (HMV, D.A. 1964)
• ????: "I'll Never Love you" / "Tina-Lina" (HMV, D.A. 1965)
• 1951: "La donna e mobile" / "The Loveliest Night Of The Year" (HMV, D.A. 1978)
• 1951: "Because" / "Ave Maria" (HMV, D.A. 1982)
• 1951: "E lucevan le stelle" / "Vesti la giubba" (HMV, D.A. 1983)
• 1951: "Questa o quella" / "Recondita armonia" (HMV, D.A. 1989)
• 1952: "'A vucchella" / "Marechiare" (HMV, D.A. 1989)
• ????: "Temptation" / "Lycia" (HMV, D.A. 2002)
• 1954: "Because You're Mine" / "The Song Angels Sing" (HMV, D.A. 2017)
• ????: "You Do Something to Me" / "Lee-ah-loo" (HMV, D.A. 2020)
• ????: "The Lord's Prayer" / "Guardian Angels" (HMV, D.A. 2024)
• ????: "Song of India" / "If You Were Mine" (HMV, D.A. 2048)
• ????: "Call Me a Fool" / "You Are My Love" (HMV, D.A. 2051)
• 1954: "Beloved" / "I'll Walk With God" (HMV, D.A. 2062)
• 1954: "Drinking Song" / "Serenade" (HMV, D.A. 2065)
• ????: "Deep in My Heart, Dear" (w Elizabeth Doubleday) / "Golden Days" (HMV, D.A. 2066)
• ????: "Summertime in Heidelberg" (w Elizabeth Doubleday) / "Gaudeamus igitur" (HMV, D.A. 2070)
• ????: "Away in a Manger" / "We Three Kings of Orient Are" (HMV, D.A. 2072)
• ????: "If I Loved You" / "Romance" (HMV, D.A. 2074)
• 1956: "Serenade" / "My Destiny" (HMV, D.A. 2085)
• ????: "This Land" / "Earthbound" (HMV, D.A. 2086)
• 1954: "Mamma, quel vino è generoso" (HMV, 7EB 6005)
• ????: "O Come All Ye Faithful" (HMV, 7EB 6008)
• ????: Christmastide With Lanza (HMV, 7EB 6020)
• 1956: Songs From The Student Prince, (HMV, 7EB 6023)
• ????: Romance In Song (HMV, 7EB 6025)
• ????: "Be My Love" / "The Bayou Lullaby" (HMV, 7R 130)^[5]
• ????: "Toselli's 'Serenade'" / "Serenade" (HMV, 7R 131)^[6]
• ????: "" / "Granada" (HMV, 7R 157)^[7]
• ????: "" / "Granada" (HMV, 7RF 253)

Extended Play (EP)[]

• 1949: That Midnight Kiss (RCA Victor Red Seal, LM-89)
• 1952: 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 Dá Suerte (RCA, 3-26071)
• 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)^[8]
• 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" / "" / "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 (LP)[]

• 1951: The Great Caruso, (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-1127)
• 1951: Mario Lanza Sings Christmas Songs, (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-155)
• 1954: The Student Prince, (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-1837)
• 1954: 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)^[9]
• 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: Mario Lanza In 'For the First Time,' (RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-2338)
• 1959: The Student Prince, (RCA Victor Red Seal LM-2339) with Norma Giusti
• 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)[]

• 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:

1. The Student Prince (and other Great Musical Comedies)
2. The Touch of Your Hand
3. Seven Hills of Rome (A:soundtrack/B:Selections conducted by Henri René, Ray Heindorf)
4. I'll Walk With God
5. Mario Lanza Sings His Favorite Arias

• Mario Lanza - The Legendary Tenor
• The Mario Lanza Collection
• The Great Caruso and Other Caruso Favorites
• Mario! Lanza At His Best
• You'll Never Walk Alone
• Christmas With Mario Lanza
• Opera Arias And Duets
• Be My Love
• 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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