The following is a discography of singles and albums recorded by American singer Frankie Laine.
Labels and catalog numbers refer to the release in the US. Exceptions include Philips, Hallmark, Polydor, Embassy and Warwick, released in the UK and not the US. Albums not released in the US or UK have not been included. Where there is a mono and stereo release, both catalog numbers are shown.
The Mercury 1949–1952 long-playing records (LPs) were 10" diameter. They mainly just compiled songs already available as 78-r.p.m. sides, but that was common practice at the time, so all of them are listed here as regular albums and not as compilations, regardless whether they contain some previously unreleased material or not.
Year | Title | Label | Catalog number | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] | US [2] | ||||
1947 | Frankie Laine Sings [3] | Mercury | A22 (3×10", 78 r.p.m., 3×7", 45 r.p.m.) | — | |
1949 | Frankie Laine Favorites [4] | MG 25007 | — | ||
1950 | Songs from the Heart [5] | MG 25024 | — | ||
Frankie Laine [6] | MG 25025 | — | |||
Frankie Laine [7] | MG 25026 | — | |||
Frankie Laine [8] | MG 25027 | — | |||
Christmas Favorites (v.a., with Vic Damone and Eddy Howard) [9] | MG 25082 | — | |||
1951 | Mr. Rhythm Sings [10] | MG 25097 | — | ||
Song Favourites by Frankie Laine a.k.a.Songs by Frankie Laine [11] | MG 25098 | — | |||
Sunny Side of the Street (v.a., with Billy Daniels) [12] | MG 25100 | — | |||
1952 | Music, Maestro, Please a.k.a.Listen to Laine [13] | MG 25124 | — | ||
1955 | With All My Heart [14] | MG 20105 (12") | — |
Year | Title | Label | Catalog number | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] | US [2] | ||||
1952 | One for My Baby | Columbia | CL 6200 (10") | — | |
1953 | A Musical Portrait of New Orleans (with Jo Stafford) | CL 6268 (10") | — | ||
1954 | Mr. Rhythm [upper-alpha 1] [upper-alpha 2] [15] | CL 6278 (10") | — | — | |
1956 | Jazz Spectacular [upper-alpha 3] | CL 808 | — | — | |
Frankie Laine and the Four Lads (with the Four Lads) | CL 861 | — | — | ||
1957 | Rockin' [upper-alpha 1] | CL 975 | — | 13 | |
1958 | Foreign Affair [upper-alpha 4] | CL 1116 | — | — | |
Torchin' [upper-alpha 5] | CL 1176 / CS 8024 | — | — | ||
1959 | Reunion in Rhythm (with Michel Legrand) [upper-alpha 4] | CL 1277 / CS 8087 | — | — | |
You Are My Love [upper-alpha 5] | CL 1317 / CS 8119 | — | — | ||
Frankie Laine, Balladeer | CL 1393 / CS 8188 | — | — | ||
1961 | Hell Bent for Leather! [upper-alpha 6] | CL 1615 / CS 8629 | 7 | 71 | |
Deuces Wild | CL 1696 / CS 8496 | — | — | ||
1962 | Call of the Wild [upper-alpha 6] | CL 1829 / CS 8629 | — | — | |
1963 | Wanderlust [upper-alpha 6] | CL 1962 / CS 8762 | — | — |
Year | Title | Label | Catalog number | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] | US [2] | ||||
1965 | I Believe [upper-alpha 7] [16] | Capitol | T 2277 / ST 2277 | — | — |
Year | Title | Label | Catalog number | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] | US [2] | ||||
1967 | I'll Take Care of Your Cares [upper-alpha 8] | ABC | ABC 604 / ABCS 604 | — | 16 |
I Wanted Someone to Love [upper-alpha 8] | ABC 608 / ABCS 608 | — | 162 | ||
1968 | To Each His Own [upper-alpha 8] [upper-alpha 9] [upper-alpha 10] | ABC 628 / ABCS 628 | — | 127 | |
Take Me Back to Laine Country(with the California Dreamers) [17] | ABC 657 / ABCS 657 | — | — | ||
1969 | You Gave Me a Mountain [upper-alpha 11] | ABCS 682 | — | 55 |
Year | Title | Label | Catalog number | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] | US [2] | ||||
1971 | A Brand New Day | Amos | AAS 7013 | — | — |
Year | Title | Label | Catalog number | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] | US [2] | ||||
1977 | 20 Memories in Gold(re-recorded songs) [upper-alpha 12] | Polydor | 2383 457 | — | — |
1978 | Life is Beautiful [upper-alpha 9] [upper-alpha 12] | 2383 488 | — | — | |
1985 | Place in Time | Score | FLP-102 | — | — |
1986 | Round-Up [upper-alpha 13] | Telarc | CD-80141 | — | — |
1988 | New Directions | Score | FLC 2002 | — | — |
1994 | Reunion in Jazz | SRCD 5194 | — | — | |
1998 | The Wheels of a Dream | Touchwood | TWCD 2020 | — | — |
It Ain't Over 'til It's Over | In-Sight! Music Productions | n/a | — | — | |
2002 | The Story of Old Man Jazz and His Loves | Score | 22107 | — | — |
2003 | The Nashville Connection | 3442 | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released |
Year | Title | Label | Catalog number | Peak chart positions |
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UK [1] | ||||
1954 | The Voice of Your Choice | Philips | BBR 8014 (Europe and Aus.) | — |
1955 | Command Performance [18] | Columbia | CL 625 | — |
Songs by Frankie Laine | Mercury | MG 20069 | — | |
Lovers' Laine [19] | Columbia | CL 2504 | — | |
That's My Desire [20] | Mercury | MG 20080 | — | |
Frankie Laine Sings for Us [21] | MG 20083 | — | ||
Concert Date [22] | MG 20085 | — | ||
1956 | One for My Baby [23] | Columbia | CL 2548 | — |
1957 | Frankie Laine Sings His All Time Favourites | Mercury Wing | MGW 12110 | — |
1958 | Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits | Columbia | CL 1231 | — |
Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits | Mercury | SRW 16349 | — | |
1959 | Singing the Blues | Mercury Wing | MGW 12158 | — |
1960 | Frankie Laine's Golden Hits | Mercury | SR 60587 | — |
1964 | The Roving Gambler | Harmony | HL 7329 / HS 11129 | — |
1966 | That's My Desire [24] | HL 7382 / HS 11182 | — | |
1967 | Memories | HL 7425 / HS 11225 | — | |
Memories of Frankie Laine's Greatest Hits | Mercury Wing | MGW 12349 / SRW 16349 | — | |
1968 | Memory Laine | Tower | T 5092 / ST 5092 | — |
1969 | I'm Gonna Live 'till I Die | Harmony | HS 11345 | — |
The Greatest Years | Wing | PKW2 111 | — | |
1971 | High Noon | Harmony | H 30406 | — |
1973 | Twenty Incredible Performances | ABC | ABCX 790 | — |
1974 | The Frankie Laine Collection | Hallmark | PDA 016 | — |
1976 | The ABC Collection | ABC | AC 30001 | — |
1977 | American Legend – 16 Greatest Hits | Embassy | CBS 31599 | — |
The Very Best of Frankie Laine | Warwick | PR 5032 | 7 | |
1983 | So Ultra Rare | Score | FLP 101 | — |
The Uncollected 1947 | Hindsight | HSR 198 | — | |
1985 | The Uncollected Vol. 2 1947 | HSR 216 | — | |
1986 | His Greatest Hits | Warwick | WW 2014 | — |
1989 | Portrait of a Song Stylist | The Harmony Collection | HARCD 102 | — |
16 Most Requested Songs [25] | Columbia | CK 45029 | — | |
1991 | The Frankie Laine Collection – The Mercury Years | Mercury | 314 510 435-2 | — |
1993 | The Essence of Frankie Laine | Columbia | CK 53573 | — |
Frankie Laine and Friends | Prestige | PRCDSP301 | — | |
1996 | The Very Best of (ABC Years) | Taragon | TARCD 1017 | — |
1997 | The Original Recordings | Columbia | 485124 9 | — |
High Noon – 20 Greatest Hits | Remember | 5682 | — | |
1999 | The European Concert | Score | N/A | — |
2001 | The Platinum Collection | Start | PC 634 | — |
Setting the Standard: The Complete Transcription Recordings | Jasmine | JASCD 385 | — | |
2004 | The Frankie Laine Collection | Sony Music | 5150562 | — |
2005 | 50 Legendary Recordings | Musical Memories | RG2CD 9006 | — |
2006 | The Golden Years | Living Era | CD AJS 2010 | — |
2007 | That Lucky Old Sun – Essential Collection | Dynamic | DYN 3542 | — |
2008 | American Legend Vol. 1 | American Legends | ALE 192060 | — |
American Legend Vol. 2 | ALE 192061 | — | ||
2011 | That's My Desire – His 55 Finest 1946–1958 | Retrospective | RTS 4152 | — |
Hits | Sony Music | 88697926302 | 16 | |
2016 | The Hits Collection 1947–61 | Acrobat | ACTRCD9060 | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released |
Accompanying vocalists are shown with each song where applicable. Otherwise, accompanying orchestra, chorus and any other details are shown in footnotes. Not included are re-releases (unless they charted higher than the original release) and records that were not released in the US or UK, unless they charted in the countries below. David Kent's Australian retrospective charts only start weekly in 1950. Belgium's Ultratop Flanders chart began in December 1954. The UK chart began in November 1952. The US Billboard Easy Listening (Adult Contemporary) chart began in July 1961.
"Begin the Beguine" is a popular song written by Cole Porter. Porter composed the song during a 1935 Pacific cruise aboard the Cunard ocean liner Franconia from Kalabahi, Indonesia, to Fiji. In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee, produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.
"Answer Me" is a popular song, originally titled "Mütterlein", with German lyrics by Gerhard Winkler and Fred Rauch. "Mütterlein" was published on 19 April 1952. English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman, and the song was published as "Answer Me" in New York on 13 October 1953. Contemporary recordings of the English lyric by Frankie Laine and David Whitfield both topped the UK Singles Chart in 1953.
"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" is a popular song with music by Hoagy Carmichael and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally planned to feature it in a Paramount film written for Betty Hutton that never took off, which was to be called The Mack Sennett Girl. The song was buried in Paramount's files until it was rediscovered and then used in the 1951 film Here Comes the Groom and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
"Blues in the Night" is a popular blues song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the Great American Songbook. The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title Hot Nocturne, but finally released as Blues in the Night. The song is sung in the film by William Gillespie.
"I Believe" is a popular song written by Ervin Drake, Irvin Abraham, Jack Mendelsohn and Al Stillman in 1953. The most popular version was recorded by Italian-American singer Frankie Laine, and spent eighteen weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Just Say I Love Her" is a popular song, adapted from the Neapolitan song "Dicitencello vuje". The original music was written by Neapolitan composer Rodolfo Falvo in 1930; and was arranged in the United States by Jack Val and Jimmy Dale; the original Neapolitan lyrics by Enzo Fusco, and English lyrics by Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward.
"Pretend" is a popular song, written in 1952 by Dan Belloc, Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman and Frank Levere.
"Nevertheless I'm in Love with You" is a popular song written by Harry Ruby with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, first published in 1931. The song was a hit for Jack Denny in 1931, and was revisited in 1950 by The Mills Brothers, Paul Weston, Ray Anthony, Ralph Flanagan, Frankie Laine and Frank Sinatra, with perhaps the most compelling version being that of the McGuire Sisters.
"Too Marvelous for Words" is a popular song written in 1937. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics for music composed by Richard Whiting. It was introduced by Wini Shaw and Ross Alexander in the 1937 Warner Brothers film Ready, Willing, and Able, as well as used for a production number in a musical revue on Broadway. The song has become a pop and jazz standard and has been recorded by many artists.
"Out of This World" is an American popular song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer. It was first recorded by Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and his Orchestra in 1944.
"I Had the Craziest Dream" is a popular song which was published in 1942. The music was written by Harry Warren, the lyrics by Mack Gordon.
"Somebody Loves Me" is a popular song, with music written by George Gershwin, and lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Buddy DeSylva. The song was published in 1924 and featured in George White's Scandals of 1924.
"Moonlight Becomes You" is a popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was written for the Paramount Pictures release Road to Morocco (1942) and published in 1942 in connection with the film. Vic Schoen wrote the arrangement.
"I've Got a Crush on You" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It is unique among Gershwin compositions in that it was used for two different Broadway productions: Treasure Girl (1928), when it was introduced by Clifton Webb and Mary Hay, and Strike Up the Band (1930), when it was sung by Doris Carson and Gordon Smith. It was later included in the tribute musical Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012), in which it was sung by Jennifer Laura Thompson. When covered by Frank Sinatra he was a part of Columbia Records.
"Hey Joe!" is a 1953 popular song written by Boudleaux Bryant. It was recorded by Carl Smith for Columbia Records on 19 May 1953 and spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the US country music chart, marking Bryant's first no. 1 record. He later wrote songs with his wife Felice for The Everly Brothers. The song was first published in New York on July 17, 1953 as "Hey, Joe".
"That's My Desire" is a 1931 popular song with music by Helmy Kresa and lyrics by Carroll Loveday.
"A Sunday Kind of Love" is a popular song composed by Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, and Louis Prima and was published in 1946.
The Touch of Your Lips" is a romantic ballad written by Ray Noble in 1936. The original version of the song, which has become a standard, was by Al Bowlly accompanied by Ray Noble and His Orchestra.
Jalousie is a tango written by Danish composer Jacob Gade in 1925. Its full title is Jalousie "Tango Tzigane" . It soon became popular around the world and is today a classic in the modern songbook.
"Coquette" is a 1928 fox trot jazz standard. It was composed by Johnny Green and Carmen Lombardo, with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Guy Lombardo had great success with the song in 1928.