Marlene Dietrich discography

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Marlene Dietrich discography
Morocco (film) 1930. Josef von Sternberg, director. Marlene Dietrich with top hat.jpg
Studio albums3
Live albums4
Singles41
Video albums1

Marlene Dietrich's recording career spanned sixty years, from 1928 until 1988. She introduced the songs "Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" (from the film The Blue Angel ) and "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have" (from Destry Rides Again). She first recorded her version of "Lili Marlene" in 1945.[ citation needed ]

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Her first long-playing album was Marlene Dietrich Overseas, was a prestige success for Columbia Records in 1950. [1] She also recorded several duets with Rosemary Clooney in the early 1950s: these tapped into a younger market and charted. [2] During the 1960s, Dietrich recorded several albums and many singles, mostly with Burt Bacharach at the helm of the orchestra. [3] Dietrich in London, recorded live at the Queen's Theatre in 1964, [4] is an enduring document of Dietrich in concert.

In 1978, Dietrich's performance of the title track from her last film, Just a Gigolo , was issued as a single. [5] She made her last recordings — spoken introductions to songs for a nostalgia album by Udo Lindenberg — from her Paris apartment in 1987. [6]

Dietrich told Maximilian Schell in his documentary, Marlene (1984), that she thought Marlene singt Berlin-Berlin (1964) – her interpretations of Berliner popular songs from the start of the 20th century – was her best album.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
GER
[7]
Decca Presents Marlene Dietrich
(The Souvenir Album)
  • Released: 1940
  • Label: Decca Records
  • Formats: LP
Overseas
  • Released: 1951
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: LP
Die neue Marlene
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: Electrola
  • Formats: LP
34
Marlene singt Berlin, Berlin

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
At the Café de Paris
  • Released: 1954
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: LP
Dietrich in Rio
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: LP
Wiedersehen mit Marlene
Dietrich in London
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: Pye Records/Columbia Records
  • Formats: LP

Extended Plays

TitleAlbum details
Rosie and Marlene .
  • Released: 1953
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Format: LP

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsNotes
Marlene Dietrich Sings
  • Released: 1948
  • Label: Vox Records
  • Formats: 3 × Shellac, 10"
  • Includes songs from her films: "Jonny"; "Peter"; "Mein Blondes Baby"; "Allein – In Einer Grossen Stadt"; "Wo Ist Der Mann"; "Ja So Bin Ich"; "Moi Je M'ennuie" and "Assez". [8]
Marlene Dietrich
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Decca Records
  • Formats: LP
  • Includes 10 Dietrich's previously released Decca's singles. This compilation contains several re-releases, with the same tracklisting, but vary order: Lili Marlene, Original Favorites, Stars of the Forties, Ritratto di... and Her Complete Decca Recordings.
The Legendary Marlene Dietrich
  • Includes 10 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies. [9] It was released in US as Marlene (1975), [10] in Brazil as Os Mitos: Marlene Dietrich (1979), [11] and reissued in UK as Falling in Love Again. [12]
The Magic of Marlene Dietrich
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Columbia Records
  • Formats: LP
  • Includes previously released songs from the sixties. It was released in Netherlands as The Best of Marlene Dietrich (1970) [13] and as part of the series "Portrait of", volume 19, in Greece. [14] Later, in 1973, it was reissued in Netherlands with new cover and titled Die Besten Von Marlene Dietrich. [15]
Marlene Dietrich in Deutschland
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: LP
  • Includes the two LPs Wiedersehen mit Marlene and Die Neue Marlene in a double album. [16] It was also published in Germany as Mythos. [17]
Marlene Dietrich
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: EMI Records
  • Formats: LP
  • Includes 15 previously released songs from the 60s's albums. (EMI – 38 336 4, EMI Electrola – 38 336 4, Bertelsmann Club – 38 336 4) [18] Released in CD as "Lili Marlene" (CDPM 7920132)
The Legendary Marlene Dietrich
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Columbia Special Products
  • Formats: LP
  • Includes 36 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies. [19]
Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuß Auf Liebe Eingestellt
  • Includes 12 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies. [20]
Marlène
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: EMI Electrola
  • Formats: LP
  • Includes 14 previously released songs from Dietrich's 60s's albums. [21]
Con Plumas
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: EMI Odeon
  • Formats: LP
  • Includes 13 previously released songs from Dietrich's 60s albums. [22]
The Legendary, Lovely Marlene
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: LP
  • Includes 18 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies and albums. [23] Also released in CD in 1994 as "Marlene – Her 18 Greatest Recordings" (MCCD 178).
The Best Of Marlene Dietrich
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: EMI Records
  • Formats: LP
  • Includes 20 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies and albums. [24]
The Blue Angel — The Original Recordings
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Pro Arte Digital
  • Formats: CD
  • Includes a parody of "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have" recorded in 1941 for the wrap party of The Lady is Willing. [25]
The Essential Marlene Dietrich
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Capitol Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Includes 24 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies and albums. [26]
The Marlene Dietrich Album
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD
The Cosmopolitan Marlene Dietrich
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD
  • First issue of "La Vie en Rose", "No Love, No Nothin'", "Something I Dreamed Last Night", "Let's Call It a Day" (all recorded 1952) and "Falling in Love Again" and "Lili Marlene" (both recorded 1953). [27]
Falling in Love Again
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: MCA Records
  • Formats: CD
  • Includes 16 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies. [28] Also released as Universal Legends (Universal – 112 265-2, MCA Records – 112 265-2) and Lili Marlene – The Best Of Marlene Dietrich in 2000 (Spectrum Music 544 293-2).
Marlene Dietrich – Legends Of The 20th Century – Original Recordings
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: EMI Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Includes 23 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies, newly remastered from original source material at Abbey Road by Ron Hill, February 1999. [29]
Marlene Forever
  • Released: 2002
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Formats: CD
  • First issue of "Moon River" (recorded in 1962 at the Paris Olympia).
Classic: The Universal Masters Collection
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Milan Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Includes 16 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies. [30]
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Universal Music Group
  • Formats: CD, digital download
  • Includes 44 songs, with 14 unreleased live tracks [31]
Marlene Dietrich W Warszawie Z Archiwum Polskiego Radia
  • Includes excerpts from one of Marlene's 1966 Warsaw concerts (including "Don't Smoke In Bed", previously unissued on CD). [32]

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
GER
[7]
The Magic of Marlene Dietrich
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Capitol (#DTCR-300)
  • Format: LP
Marlène
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: CBS (#CBS 66317)
  • Format: LP
Mythos Und Legende / Myth And Legend
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: EMI Electrola (#8 31420 2)
  • Format: CD
Der Blonde Engel – Die Retrospektive
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Toshiba EMI
  • Format: CD
98
Marlene Dietrich
  • Released: 2022
  • Label: Electrola (#06024 4821060)
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
An Evening with Marlene Dietrich .
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: VHS, LD

Other

Hermine: Udo Lindenberg singt Lieder von 1929 bis 1988 (* Spoken verse introduction to Illusions and Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte [33] )

Many of Dietrich's numerous radio performances have been included on compilations of her music. [33]

The Polish label Wifon issued a cassette tape of a Dietrich concert, recorded in Warsaw in 1966, in 1992 (catalogue number MC283). [34] [35] The release contained the following tracks: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby", "You're the Cream in my Coffee", "My Blue Heaven", "See What the Boys in the Backroom Will Have", "The Laziest Gal in Town", "Shir Hatan", "La Vie en Rose", "Jonny", "Go 'Way From My Window", "Don't Smoke in Bed", "Lola", "Marie–Marie" and "Frag nicht warum ich gehe".

A limited special edition of the book Photographs and Memories (published in 2001 by Nicolai, Berlin) included a recording of the soundtrack of Dietrich's 1963 filmed concert at Berns Salonger as an audio CD bonus. [36]

The Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin's archival holdings include soundtrack prerecording discs and unissued radio and concert recordings. [37]

The following of Dietrich's studio recordings remain unreleased: "Du, du liegst mir im Herzen", "Aus der Jugendzeit", "Das zerbrochene Ringlein", "Treue Liebe" (all recorded July 1954 with Jimmy Carroll and orchestra) [38] and "Wot cher! [Knocked 'Em In the Old Kent Road]" (recorded in 1955 with Wally Stott and orchestra). [39]

Singles: 1928 - 1954

Recordings first issued on 78 rpm records: [40] [41] [42] [43]

YearSong Title (A-Side)Song Title (B-Side)LabelCatalogue NrNotes
1928"Wenn die beste Freundin"ElectrolaEG 892Duet with Margo Lion and Oskar Karlweis. From Es liegt in der Luft.
1928"Potpourri from Es liegt in der Luft, Part 1""Potpourri from Es liegt in der Luft, Part 2"ElectrolaEH 146Selections from the revue performed by the cast.
1930"Falling in Love Again""Blonde Women"HMVB 3524From The Blue Angel. Orchestra: Friedrich Hollaender.
1930"Naughty Lola"Victor22593From The Blue Angel. Orchestra: Friedrich Hollaender.
1930"Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt""Nimm dich in Acht vor blonden Frau'n"ElectrolaEG 1770From Der Blaue Engel. Orchestra: Friedrich Hollaender. Two versions of "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß..." were recorded on different dates. Both were issued under the same catalogue number.
1930"Ich bin die fesche Lola""Kinder, heut' abend, da such ich mir was aus"ElectrolaEG 1802From Der Blaue Engel. Orchestra: Friedrich Hollaender.
1930"Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte""Leben ohne Liebe kannst du nicht"ElectrolaEG 2265From "Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht" / "Nie wieder Liebe". Piano: Friedrich Hollaender / Mischa Spoliansky
1931"Peter""Jonny"UltraphonA 887Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1931"Jonny" (Alternate Version)UltraphonAP 249Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1931"Quand l'Amour Meurt""Give Me the Man"ElectrolaEG 2775From Morocco. Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1933"Assez""Moi, Je M'Ennuie"Polydor524180Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1933"Assez" (Alternate Take)DeccaM 452Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1933"Allein in einer grossen Stadt""Mein blondes Baby"Polydor524181Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1933Deutsche Grammophon25296
1933"Ja, so bin ich""Wo ist der Mann?"Polydor524182Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. Trumpet: Arthur Briggs.
1933"Wo ist der Mann?""Warum, warum hast dumir weh’ getan" (Sung by Tatjana Birkigt)Deutsche Grammophon47002Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. Trumpet: Arthur Briggs.
1935"If It Isn't Pain (Then It Isn't Love)""Three Sweethearts Have I"DeccaThe Devil is a Woman promotional issue.
1939"I've Been In Love Before""You Do Something To Me"Decca23139Orchestra: Victor Young.
1939"You've Got that Look""You Go To My Head"Decca23140Orchestra: Victor Young.
1939"Falling in Love Again""See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have"Decca23141Orchestra: Victor Young.
1945"Lili Marlene""Symphonie"Decca23456Orchestra: Charles Magnante.
1948"Illusions""Black Market"DeccaA14582From A Foreign Affair .
1952"Too Old to Cut the Mustard""Good for Nothin'"Columbia39812Duets with Rosemary Clooney. Only single to make US pop chart, peaking at No. 12.
1952"Come Rain or Come Shine""Love Me"Columbia39797
1953"Time For Love""Look Me Over Closely"Columbia39959
1953"Dot's Nice — Donna Fight""It's The Same"Columbia39980Duets with Rosemary Clooney.
1953PhilipsPH 21057
1953"Besides""Land Sea and Air"PhilipsPB 314Duets with Rosemary Clooney.
1954"Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin""Peter"Columbia40497

Singles: 1957 – 1978

Recordings first issued as 7" (45 rpm, except where noted otherwise) singles: [40] [41] [44]

YearSong Title (A-Side)Song Title (B-Side)LabelCatalogue NrNotes
1957"Near You""Another Spring, Another Love"Dot15645Recorded in Los Angeles. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1957"I May Never Go Home Anymore""Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"Dot15723Recorded in Los Angeles. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1958"This Evening Children"Electrola7 EG 1770From The Blue Angel. Originally recorded in 1930, the English-language version of "Kinder heut' abend..." was first issued in 1958. [45]
1959"An Interview with Marlene Dietrich"ColumbiaWPSC49788Promotional issue for Dietrich in Rio backed by album excerpt. [46]
1962"Cherche la Rose" + "Où Vont Les Fleurs (Where Have All The Flowers Gone)""Marie, Marie" + "Déjeuner du Matin"La Voix de Son Maître7 EGF 597Recorded in Paris. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1962"Sag mir wo die Blumen Sind""Die Welt War Jung"ElectrolaE22180Recorded in Paris. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1963"Bitte Geh Nicht Fort"
"Warum Tut Liebe Weh"
"Für Alles Kommt die Zeit"
"Kleine, Treue Nachtigall"
Ariola40352CUArranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
Dietrich was unhappy with the first issued take of "Bitte Geh Nicht Fort"; at her request the record company used an alternate take for all subsequent pressings. [47]
1963"Die Antwort weiß ganz allein der Wind""Paff, der Zauberdrachen"ElectrolaE22612Recorded in London. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1964"Marie–Marie"
"Das Lied ist aus"
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
"Lola"
Melodia1421733⅓ rpm. Live recording from Moscow (May, 1964).
Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach. [46]
1965"If He Swings By The String""Such Trying Times"KappHLR9883
1965"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?""Blowin' in the Wind"His Master’s VoicePOP 1563Recorded in London. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1965Capitol72474
1966"This World of Ours""Candles Glowing"Decca45 32076Recorded in England.
1966Pye7N 17238
1966"Glocken Läuten""Still war die Nacht"Philips45 346024BFGerman versions of "Candles Glowing" and "This World of Ours".
1967"Where Have All the Flowers Gone""Go 'Way From My Window"Columbia45 444326Live recordings. Souvenir issue sold at concerts. [33]
1978"Just a Gigolo"ColumbiaDB9050Recorded in Paris. B-side is an orchestral cue from the film soundtrack.

OSS Recordings (1944–1945)

Dietrich recorded the following tracks in Washington in 1944 – 1945 for OSS use: [42]

These recordings were not meant for commercial issue. "Gib doch den Männern am Stammtisch ihr Gift", "Ich Heirate Nie" and "Du hast 'nen Blick" were issued for the first time in 2001 on Der Blonde Engel (EMI 7242 5 27567 2 7). All the other tracks remain unissued, with the partial exception of "Lili Marleen". With its massive success on the war front, specifically on the German language OSS MO radio station "Soldatensender", where it became the station's theme song, [48] the song was re-recorded in English and released, with the spelling "Lili Marlene", as a 10" single by Decca in 1945. Though other recordings of the song in German were performed by Dietrich, the original OSS recording of the track is presumed unissued.

Soundtrack performances (1929–1978)

Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932) Marlene-dietrich-blonde-venus-1932-09-g.jpg
Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932)

Many of Dietrich's performances of songs in her films [42] have been included in compilations of her music: [49]

Selected songs introduced by Marlene Dietrich

References

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  8. Marlene Dietrich: Marlene Dietrich Sings (Media notes). Vox Records. 1948. PL 3040.
  9. Marlene Dietrich: The Legendary Marlene Dietrich (Media notes). Music for Pleasure. 1967. MFP 1172.
  10. Marlene Dietrich: Marlene (Media notes). United States: Stanyan Records. 1975. SR 10124.
  11. Os Mitos: Marlene Dietrich (Media notes). Band. 1979. BR 23.032.
  12. Marlene Dietrich: Falling in Love Again (Media notes). United Kingdom: Regal. 1973. REG 1078.
  13. The Best of Marlene Dietrich (Media notes). Netherlands: Columbia Records. 1970. 5C 054-28498.
  14. Portrait of Marlene Dietrich (Media notes). Greece: Columbia Records. 1974. SCXG 13019.
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  17. Marlene Dietrich: Mythos Marlene Dietrich (Media notes). Odeon Records. 1978. 1C 134-32 770.
  18. Marlene Dietrich: Marlene Dietrich (Media notes). EMI Records. 1978. 38 336 4.
  19. Marlene Dietrich: The Legendary Marlene Dietrich (Media notes). Columbia Special Products. 1980. P3 14689.
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  21. Marlene Dietrich: Marlène (Media notes). EMI Electrola. 1981. 2C 068-46.413.
  22. Marlene Dietrich: Con Plumas Vol. VII (Media notes). EMI Odeon. 1982. 10C 054-046.506.
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