Marlene Dietrich discography

Marlene Dietrich

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 "The Boys in the Backroom" (from "Destry Rides Again"). She first recorded her version of "Lili Marlene" in 1945.

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.

Singles: 1928 - 1954

Recordings first issued on 78 rpm records:^[7][8][9]

Year	Song Title (A-Side)	Song Title (B-Side)	Label	Catalogue Nr	Notes
1928	"Wenn die Beste Freundin"	-	Electrola	EG 892	Duet with Margo Lion. 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"	Electrola	EH 146	Selections from the revue performed by the cast.
1930	"Falling in Love Again"	"Blonde Women"	HMV	B 3524	From The Blue Angel.
1930	"Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt"	"Nimm dich in Acht vor blonden Frau'n"	Electrola	EG 1170	From Der Blaue Engel. 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"	Electrola	EG 1802	From Der Blaue Engel.
1930	"Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte"		Electrola	EG 2285
1931	"Peter"	"Jonny"	Polydor	522751
1931		"Jonny" (Alternate Version)	Ultraphon	AP 249
1931	"Quand l'Amour Meurt"	"Give Me the Man"	Electrola	EG 2775	From Morocco.
1933	"Assez"	Moi, Je M'Ennuie	Polydor	530000	Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1933	"Assez" (Alternate Take)		Decca	M 452	Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1933	"Ja, So Bin Ich"		Polydor	524182	Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1933	"Allein in einer Grossen Stadt"	"Mein Blondes Baby"	Polydor	530001	Orchestra: Peter Kreuder.
1933	"Wo Ist der Mann?"		Polydor	47199	Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. Trumpet: A. Briggs.
1935	"If It Isn't Pain (Then It Isn't Love)"	"Three Sweethearts Have I"	Decca		The Devil is a Woman promotional issue.
1939	"I've Been In Love Before"	"You Do Something To Me"	Decca	23139	Orchestra: Victor Young.
1939	"You've Got that Look"	"You Go To My Head"	Decca	23140	Orchestra: Victor Young.
1939	"Falling in Love Again"	"The Boys in the Backroom"	Decca	23141	Orchestra: Victor Young.
1944	"Lili Marlene"	"Symphonie"	Decca	23456	Orchestra: Charles Magnante.
1948	"Illusions"	"Black Market"	Decca	A14582	From A Foreign Affair.
1952	"Too Old to Cut the Mustard"	"Good for Nothin'"	Columbia	39812	Duets with Rosemary Clooney.
1952	"Come Rain or Come Shine"	"Love Me"	Columbia	39797
1953	"Time For Love"	"Look Me Over Closely"	Columbia	39959
1953	"Dot's Nice — Donna Fight"	"It's The Same"	Philips	PH 21057	Duets with Rosemary Clooney.
1953	"Besides"	"Land Sea and Air"	Philips	PB 314	Duets with Rosemary Clooney.
1954	"Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin"	"Peter"	Columbia	40497

Singles: 1957 - 1978

Recordings first issued as 7" (45 rpm, except where noted otherwise) singles:^[7][8][10]

Year	Song Title (A-Side)	Song Title (B-Side)	Label	Catalogue Nr	Notes
1957	"Near You"	"Another Spring, Another Love"	Dot	15645	Recorded in Los Angeles. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1957	"I May Never Go Home Anymore"	"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"	Dot	15723	Recorded in Los Angeles. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1958	"This Evening Children"		Electrola	7 EG 1770	From The Blue Angel. Originally recorded in 1930, the English-language version of "Kinder heut' abend..." was first issued in 1958.[11]
1959	"An Interview with Marlene Dietrich"		Columbia	WPSC49788	Promotional issue for Dietrich in Rio backed by album excerpt.[12]
1962	"Marie-Marie"	"Déjeuner du Matin"	Pathé	EGF597	Recorded in Paris. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1962	"Qui peut dire ou vont les fleurs?"	"Cherche la Rose"	Columbia	C83469	Recorded in Paris. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1962	"Die Welt War Jung"	"Sag mir wo die Blumen Sind"	Electrola	E22180	Recorded 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"	Ariola	40352CU	Arranged 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.[13]
1964	"Marie-Marie" "Das Lied ist aus"	"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" "Lola"	Melodia	14217	33⅓ rpm. Live recording from Moscow (May, 1964). Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.[12]
1965	"If He Swings By The String"	"Such Trying Times"	Kapp	HLR9883
1965	"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"	"Blowin' in the Wind"	Capitol	72474	Recorded in London. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.
1966	"Candles Glowing"	"This World of Ours"	Decca	45 32076
1966	"Glocken Läuten"	"Still war die Nacht"	Philips	45 346024BF	German versions of "Candles Glowing" and "This World of Ours".
1967	"Where Have All the Flowers Gone"	"Go 'Way From My Window"	Columbia	45 444326	Live recordings. Souvenir issue sold at concerts.[14]
1978	"Just a Gigolo"		Columbia	DB9050	Recorded in Paris. B-side is an orchestral cue from the film soundtrack.

Long Playing Albums: 1951 - 1988

Recordings first issued on LP albums:

Marlene Dietrich Overseas (1951)

Orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll.

• "Lili Marlene"
• "Mean To Me"
• "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
• "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top"
• "Time On My Hands"
• "Taking a Chance On Love"
• "Miss Otis Regrets"
• "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night"

Issued on 10" LP by Columbia Records under the catalogue number LP GL105. All the vocals are in German.

Reissued on 12" LP by Columbia as Lili Marlene (Columbia GL 4-17) with the addition of the following tracks:

• "Das Hobellied"
• "Du Liegst Mir im Herzen"
• "Muss I Denn"
• "Du Hast die Seele Mein"

Live at the Café de Paris (1954)

Recorded in London, 21 June 1954. Orchestra conducted by George Smith. Dietrich is introduced by Noël Coward.

• "La Vie en Rose"
• "The Boys in the Backroom"
• "Lazy Afternoon"
• "Lola"
• "Look Me Over Closely"
• "Das Lied ist aus"
• "Go 'Way from My Window"
• "No Love, No Nothin'"
• "The Laziest Gal in Town"
• "Jonny"
• "Lili Marlene"
• "Falling in Love Again"

Issued on LP by Columbia Records (catalogue number ML4975) and Philips (BO7684R). The Columbia pressing does not include "Go 'Way from My Window". The original Philips issue excludes "Lazy Afternoon" and "No Love, No Nothin'". Issued on CD as The Marlene Dietrich Album on Sony MDK47254. The CD reissue by Sony does not include "Go 'Way from My Window" or "Das Lied ist aus".^[15]

Dietrich in Rio (1959)

Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.

• "Look Me Over Closely"
• "You're the Cream in My Coffee"
• "My Blue Heaven"
• "The Boys in the Back Room"
• "Das Lied ist aus"
• "Je tire ma révérence"
• "Well, All Right, Okay, You Win!"
• "Makin' Whoopee"
• "One for My Baby"
• "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
• "I Will come Back"
• "Luar de Sertao"

Issued on Columbia Records LP, catalogue number WS 316,^[16] and reissued on CD by Sony Music Special Products. Though marketed as a "live" album, it likely consists of studio recordings done in New York, overdubbed with applause recorded on tour to create live atmosphere.^[17]

Wiedersehen mit Marlene (1960)

Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.

• "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt"
• "Lola"
• "Wer wird denn weinen"
• "Mein Blondes Baby"
• "Peter"
• "Allein in einer großen Stadt"
• "Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte"
• "Jonny"
• "Marie - Marie"
• "Lili Marlene"
• "Ich weiß nicht, zu wem ich gehöre"
• "Ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin "
• "Kinder, heut' abend, da such ich mir was aus"

Issued on Electrola, catalogue number 1C 062-28 473 MD, in Germany. The American pressing on Capitol Records (Capitol T10282) (reissued on CD by DRG) does not include "Kinder, heut' abend, da such ich mir was aus"^[3] Although it was marketed as a "live" album, it features studio recordings made in Germany in 1960 overdubbed with applause recorded on tour to create live atmosphere. An East German issue on Amiga Records, Hallo Marlene (Amiga 840030), presents ten of the tracks without the overdubbed applause.^[17]

Marlene singt Berlin, Berlin (1964)

Orchestrated and conducted by Burt Grund.

• "Solang noch unter'n Linden"
• "Du hast ja keine Ahnung wie schön du bist Berlin"
• "Durch Berlin fließt immer noch die Spree"
• "Mit dir, mit dir da möcht ich Sonntags angeln gehn"
• "Nach meine Beene ist ja ganz Berlin verrückt"
• "Ja, das haben die Mädchen so gerne"
• "Wenn ein Mädel einen Herrn hat"
• "Lieber Leierkastenmann"
• "Das war in Schöneberg"
• "Unter'n Linden, unter'n Linden"
• "Das Zillelied"
• "Wenn du einmal eine Braut hast"
• "Es gibt im Leben manchmal Momente"
• "Wo hast du nur die schönen blauen Augen her"
• "Berlin, Berlin"
• "Solang noch unter’n Linden"

Issued on Polydor (catalogue number 238102).^[18] Issued in the US by Capitol Records under the title, Marlene Dietrich's Berlin (Capitol ST 10443). Dietrich said this was her best album.^[18]

Die neue Marlene (1964)

• "Wenn die Soldaten"
• "Die Antwort weiß ganz allein der Wind"
• "In den Kasernen"
• "Und wenn er wiederkommt"
• "Sag mir wo die Blumen sind"
• "Auf der Mundharmonika"
• "Der Trommelmann"
• "Wenn der sommer wieder einzieht"
• "Ich werde dich lieben"
• "Paff, der Zauberdrachen"
• "Sch, kleines Baby"
• "Mutter, hast du mir vergeben"

Isssued in the UK on His Master's Voice, catalogue number CLP 1885. Released in the US by Capitol Records under the title Marlene — Songs in German by the inimitable Dietrich (catalogue number T 10397).^[19]

Dietrich in London (1964)

Recorded live at the Queen's Theatre, London, 12 December 1964. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach.

• "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby"
• "The Laziest Gal in Town"
• "Shir Hatan"
• "La Vie en Rose"
• "Jonny"
• "Go 'Way From My Window"
• "Allein in einer grossen Stadt"
• "Lili Marlene"
• "Lola"
• "I Wish You Love"
• "Honeysuckle Rose"
• "Falling in Love Again"

Issued on Columbia Records OS 2830.^[17]

Hermine: Udo Lindenberg singt Lieder von 1929 bis 1988 (1988)

Udo Lindenberg, featuring Marlene Dietrich (guest artist).

• Spoken verse introduction to Illusions^[14]
• Spoken verse introduction to Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte^[14]

Polydor.

OSS Recordings (1944 - 1945)

Dietrich recorded the following tracks in Washington in 1944 - 1945 for OSS use:^[9]

• "Mein Mann ist verhindert"
• "Sag mir Adieu"
• "Ich hab' die ganze Nacht geweint"
• "Gib doch den Männern am Stammtisch ihr Gift"
• "Wo die Wiesen sind"
• "Fräulein Annie wohnt schon lang nicht hier"
• "Schlittenfahrt"
• "Nun kam die Erntezeit"
• "Du hast 'nen Blick"
• "Ich Heirate Nie"

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.

Soundtrack Performances (1929 - 1978)

Many of Dietrich's performances of songs in her films^[9] have been included in compilations of her music:^[20]

• "You're the Cream in my Coffee" (The Blue Angel Screen Test, 1929)
• "Wer wird den weinen" (The Blue Angel Screen Test, 1929)
• "Blonde Women" (The Blue Angel, 1930)
• "Lola" (The Blue Angel, 1930)
• "This Evening, Children" (The Blue Angel, 1930)
• "Quand l'amour meurt" (Morocco, 1930)
• "What Am I Bid for my Apple?" (Morocco, 1930)
• "Falling In Love Again" (The Blue Angel, 1930)
• "Ich bin die fesche Lola" (Der blaue Engel, 1930)
• "Nimm' Dich in acht vor blonden Frau’n" (Der blaue Engel, 1930)
• "Kinder, heut' abend, da such ich mir was aus (Der blaue Engel, 1930)
• "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt" (Der blaue Engel, 1930)
• "Hot Voodoo" (Blonde Venus, 1932)
• "I Couldn’t Be Annoyed" (Blonde Venus, 1932)
• "You Little-So-and-So" (Blonde Venus, 1932)
• "Heidenröslein" (Song of Songs, 1933)
• "Jonny" (Song of Songs, 1933)
• "Three Sweethearts Have I" (The Devil is a Woman, 1935)
• "Awake in a Dream" (Desire, 1936)
• "Little Joe, The Wrangler" (Destry Rides Again, 1939)
• "You've Got That Look" (Destry Rides Again, 1939)
• "The Boys in the Backroom" (Destry Rides Again, 1939)
• "I've Been In Love Before" (Seven Sinners, 1940)
• "The Man's in the Navy" (Seven Sinners, 1940)
• "Sweet Is the Blush of May" (The Flame of New Orleans, 1941)
• "He Lied and I Listened" (Manpower, 1941)
• "Strange Thing" (The Lady is Willing, 1942)
• "Tell Me, Tell Me, Evening Star" (Kismet, 1944)
• "Golden Earrings" (Golden Earrings, 1947)
• "Illusions" (A Foreign Affair, 1948)
• "Black Market" (A Foreign Affair, 1948)
• "The Ruins of Berlin" (A Foreign Affair, 1948)
• "La Vie en Rose" (Stage Fright, 1950)
• "The Laziest Gal in Town (Stage Fright, 1950)
• "Love is Lyrical" (Stage Fright, 1950)
• "Get Away, Young Man" (Rancho Notorious, 1952)
• "Gypsy Davey" (Rancho Notorious, 1952)
• "Les Jeux Sonts Faits" (The Monte Carlo Story, 1957)
• "Back Home Again in Indiana" (The Monte Carlo Story, 1957)
• "I May Never Go Home Anymore" (Witness for the Prosecution, 1958)
• "Just a Gigolo" (Just a Gigolo, 1978)

Selected CD Compilations

CD compilations which include previously unreleased studio recordings :

• The Blue Angel — The Original Recordings (Pro Arte, 1990) CDD517. Includes a parody of "The Boys in the Backroom" recorded in 1941 for the wrap party of The Lady is Willing.^[21]
• The Marlene Dietrich Album (Sony Music, 1992) MDK47254. First issue of "Baubles Bangles and Beads" (recorded 1952) and "A Guy What Takes His Time" (1953).^[22]
• Cosmopolitan Marlene Dietrich (Sony Music 1993). 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).^[22]
• Der Blonde Engel (EMI, 2001). First issue of "Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte (alternate take, recorded 1930), "Alle Tage Ist Kein Sonntag" (recorded 1954) and "Qui Me Delivera" (1955).^[23]

CD compilations which include previously unreleased concert recordings:

• Der Blonde Engel (EMI, 2001). First issue of "My Baby Just Cares For Me" (recorded in 1961 at the Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago) and "I Refuse To Rock And Roll (recorded in 1955 at the Sahara Hotel's Congo Room in Las Vegas).^[23]
• Marlene Forever (Universal, 2002). First issue of "Moon River" (recorded in 1962 at the Paris Olympia).^[23]

Other

Many of Dietrich's numerous radio performances have been included on compilations of her music.^[14]

The Polish label Wifon issued a cassette tape of a Dietrich concert, recorded in Warsaw in 1966, in 1992 (catalogue number MC283).^[24][25] 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", "The Boys in the Backroom", "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.^[26]

The Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin's archival holdings include soundtrack prerecording discs and unissued radio and concert recordings.^[27]

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)^[28] and "Wot cher! [Knocked 'Em In the Old Kent Road]" (recorded in 1955 with Wally Stott and orchestra).^[29]

Selected songs introduced by Marlene Dietrich

• 1930: "Falling In Love Again"
• 1930: "Naughty Lola"
• 1930: "Blonde Women"
• 1932: "Hot Voodoo"
• 1932: "You Little So and So"
• 1936: "Awake in a Dream"
• 1939: "The Boys in the Backroom"
• 1939: "You've Got That Look"
• 1948: "Illusions"
• 1948: "Black Market"
• 1953: "Look Me Over Closely"
• 1962: "Cherche la Rose"
• 1964: "In den Kasernen"

References

1. ^ Bach, Steven (1992). Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend. London: Harper Collins. p. 364. ISBN 0 00 217944 X. 
2. ^ Bach, 1992. p 364.
3. ^ ^{a b} Bach, 1992. p 525.
4. ^ Bach, 1992. p 526.
5. ^ Bach, 1992. p 176.
6. ^ Bach, 1992. p 472.
7. ^ ^{a b} Bach, 1992. p 525 - 528.
8. ^ ^{a b} O'Connor, Patrick (1991). The Amazing Blonde Woman: Dietrich's Own Style. London: Bloomsbury. p. 154. ISBN 0-7475-1264-7. 
9. ^ ^{a b c} Sudendorf, Werner; deWerk, Jan (2005). "Song Chronology". Sounds Like Marlene. http://web.archive.org/web/20050116084638/www.soundslikemarlene.de/Listings/Song_Chronology/song_chronology.html. Retrieved February 22, 2011. 
10. ^ Puchstein, Uli. "Singles". Falling in Love Again. http://home.snafu.de/fright.night/marlene-dietrich-singles.html. Retrieved February 22, 2011. 
11. ^ Bach, 1992. p 521.
12. ^ ^{a b} Beck, Heinz. "Records". Marlene Dietrich - Ihre Filme. http://www.marlenedietrich-filme.de/html/records.html. Retrieved February 22, 2011. 
13. ^ Sudendorf, Werner (2005). "Lyrics and Labels". Sounds Like Marlene. Archived from the original on 2005-03-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20050306135345/http://www.soundslikemarlene.de/. Retrieved February 25, 2011. 
14. ^ ^{a b c d} Bach, 1992. p 528.
15. ^ Bach, 1992. p 524.
16. ^ Bach, 1992. p524 - 525.
17. ^ ^{a b c} Sudendorf, Werner (2005). "Authorized Albums". Sounds Like Marlene. http://web.archive.org/web/20050306151158/www.soundslikemarlene.de/Listings/The_33s/Authorized/authorized.html. Retrieved February 22, 2011. 
18. ^ ^{a b} Bach, 1992. p 527.
19. ^ Beck, Heinz. "Marlene Dietrich Records". Marlene Dietrich - Ihre Filme. http://www.marlenedietrich-filme.de/html/records.html. Retrieved February 22, 2011. 
20. ^ Bach, 1992. p528.
21. ^ Bach, 1992. p 522.
22. ^ ^{a b} Bach, 1992. p 523.
23. ^ ^{a b c} Beck, Heinz. "Compact Discs". Marlene Dietrich - Ihre Filme. http://www.marlenedietrich-filme.de/html/cds.html. Retrieved February 23, 2011. 
24. ^ Setzepfandt, Christian. "Live Auftritte 1960 bis 1967". Marlene Dietrich Lieder. http://www.setzepfandt.net/Marlene%20Dietrich%20Lieder.htm. Retrieved February 23, 2011. 
25. ^ Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin. "Old But New II". Newsletter 67. http://www.marlenedietrich.org/pdf/News67.pdf. Retrieved February 23, 2011. 
26. ^ Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin. "Production / Co-Production Books". marlenedietrich.org. http://www.marlenedietrich.org/mdcbProduct.htm. Retrieved February 23, 2011. 
27. ^ Sudendorf, Werner (2005). "Lyrics and Labels". Sounds Like Marlene. Archived from the original on 2005-03-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20050306135345/http://www.soundslikemarlene.de/. Retrieved February 23, 2011. 
28. ^ Bach, 1992. p. 524.
29. ^ Setzepfandt, Christian. "Studioaufnahmen 1951 bis 1959". Marlene Dietrich Lieder. http://www.setzepfandt.net/Marlene%20Dietrich%20Lieder.htm. Retrieved February 23, 2011. 

External links

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