Jeanette MacDonald discography

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American actress/singer Jeanette MacDonald (1903 – 1965) recorded over 50 songs during her film career for RCA Victor and its foreign counterparts. Due to the limited statistics released to the public, it is not certain how many songs and singles she has released or their exact popularity in music charts, although she has officially recorded eight studio albums (five LPs) and released seven compilation albums.[1] Despite soundtracks for musical films not becoming a concept until the 1940s,[2] many of her singles were re-recordings of songs she had performed in the movies (a common practice other musical actors did at the time);[2] her first "album" was the single "Dream Lover"/"March of the Grenadiers" (1930) on 78 rpm discs for The Love Parade.[2] She also recorded a cover album of songs featured in Sigmund Romberg's Up in Central Park in 1945 with Robert Merrill,[2] as well as non-English records during her 1931 European tour.

Studio albums8
Compilation albums7 (official)
Tribute albums2
Singles11 (21 songs)[a]
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Jeanette MacDonald discography
MacDonald performing with an orchestra in the movie The Sun Comes Up (1949)
Studio albums8
Compilation albums7 (official)
Tribute albums2
Singles11 (21 songs)[a]
B-sides10[a]
Songs50+
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MacDonald performed in musicals alongside Maurice Chevalier, Allan Jones, and Nelson Eddy, although her films with Eddy are the most well-known today. The single "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"/"Indian Love Call" from Rose Marie (1936) received a gold record from RCA Red Seal. Her other popular (and/or well-remembered) singles were "Beyond the Blue Horizon", "San Francisco", and "Ave Maria". "Beyond the Blue Horizon" peaked at #9 in the charts[3] and became MacDonald's signature song; she performed it professionally three times in her career.[4][5][6]

MacDonald's first studio album was MacDonald in Song (1939), followed by Religious Songs (1945) and Operetta Favorites (1946).[2] Her first LP was Romantic Moments (1950), followed by Favorites, Favorites in Hi-Fi (1959), Smilin' Through (1960) and Jeanette MacDonald Sings Songs of Faith and Inspiration (1963).[1] Seven official compilation albums were released, such as Jeanette MacDonald 1929–1939 and A Tribute to Jeanette MacDonald volumes 1 and 2, but due to the varying copyrights on audio worldwide, unofficial albums in MacDonald's name have been released on CDs in European countries under public domain.[2]

Albums

Studio albums

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Title Year Album details Notes R.
MacDonald in Song c. 1939
Also included a few songs with Bamboschek as piano accompaniment
Religious Songs 1945
Also known as Jeanette MacDonald With Orchestra and Chorus Religious Songs
Up in Central Park 1945
A tribute album with Robert Merrill
Operetta Favourites 1946
Re-released in 1950
Romantic Moments 1950
  • No. of tracks: 6
  • Label: RCA Victor Red Seal
  • Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Serial number: RCA LM-62, WDM-1489
  • Formats: LP
Favorites N/a[b]
  • No. of tracks: 6
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Conductor: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Serial number: RCA LM-73
  • Formats: 10", LP
Favorites in Hi-Fi 1959
  • No. of tracks: 12
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Conductor: Lehman Engel
  • Serial number: RCA LPM-1738
  • Formats: LP
  • Receives RIAA gold record
  • Collaboration with Nelson Eddy
  • Also known as:
  • Favorites in Stereo
  • Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: Favorites in Hi-Fi
Smilin' Through 1960
  • No. of tracks: 12
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Serial number: CAL-325
  • Formats: LP
  • Released in the UK in 1969
  • Re-released in the USA in 1986
[22]
Jeanette MacDonald Sings Songs of Faith and Inspiration 1963
  • No. of tracks: 12
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Serial number: CAL-750
  • Formats: LP
[23]
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Compilation albums

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Title Year Album details Notes Ref
Operetta Favorites by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy 1952
  • No. of tracks: 8
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Serial number: LCT-16
  • Formats: LP
[24]
Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy (Vintage Series) 1966
  • No. of tracks: 16
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Serial number: RCA LPV-526
  • Formats: Vinyl, LP
From RCA Victor's Vintage Series
Jeanette MacDonald Sings San Francisco And Other Silver Screen Favorites 1970
  • No. of tracks: 12
  • Label: RCA Victrola
  • Serial number: VIC-1515
  • Formats: LP
Not to be confused with San Francisco and Other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites[26]
Singing Sweetheart 1979
  • Label: J&B
  • Serial number: JB036
  • Formats: LP
Peaked at number 51 in Australia.[27]
A Tribute to Jeanette MacDonald, vol. 1 ?
  • No. of tracks:
  • Label: OASI Recordings
  • Serial number: OASI 7007
  • Formats: Vinyl, LP, CD
[1]
A Tribute to Jeanette MacDonald, vol. 2 ?
  • No. of tracks:
  • Label: OASI Records
  • Serial number: OASI 7011
  • Formats: Vinyl, LP, CD
[1]
San Francisco and Other Jeanette MacDonald Favorites 1991
Jeanette MacDonald 1929–1939 c. 1994
  • No. of tracks: 23
  • Label: Chansophone
  • Serial number: Chansophone 141
  • Formats: CD
Also known as Jeanette MacDonald: Succes Et Raretes, 1929–1939
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Songs

Singles

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YearTitleCreditsNotesRef.
1930"Dream Lover"/"March of the Grenadiers"
From the movie The Love Parade[31]
"Always, In All Ways"/"Beyond the Blue Horizon"
  • Over 12,000 copies sold
  • Reissued in 1944
  • From the movie Monte Carlo
[32]
1932"One Hour with You"/"We Will Always Be Sweethearts"
  • Director: Nathaniel Finston
  • Composer: Richard A. Whiting
  • Lyrics by: Leo Robin
[33]
"Une heure près de toi"/"Coeur contre coeur"
  • Director: Nathaniel Finston
  • Composer: Richard A. Whiting
  • Lyrics by: André Hornez (translated from Leo Robin)
  • In French
  • Sold 64 copies
  • From Une heure près de toi (French version of One Hour with You)
[34]
"Love Me Tonight"/"Isn't It Romantic?"
  • Sold over 3000 copies
  • From Love Me Tonight
[35]
"Veux-tu m'aimer"/"N'est-ce pas poétique"
  • Director: Nathiel Finston
  • Composer: Richard Rodgers
  • Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart
  • In French
  • From Veux-tu m'aimer (French version of Love Me Tonight)
[36]
1934"The Merry Widow Waltz"/"Vilia"
For the movie The Merry Widow
"Tonight Will Teach Me to Forget"/"Try to Forget"
  • Director: Herbert Stothart
  • Composer: Franz Lehár
  • Lyrics by: Gus Kahn
[39]
1935"Italian Street Song"/"Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"
  • Director: Herbert Stothart
  • Composer: Victor Herbert
  • Lyrics by: Rida Johnson Young
From Naughty Marietta
1936"Indian Love Call"/"Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"
  • With Nelson Eddy
  • From Rose Marie
  • Gold record from RCA Red Seal
1937"Farewell to Dreams"/"Will You Remember?"
  • Director: Nathaniel Shilkret
  • Composer: Sigmund Romberg
  • Lyrics by: Gus Kahn
  • With Nelson Eddy
  • "Farewell to Dreams" was a deleted song
  • From Maytime
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Selected list of other songs

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YearTitleLang.TranslationCollab(s). AlbumCreditsNotesRef.
1931"Dear, When I Met You"English
Recorded in London with His Master's Voice[47]
"Reviens"
"Good Night"
  • Director: Ray Noble
  • Composer: Paul Abrahám
  • Lyrics by: Paul Abrahám
"Pardon, Madame"
1933"J'aime d'amour"French"The Merry Widow Waltz"
Recorded in Paris with Disque Gramophone
"Chanson de Vilya"
1939"When I Have Sung My Songs"EnglishPiano accompanist: Giuseppe BamboschekMacDonald in Songs (1939)
  • Director: Giuseppe Bamboschek
  • Composer: Ernest Charles
  • Lyrics by: Ernest Charles
[7][8]
"Do Not Go, My Love"English
"Annie Laurie"English
  • Director: Giuseppe Bamboschek
  • Composer: Alicia Scott
  • Lyrics by: Alicia Scott, William Douglas
"Comin' Thro' the Rye (Old Scotch Air)"English
  • Director: Giuseppe Bamboschek
  • Composer:
  • Lyrics by: Robert Burns
"From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water"English
"Let Me Always Sing"English
  • Director: Giuseppe Bamboschek
  • Composer: Gene Raymond
  • Lyrics: Gene Raymond
"Ave Maria"Latin
From the opera Faust.
"Les Filles de Cadiz"French
"Il était un roi de Thulé"French
  • Director: Giuseppe Bamboschek
  • Composer:
  • Lyrics by: Charles Gounod
"Air des bijoux"French"The Jewel Song"
"Je veux vivre dans ce rêve"French"Juliette's Waltz Song"
  • Director: Giuseppe Bamboschek
  • Composer: Charles Gounod
  • Lyrics by: Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
[7]
"Depuis le jour"French
From the opera Louise
"Lover, Come Back to Me"English
  • Director: Giuseppe Bamboschek
  • Composer: Sigmund Romberg
  • Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
For New Moon
"One Kiss"English
1941"Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes"English
  • Director: Herbert Stothart
  • Composer: Traditional
  • Lyrics by: Ben Jonson
For Smilin' Through
"Smilin' Through"English
  • Director: Herbert Stothart
  • Composer: Arthur Penn
  • Lyrics by: Arthur Penn
"The Kerry Dance"English
  • Director: Herbert Stothart
  • Creator: L. J. Molloy
"Ouvre ton coeur"French
"A Little Love, a Little Kiss"English
  • Director: Herbert Stothart
  • Composer: Leo Silèsu
  • Lyrics by: Adrian Ross
"Land of Hope and Glory"English
[7]
1945"Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)"Religious Songs (1945)
  • Director: Maximillian Pilzer
  • Original creator: Bizet
[7][10]
"O Lord Most Holy (Panis angelicus)"?
  • Director: Maxmillian Pilzer
  • Composer: César Franck
  • Lyrics by: César Franck
"Summer Serenade"English
[7]
"Italian Street Song"English
[7]
"Abide with Me"EnglishReligious Songs (1945)
  • Director: Maximillian Pilzer
  • Composer: William Monk
  • Lyrics by: Henry F. Lyte
[7][10]
"Nearer My God to Thee"English
"The Holy City"English
  • Director: Maxmillian Pilzer
  • Composer: Stephen Adams
  • Lyrics by: F. E. Weatherly
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"English
"Carousel in the Park"EnglishUp in Central Park (1945)
"It Doesn't Cost You Anything to Dream"English
"Close as Pages in a Book"EnglishDuet with Robert Merrill
"The Fireman's Bride"English
1946"They Didn't Believe Me"EnglishOperetta Moments (1946)
Song from the musical The Girl From Utah
"Giannina Mia"English
  • Director: Russ Case
  • Composer: Rudolf Friml
  • Lyrics by: Otto Harbach
Song from The Firefly
"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"English
  • Director: Russ Case
  • Composer: Jerome Kern
  • Lyrics by: Otto Harbach
From Roberta
"Sweetheart Waltz"English
From Sweethearts
"Romany Life"English
From The Fortune Teller
"Donkey Serenade"English
  • Director: Russ Case
  • Composer: Rudolf Friml
  • Lyrics by: Herbert Stothart
From The Firefly
"I Wish I May, I Wish I Might"English
Featured in an audio adaptation of Cinderella by Michael Martin[18]
"Look at Me, Look at Me"English
"Dancing the Waltz Tonight"English
"Today I've Found Prince Charming"English
"Mi chiamano Mimi"Italian
"Un bel di vedremo"Italian
1947"I'll See You Again"English
"Romance"English
  • Director: Robert Armbruster
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Lyrics by: Paul Bourget and Carman
"Beau Soir"French
  • Director: Robert Armbruster
  • Composer: Claude Debussy
  • Lyrics by: Paul Bourget and Chapman
"I Love You Truly"English
"A Perfect Day"English
"Springtide"English
"Where There's Love"English
  • Director: Robert Armbruster
  • Composer: Richard Strauss
  • Lyrics by: Earl Brent
Based on waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier and was featured in Three Daring Daughters
"Summertime"English
"The Man I Love"English
  • Director: Robert Armbruster
  • Composer: George Gershwin
  • Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin
[18]
"Zigeuner"English
1949"Tes yeux"
  • Director: Robert Armbruster
  • Creator: René Rabey
"Vilia"English
  • Director: Robert Armbruster
  • Composer: Franz Lehár
  • Lyrics by: Adrian Ross
"If You Were Mine"English
  • Director: Robert Armbruster
  • Composer:
  • Lyrics by:
"Songs My Mother Taught Me"English
1950"Only a Rose"EnglishFavorites
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Rudolf Friml
  • Lyrics by: Brian Hooker
"Les Filles de Cadiz"French
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Léo Delibes
  • Lyrics by: Alfred de Musset
"The Old Refrain"English
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Kreisler
  • Lyrics by: Mattullath
[18]
"Beyond the Blue Horizon"EnglishFavorites
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: W. Franke Harling and Richard A. Whiting
  • Lyrics by: Leo Robin
"Ciribiribin"English
"One Night of Love"English
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Victor Schertzinger
  • Lyrics by: Gus Kahn
"Indian Love Call"English
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Rudolf Friml
  • Lyrics by: Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II
"When You're Away"EnglishRomantic Moments (1950)
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Victor Herbert
  • Lyrics by: Heney Blossom
"One Alone"English
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Sigmund Romberg
  • Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach
"Parlez-moi d'amour"?
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Jean Lenoir
  • Lyrics by: Jean Lenoir
"Will You Remember?"English
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Sigmund Romberg
  • Lyrics by: Rida Johnson Young
"Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"English
  • Director: Robert Russell Bennett
  • Composer: Victor Herbert
  • Lyrics by: Rida Johnson Young
"San Francisco"English
1957"Indian Love Call"EnglishDuet with Nelson EddyFavorites in Hi-Fi (1959)
  • Director: Lehman Engel
  • Composer: Rudolf Friml
  • Lyrics by: Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II
[18]
"Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"English
  • Director: Lehman Engel
  • Composer: Victor Herbert
  • Lyrics by: Rida Johnson Young
"Wanting You"English
  • Director: Lehman Engel
  • Composer: Sigmund Romberg
  • Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
"Will You Remember?"English
  • Director: Lehman Engel
  • Composer: Sigmund Romberg
  • Lyrics by: Gus Kahn
1958"Giannia Mia"English
  • Director: David Rose
  • Composer: Rudolf Friml
  • Lyrics by: Otto Harbach
[50]
"Beyond the Blue Horizon"English
  • Director: David Rose
  • Composer: W. Franke Harling and Richard A. Whiting
  • Lyrics by: Leo Robin
"Italian Street Song"English
  • Director: David Rose
  • Composer: Victor Herbert
  • Lyrics by: Rida Johnson Young
"The Breeze and I"English
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Unreleased

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Note that many of the tracks included were re-recordings of tracks that had been released to the public prior.
YearTitleLang.TranslationCollab(s)CreditsNotesRef.
1930"Dream Lover"English
  • Director: LeRoy Shield
  • Composer: Victor Schertzinger
  • Lyrics by: Clifford Grey
[47]
1933"Only a Rose"English
  • Label: Disque Gramophone
  • Director: M. Bervily
  • Composer: Rudolf Friml
  • Lyrics by: Brian Hooker
Recorded in Paris with Disque Gramophone
1934"J'aime d'amour"French"The Merry Widow Waltz"
  • Second version
  • Recorded in Hollywood
"Mon coeur est las, mon coeur est lourd""Tonight Will Teach Me to Forget"
  • Director: Herbert Stothart
  • Composer:
  • Lyrics
"Essayons d'oublier""Try to Forget"
  • Director: Herbert Stothart
  • Composer: Jerome Kern
  • Lyrics: Harold J. Salesmon (translated from Otto Harbach)
1935"Chanson italienne""Italian Street Song"
"Mélodie du rêve""Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"
  • Director: Herbert Stothart
  • Composer: Victor Herbert
  • Lyrics:
[7]
1936"Song of Love"English
Later included on Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy (Vintage Series)
1939"Depuis le jour"French
"From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water"EnglishPiano accompanyment by Gene Raymond
  • Director: Giuseppe Bamboschek
  • Composer: Charles Wakefield Cadman
  • Lyrics: Nelle Richmond Eberhart
"Let Me Always Sing"English
  • Director: Giuseppe Bamboschek
  • Composer: Gene Raymond
  • Lyrics: Gene Raymond
Two takes were recorded on September 16 and October 5
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