Rosemary Clooney discography
List of musical works by Rosemary Clooney
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The discography of American singer Rosemary Clooney contains 49 studio albums, 33 compilation albums, six live albums, four video albums, one soundtrack album, three box sets, 59 singles as a lead artist, 33 singles as a collaborative or featured artist, 16 promotional singles and seven other charted songs. Clooney's first singles were issued with Tony Pastor and their fourth collaboration together ("You Started Something"), reached number 16 on the US Billboard pop chart in 1948. The Clooney-Pastor collaboration continued through 1949 and resulted in three more US charting singles. Clooney's first solo single to chart was 1951's "Beautiful Brown Eyes", which reached the top 20 in the US and number nine in Australia. It was followed by "Come On-a My House", her first number one US single, along with reaching the Australian top ten. In 1952, "Half as Much" topped the US and Australian charts, while "Botch-a-Me" reached the top five in both countries.
Studio albums49
Soundtrack albums1
Live albums6
Compilation albums33
| Rosemary Clooney discography | |
|---|---|
Rosemary Clooney onstage, 1977 | |
| Studio albums | 49 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 33 |
| Promotional singles | 16 |
| Video albums | 4 |
| Box sets | 3 |
| Lead artist singles | 59 |
| Collaborative and featured singles | 31 |
| Other charted songs | 7 |
From 1951–52, Clooney collaborated on singles with Guy Mitchell, Marlene Dietrich and Gene Autry. Her highest-charting was a top ten Autry collaboration titled "The Nightmare Before Christmas Song". She later joined The Benny Goodman trio for the 1955 US top 20 song, "Memories of You". Clooney's 1954 single, "Hey There", topped the US and Australian charts. Its B-side, "This Ole House", also topped the US chart, along with becoming her first to reach number one in the United Kingdom. Its follow-up, "Mambo Italiano", also placed at number one in the UK, while also peaking in the US and Australian top ten. Clooney's final top ten single was 1957's "Mangos", but various labels continued issuing singles through 1976. Among them was her final US pop-charting single ("Many a Wonderful Moment") and her only US adult contemporary-peaking single ("One Less Bell to Answer").
Clooney's first studio albums were released by Columbia Records, beginning with 1952's Hollywood's Best (with Harry James) and was followed by 1954's Irving Berlin's White Christmas. The label also issued her first live album titled Rosemary Clooney on Stage (1956). Clooney then collaborated with Benny Goodman on A Date with the King (1956) and Duke Ellington on Blue Rose (1956). Four studio LP's were issued with MGM Records, starting with 1958's Oh Captain! with José Ferrer. Through RCA Victor, Clooney joined Bing Crosby on Fancy Meeting You Here (1958) and later with Pérez Prado on A Touch of Tabasco (1960). Three more RCA studio LP's were issued through 1963. A pair of albums were released with the Reprise label, followed by her second collaboration with Crosby titled That Travelin' Two-Beat (1965).
No material was released by Clooney until 1976's Look My Way by United Artists. Beginning in 1977, Concord Records released Clooney's studio albums and continued doing so for than 20 years. Her first Concord LP was 1977's Everything's Coming Up Rosie and the label would issue a total of 24 studio albums by Clooney. Among her 1980s albums were With Love (1981), Rosemary Clooney Sings Ballads (1985) and Show Tunes (1989). Her 1992 album, Girl Singer, was her first to make the US Traditional Jazz Albums chart while 1995's Demi-Centennial was her first to enter the US Top Jazz Albums chart. The 1996 studio album, White Christmas was her first to make the US Billboard 200 and to reach the number one spot on the Traditional Jazz chart. Clooney's last studio album was 2001's Sentimental Journey: The Girl Singer and Her New Big Band.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1][2] |
US Jazz [3] |
US Trad Jazz [4] | ||
| Hollywood's Best (with Harry James) |
3 | — | — | |
| Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
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— | — | — |
| While We're Young[5] |
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— | — | — |
| Children's Favorites[6] |
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— | — | — |
| A Date with the King (with Benny Goodman)[7] |
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— | — | — |
| Blue Rose (with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) |
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— | — | — |
| Ring Around Rosie (with The Hi-Lo's) |
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— | — | — |
| Oh, Captain! (with José Ferrer)[8] |
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— | — | — |
| The Ferrers at Home[9] |
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— | — | — |
| Fancy Meeting You Here (with Bing Crosby) |
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— | — | — |
| Hymns from the Heart[10] |
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— | — | — |
| How the West Was Won (credited with Bing Crosby and various artists) |
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— | — | — |
| Rosie Swings Softly |
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— | — | — |
| Swing Around Rosie (with the Buddy Cole Trio) |
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— | — | — |
| A Touch of Tabasco (with Pérez Prado) |
|
— | — | — |
| Clap Hands! Here Comes Rosie! |
|
— | — | — |
| Rosie Solves the Swingin' Riddle! |
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— | — | — |
| Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from the Heart |
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— | — | — |
| Love |
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— | — | — |
| Thanks for Nothing |
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— | — | — |
| That Travelin' Two-Beat (with Bing Crosby) |
|
— | — | — |
| Look My Way |
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— | — | — |
| Nice to Be Around |
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— | — | — |
| Everything's Coming Up Rosie |
|
— | — | — |
| Rosie Sings Bing |
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— | — | — |
| Christmas with Rosemary Clooney[11] |
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— | — | — |
| Here's to My Lady |
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— | — | — |
| Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin |
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— | — | — |
| With Love |
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— | — | — |
| Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Cole Porter |
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— | — | — |
| Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Harold Arlen |
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— | — | — |
| My Buddy (with Woody Herman) |
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— | — | — |
| Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Irving Berlin |
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— | — | — |
| Rosemary Clooney Sings Ballads |
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— | — | — |
| Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Jimmy Van Heusen |
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— | — | — |
| Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Johnny Mercer |
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— | — | — |
| Show Tunes |
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— | — | — |
| Rosemary Clooney Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein |
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— | — | — |
| For the Duration |
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— | — | — |
| Girl Singer |
|
— | — | 22 |
| Do You Miss New York? |
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— | — | — |
| Still on the Road |
|
— | — | 18 |
| Demi-Centennial |
|
— | 27 | 10 |
| Dedicated to Nelson |
|
— | 10 | 5 |
| White Christmas |
|
186 | — | 1 |
| Mothers & Daughters |
|
— | 3 | 1 |
| At Long Last (with the Count Basie Orchestra) |
|
— | — | 20 |
| Brazil (with John Pizzarelli) |
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— | 15 | 5 |
| Sentimental Journey: The Girl Singer and Her New Big Band |
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— | — | 6 |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz [3] |
US Trad Jazz [4] | ||
| Tenderly[12] |
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— | — |
| Clooney Tunes[13] |
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— | — |
| Rosie's Greatest Hits[14] |
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— | — |
| In High Fidelity[15] |
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— | — |
| Young at Heart[16] |
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— | — |
| Four Great Ladies of Song (with Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford and Doris Day)[17] |
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— | — |
| Greatest Hits[18] |
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— | — |
| The Rosemary Clooney Songbook[19] |
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— | — |
| The Best of Rosemary Clooney[20] |
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— | — |
| Legendary Singers[21] |
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— | — |
| Her Legendary Recordings[22] |
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— | — |
| 16 Most Requested Songs[23] | — | — | |
| Tenderly[24] |
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— | — |
| The Essence of Rosemary Clooney[25] |
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— | — |
| You Started Something (with Tony Pastor)[26] |
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— | — |
| Best of Rosemary Clooney[27] |
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— | — |
| Greatest Songs[28] |
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— | — |
| Songs from White Christmas (& Other Yuletide Favorites)[29] |
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— | — |
| 70: A Seventieth Birthday Celebration |
|
24 | 11 |
| 16 Biggest Hits[30] |
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— | — |
| Beautiful Ballads[31] |
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— | — |
| The Classic Rosemary Clooney[32] |
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— | — |
| The Girl Singer[33] |
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— | — |
| Greatest Hits[34] |
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— | — |
| Jazz Singer[35] |
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— | — |
| A Merry Little Christmas[36] |
|
— | — |
| Love Songs |
|
48 | 23 |
| The Rosemary Clooney Show: Songs from the Classic Television Show |
|
— | 17 |
| The Essential Rosemary Clooney[37] |
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— | — |
| Making Whoopee: The Love Songs of Rosemary Clooney[38] |
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— | — |
| Come on-a My House: The Very Best of Rosemary Clooney[39] |
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— | — |
| The Reprise Years[40] |
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— | — |
| Playlist: The Very Best of Rosemary Clooney[41] |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Jazz [3] |
US Trad Jazz [4] | ||
| Rosemary Clooney on Stage[42] |
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| Aurex Jazz Festival '83 Live (with Les Brown & His Band of Renown)[43] |
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— | — |
| Sweetest Sounds (with the Les Brown Orchestra)[44] |
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— | — |
| 50th Anniversary Concert at the London Palladium (Bing Crosby with special guest Rosemary Clooney)[45] |
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— | — |
| The Last Concert |
|
32 | 10 |
| The Crosby-Clooney Radio Sessions[46][47] |
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— | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
Soundtrack albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Red Garters (with Guy Mitchell and Joanne Gilbert) |
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Video albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Singing at Her Best[48] |
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| The Rosemary Clooney Show: Songs from the Classic Television Show[49] |
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| In Concert Series[50] |
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| Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Rosemary Clooney[51] |
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Box sets
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Come on-a My House[52] |
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| Memories of You[53] |
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| Many a Wonderful Moment[54] |
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Extended Plays
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Rosie and Marlene. |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [55][56] |
US AC [57] |
AUS [58] |
CAN [59] |
UK [60] | |||
| "Cabaret"[61] | 1949 | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "The Kid's a Dreamer"[62] | 1950 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "A Good Time Was Had by All"[63] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You"[64] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S"[65] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Beautiful Brown Eyes" | 1951 | 11 | — | 9 | — | — | |
| "Mixed Emotions" | 22 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Come On-a My House" | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | ||
| "I'm Waiting Just for You" | 21 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Wish I Wuz" | 27 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Find Me"[66] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Be My Life's Companion" | 18 | — | 6 | — | — | ||
| "Tenderly" | 1952 | 17 | — | 18 | — | — | |
| "Half as Much" | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | ||
| "Botch-a-Me" | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | ||
| "Blues in the Night" | 17 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "If I Had a Penny" | 26 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Little Red Riding Hood's Christmas Tree"[67] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "What Would You Do (If You Were in My Place)"[68] | 1953 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Haven't Got a Worry"[69] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "When I See You"[70] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Cheekan Choonem (I Haven't Got It)"[71] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Shoo, Turkey, Shoo"[72] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Happy Christmas Little Friend" | 30 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My Baby Rocks Me"[73] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Brave Man"[74] | 1954 | — | — | — | — | — | Red Garters |
| "Hey There" | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 | non-album singles | |
| "Mambo Italiano" | 10 | — | 10 | — | 1 | ||
| "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" | 27 | — | — | — | — | Irving Berlin's White Christmas | |
| "Where Will the Dimple Be?" | 1955 | — | — | 4 | — | 6 | non-album singles |
| "Love Among the Young"[75] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sailor Boys Have to Talk to Me in English" | — | — | 21 | — | — | ||
| "Go on By" | — | — | 10 | — | — | ||
| "Pet Me Poppa" | 62 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Key to My Heart" | 82 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Could Have Danced All Night" | 1956 | 49 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Hello, Young Lovers"[76] | — | — | — | — | — | While We're Young | |
| "Come Rain or Come Shine"[77] | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "(Don't That Take The) Rag Offen the Bush"[78] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Mangos" | 1957 | 10 | — | 32 | 42 | 17 | |
| "Sing, Little Birdie, Sing"[79] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "(You Can't Lose the Blues With) Colors"[80] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Tonight"[81] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Don't Know Him"[82] | 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Morning Music Of Montmartre"[83] | — | — | — | — | — | Oh, Captain! | |
| "It's a Boy" | — | — | 89 | — | — | non-album single | |
| "For You"[84] | 1959 | — | — | — | — | — | Rosie Swings Softly |
| "Many a Wonderful Moment" | 1960 | 84 | — | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "Danke Schoen"[85] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hey, Look Me Over"[86] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Theme from 'Return to Peyton Place"[87] | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Give Myself a Party" | —[a] | — | 71 | — | — | Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from the Heart | |
| "I Will Follow You (Chariot)"[89] | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "Prisoner's Song"[90] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hello Faithless"[91] | — | — | — | — | — | Thanks for Nothing | |
| "Stay Awake"[92] | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "I Need a Broken Heart (Like a Hole in My Head)"[93] | 1966 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "One Less Bell to Answer" | 1968 | — | 34 | — | — | — | |
| "When You Got Love"[94] | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | Look My Way |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
As a collaborative and featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [55][56] |
AUS [58] |
UK [60] | |||
| "I'm Sorry I Didn't Say I'm Sorry" (Tony Pastor and His Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney)[95] |
1947 | — | — | — | non-album singles |
| "At a Sidewalk Penny Arcade" (Tony Pastor and His Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney)[96] |
1948 | — | — | — | |
| "A Boy from Texas – A Girl from Tennessee" (Tony Pastor and His Orchestra with Betty and Rosemary Clooney)[97] |
— | — | — | ||
| "You Started Something" (Tony Pastor and His Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney) |
16 | — | — | ||
| "Grieving for You" (Tony Pastor and His Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney) |
1949 | 11 | — | — | |
| "When You're in Love" (Tony Pastor and His Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney)[98] |
— | — | — | ||
| "'A' You're Adorable" (Tony Pastor and His Orchestra with Rosemary and Betty Clooney) |
12 | — | — | ||
| "It's Like Taking Candy from a Baby" (Tony Pastor and His Orchestra with Rosemary Clooney) |
21 | — | — | ||
| "On an Ordinary Morning" (with Johnny Thompson)[99] |
1950 | — | — | — | |
| "Love Means Love" (with Frank Sinatra)[100] |
1951 | — | — | — | |
| "You're Just in Love" (with Guy Mitchell) |
24 | — | — | ||
| "The House of Singing Bamboo" (with Guy Mitchell) |
— | 3 | — | ||
| "Too Old to Cut Mustard" (with Marlene Dietrich) |
1952 | 12 | 17 | — | |
| "You'll Never Know" (with Harry James) |
18 | — | — | Hollywood's Best | |
| "The Night Before Christmas Song" (with Gene Autry) |
9 | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "Withered Roses" (with George Morgan)[101] |
1953 | — | — | — | |
| "It's the Same" (with Marlene Dietrich)[102] |
— | — | — | ||
| "Dennis the Menace" (with Jimmy Boyd) |
23 | 20 | — | ||
| "Man (Uh Huh)" (with José Ferrer) |
— | 15 | 7 | ||
| "Sisters" (with Betty Clooney) |
1954 | 30 | — | — | Irving Berlin's White Christmas |
| "Mr. and Mrs." (with José Ferrer)[103] |
— | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In)" (with Little Sister Gale Clooney)[104] |
1955 | — | — | — | |
| "When You Wish Upon a Star" (with Harry James)[105] |
— | — | — | Hollywood's Best | |
| "Memories of You" (The Benny Goodman Trio with Rosemary Clooney) |
20 | 10 | — | Date with the King | |
| "Goodbye" (The Benny Goodman Sextet with Rosemary Clooney)[106] |
1956 | — | — | — | |
| "Grievin'" (with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)[107] |
— | — | — | Blue Rose | |
| "You Are My Sunshine" (with Carl Smith, The Collins Kids, Gene Autry and Don Cherry)[108] |
— | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "He'll Be Comin' Down the Chimney" (as Rosemary Clooney with Her Sister Gail)[109] |
— | — | — | ||
| "Flattery" (with José Ferrer)[110] |
1959 | — | — | — | |
| "Ain't A-Hankerin" (with Bob Hope)[111] |
— | — | — | ||
| "On a Slow Boat to China" (with Bing Crosby)[112] |
— | — | — | Fancy Meeting You Here | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Dandy, Handy and Candy" | 1951 | non-album singles | [113] |
| "Fuzzy Wuzzy (Wuz a Bear)" | [114] | ||
| "Eggbert, the Easter Egg" | [115] | ||
| "Me and My Teddy Bear" | [116] | ||
| "Punky Punkin the Happy Pumpkin" | [117] | ||
| "Little Red Monkey" | 1953 | [118] | |
| "White Christmas" | 1954 | Irvin Berlin's White Christmas | [119] |
| "The Lady Is a Tramp" | Tenderly | [120] | |
| "Let's Give a Christmas Present to Santa Claus" | non-album singles | [121] | |
| "Peter Cottontail" | 1955 | [122] | |
| "Baby, The Ball Is Over (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show)" | 2021 | [123] | |
| "Oh Danny Boy/Londonderry Air/Dear Old Donegal (Medley/Live On The Ed Sullivan Show)" (with Maureen O'Hara, Pat Rooney, Sr. and Ed Sullivan) | 2022 | [124] | |
| "For You (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show)" | 2023 | [125] | |
| "Hey There / This Ole House (Rerecorded version)" | 2024 | [126] | |
| "Come on-a My House / Half as Much (Rerecorded Version)" | [127] | ||
| "Botch-a-Me / Hey There (Rerecorded Version)" | [128] | ||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [55][56] |
AUS [58] |
UK [60] | ||||
| "Shot Gun Boogie" | 1951 | — | 13 | — | non-album singles | [b] |
| "If Teardrops Were Pennies" | 24 | — | — | [c] | ||
| "The Place Where I Worship" (with Guy Mitchell) |
— | 6 | — | [d] | ||
| "Good for Nothin'" (with Marlene Dietrich) |
1952 | — | 19 | — | [e] | |
| "The Continental (You Kiss While Dancing)" (with Harry James) |
— | 10 | — | [f] | ||
| "This Ole House" | 1954 | 1 | 8 | 1 | [g] | |
| "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face" | 1956 | 70 | — | — | [h] | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Notes
- "Give Myself a Party" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[88]