Marlene Dietrich discography
# Marlene Dietrich discography

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.

Her first long-playing album was Marlene Dietrich Overseas, was a prestige success for Columbia Records in 1950. She also recorded several duets with Rosemary Clooney in the early 1950s: these tapped into a younger market and charted. During the 1960s, Dietrich recorded several albums and many singles, mostly with Burt Bacharach at the helm of the orchestra. Dietrich in London, recorded live at the Queen's Theatre in 1964, 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. She made her last recordings — spoken introductions to songs for a nostalgia album by Udo Lindenberg — from her Paris apartment in 1987.

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

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | GER |
| Overseas | Released: 1951 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP | — |
| Die neue Marlene | Released: 1965 Label: Electrola Formats: LP | 34 |
| Marlene singt Berlin, Berlin | Released: 1965 Label: Polydor Records Formats: LP | — |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | GER |
| Live at the Café de Paris | Released: 1954 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP | — |
| Dietrich in Rio | Released: 1959 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP | — |
| Wiedersehen mit Marlene | Released: 1960 Label: Electrola Formats: LP | 3 |
| Dietrich in London | Released: 1965 Label: Pye Records/Columbia Records Formats: LP | — |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Details | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| Decca Presents Marlene Dietrich | Released: 1940 Label: Decca Records Formats: 3 × Shellac; 10" | Originally released in 1940 on red & gold Decca Personality box labels. |
| 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". |
| Souvenir Album | Released: 1950 Label: Decca Records Formats: 10" | Includes 8 Dietrich's previously released Decca's singles. |
| Marlene Dietrich | Released: 1958 Label: Decca Records Formats: LP | Includes 8 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. |
| Lili Marlene – Sung In German | Released: 1959 Label: Columbia Records Formats: LP | Includes 8 Dietrich's songs previously released in the album "Overseas" plus four new songs: "Das Hobellied", "Du Liegst Mir im Herzen", "Muss i denn" and "Du Hast die Seele Mein". |
| The Legendary Marlene Dietrich | Released: 1967 Label: Music for Pleasure Formats: LP | Includes 10 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies. It was released in US as Marlene and in Brazil as Os Mitos. |
| 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 and as Portrait Of Marlene Dietrich in Greece. |
| 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. It was also published in Germany as Mythos Marlene. |
| 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) Released in CD as "Lili Marlene" (CDPM 7920132) |
| Mythos Marlene Dietrich | Released: 1978 Label: EMI Electrola Formats: LP | 2 LP record, includes Marlene's albums: Die neue Marlene and Wiedersehen mit Marlene (EMI Electrola – 1C 134-32 770 / 71, Hörzu Exclusiv – 1C 134-32 770 / 71). The CD version includes only 16 songs (CDP 538-1 59860 2) |
| The Legendary Marlene Dietrich | Released: 1978 Label: Columbia Special Products Formats: LP | Includes 36 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies. |
| Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuß Auf Liebe Eingestellt | Released: 1980 Label: Odeon Records Formats: LP | Includes 12 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies. |
| Marlène | Released: 1981 Label: EMI Electrola Formats: LP | Includes 14 previously released songs from Dietrich's 60s's albums. |
| Con Plumas | Released: 1982 Label: EMI Odeon Formats: LP | Includes 13 previously released songs from Dietrich's 60s albums. |
| The Legendary, Lovely Marlene | Released: 1982 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP | Includes 18 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies and albums. 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. |
| 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. |
| The Essential Marlene Dietrich | Released: 1991 Label: Capitol Records Formats: CD, digital download | Includes 24 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies and albums. |
| The Marlene Dietrich Album | Released: 1992 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD | First issue of "Baubles Bangles and Beads" (recorded 1952) and "A Guy What Takes His Time" (1953). |
| Art Deco: 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). |
| Mythos Und Legende / Myth And Legend | Released: 1994 Label: EMI Electrola Formats: CD | Includes 55 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies and albums. |
| Falling in Love Again | Released: 1996 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD | Includes 16 previously released songs from Dietrich's movies. 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. |
| Der Blonde Engel | Released: 2001 Label: EMI Music Formats: CD | 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). 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). |
| 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. |
| The Ultimate Collection | Released: 2015 Label: Universal Music Group Formats: CD, digital download | Includes 44 songs, with 14 unreleased live tracks |
| Marlene Dietrich W Warszawie Z Archiwum Polskiego Radia | Released: 2017 Label: Polskie Radio Formats: CD, digital download | Includes excerpts from one of Marlene's 1966 Warsaw concerts (including "Don't Smoke In Bed", previously unissued on CD). |

### Box sets

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | GER |
| Der Blonde Engel. Die Retrospektive | Released: 2001 Label: Toshiba EMI Format: CD | 98 |

### Video albums

| Title | Album 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)

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

The Polish label Wifon issued a cassette tape of a Dietrich concert, recorded in Warsaw in 1966, in 1992 (catalogue number MC283). 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.

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

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

## Singles: 1928 - 1954

Recordings first issued on 78 rpm records:

| 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 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" | 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. Orchestra: Friedrich Hollaender. |
| 1930 | "Falling in Love Again" | "Naughty Lola" | Victor | 22593 | From The Blue Angel. Orchestra: Friedrich Hollaender. |
| 1930 | "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt" | "Nimm dich in Acht vor blonden Frau'n" | Electrola | EG 1770 | From 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" | Electrola | EG 1802 | From Der Blaue Engel. Orchestra: Friedrich Hollaender. |
| 1930 | "Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte" | "Leben ohne Liebe kannst du nicht" | Electrola | EG 2265 | From "Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht" / "Nie wieder Liebe". Piano: Friedrich Hollaender / Mischa Spoliansky |
| 1931 | "Peter" | "Jonny" | Ultraphon | A 887 | Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. |
| 1931 | "Peter" | "Jonny" (Alternate Version) | Ultraphon | AP 249 | Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. |
| 1931 | "Quand l'Amour Meurt" | "Give Me the Man" | Electrola | EG 2775 | From Morocco. Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. |
| 1933 | "Assez" | "Moi, Je M'Ennuie" | Polydor | 524180 | Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. |
| 1933 | "Assez" (Alternate Take) | | Decca | M 452 | Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. |
| 1933 | "Allein in einer grossen Stadt" | "Mein blondes Baby" | Polydor | 524181 | Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. |
| 1933 | "Allein in einer grossen Stadt" | "Mein blondes Baby" | Deutsche Grammophon | 25296 | Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. |
| 1933 | "Ja, so bin ich" | "Wo ist der Mann?" | Polydor | 524182 | Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. Trumpet: Arthur Briggs. |
| 1933 | "Wo ist der Mann?" | "Warum, warum hast dumir weh’ getan" (Sung by Tatjana Birkigt) | Deutsche Grammophon | 47002 | Orchestra: Peter Kreuder. Trumpet: Arthur 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" | "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have" | Decca | 23141 | Orchestra: Victor Young. |
| 1945 | "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. Only single to make US pop chart, peaking at No. 12. |
| 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" | Columbia | 39980 | Duets with Rosemary Clooney. |
| 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:

| 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. |
| 1959 | "An Interview with Marlene Dietrich" | | Columbia | WPSC49788 | Promotional issue for Dietrich in Rio backed by album excerpt. |
| 1962 | "Cherche la Rose" + "Où Vont Les Fleurs (Where Have All The Flowers Gone)" | "Marie, Marie" + "Déjeuner du Matin" | La Voix de Son Maître | 7 EGF 597 | Recorded in Paris. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach. |
| 1962 | "Sag mir wo die Blumen Sind" | "Die Welt War Jung" | 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. |
| 1963 | "Die Antwort weiß ganz allein der Wind" | "Paff, der Zauberdrachen" | Electrola | E22612 | Recorded in London. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach. |
| 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. |
| 1965 | "If He Swings By The String" | "Such Trying Times" | Kapp | HLR9883 | |
| 1965 | "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" | "Blowin' in the Wind" | His Master’s Voice | POP 1563 | Recorded in London. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach. |
| 1965 | "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Capitol | 72474 | Recorded in London. Arranged and conducted by Burt Bacharach. |
| 1966 | "This World of Ours" | "Candles Glowing" | Decca | 45 32076 | Recorded in England. |
| 1966 | "This World of Ours" | "Candles Glowing" | Pye | 7N 17238 | Recorded in England. |
| 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. |
| 1978 | "Just a Gigolo" | | Columbia | DB9050 | Recorded 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:

* "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"
* "Lili Marleen"

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, 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)

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

* "You're the Cream in my Coffee" (The Blue Angel Screen Test, 1929)
* "Wer wird denn weinen" (The Blue Angel Screen Test, 1929)
* "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)
* "Quand l'amour meurt" (Morocco, 1930)
* "What Am I Bid for my Apple?" (Morocco, 1930)
* "Blonde Women" (The Blue Angel, 1930)
* "Lola" (The Blue Angel, 1930)
* "This Evening, Children" (The Blue Angel, 1930)
* "Falling In Love Again" (The Blue Angel, 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)
* "See What the Boys in the Backroom Will Have" (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 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: "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have"
* 1939: "You've Got That Look"
* 1948: "Illusions"
* 1948: "Black Market"
* 1953: "Look Me Over Closely"
* 1962: "Cherche la Rose"
* 1964: "In den Kasernen"
