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This article contains the discography of American singer Eartha Kitt.

Albums

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Studio albums

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RCA Victor releases 1952 to 1959
  • 1952: Leonard Sillman's New Faces Of 1952 (Original Cast) (as cast member) (LOC1008; 12-inch)
  • 1953: RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (LPM-3062; 10-inch)
  • 1954: That Bad Eartha (10-inch, 8-song album) (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (LPM-3187; 10-inch)
  • 1954: Leonard Sillman presents Mrs. Patterson (Original Cast Recording)[1] (as starring cast member)
  • 1955: Down to Eartha (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (LPM-1109; 12-inch)
  • 1956: That Bad Eartha (12-inch compilation from 1953-54 10-inch albums) (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (LPM-1183; 12-inch)
  • 1957: Thursday's Child (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (LPM-1300)
  • 1958: St. Louis Blues (with Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra) (LPM-1661)
Kapp Records releases 1959 to 1960
MGM Records release 1962
  • 1962: Bad But Beautiful
EMI Columbia releases 1963 to 1965
  • 1962: The Romantic Eartha
  • 1965: Love for Sale (with Tony Osborne and His Orchestra) (SCX-3563)
Decca Records release 1965
  • 1965: Canta en Español/Sings In Spanish
Caedmon Records releases 1968
  • 1968: Folk Tales of the Tribes Of Africa[2]
  • 1968: Black Pioneers in American History (with Moses Gunn) [3]
Spark Records release 1970
  • 1970: Sentimental Eartha
Can't Stop Productions release 1984
Swing Disques release 1985
  • 1985: Eartha Kitt, Doc Cheatham, Bill Coleman, with George Duvivier & Co. (FR; SW8410) [album features four previously unreleased tracks from a Paris recording session in 1950; the original, unreleased 1950 performing credit was "Eartha Kitt with Doc Cheatham & His Trio"][4]
Ariola Records releases 1989 to 1990
  • 1989: I'm Still Here
ITM Records releases 1991 to 1992
  • 1991: Thinking Jazz
DRG Records release 1994
  • 1994: Back in Business
West Wind Records release 2000
  • 1999: Thinking Jazz

Live albums

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MGM Records release 1962
  • 1962 Bad But Beautiful / The Most Exciting Woman in the World[5]
EMI Columbia releases 1963 to 1965
  • 1963 C'est Si Bon, Live in Tivoli
GNP Crescendo release 1965
  • 1965 Eartha Kitt Live at the Plaza
Ariola Records releases 1989 to 1990
  • 1990: Live in London
ITM Records releases 1991 to 1992
  • 1992: Standards/Live
Kulter Video release 1994
  • 1994-1995: The Most Exciting Women in the World (1994 VHS)[6] (1995 CD)[7]
DRG Records release 2006
  • 2006 Live from the Cafe Carlyle
Strike Force Entertainment release 2008
  • 2008 Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Extended play albums

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  • 1954: That Bad Eartha
  • 1954: Sings Songs from "New Faces"
  • 1955: Down to Eartha (U.S.; RCA; EPB1109) [re-issued in 1960]
  • 1956: Just an Old Fashioned Girl (U.S.; RCA; EPA 9053)[8]
  • 1956: Thursday's Child (U.S.; RCA; EPA-844)
  • 1956: Gold N Kitt (SWE; RCA; EPS 157) (two Swedish songs, two instrumentals with Gold's orchestra)
  • 1959: Gold ´n' Kitt (DE; RCA; EPS 157) [German re-issue of Gold N Kitt][9]
  • 1959: That Blue Eartha (U.K.; RCA; SRC-7015) [EP version of St. Louis Blues]
  • 1959: Just Eartha (DE; RCA; RCX-138)[10]
  • 1960: Revisited

Singles

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Charted singles

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Year Single Peak positions
U.S. U.S. Dance
[11] 		AUS
[12] 		BEL
[13] 		FRA GER
[14] 		NLD
[15] 		NZL
[16] 		SWE
[17] 		UK
[18][19]
1953 "Uska Dara" 23 — — — — — — — — —
"C'est Si Bon" 8 — — — — — — — — —
"Santa Baby" 4 — — — 92 68 — — — 44
"I Want to Be Evil" 22 — — — — — — — — —
1954 "Lovin' Spree" 20 — — — — — — — — —
"Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell" 16 — — — — — — — — —
"Let's Do It" — — 12 — — — — — — —
1954–1955 "Under the Bridges of Paris" — — 20 — — — — — — 7
1956 "Nothin' for Christmas" — — 18 — — — — — — —
1963 "Just an Old Fashioned Girl" — — 41 — — — — — — —
1964 "You're My Man" — — 95 — — — — — — —
1983 "Where Is My Man" — 7 70 6 — 31 22 28 5 36
1984 "I Love Men" — — — 29 — 26 — 49 — 50
1986 "This Is My Life" — — — — 19 — — — — 73
1989 "Cha Cha Heels" — — — — — — — — — 32
1994 "If I Love Ya Then I Need Ya" — — — — — — — — — 43
  • "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart

Complete list of singles

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  • 1952: "Tierre va Tembla" / "Caliente" (U.S.; SEECO; SR-8242)
  • 1952: "Monotonous" / "Boston Beguine" (U.S.; RCA; 47-4952)
  • 1953: "Uska Dara – A Turkish Tale" / "Two Lovers" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5284)
  • 1953: "C'est Si Bon"/ "African Lullaby" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5358)
  • 1953: "I Want to Be Evil" / "Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (U.S.; RCA; 20-5442)
  • 1953: "Santa Baby" / "Under The Bridges Of Paris" (with Henri René and His Orchestra) (U.S.; RCA; 247-5502)
  • 1954: "Lovin' Spree" / "Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell" (U.S.; RCA; 20-5610)
  • 1954: "Let's Do It" / "Senor" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5737)
  • 1954: "Mink Shmink" / "Easy Does It" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5756)
  • 1954: "Apres Moi" / "I Wantcha Around" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5776)
  • 1954: "If I Was a Boy" / "Tea in Chicago" (U.S.; RCA; 5882)
  • 1954: "Hey Jacques" / "(This Year's) Santa Baby" (U.S.; RCA; 47-5914)
  • 1955: "Freddy" / "Sweet And Gentle" – with Perez Prado (U.S.; RCA Victor; 47-6138 )
  • 1955: "Under the Bridges of Paris" / "Let's Do It" (U.K.; RCA; 47-1014)
  • 1955: "The Heel" / "My Heart's Delight" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6009)
  • 1955: "Do You Remember" / "Mambo de Paree" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6197)
  • 1955: "Sho-Jo-Ji (The Hungry Raccoon)" / "Nobody Taught Me" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6245)
  • 1956: "I'm a Funny Dame" / "Put More Wood on the Fire" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6267)
  • 1956: "Rosenkyssar" / "Vid kajen" (SWE; RCA on 7-inch vinyl and 78 rpm) (both songs in Swedish. Re-released on a Swedish EP in 1959; it sold better there)
  • 1955: "Nothin' for Christmas" / "Je Cherche un Homme (I Want a Man)" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6319)
  • 1956: "Honolulu Rock & Roll" / "There is No Cure for L'Amour" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6521)
  • 1957: "A Woman Wouldn't Be a Woman" / "Toujour Gai" (U.S.; RCA; 47-6928)
  • 1957: "Take My Love, Take My Love" / "Yomme Yomme" (U.S.; RCA; 47-7013)
  • 1957: "If I Can't Take It With Me" / "Proceed With Caution" (U.S.; RCA; 47-7118)
  • 1958: "Just An Old-Fashioned Girl" / "If I Can't Take It With Me (When I Go)" (U.K.; RCA; 1087)
  • 1959: "Sholem" / "Love is a Gamble" (U.S.; Kapp; 294)
  • 1960: "I Wantcha Around" / "Johnny with the Gentle Hands" (U.S.; Kapp; 333)
  • 1961: "No Second Chance" / "You're My Man" (DE; RCA; 47-9525)
  • 1962: "A Lady Loves" / "Please Do It Again" (U.K.; MGM; 1153)
  • 1962: "Good Little Girls" / "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" (U.K.; MGM; 1178)
  • 1962: "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around the House" / "Lola Lola" (AU; Columbia; DO4414)
  • 1963: "Mack the Knife" / "Tierra va Tembla" (U.S.; Kapp; 10 246 AU)
  • 1963: "Little White Lies" / "An Englishman Needs Time" (U.K.; Columbia; Db 4985)
  • 1963: "Lola Lola" / "I Had a Hard Day Last Night" (U.S.; RCA; DB7170)
  • 1965: "The Art of Love" / "Nikki" (U.S.; Brunswick; 05937)
  • 1965: "Any Way You Want It Baby / There Comes a Time" (U.S.; Musicor; MU 1220)
  • 1965: "Chez Moi" / "When the World was Young" (U.K.; HMV; 1401)
  • 1968: "Che Vale Per Me" / "Eccomi" (IT; CDI; CDI 2021)
  • 1971: "A Knight for My Nights" / "Summer Storm" (U.K.; RCA; CBS S 7626)
  • 1971: "Gib mir deine Hände" / "Ein Sommertraum" (DE; Spark; 14685AT)
  • 1972: "Catch the Wind" / "Hurdy Gurdy Man" (DE; Spark; 14 572 AT)
  • 1983: "Where Is My Man" (U.S.; Streetwise; SWRL 221)
  • 1984: "I Love Men" (NL; High Fashion Music; MS 128)
  • 1986: "I Don't Care" (FR; Scorpio Music; 885 233-1)
  • 1986: "This Is My Life" (DE; Metronome; 883 791-1ME )
  • 1987: "Arabian Song" (U.K.; Quazar Records; QUAT 1)
  • 1989: "Cha Cha Heels" (Eartha Kitt and Bronski Beat) (DE; Ariola; 662 213 )
  • 1989: "Primitive Man" (Ariola; 612 713)
  • 1994: "Where Is My Man (Remix 94')" (DE; Blow Up; INT 125.645)
  • 1994: "If I Love Ya Then I Need Ya, If I Need Ya Then I Wantcha Around" (U.K.; RCA; 20-5776)
  • 1998: "Where Is My Man '98" (DE; ZYX Music; ZYX 8857-8 )
  • 2000: "Where Is My Man (Joe T. Vanelli Remix)" (U.S.; Groovilicious; GM 225)
  • 2001: "This Is My Life (Eartha Kitt vs. Joe T. Vannelli)" (IT; Dream Beat; DB 154)

References

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  1. ^ "Mrs Patterson - Eartha Kitt and various". Earthakittfanclub.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  2. ^ "Eartha Kitt - Folk Tales Of The Tribes Of Africa (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  3. ^ "Eartha Kitt And Moses Gunn - Black Pioneers In American History: 19th Century, Volume One (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  4. ^ "Eartha Kitt-Doc Cheatham-Bill Coleman - Eartha Kitt and various". Earthakittfanclub.com. 1950-01-21. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  5. ^ "Bad But Beautiful / The Most Exciting Woman in the World - Eartha Kitt". Earthakittfanclub.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  6. ^ "Most Exciting Woman in the World - Eartha Kitt | Release Credits". AllMusic. 1994-03-24. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  7. ^ "Eartha Kitt - The Most Exciting Woman In The World - Masters Of Jazz Series (CD)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  8. ^ "Just an Old Fashioned Girl - Eartha Kitt". Earthakittfanclub.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  9. ^ "Gold 'n' Kitt - Eartha Kitt". Earthakittfanclub.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  10. ^ "Just Eartha - Eartha Kitt". Earthakittfanclub.com. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
  11. ^ "ALLMusic Awards>> Eartha Kitt". Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 2016-06-15.. AllMusic.
  12. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Turramurra: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  13. ^ "Artist page: Eartha Kitt". Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.. Ultratop.
  14. ^ "Suchen nach "eartha kitt"". Media Control Charts. Retrieved 16 September 2017..
  15. ^ "Artist page: Eartha Kitt". Dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017..
  16. ^ "Artist page: Eartha Kitt". charts.nz. Retrieved 16 September 2017..
  17. ^ "Artist page: Eartha Kitt". Swedishcharts.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017..
  18. ^ Eartha Kitt: UK Charts Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  19. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 305. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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