Eartha Kitt discography explained

This article contains the discography of American singer Eartha Kitt.

Albums

Studio albums

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

• 1959: The Fabulous Eartha
• 1960: Revisited

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

• 1984: I Love Men

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

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

• 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

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

• 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)

External links

• • Globalproductions.info
• Retrospective-records.co.uk
• Polyhex.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mrs Patterson - Eartha Kitt and various . Earthakittfanclub.com . 2016-09-04.
2. Web site: Eartha Kitt - Folk Tales Of The Tribes Of Africa (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 2016-09-04.
3. Web site: Eartha Kitt And Moses Gunn - Black Pioneers In American History: 19th Century, Volume One (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 2016-09-04.
4. Web site: Eartha Kitt-Doc Cheatham-Bill Coleman - Eartha Kitt and various . Earthakittfanclub.com . 1950-01-21 . 2016-09-04.
5. Web site: Bad But Beautiful / The Most Exciting Woman in the World - Eartha Kitt . Earthakittfanclub.com . 2016-09-04.
6. Web site: Most Exciting Woman in the World - Eartha Kitt | Release Credits . . 1994-03-24 . 2016-09-04.
7. Web site: Eartha Kitt - The Most Exciting Woman In The World - Masters Of Jazz Series (CD) . Discogs.com . 2016-09-04.
8. Web site: Just an Old Fashioned Girl - Eartha Kitt . Earthakittfanclub.com . 2016-09-04.
9. Web site: Gold 'n' Kitt - Eartha Kitt . Earthakittfanclub.com . 2016-09-04.
10. Web site: Just Eartha - Eartha Kitt . Earthakittfanclub.com . 2016-09-04.
11. Web site: ALLMusic Awards>> Eartha Kitt . 2016-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014174725/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eartha-kitt-mn0000162930/awards . October 14, 2012 . . AllMusic.
12. Book: Australian Chart Book (1940–1969) . Kent, David . Australian Chart Book . Turramurra . 2005 . 0-646-44439-5.
13. Web site: Artist page: Eartha Kitt . 16 September 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170916213533/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/artist/Eartha_Kitt . 16 September 2017. . Ultratop.
14. Web site: Suchen nach "eartha kitt" . 16 September 2017 . Media Control Charts. .
15. Web site: Artist page: Eartha Kitt . 16 September 2017 . live . https://archive.today/20170917222458/http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eartha+Kitt&titel=Where+Is+My+Man&cat=s . 17 September 2017. Dutchcharts.nl. .
16. Web site: Artist page: Eartha Kitt . 16 September 2017 . charts.nz. .
17. Web site: Artist page: Eartha Kitt . 16 September 2017 . live . https://archive.today/20170917222050/http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eartha+Kitt&titel=Where+Is+My+Man&cat=s . 17 September 2017. Swedishcharts.com. .
18. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1962/eartha-kitt/ Eartha Kitt: UK Charts
19. Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 305.