Eartha Kitt discography

{{Short description|none}}  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)''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthakittfanclub.com/albums/albums_compilations/mrs_patterson.htm |title=Mrs Patterson - Eartha Kitt and various |website=Earthakittfanclub.com |date= |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> (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''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Eartha-Kitt-Folk-Tales-Of-The-Tribes-Of-Africa/release/3481745 |title=Eartha Kitt - Folk Tales Of The Tribes Of Africa (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |date= |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> * 1968: ''Black Pioneers in American History'' (with Moses Gunn) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Eartha-Kitt-And-Moses-Gunn-Black-Pioneers-In-American-History-19th-Century-Volume-One/release/1932430 |title=Eartha Kitt And Moses Gunn - Black Pioneers In American History: 19th Century, Volume One (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs |website=Discogs.com |date= |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref>

;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"]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthakittfanclub.com/albums/albums_compilations/eartha_doc_bill.htm |title=Eartha Kitt-Doc Cheatham-Bill Coleman - Eartha Kitt and various |website=Earthakittfanclub.com |date=1950-01-21 |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref>

;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''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthakittfanclub.com/albums/lps/bad_but.htm |title=Bad But Beautiful / The Most Exciting Woman in the World - Eartha Kitt |website=Earthakittfanclub.com |date= |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref>

;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)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/most-exciting-woman-in-the-world-mr0002323411 |title=Most Exciting Woman in the World - Eartha Kitt | Release Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=1994-03-24 |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> (1995 CD)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Eartha-Kitt-The-Most-Exciting-Woman-In-The-World-Masters-Of-Jazz-Series/release/3582030 |title=Eartha Kitt - The Most Exciting Woman In The World - Masters Of Jazz Series (CD) |website=Discogs.com |date= |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref>

;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)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthakittfanclub.com/albums/eps/just_an_oldfashioned_ep.htm |title=Just an Old Fashioned Girl - Eartha Kitt |website=Earthakittfanclub.com |date= |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> * 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'']<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthakittfanclub.com/albums/eps/gold_n_kitt_ep.htm |title=Gold 'n' Kitt - Eartha Kitt |website=Earthakittfanclub.com |date= |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> * 1959: ''That Blue Eartha '' (U.K.; RCA; SRC-7015) [EP version of ''St. Louis Blues''] * 1959: ''Just Eartha'' (DE; RCA; RCX-138)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthakittfanclub.com/albums/eps/just_eartha_ep.htm |title=Just Eartha - Eartha Kitt |website=Earthakittfanclub.com |date= |access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> * 1960: ''Revisited''

==Singles== ===Charted singles=== {| class="wikitable" ! style="background:#fff" |- !! style="text-align:center; background:#dbe5ff;" rowspan="2"| Year !! style="text-align:center; background:#dbe5ff;" rowspan="2"| Single !! style="text-align:center; background:#dbe5ff;" colspan="10"| Peak positions |- ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| U.S. ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| U.S. Dance <ref name="disco">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com:80/artist/eartha-kitt-mn0000162930/awards |title=ALLMusic Awards>> Eartha Kitt |access-date=2016-06-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014174725/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eartha-kitt-mn0000162930/awards |archive-date=October 14, 2012 }}. AllMusic.</ref> ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| AUS <ref>{{cite book | title=Australian Chart Book (1940–1969) | author=Kent, David | publisher=Australian Chart Book | location=Turramurra | year=2005 | isbn=0-646-44439-5}}</ref> ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| BEL <ref name="belg">{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/artist/Eartha_Kitt |title=Artist page: Eartha Kitt |access-date=16 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916213533/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/artist/Eartha_Kitt |archive-date=16 September 2017}}. Ultratop.</ref> ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| FRA ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| GER <ref name="ger">{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche|title=Suchen nach "eartha kitt" |access-date=16 September 2017 |work=Media Control Charts}}.</ref> ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| NLD <ref name="ndl">{{cite web |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eartha+Kitt&titel=Where+Is+My+Man&cat=s|title=Artist page: Eartha Kitt |access-date=16 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170917222458/http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eartha+Kitt&titel=Where+Is+My+Man&cat=s |archive-date=17 September 2017|website=Dutchcharts.nl}}.</ref> ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| NZL <ref name="nz">{{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Eartha+Kitt|title=Artist page: Eartha Kitt |access-date=16 September 2017 |df= |website=charts.nz}}.</ref> ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| SWE <ref name="swe">{{cite web |url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eartha+Kitt&titel=Where+Is+My+Man&cat=s|title=Artist page: Eartha Kitt |access-date=16 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170917222050/http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eartha+Kitt&titel=Where+Is+My+Man&cat=s |archive-date=17 September 2017|website=Swedishcharts.com}}.</ref> ! style="background:#dbe5ff; width:40px;"| UK <ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1962/eartha-kitt/ Eartha Kitt: UK Charts] Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.</ref><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 305}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4"| 1953 | "Uska Dara" | style="text-align:center;"| 23 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | "C'est Si Bon" | style="text-align:center;"| 8 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | "Santa Baby" | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 92 | style="text-align:center;"| 68 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 44 |- | "I Want to Be Evil" | style="text-align:center;"| 22 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | rowspan="3"| 1954 | "Lovin' Spree" | style="text-align:center;"| 20 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | "Somebody Bad Stole de Wedding Bell" | style="text-align:center;"| 16 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | "Let's Do It" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 12 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | 1954–1955 | "Under the Bridges of Paris" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 20 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 7 |- | 1956 | "Nothin' for Christmas" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 18 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | 1963 | "Just an Old Fashioned Girl" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 41 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | 1964 | "You're My Man" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 95 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | 1983 | "Where Is My Man" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 7 | style="text-align:center;"| 70 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 31 | style="text-align:center;"| 22 | style="text-align:center;"| 28 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 36 |- | 1984 | "I Love Men" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 29 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 26 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 49 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 50 |- | 1986 | "This Is My Life" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 19 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 73 |- | 1989 | "Cha Cha Heels" (with Bronski Beat) | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 32 |- | 1994 | "If I Love Ya Then I Need Ya" | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 43 |- | colspan="12" style="font-size:90%;"| *"—" 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. Vannelli Remix)" (U.S.; Groovilicious; GM 225) * 2001: "This Is My Life (Eartha Kitt vs. Joe T. Vannelli)" (IT; Dream Beat; DB 154)

==References== {{Reflist}}

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