Rosemary Clooney discography
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, 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.
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 and her only US adult contemporary-peaking single.
Clooney's first studio albums were released by Columbia Records, beginning with 1952's Hollywood's Best and was followed by 1954's Irving Berlin's White Christmas. The label also issued her first live album titled Rosemary Clooney on Stage. Clooney then collaborated with Benny Goodman on A Date with the King and Duke Ellington on Blue Rose. 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 and later with Pérez Prado on A Touch of Tabasco. 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.
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, Rosemary Clooney Sings Ballads and Show Tunes. 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.