# Della Reese discography

As a recording artist, Della Reese has made 21 studio albums, eight live albums, two video albums, eight compilation albums and one other charted song. Of her singles, 52 were released with Reese serving as the lead artist, while two were released with Reese serving as a collaborative artist. Two additional singles were issued as promotional singles. Reese's first recording was the 1954 single "Yes Indeed". Her first studio album appeared in 1956 on Jubilee Records called Melancholy Baby. In 1957, Reese had her first chart single with the top 20 US and Australian song "And That Reminds Me". The Jubilee label issued three more studio efforts by Reese: Amen! (1958), The Story of the Blues (1959) and What Do You Know About Love? (1959).
On the RCA Victor label, Reese had her highest-charting single with 1959's "Don't You Know?". The song reached number two on the US Hot 100 and number two on the US R&B chart. It was followed by the US and Australian top 20 single "Not One Minute More". Her first RCA Victor studio album was issued in 1960 titled Della. It was her highest-peaking album, reaching number 35 in the US. Her second charting album followed in 1961 titled Special Delivery. RCA Victor released several more studio efforts through 1965 including The Classic Della (1962) and Waltz with Me, Della (1963). Four more of Reese's singles made the US Hot 100 chart through 1961 including "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" (1960) and "Won'cha Come Home Bill Bailey" (1961).
During the 1960s, RCA Victor also released two live albums: Della Reese on Stage (1962) and Della Reese at Basin Street East (1964). At ABC Records, Della Reese Live made the US album chart in 1966. In 1965, Reese's single "After Loving You" made the US Hot 100 and adult contemporary charts. Its corresponding studio effort C'mon and Hear Della Reese! was issued on ABC Records. The label released three more studio albums of Reese's material through 1968. Her first with Avco Embassy Records was 1969's "Games People Play". Its corresponding album Black Is Beautiful made the US R&B albums chart. Under various labels, Reese issued three more studio albums in the 1970s and two more in the 1980s. In the 1990s, Reese released two live albums. Her final album was the 2006 studio effort Give It to God.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US | US R&B |
| Melancholy Baby | Released: 1956 Label: Jubilee Formats: LP | — | — |
| Amen! (with her Meditation Singers) | Released: November 1958 Label: Jubilee Formats: LP | — | — |
| The Story of the Blues | Released: 1959 Label: Jubilee Formats: LP | — | — |
| What Do You Know About Love? | Released: 1959 Label: Jubilee Formats: LP | — | — |
| Della | Released: January 1960 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP | 35 | — |
| Della by Starlight | Released: May 1960 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP | — | — |
| Della Della Cha-Cha-Cha | Released: November 1960 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP | — | — |
| Special Delivery | Released: August 1961 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP | 113 | — |
| The Classic Della | Released: January 1962 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP | 94 | — |
| Waltz with Me, Della | Released: August 1963 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP | — | — |
| Moody | Released: January 1965 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP | — | — |
| C'mon and Hear Della Reese! | Released: August 1965 Label: ABC–Paramount Formats: LP | — | — |
| "i like it like dat!" | Released: February 1966 Label: ABC–Paramount Formats: LP | — | — |
| Della on Strings of Blue | Released: September 1967 Label: ABC Formats: LP | — | — |
| I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out | Released: June 1968 Label: ABC Formats: LP | — | — |
| Black Is Beautiful | Released: January 1970 Label: Avco Embassy Formats: LP | — | 44 |
| Right Now | Released: November 1970 Label: Avco Embassy Formats: LP | — | — |
| Let Me in Your Life | Released: October 1973 Label: LMI Formats: LP | — | — |
| Sure Like Lovin' You | Released: 1983 Label: Applause Formats: LP, cassette | — | — |
| Della Reese and Brilliance (with Brilliance) | Released: 1986 Label: Atlanta International Formats: LP | — | — |
| Give It to God | Released: September 22, 2006 Label: Spiritual Icon Formats: CD, digital | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||

### Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US |
| A Date with Della Reese at Mr. Kelly's in Chicago | Released: 1958 Label: Jubilee Formats: LP | — |
| Della on Stage | Released: 1962 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP | — |
| Della Reese at Basin Street East | Released: 1964 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP | — |
| Della Reese Live | Released: August 1966 Label: ABC–Paramount Formats: LP | 149 |
| One More Time! Recorded Live at the Playboy Club | Released: 1966 Label: ABC Formats: LP | — |
| One of a Kind (with The Jazz A La Carte Players) | Released: 1979 Label: Jazz a La Carte Formats: LP | — |
| Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues | Released: 1995 Label: Lett Formats: CD | — |
| My Soul Feels Better Right Now | Released: June 30, 1998 Label: Homeland Formats: CD, cassette | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

### Video albums

List of video albums, showing all relevant details :
| Title | Album details |
| In Concert (with Mel Tormé) | Released: 1981 Label: MCA DiscoVision Formats: LaserDisc |
| An Evening With Tito Puente and Della Reese (with Tito Puente) | Released: 2010 Label: Kultur Formats: DVD |

### Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, showing all relevant details :
| Title | Album details |
| And That Reminds Me | Released: 1959 Label: Jubilee Format: LP |
| The Best of Della Reese | Released: 1962 Label: Jubilee Format: LP |
| The Best of Della Reese | Released: 1972 Label: RCA Victor Format: LP |
| The ABC Collection | Released: 1976 Label: ABC Format: LP |
| Voice of an Angel | Released: September 17, 1996 Label: BMG/RCA/Sony Format: CD |
| And That Reminds Me: The Jubilee Years | Released: 1996 Label: Collectors' Choice Format: CD |
| The Collection | Released: April 21, 1998 Label: Varèse Sarabande Format: CD |
| Legendary Della Reese | Released: August 5, 2003 Label: BMG Format: CD |

## Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US AC | US R&B | AUS | CAN | Album |
| "Yes Indeed" | 1954 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "In the Still of the Night" | 1955 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Time After Time" | 1955 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "My Melancholy Baby" | 1956 | — | — | — | — | — | Melancholy Baby |
| "Years from Now" | 1956 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Headin' Home" | 1956 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "In the Meantime" | 1956 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "And That Reminds Me" | 1957 | 12 | — | — | 15 | 5 | — |
| "I Only Want to Love You" | 1957 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "If Not for You" | 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "C'mon C'mon" | 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I Wish" | 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "You're Just in Love" (with Kirk Stuart) | 1958 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Sermonette" | 1958 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Once Upon a Dream" | 1959 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I'm Nobody's Baby" | 1959 | — | — | — | — | — | What Do You Know About Love? |
| "Don't You Know?" | 1959 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | The Classic Della |
| "Not One Minute More" | 1959 | 16 | — | 12 | 14 | — | — |
| "The Lady Is a Tramp" | 1960 | — | — | — | — | — | Della |
| "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" | 1960 | 56 | — | — | — | — | Della |
| "Everyday" | 1960 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "And Now" | 1960 | 69 | — | — | 89 | — | — |
| "The Most Beautiful Words" | 1960 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey" | 1961 | 98 | — | — | — | — | Special Delivery |
| "A Far Far Better Thing" | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Gone" | 1961 | — | — | — | — | — | The Classic Della |
| "Ninety Nine and 1/2 Won't Do" (with The Meditation Singers) | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Rome Adventure" | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Blow Out the Sun" | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "As Long as He Needs Me" | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Be My Love" | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "More" | 1963 | — | — | — | 91 | — | — |
| "Angel D'Amore" | 1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "The Bottom of Old Smokey" | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "If I Didn't Care" | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "After Loving You" | 1965 | 95 | 21 | — | — | — | C'mon and Hear Della Reese! |
| "And That Reminds Me" | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do" | 1966 | — | — | — | — | — | "i like it like dat!" |
| "If It's the Last Thing I Do" | 1966 | — | — | — | — | — | "i like it like dat!" |
| "It Was a Very Good Year" | 1966 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Sunny" | 1966 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Every Other Day" | 1967 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I Heard You Cried Last Night" | 1967 | — | — | — | — | — | Della on Strings of Blue |
| "Sorry Baby" | 1967 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I Gotta Be Me" | 1968 | — | — | — | — | — | I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out |
| "Games People Play" | 1969 | — | — | — | — | — | Black Is Beautiful |
| "Simple Song of Freedom" | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | Right Now |
| "Billy My Love" | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | Right Now |
| "If It Feels Good Do It" | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "The Troublemaker" | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I Believe in Music" | 1971 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Let Me in Your Life" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | Let Me in Your Life |
| "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" | 1973 | — | — | — | — | — | Let Me in Your Life |
| "Nothing Like a True Love" | 1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||||

## Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing all relevant details :
| Title | Year | Album | Ref. |
| "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)" | 1958 | The Story of the Blues | |
| "Comes Once in a Lifetime" | 1962 | Della on Stage | |

## Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | Notes |
| Title | Year | US Bubbling | Album | Notes |
| "Compared to What" | 1969 | 28 | Black Is Beautiful | |