Because You're Mine (album)

Mario Lanza Sings Songs from M-G-M's Technicolor Motion Picture "Because You're Mine", or simply Because You're Mine, is an album by tenor Mario Lanza containing songs from the 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Because You're Mine.

It was available on 78 rpm (cat. no. DM-7015), 45 rpm (WDM-7015) and 33⅓ rpm (LM-7015).

Reception

Billboard reviewed the album in its issue from 1 November 1952, noting: "[The songs'] variety of style and content permits [Lanza] to display the full range of his vocal equipment, an ample property by most any standard" and concluding: "The set can hardly fail as a profit maker and can be promoted both in the pop and classical categories." The reviewer gave the album 90 points out of possible 100, which indicated a "tops" rating.

The album spent several weeks at number one on Billboards Best-Selling Pop Albums chart – on the "33⅓ R.P.M." half of it.

There was also an EP titled Mario Lanza Sings Selections from "Because You're Mine" (catalog no. ERA-51).