List of songs recorded by Pink Martini
The American musical group Pink Martini, based in Portland, Oregon, has recorded songs for six studio albums, one compilation album, and one video album featuring live concert footage. Formed by Thomas Lauderdale in 1994, the group that has been described as a "mini-orchestra" performs songs of many music genres in multiple languages by lead vocalist China Forbes. Their debut album Sympathique was released through the group's own independent record label, Heinz Records, in 1997 – subsequent recordings were also released through Heinz. The album includes three original tracks, "Sympathique", "La Soledad", and "Lullaby"; cover versions include Ernesto Lecuona's "Amado Mio", Maurice Ravel's "Boléro", "Brazil", "Never on Sunday", and "Que Sera Sera" by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
Hang On Little Tomato, released in 2004, features more original songs; covers include "Anna " by Francesco Giordano and Roman Vatro, "Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu", and Heitor Villa-Lobos "Song of the Black Swan ". In 2007, the group released Hey Eugene! Songs include the title track, written by Forbes, and covers in several languages: "Bukra Wba'do" in Arabic, the French chanson "Ojalá", "Tempo Perdido" in Portuguese, and "Taya Tan" in Japanese, among others. The album also features guest vocals by Little Jimmy Scott on "Tea for Two", originally written by Irving Caesar and Vincent Youmans.
Pink Martini's fourth studio album, Splendor in the Grass, was released in 2009. Forbes performs songs in five languages. Guest vocalists include Ari Shapiro on "But Now I'm Back", Chavela Vargas on "Piensa en mí", and Emilio Delgado on "Sing". The group also released the video album in 2009, which features live concert footage and includes the original song "The Flying Squirrel" and a cover of Ernesto Lecuona's "Malagueña". In 2010, Pink Martini released its fifth studio album, the holiday-themed Joy to the World. Christmas music includes "Do You Hear What I Hear?", "Little Drummer Boy", "Santa Baby", "Silent Night" performed in Arabic, English and German, "We Three Kings", and "White Christmas". Hanukkah music includes Danny Maseng's "Elohai, N'Tzor" and "Ocho Kandelikas", performed in Ladino. The album also commemorates New Year's Day with "Auld Lang Syne" and Chinese New Year with "Congratulations".
The group released two albums in 2011: 1969 with Saori Yuki and A Retrospective, a compilation album with tracks from previous studio albums plus unreleased material. 1969 includes covers of "Is That All There Is?", "Mas que Nada", and "Puff, the Magic Dragon". A Retrospective contains collaborations with Michael Feinstein, Georges Moustaki, and film director Gus Van Sant, along with remixes by Johnny Dynell and Hiroshi Wada.
Songs
| Song | Artist | Writer | Original release | Year | |
| Doris Fisher Allan Roberts | 1997 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale Alex Marashian Derek Rieth Franz Schubert | 2009 | ||||
| Ernesto Lecuona | 1997 | ||||
| Francesco Giordano Roman Vatro | 2004 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2004 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2011 | ||||
| Robert Burns Dirgham Sbait Jacques Sevin Traditional | 2010 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2004 | ||||
| Alex Marashian | 2009 | ||||
| and Saori Yuki | Jun Hashimoto Kyohei Tsutsumi | 2011 | |||
| Maurice Ravel | 1997 | ||||
| Ary Barroso | 1997 | ||||
| Mounir Mourad Fatehi Qorah | 2007 | ||||
| featuring Ari Shapiro | Thomas Lauderdale Alex Marashian | 2009 | |||
| Phil Baker | 2007 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2007 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2004 | ||||
| Chen Gexin | 2010 | ||||
| China Forbes Robert Taylor | 2004 | ||||
| Gloria Shayne Baker Noël Regney | 2010 | ||||
| Manuel Jiménez | 1997 | ||||
| Manuel Jiménez | 2011 | ||||
| China Forbes Maya Forbes | 2007 | ||||
| and Saori Yuki | Catherine Desage Frances Lai | 2011 | |||
| Danny Maseng | 2010 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2007 | ||||
| Thomas Lauderdale Robert Taylor | 2009 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2004 | ||||
| China Forbes | 2007 | ||||
| featuring Michael Feinstein | Max Lief Joseph Meyer | 2011 | |||
| and Saori Yuki | Tokiko Iwatani Taku Izumi | 2011 | |||
| and Saori Yuki | Rena Connor Yoshia Kurosaki Thomas Lauderdale Jerry Leiber Tadashi Nagoi Camellia Nieh Satomi Sano Mike Stoller Masumi Timson Stephen Timson Mas Yatabe | 2011 | |||
| Yoichi Suzuki Michio Yamazaki | 2004 | ||||
| Yoichi Suzuki Michio Yamazaki | 2011 | ||||
| and Saori Yuki | Yasushi Akimoto Hitoshi Haba | 2011 | |||
| Frédéric Chopin Thomas Lauderdale Pepe Raphael | 1997 | ||||
| featuring the Pacific Youth Choir | Francesco Maria Piave Giuseppe Verdi | 2010 | |||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2004 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2004 | ||||
| Katherine Kennicott Davis Henry Onorati Harry Simeone | 2010 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 1997 | ||||
| featuring Georges Moustaki | Georges Moustaki | 2011 | |||
| Ernesto Lecuona | 2009 | ||||
| Phil Boutelje Foster Carling | 2011 | ||||
| Frédéric Chopin Martin Zarzar | 2007 | ||||
| and Saori Yuki | Jorge Ben Fumio Nagata | 2011 | |||
| and Saori Yuki | Jun Hashimoto Kyohei Tsutumi | 2011 | |||
| featuring Gus Van Sant | Henry Mancini Johnny Mercer | 2011 | |||
| Manos Hatzidakis | 1997 | ||||
| Moondog | 2009 | ||||
| Massimo Audiello Alba Clemente | 2009 | ||||
| Massimo Audiello Alba Clemente | 2009 | ||||
| Jacques Marray | 1997 | ||||
| Flory Jagoda | 2010 | ||||
| Dan Faehnle | 2009 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale Daniel Lemay Timothy Nishimoto Luisa Quiñoy | 2007 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale Alex Marashian | 2009 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2009 | ||||
| featuring Chavela Vargas | Agustín Lara Maria Teresa Lara | 2009 | |||
| and Saori Yuki | Leonard Lipton Akira Nogami Peter Yarrow | 2011 | |||
| Jay Livingston Ray Evans | 1997 | ||||
| Joan Javits Philip Springer | 2010 | ||||
| featuring the Pacific Youth Choir | Mykola Leontovych | 2010 | |||
| featuring the Portland Boychoir | Franz Xaver Gruber Joseph Mohr John Freeman Young | 2010 | |||
| featuring Emilio Delgado | Joe Raposo | 2009 | |||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2010 | ||||
| Akihiro Miwa | 1997 | ||||
| Heitor Villa-Lobos | 2004 | ||||
| Thomas Lauderdale Alex Marashian Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 2009 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2009 | ||||
| China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 1997 | ||||
| Bernard Dimey Henri Salvador | 2007 | ||||
| Taku Izumi Michio Yamagami | 2007 | ||||
| featuring Little Jimmy Scott | Irving Caesar Vincent Youmans | 2007 | |||
| Ataulfo Alves | 2007 | ||||
| Gianni Boncompagni Franco Pisano | 2009 | ||||
| Gavin Bondy David Eby China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale Derek Rieth Robert Taylor John Wager | 2004 | ||||
| Alba Clemente Johnny Dynell China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2004 | ||||
| Alba Clemente Johnny Dynell China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2011 | ||||
| Alba Clemente Johnny Dynell China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale | 2011 | ||||
| Thomas Lauderdale Gregory Tozian | 2004 | ||||
| and Saori Yuki | Larry Kolber Barry Mann Terunobo Okuyama | 2011 | |||
| and Saori Yuki | Go Misawa | 2011 | |||
| John Henry Hopkins, Jr. | 2010 | ||||
| Irving Berlin | 2010 | ||||
| featuring Saori Yuki | Irving Berlin Tatsuro Yamashita | 2010 | |||
| and Saori Yuki | Taku Izumi Michio Yamagami | 2011 | |||
| and Saori Yuki | Rei Nakanishi Miki Takahashi | 2011 |