The number of sound recordings featuring Bobby Short is formidable; a search in OCLC's  Worldcat database, for example, produced 120 hits.  The list below includes only recordings on which Short is the primary contributor.  Titles are listed in reverse chronological order and are linked to entries on the All-Music Guide, where set lists and further information can be found.  "OP" after the year means the recording is out of print in the U.S.   Recordings owned by Danville Public Library are marked with a *.

[ CD=compact disc; CS=cassette; LP=long-play record ]

• Jump for Joy (April 2002).  Koch Jazz CD-8595.  Reissue of the 1970 LP.

• *Piano (2001).  18 tracks performed by Bobby and his quintet. 

• Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter/Guess Who's in Town (2001).  Collectables CD-6844.  Reissue of the 1971 and 1986 albums.

• The Mad Twenties/My Personal Property (2001).  Collectables CD-6845.  Reissue of the 1958 and 1963 albums.

• Speaking of Love/Sing Me a Swing Song (2001).  Collectables CD-6843.  Reissue of the 1956 and 1957 albums.

• You're the Top: Love Songs of Cole Porter (1999).  Telarc CD-83463.

• *How's Your Romance? (1999).  Telarc CD-83464.

• *Celebrating 30 Years at the Cafe Carlyle (1997).  Telarc CD-83428.

• Songs of New York Live at the Cafe Carlyle (1995).  Telarc CD-83346, CS-33346-B.

• Live at the Cafe Carlyle (1994).   Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab CD-589.  A high-quality remastered CD reissue of Bobby's 1974 LP of the same name.

• The Mad Twenties (1994).  Atlantic 82709-2.  CD reissue of the 1974 LP.

• Bobby Short Celebrates Rodgers & Hart (1994).  Atlantic CD-81320-2, CS-2-610.  Reissue of the 1975 LP.

• My Personal Property (1994, OP).  Atlantic 82711-2.  CD reissue of the 1963 LP.

• Nobody Else But Me (1994, OP).  Atlantic 82710-2.  CD reissue of the 1957 LP.

• Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Guest Bobby Short: Conversation and Music as Heard on National Public Radio (1994).  Jazz Alliance TJA-12010.  The great jazz pianist Marian McPartland interviews and plays duets with Bobby in this program recorded in 1986.

• *Swing that Music (1993).  Telarc Jazz CD, CS-83317.

• *Late Night at the Cafe Carlyle (1992).  Telarc CD-83311, CS-33311.

• Bobby Short is K-RA-ZY for Gershwin (1990).   Atlantic CD-608-2, CS 608.  A double album of material from 1956, '57, and '73.

• *Bobby, Noel, & Cole (1989).   Atlantic CD-82062-2, CS-82062-4.  Combines two previously released recordings: Bobby Short Loves Cole Porter, and Bobby Short is Mad About Noel Coward.

• Guess Who's in Town: Bobby Short Performs the Songs of Andy Razaf (1987, OP).  Atlantic CD-81778-2, CS-81778-4. 

• 50 By Bobby Short (1986).  Atlantic CD-81715-2, CS81715-4.  A 2-CD set of previously released material; a greatest hits package of sorts.

• Moments Like This (1982, OP).  Atlantic CD-82474-2, CS-82474-4. 

• The Very Best of Bobby Short (1972, OP).   Atlantic SD 1620.  LP of material recorded from 1955-58. 

• *Mabel Mercer & Bobby Short at Town Hall (1968) and *Mercer & Short: Second Town Hall Concert (1969).  Collectables Records COL 6839.  Two breakthrough performances for Bobby, in which he teamed with one of his longtime idols.  Newly repackaged as a double-CD set.

• Bobby Short on the East Side (1960, OP).   Atlantic LP-1321.

• Sing Me a Swing Song (1958, OP).  Atlantic LP-1285.  

• Speaking of Love: The Songs of Bobby Short (1957, OP).  Atlantic SD LP-1262. 

• Bobby Short (1956, OP).  Atlantic LP-1230.

• Songs by Bobby Short (1955, OP).  Atlantic LP-1214. 

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