Editing Mae West (section)

===Recording career===
West's recording career began in the early 1930s with releases of songs from her films on [[Phonograph record|78 rpm records]]. These were issued alongside sheet music for home use. In 1955, she recorded her first LP album, ''The Fabulous Mae West''. In 1965, she recorded two songs, "Am I Too Young" and "He's Good for Me", for a 45 rpm single released by Plaza Records. She also recorded novelty songs such as "Santa, Come Up to See Me", featured on the album ''Wild Christmas'',{{sfn|Kashner|MacNair|2003|p=335}} which was later reissued in 1980 as ''Mae in December''.{{sfn|Yeatts|2000|p=73}} In 1966, she released the rock-and-roll album ''[[Way Out West (Mae West album)|Way Out West]]'', followed in 1972 by ''[[Great Balls of Fire (Mae West album)|Great Balls of Fire]]'', which included covers of songs by [[The Doors]] and tracks written by English songwriter-producer [[Ian Whitcomb]].