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Della Reese discography
Della Reese in 1961
Studio albums22
Live albums7
Compilation albums8
Video albums2
Other charted songs1
Lead singles52
Collaborative singles2
Promotional singles2

As a recording artist, Della Reese has made 22 studio albums, seven 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

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
[1] 		US
R&B
[2]
Melancholy Baby[3] — —
Amen!
(with her Meditation Singers)
  • Released: 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 35 —
Della by Starlight
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Special Delivery
  • Released: 1961
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 113 —
Della Della Cha-Cha-Cha
  • Released: 1961
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — —
The Classic Della
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 94 —
Waltz with Me, Della[4]
  • Released: 1963
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Moody[5]
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 — —
"i like it like dat!"[6] — —
C'mon and Hear Della Reese![7]
  • Released: 1965
  • Label: ABC/Paramount
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Della on Strings of Blue[8]
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: ABC
  • Formats: LP
 — —
I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out[9]
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: ABC
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Black Is Beautiful — 44
Right Now[10]
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Avco Embassy
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Let Me in Your Life[11]
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: LMI
  • Formats: LP
 — —
One of a Kind
(with The Jazz A La Carte Players)[12]
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Jazz a La Carte
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Sure Like Lovin' You[13] — —
Della Reese and Brilliance
(with Brilliance)[14]
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Atlanta International
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Give It to God
  • Released: September 22, 2006[15][16]
  • Label: Spiritual Icon
  • Formats: CD, digital
 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

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List of live albums, with selected chart positions, and other relevant details
Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
[1][17]
A Date with Della Reese at Mr. Kelly's in Chicago[18]
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Jubilee
  • Formats: LP
 —
Della on Stage[19]
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 —
Della Reese at Basin Street East
  • Released: 1964
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 —
Della Reese Live
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: ABC
  • Formats: LP
 149
One More Time! Recorded Live at the Playboy Club[20]
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: ABC
  • Formats: LP
 —
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues[21]
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Lett
  • Formats: CD
 —
My Soul Feels Better Right Now[22]
  • 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

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List of video albums, showing all relevant details
Title Album details
In Concert
(with Mel Tormé)[23]
An Evening With Tito Puente and Della Reese
(with Tito Puente)[24]
  • Released: 2010
  • Label: Kultur
  • Formats: DVD

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, showing all relevant details
Title Album details
And That Reminds Me[25]
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Jubilee
  • Format: LP
The Best of Della Reese[26]
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: Jubilee
  • Format: LP
The Best of Della Reese[27]
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Format: LP
The ABC Collection[28]
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: ABC
  • Format: LP
Voice of an Angel[29]
  • Released: September 17, 1996
  • Label: BMG/RCA/Sony
  • Format: CD
And That Reminds Me: The Jubilee Years[30]
The Collection[31]
Legendary Della Reese[32]
  • Released: August 5, 2003
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD

Singles

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As lead artist

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List of lead artist singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[33] 		US
AC
[34] 		US
R&B
[35] 		AUS
[36] 		CAN
[37]
"Yes Indeed"[38] 1954 — — — — — —
"In the Still of the Night"[39] 1955 — — — — —
"Time After Time"[40] — — — — —
"My Melancholy Baby"[41] 1956 — — — — — Melancholy Baby
"Years from Now"[42] — — — — — —
"Headin' Home"[43] — — — — —
"In the Meantime"[44] — — — — —
"And That Reminds Me" 1957 12 — — 15 5
"I Only Want to Love You"[45] — — — — —
"If Not for You"[46] 1958 — — — — —
"C'mon C'mon"[47] — — — — —
"I Wish"[48] — — — — —
"Sermonette" 99 — — — —
"Once Upon a Dream"[49] 1959 — — — — —
"I'm Nobody's Baby"[50] — — — — — What Do You Know About Love?
"Don't You Know?" 2 — 1 — — The Classic Della
"Not One Minute More" 16 — 12 14 — —
"The Lady Is a Tramp"[51] 1960 — — — — — Della
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" 56 — — — —
"Everyday"[52] — — — — — —
"And Now" 69 — — 89 —
"The Most Beautiful Words" 67 — — — —
"Won'cha Come Home, Bill Bailey" 1961 98 — — — — Della
"A Far Far Better Thing" —[a] — — — — —
"Gone"[54] — — — — — The Classic Della
"Rome Adventure"[55] 1962 — — — — — —
"Blow Out the Sun"[56] — — — — —
"As Long as He Needs Me"[57] — — — — —
"Be My Love"[58] 1963 — — — — —
"More" — — — 91 —
"Angel D'Amore"[59] — — — — —
"The Bottom of Old Smokey"[60] 1964 — — — — —
"If I Didn't Care"[61] — — — — —
"After Loving You" 1965 95 21 — — — C'mon and Hear Della Reese
"And That Reminds Me"[62][b] — — — — — —
"'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do"[63] 1966 — — — — — "i like it like dat!"
"If It's the Last Thing I Do"[64] — — — — —
"It Was a Very Good Year" 99 — — — — —
"Sunny"[65] — — — — —
"Every Other Day"[66] 1967 — — — — —
"I Heard You Cried Last Night"[67] — — — — — Della on Strings of Blue
"Sorry Baby"[68] — — — — — —
"I Gotta Be Me"[69] 1968 — — — — — I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out
"Games People Play" 1969 —[c] — — — — Black Is Beautiful
"Simple Song of Freedom"[70] 1970 — — — — — Right Now
"Billy My Love"[71] — — — — —
"If It Feels Good Do It"[72] 1971 — — — — — —
"The Troublemaker"[73] — — — — —
"I Believe in Music"[74] — — — — —
"Let Me in Your Life"[75] 1973 — — — — — Let Me in Your Life
"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want
to Be Right"[76] 		— — — — —
"Nothing Like a True Love"[77] 1977 — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a collaborative artist

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List of collaborative singles, showing all relevant details
Title Year Album Ref.
"You're Just in Love"
(with Kirk Stuart) 		1958 — [78]
"Ninety Nine and 1/2 Won't Do"
(with The Meditation Singers) 		1962 [79]

Promotional singles

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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 [80]
"Comes Once in a Lifetime" 1962 Della on Stage [81]

Other charted songs

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List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart positions Album Notes
US
Bubbling
[53]
"Compared to What" 1969 28 Black Is Beautiful [d]

Notes

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  1. ^ "A Far, Far Better Thing" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 15 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100[53]
  2. ^ The 1965 version of "And That Reminds Me" was a re-recorded version.[62]
  3. ^ "Games People Play" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 21 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[53]
  4. ^ B-side to the single "Games People Play".[82]

References

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  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Albums Includes Every Album that Made the Billboard 200 Chart: 50 Year History of the Rock Era. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0898201666.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Joel Whitburn's Top R & B Albums, 1965-1998. Record Research Inc. ISBN 978-0898201345.
  3. ^ Reese, Della (1956). "Melancholy Baby (Disc Information)". Jubilee Records. JLP-1026.
  4. ^ Reese, Della (1963). "Waltz with Me, Della (Disc Information)". RCA Victor. LSP-2711.
  5. ^ Reese, Della (1965). "Moody (Disc Information)". RCA Victor. LSP-2814.
  6. ^ Reese, Della (1965). ""i like it like dat!" (Disc Information)". ABC Records/Paramount Records. ABC-540.
  7. ^ Reese, Della (1965). "C'mon and Hear Della Reese! (Disc Information)". ABC Records/Paramount Records. ABC-524.
  8. ^ Reese, Della (1967). "Della on Strings of Blue (Disc Information)". ABC Records. ABC-612.
  9. ^ Reese, Della (1968). "I Gotta Be Me...This Trip Out (Disc Information)". ABC Records. ABCS-636.
  10. ^ Reese, Della (1970). "Right Now (Disc Information)". Avco Embassy Records. AVE-33017.
  11. ^ Reese, Della (1973). "Let Me in Your Life (Disc Information)". LMI. LMI-1002.
  12. ^ Reese, Della (1979). "One of a Kind [ with the Jazz a La Carte Players] (Disc Information)". Jazz a La Carte. ASCAP.
  13. ^ Reese, Della (1983). "Sure Like Lovin' You (Disc Information)". Applause Records. APLP-1019 (LP); APCS-1019 (Cassette).
  14. ^ Reese, Della (1986). "Della Reese and Brilliance [with Brilliance] (Disc Information)". Atlanta International Records. AIR-10112.
  15. ^ Reese, Della (September 22, 2006). "Give It to God (Disc Information)". Spiritual Icon. 20688.
  16. ^ "Give It to God by Della Reese". Apple Music. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  17. ^ "Billboard 200: October 29, 1966". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  18. ^ Reese, Della (1958). "A Date With Della Reese At Mr. Kelly's In Chicago (Disc Information)". Jubilee Records. JLP-1071.
  19. ^ Reese, Della (1962). "Della on Stage (Disc Information)". RCA Victor. LPM-2568.
  20. ^ Reese, Della (1966). "One More Time! Recorded Live at the Playboy Club (Disc Information)". ABC Records. ABCS-589.
  21. ^ Reese, Della (1995). "Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues (Disc Information)". Lett Entertainment. 0634479474835.
  22. ^ Reese, Della (June 30, 1998). "My Soul Feels Better Right Now (Disc Information)". Homeland Records. 9820 (CD and cassette).
  23. ^ Reese, Della; Torme, Mel (1981). "In Concert (Disc Information)". MCA DiscoVision. 74-009.
  24. ^ Reese, Della; Puente, Tito (2010). "An Evening With Tito Puente and Della Reese (Disc Information)". Kultur. D-4683.
  25. ^ Reese, Della (1959). "And That Reminds Me (Disc Information)". Jubilee Records. JGM-1116.
  26. ^ Reese, Della (1962). "The Best of Della Reese (Disc Information)". Jubilee Records. JGM-5002.
  27. ^ Reese, Della (1972). "The Best of Della Reese (Disc Information)". RCA Victor. LSP-4651.
  28. ^ Reese, Della (1976). "The ABC Collection (Disc Information)". ABC Records. AC-30002.
  29. ^ Reese, Della (September 17, 1996). "Voice of an Angel (Disc Information)". BMG Rights Management/RCA Records/Sony Music. 750375; 66917.
  30. ^ Reese, Della (1996). "And That Reminds Me: The Jubilee Years (Disc Information)". Collectors' Choice Music. 7190.
  31. ^ Reese, Della (April 21, 1998). "The Collection (Disc Information)". Varèse Sarabande. VSD-5907.
  32. ^ Reese, Della (August 5, 2003). "The Collection (Disc Information)". BMG Rights Management. 85963.
  33. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002. Record Research Inc. ISBN 978-0898201550.
  34. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0898201697.
  35. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). Joel Whitburn presents top R & B/Hip-Hop singles, 1942-2004. Record Research Inc. ISBN 978-0898201604.
  36. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  37. ^ Hall, Ron (2007). The CHUM Chart Book: 1957-1983. Stardust Productions. ISBN 978-0920325155.
  38. ^ Reese, Della (February 1954). ""Yes Indeed"/"Blue and Orange Birds" (7" vinyl single)". Great Lakes. 1203.
  39. ^ Reese, Della (May 1955). ""In the Still of the Night"/"Kiss My Love Goodbye" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5198.
  40. ^ Reese, Della (October 1955). ""Time After Time"/"Fine Sugar" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5214.
  41. ^ Reese, Della (1956). ""My Melancholy Baby"/"One for My Baby" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5251.
  42. ^ Reese, Della (January 1956). ""Years from Now"/"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5233.
  43. ^ Reese, Della (May 1956). ""Headin' Home"/"Daybreak Serenade" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5247.
  44. ^ Reese, Della (December 1956). ""In the Meantime"/"The More I See You" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-526345-5247.
  45. ^ Reese, Della (November 1957). ""I Only Want to Love You"/"By Love Possessed" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5307.
  46. ^ Reese, Della (February 1958). ""If Not for You"/"How Can You Lose (What-Cha Never Had)" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5317.
  47. ^ Reese, Della (April 1958). ""C'mon C'mon"/"I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5323.
  48. ^ Reese, Della (July 1958). ""I Wish"/"You Gotta Love Everybody" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5332.
  49. ^ Reese, Della (March 1959). ""Once Upon a Dream"/"Time Was" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5369.
  50. ^ Reese, Della (August 1959). ""I'm Nobody's Baby"/"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-5375.
  51. ^ Reese, Della (January 1960). ""The Lady Is a Tramp"/"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-7683.
  52. ^ Reese, Della (June 1960). ""Everyday"/"There's No Two Ways About It" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-7750.
  53. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Across the Charts, the 1960s. Record Research Inc. p. 264. ISBN 978-0898201758.
  54. ^ Reese, Della (November 1961). ""Gone"/"What Do You Think, Joe?" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-7961.
  55. ^ Reese, Della (April 1962). ""Rome Adventure"/"Here's That Rainy Day" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-8021.
  56. ^ Reese, Della (August 1962). ""Blow Out the Sun"/"I Love You So Much It Hurts" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-8070.
  57. ^ Reese, Della (September 1962). ""As Long as He Needs Me"/"It Makes No Difference Now" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-8093.
  58. ^ Reese, Della (February 1963). ""Be My Love"/"I Behold You" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-8145.
  59. ^ Reese, Della (December 1963). ""Angel D'Amore"/"Forbidden Games" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-8260.
  60. ^ Reese, Della (March 1964). ""The Bottom of Old Smokey"/"The Clock That's Got No Hands" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-8337.
  61. ^ Reese, Della (July 1964). ""If I Didn't Care"/"The Wind in the Willows" (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. 47-8394.
  62. ^ a b Reese, Della (September 1965). ""And That Reminds Me"/"I Only Want a Buddy Not a Sweetheart" (7" vinyl single)". ABC Records/Paramount Records. 45-10721.
  63. ^ Reese, Della (February 1966). ""'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do"/"I Ain't Ready for That" (7" vinyl single)". ABC Records/Paramount Records. 45-10759.
  64. ^ Reese, Della (June 1966). ""If It's the Last Thing I Do"/"A Stranger on Earth" (7" vinyl single)". ABC Records/Paramount Records. 45-10815.
  65. ^ Reese, Della (November 1966). ""Sunny"/"That's Life" (7" vinyl single)". ABC Records. 45-10876.
  66. ^ Reese, Della (May 1967). ""Every Other Day"/"Soon" (7" vinyl single)". ABC Records. 45-10931.
  67. ^ Reese, Della (July 1967). ""I Heard You Cried Last Night"/"On the South Side of Chicago" (7" vinyl single)". ABC Records. 45-10962.
  68. ^ Reese, Della (December 1967). ""Sorry Baby"/"Let's Make the Most of a Beautiful Thing" (7" vinyl single)". ABC Records. 45-11017.
  69. ^ Reese, Della (March 1968). ""I Gotta Be Me"/"Never My Love" (7" vinyl single)". ABC Records. 45-11051.
  70. ^ Reese, Della (September 1970). ""Simple Song of Freedom"/"Why Not Now" (7" vinyl single)". Avco Embassy Records. AVE-4535.
  71. ^ Reese, Della (October 1970). ""Billy My Love"/"Brand New Day" (7" vinyl single)". Avco Embassy Records. AVE-4545.
  72. ^ Reese, Della (1971). ""If It Feels Good Do It"/"Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" (7" vinyl single)". Avco Embassy Records. AVE-4515.
  73. ^ Reese, Della (March 1971). ""The Troublemaker"/"The Love I've Been Looking For" (7" vinyl single)". Avco Embassy Records. AVE-4566.
  74. ^ Reese, Della (September 1971). ""I Believe in Music"/"We're Gonna Make It" (7" vinyl single)". Avco Records. AV-4578.
  75. ^ Reese, Della (1973). ""Let Me in Your Life"/"Let's Start All Over Again" (7" vinyl single)". People Records. DEL-45-1.
  76. ^ Reese, Della (August 1973). ""(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"/"Let Me in Your Life" (7" vinyl single)". LMI. LMI-1002.
  77. ^ Reese, Della (April 1977). ""Nothing Like a True Love"/"I'll Be Your Sunshine" (7" vinyl single)". Chi-Sound Records. CH-XW978-Y.
  78. ^ Reese, Della; Stuart, Kirk (October 1958). ""You're Just in Love"/"When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (7" vinyl single)". Jubilee Records. 45-9000.
  79. ^ ""Ninety Nine and a 1/2 Won't Do"/"You Don't Know How Blessed You Are" [Della Reese and The Meditation Singers] (7" vinyl single)". RCA Victor. February 1962. 47-7996.
  80. ^ Reese, Della (November 1958). ""Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"/"Stormy Weather" (7" special edition promotional single)". Jubilee Records. 45-9007.
  81. ^ Reese, Della (1962). ""Comes Once in a Lifetime"/"Bye Bye Blackbird" (7" promotional single)". RCA Victor. VP-1-2568.
  82. ^ Reese, Della (November 1969). ""Games People Play"/"ompared to What" (7" vinyl single)". Avco Embassy Records. AVE-4515.
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