Dino! Italian Love Songs

by Dean Martin

Overview

The only surprising thing about an album of Italian songs by Dean Martin, the most overtly Italian of Italian-American pop singers, was that it wasn't recorded until near the end of Martin's recording contract with Capitol. Maybe it was the success of similar albums by Connie Francis that convinced the label or the artist that such a collection could have commercial appeal, but given that some of Martin's biggest hits, including "That's Amore" and "Volare," had been Italian-flavored, it's hard to see why they would have needed urging. In any case, Martin was typically convincing on this album in both English and Italian, whether re-cutting his hit "Return to Me" or trying an alternate English lyric for "O Sole Mio" ("There's No Tomorrow"). Listeners should be forewarned that this is not a collection of Martin's Italian hits, but rather a newly recorded album (circa 1961). Nevertheless, it is a good match of singer to songs, and it became Martin's first charting album on Capitol. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	02/10/2017
Label:	Capitol / Virgin Emi
UPC:	0602557270808
Rank:	123385

Tracks

1. Just Say I Love Her (Dicitencello Vuie)
2. Arrivederci, Roma
3. My Heart Reminds Me
4. You're Breaking My Heart (Mattinata)
5. Non Dimenticar
6. Return to Me (Ritorna a Me)
7. Vieni Su
8. On an Evening in Roma
9. Pardon (Perdoname)
10. Take Me in Your Arms (Torna a Surriento)
11. I Have But One Heart (¿¿¿O Marenariello)
12. There's No Tomorrow (O Sole Mio)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dean Martin   Primary Artist,Vocals

Technical Credits

Jack Val   Composer
Pat Genaro   Composer
Robert Rice   A&R
Sam Ward   Composer
Leo Corday   Composer
Samuel A. Ward   Composer
John Farrow   Composer
Leon Carr   Composer
Marty Symes   Composer
Jimmy Dale   Composer
Michele Galdieri   Composer
Renato Rascel   Composer
Arthur Schwartz   Composer
Al Stillman   Composer
Gino Redi   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer
Shelley Dobbins   Composer
Umberto Bertini   Composer
Carmen Lombardo   Composer
James Ritz   Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Martin Kalmanoff   Composer
Sunny Skylar   Composer
Al Hoffman   Composer
Gordon Anderson   Reissue Producer
Sammy Cahn   Composer
Cola   Composer
Sandro Giovannini   Composer
Danny DiMinno   Composer
Camillo Bargoni   Composer
Ernesto de Curtis   Composer
Paul Siegel   Composer
Johnny Cola   Composer
Addy Baron   Composer
Pietro Garinei   Composer
Alessandro Giovannini   Composer
Corrado Lojacono   Composer
Joe Lilley   Composer
Alessandro Taccani   Composer
Johnny Farrow   Composer
Nan Fredrics   Composer