Cha Cha de Amor

Studio album by Dean Martin

Released

November 5, 1962

Recorded

December 18–20, 1961, 1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, California, United States of America

Genre

Vocal

Length

30:29

Dean Martin chronology

Dino: Italian Love Songs
(1962)

Cha Cha de Amor
(1962)

French Style
(1962)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Cha Cha de Amor is an album consisting of the last tracks recorded by Dean Martin for Capitol Records, released in 1962. After recording these sessions, Martin joined Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records label. This album's songs were recorded between December 18 and December 20 of 1961. Cha Cha de Amor was released on November 5, 1962 (see 1962 in music). The backing orchestra was conducted and arranged by Nelson Riddle. The album consists of twelve songs built upon an "authentic Afro-Cuban rhythm section."

Track listing

LP

Capitol Records Catalog Number (S)^[2] T-1702 |

Side A

"Somebody Loves You" (Peter deRose, Charles Tobias) Time: – 2:34. Session 10427; Master 36948. Recorded December 20, 1961.
"My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) Time: – 2:29. Session 10419; Master 36921. Recorded December 19, 1961.
"Love (Your Spell Is Everywhere)" (Edmund Goulding, Elsie Janis) Time: – 2:25. Session 10417; Master 36853. Recorded December 18, 1961.
"I Wish You Love" (Charles Trenet, Albert Askew Beach) Time: – 2:24. Session 10419; Master 36922. Recorded December 19, 1961.
"Cha Cha Cha D'Amour (Melodie d'Amour)" (Leo Johns, Henri Salvador) Time: – 2:18. Session 10417; Master 36854. Recorded December 18, 1961.
"A Hundred Years From Today" (Victor Young, Joseph Young, Ned Washington) Time: – 2:41. Session 10427; Master 36949. Recorded December 20, 1961.

Side B

"I Love You Much Too Much" (Don Raye, Alex Olshanetsky, Chaim Towber) Time: – 2:33. Session 10419; Master 36898. Recorded December 19, 1961.
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (William 'Pat' Best, Deek Watson^[3]) Time: – 2:21. Session 10427; Master 36947. Recorded December 20, 1961.
"Let Me Love You Tonight" (René Touzet, Mitchell Parish) Time: – 2:21. Session 10419; Master 36899. Recorded December 20, 1961.
"Amor" (Gabriel Ruíz, Sunny Skylar) Time: – 3:10. Session 10417; Master 36879. Recorded December 18, 1961.
"Two Loves Have I" (Vincent Scotto, Georges Koger, Henri Eugene Vantard, Jack Murray, Barry Trivers) Time: – 2:09. Master 36887. Recorded December 18, 1961.
"If Love Is Good To Me" (Fred Spielman, Redd Evans) Time: – 3:04. Session 10427; Master 36946. Recorded December 20, 1961.

Compact Disc

1997 EMI/Capitol combined Cha Cha de Amor with Dino: Italian Love Songs (also from 1962). Catalog Number 7243 8 55393 2 9.

2005 Collectors' Choice Music reissue added four more tracks to the twelve tracks on the original Capitol LP. Catalog Number WWCCM06062.

"Vieni Su (Say You Love Me, Too!)" (Johnny Cola) Time: – 2:40. Session 1451; Master 4874-5. Recorded March 3, 1950.
"I Passed Your House Tonight" (Lew Spence, Don Raye) Session 2567; Master 9937-3. Time: – 2:56. Recorded April 8, 1952.
"Wham! Bam! Thank You, Ma'am!" (Hank Penny) Time: – 2:49. Session 1870; Master 6469-4. Recorded July 31, 1950.
"The Peddler's Serenade" (Jimmy Eaton, J.J. Corvo, Paul McGrane) Time: – 2:47. Session 1870; Master 6470-4. Recorded July 31, 1950.

Personnel

Dean Martin: Vocals
Nelson Riddle: Leader
Sol Klein: Contractor
Alton R. 'Al' Hendrickson: Guitar (Sessions 10419 and 10427)
Tony Reyes: Bass
Fred O. Aguirre: Drums
Carlos Mejia: Drums
Ramon R. Rivera: Drums
Edward 'Eddie' Cano: Piano
Kermit 'Ken' Lane: Piano
Victor Gottlieb: Cello (Session 10419)
Armond Kaproff: Cello (Session 10419)
Eleanor Aller Slatkin: Cello (Session 10419)
Alvin Dinkin: Viola (Session 10419)
Virginia Majewski: Viola (Session 10419)
Barbara Simons: Viola (Session 10419)
Victor Arno: Violin (Session 10419)
Victor Bay: Violin (Session 10419)
Alex Beller: Violin (Session 10419)
David Frisina: Violin (Session 10419)
James Getzoff: Violin (Session 10419)
Ben 'Benny' Gill: Violin (Session 10419)
Daniel 'Dan' Lube: Violin (Session 10419)
Erno Neufeld: Violin (Session 10419)
Nathan Ross: Violin (Session 10419)
Felix Slatkin: Violin (Session 10419)
Gene Cipriano: Saxophone (Sessions 10417 and 10427)
Dale Issenhuth: Saxophone (Session 10417)
Justin Gordon: Saxophone (Session 10427)
Harry G. Klee: Saxophone
Joseph J. Koch: Saxophone (Session 10417)
Wilbur Schwartz: Saxophone (Sessions 10417 and 10427)
Carroll Lewis: Trumpet (Sessions 10417 and 10427)
Henry Miranda: Trumpet (Sessions 10417 and 10427)
Al Rojo: Trumpet (Sessions 10417 and 10427)
Clarence F. 'Shorty' Sherlock: Trumpet (Sessions 10417 and 10427)

Notes

↑ Allmusic review
↑ The optional 'S' indicates a stereo recording)
↑ One Internet resource (href="http://nfo.net/cal/tb3.html) asserts that William Best sued for and was awarded full author credits for this song.

Dean Martin

Discography

Studio albums	Dean Martin Sings Swingin' Down Yonder Pretty Baby Sleep Warm A Winter Romance This Time I'm Swingin'! Dino: Italian Love Songs Cha Cha de Amor French Style Dino Latino Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again Dream with Dean The Door Is Still Open to My Heart Dean Martin Hits Again (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You Houston Somewhere There's a Someone Dean Martin Sings Songs from The Silencers The Hit Sound of Dean Martin The Dean Martin Christmas Album The Dean Martin TV Show Happiness Is Dean Martin Welcome to My World Gentle on My Mind I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am My Woman, My Woman, My Wife For the Good Times Dino Sittin' on Top of the World You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me Once in a While The Nashville Sessions

Posthumous albums	Live from Las Vegas Forever Cool

Compilation albums	Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine The Best of Dean Martin Dino: The Essential Dean Martin

Singles	"Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)" "If" "You Belong to Me" "That's Amore" "Sway" "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" "Mambo Italiano" "Young and Foolish" "Under the Bridges of Paris" "Memories Are Made of This" "Innamorata" "Standing on the Corner" "Return to Me" "Angel Baby" "Volare" "On an Evening in Roma" "Just in Time" "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" "Everybody Loves Somebody" "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" "Houston" "I Will" "Somewhere There's a Someone" "Come Running Back" "A Million and One" "Nobody's Baby Again" "(Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In" "Lay Some Happiness on Me" "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" "Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me" "In the Misty Moonlight" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "Not Enough Indians" "Gentle on My Mind" "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" "Detroit City" "She's a Little Bit Country" "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

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