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Dean Martin's first album for pal Frank Sinatra's Reprise label was ignored at the time of its initial 1962 release, but it's one of his lighthearted best. As you'd imagine from the leering cover shot of Martin in a beret, French Style is a breezy and tongue-in-cheek but ultimately romantic collection of American standards about Paris and actual French favorites such as "La Vie en Rose." It would still be a couple of years until Martin would be a major seller for Reprise, but the material on the album is actually much better than his later MOR hits. Neal Hefti, the excellent big band arranger who helped craft Count Basie's streamlined "atomic" style, handles the lounge-y charts, but they're in a swank lounge style, and you always laugh with Martin rather than at him (which has always been a considerable part of his lasting appeal). Martin's next musical voyage was to go south of the border with Dino Latino, but he actually started the next successful phase of his career with Country Style. Martin was just more comfortable wearing a cowboy hat than a beret.
© Nick Dedina /TiVo
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Andre Hornez, Composer, Lyricist - Dean Martin, MainArtist - HENRI BETTI, Composer, Lyricist - Jerry Seelen, Composer, Lyricist
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Dean Martin, MainArtist - Vernon Duke, Composer, Lyricist - Yip Harburg, Composer, Lyricist
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Richard Rodgers, Composer, Lyricist - Lorenz Hart, Composer, Lyricist - Dean Martin, MainArtist
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Dean Martin, MainArtist - Anna Sosenko, Composer, Lyricist
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Edith Piaf, Composer, Lyricist - Mack David, Composer, Lyricist - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Louis Gugliemi, Composer, Lyricist
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Dean Martin, MainArtist - Marguerite Monnot, Composer, Lyricist - ack Lawrence, Composer, Lyricist
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Dean Martin, MainArtist - Guy LaFarge, Composer, Lyricist - Allan Roberts, Composer, Lyricist - Alan Holt, Composer, Lyricist
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Oscar Hammerstein II , Composer, Lyricist - Dean Martin, MainArtist - erome Kern, Composer, Lyricist
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Edmund Goulding, Composer, Lyricist - Mack Gordon, Composer, Lyricist - Dean Martin, MainArtist
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Cole Porter, Composer, Lyricist - Dean Martin, MainArtist
1962 Vinyle Numérique 1962 Vinyle Numérique
Dean Martin, MainArtist - Frederick Loewe, Composer, Lyricist - Alan Jay Lerner, Composer, Lyricist
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Cole Porter, Composer, Lyricist - Dean Martin, MainArtist
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Album review
Dean Martin's first album for pal Frank Sinatra's Reprise label was ignored at the time of its initial 1962 release, but it's one of his lighthearted best. As you'd imagine from the leering cover shot of Martin in a beret, French Style is a breezy and tongue-in-cheek but ultimately romantic collection of American standards about Paris and actual French favorites such as "La Vie en Rose." It would still be a couple of years until Martin would be a major seller for Reprise, but the material on the album is actually much better than his later MOR hits. Neal Hefti, the excellent big band arranger who helped craft Count Basie's streamlined "atomic" style, handles the lounge-y charts, but they're in a swank lounge style, and you always laugh with Martin rather than at him (which has always been a considerable part of his lasting appeal). Martin's next musical voyage was to go south of the border with Dino Latino, but he actually started the next successful phase of his career with Country Style. Martin was just more comfortable wearing a cowboy hat than a beret.
© Nick Dedina /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:45
- Main artists: Dean Martin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Vinyle Numérique
- Genre: Electronic Lounge
1962 Vinyle Numérique 1962 Vinyle Numérique
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