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A Winter Romance is perhaps best described as a "seasonal" album rather than a Christmas or holiday release, despite the inclusion of such familiar fare as "White Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland." Dean Martin has also included such standards as "The Things We Did Last Summer" and "June in January," as well as some specially written material such as Sammy Cahn and Ken Lane's title song and "It Won't Cool Off." Nevertheless, with its lush strings, well-scrubbed vocal choruses, and buoyant mood, this collection has an appropriately festive feel. Martin does a competent job, even having fun here and there when the song allows him to present his take on a similar baritone (Bing Crosby on "White Christmas"; Vaughn Monroe on "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"), or when the subject matter strays to something more comfortably suggestive like "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (performed with a female vocal chorus instead of a single female duet partner). All of which is to say that Martin makes the best of the situation without doing anything special with it. [Some reissues add one track, "Christmas Blues," recorded in 1953.]
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Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor - Ken Lane, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Jule Styne, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Author - Lee Gillette, Producer - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Jule Styne, ComposerLyricist - Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Lee Gillette, Producer - Leo Robin, Author - Ralph Rainger, Composer - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Norman Gimbel, ComposerLyricist - Billie Holiday, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor - Eddie Heywood Orchestra, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Sweet, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Gillette, Producer - Felix Bernard, ComposerLyricist - Richard B. Smith, ComposerLyricist - Larry Walsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Ted Koehler, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Rube Bloom, ComposerLyricist - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
MARTY PAICH, Arranger, Orchestrator - FRANK LOESSER, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Dean Martin, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Lee Gillette, Producer - Johnny Marks, ComposerLyricist - Dean Martin, MainArtist
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Sammy Cahn, ComposerLyricist - Lee Gillette, Producer - Dean Martin, MainArtist - Gus Levene, Conductor - Ken Lane, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1959 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
A Winter Romance is perhaps best described as a "seasonal" album rather than a Christmas or holiday release, despite the inclusion of such familiar fare as "White Christmas" and "Winter Wonderland." Dean Martin has also included such standards as "The Things We Did Last Summer" and "June in January," as well as some specially written material such as Sammy Cahn and Ken Lane's title song and "It Won't Cool Off." Nevertheless, with its lush strings, well-scrubbed vocal choruses, and buoyant mood, this collection has an appropriately festive feel. Martin does a competent job, even having fun here and there when the song allows him to present his take on a similar baritone (Bing Crosby on "White Christmas"; Vaughn Monroe on "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"), or when the subject matter strays to something more comfortably suggestive like "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (performed with a female vocal chorus instead of a single female duet partner). All of which is to say that Martin makes the best of the situation without doing anything special with it. [Some reissues add one track, "Christmas Blues," recorded in 1953.]
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:32:28
- Main artists: Dean Martin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1959 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 2020 Capitol Records, LLC
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