Cha Cha de Amor

Cha Cha de Amor
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 jazz, traditional pop, cha-cha-chá Latin jazz
Length	30:29
Label	Capitol
Producer	Dave Cavanaugh
Dean Martin chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
New Record Mirror	^[3]

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)^[4] T-1702 |

Side A

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

Side B

Track	Song Title	Written By	Recording Date	Session Information	Time
1.	"I Love You Much Too Much"	Don Raye, Alex Olshanetsky and Chaim Towber	December 19, 1961	Session 10419; Master 36898	2:33
2.	"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"	William 'Pat' Best and Deek Watson^[5]	December 20, 1961	Session 10427; Master 36947	2:21
3.	"Let Me Love You Tonight"	René Touzet and Mitchell Parish	December 20, 1961	Session 10419; Master 36899	2:21
4.	"Amor"	Gabriel Ruíz and Sunny Skylar	December 18, 1961	Session 10417; Master 36879	3:10
5.	"Two Loves Have I	Vincent Scotto, Georges Koger, Henri Eugene Vantard, Jack Murray and Barry Trivers	December 18, 1961	Master 36887	2:09
6.	"If Love Is Good To Me"	Fred Spielman and Redd Evans	December 20, 1961	Session 10427; Master 36946	3:04

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.

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

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

^ Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes [2 volumes] by Ilan Stavans. Page 121
^ Allmusic review
^ Watson, Jimmy (30 March 1963). "Dean Martin: Cha Cha De Amor" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 107. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
^ 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.

[1] Latin Music: Musicians, Genres, and Themes [2 volumes] by Ilan Stavans. Page 121

[2] Allmusic review

[3] Watson, Jimmy (30 March 1963). "Dean Martin: Cha Cha De Amor" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 107. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

[4] The optional 'S' indicates a stereo recording)

[5] 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.

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Discography
Studio albums	Dean Martin Sings (Dean Martin's first studio album) Swingin' Down Yonder Pretty Baby Sleep Warm A Winter Romance This Time I'm Swingin'! Dino: Italian Love Songs French Style Cha Cha de Amor Dino Latino Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (a set of 4 albums, including 3 albums with Dean) Robin and the 7 Hoods 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 (Martin's final recording sessions)
Posthumous albums	Dino: The Essential Dean Martin Live from Las Vegas Forever Cool
Compilation albums	Everybody Loves Somebody Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine The Best of Dean Martin
Singles	"A Million and One" "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" "Arrivederci Roma" "Angel Baby" "Baby, It's Cold Outside" "Come Running Back" "Detroit City" "Everybody Loves Somebody" "Gentle on My Mind" "Houston" "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" "I Will" "If" "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" "In the Misty Moonlight" "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" "Innamorata" "June in January" "Just in Time" "King of the Road" "Lay Some Happiness on Me" "Let Me Go, Lover!" "Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me" "Mambo Italiano" "Memories Are Made of This" "Nobody's Baby Again" "On an Evening in Roma" "(Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In" "Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)" "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" "Return to Me" "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" "She's a Little Bit Country" "Somewhere There's a Someone" "Standing on the Corner" "Sway" "That's Amore" "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" "Under the Bridges of Paris" "Volare" "You Belong to Me" "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "Young and Foolish" "Not Enough Indians" "Gentle on My Mind"
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