Cha Cha de Amor
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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 18th and December 20th 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."
2005 Collectors' Choice Music
reissue added four more tracks to the twelve tracks on the original Capitol LP. Catalog Number WWCCM06062.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
consisting of the last tracks recorded by Dean Martin
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...
for Capitol Records, released in 1962. After recording these sessions, Martin joined Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
's Reprise Records
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra. It is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated through Warner Bros. Records.-Beginnings:...
label. This album's songs were recorded between December 18th and December 20th of 1961. Cha Cha de Amor was released on November 5, 1962 (see 1962 in music
1962 in music
-Events:*January 1 – The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option of signing one group only...
). The backing orchestra was conducted and arranged by Nelson Riddle
Nelson Riddle
Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...
. The album consists of twelve songs built upon an "authentic Afro-Cuban rhythm section."
Side A
- "Somebody Loves YouSomebody Loves You (1932 song)"Somebody Loves You" is a popular song.The music was written by Peter DeRose and the lyrics by Charlie Tobias. The song was published in 1932....
" (Peter deRosePeter DeRosePeter DeRose was an American Hall of Fame composer of jazz and pop music during the Tin Pan Alley era.-Biography:DeRose was born in New York City and as a boy exhibited a gift for things musical...
/ Charles TobiasCharles Tobias-Biography:Born in New York City, Tobias grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts with brothers Harry Tobias and Henry Tobias, also songwriters.He started his musical career in vaudeville. In 1923, he founded his own music publishing firm and worked on Tin Pan Alley...
) Time: – 2:34. Session 10427; Master 36948. Recorded December 20, 1961. - "My One and Only LoveMy One and Only Love"My One and Only Love" is a popular song with music written by Guy Wood and lyrics by Robert Mellin. The song was published in 1952.It was recorded by Frank Sinatra on May 2, 1953 and released on Capitol 2505.- Cover versions :...
" (Guy WoodGuy WoodGuy B Wood was a musician and composer of songs. He was born in Manchester, England and moved to the United States in the 1930s...
/ Robert Mellin) Time: – 2:29. Session 10419; Master 36921. Recorded December 19, 1961. - "Love (Your Spell Is Everywhere)" (Edmund GouldingEdmund GouldingEdmund Goulding was a British film writer and director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 British made Paramount silent Three Live Ghosts alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwick. Also in the early 20s he wrote several screenplays for star Mae Murray and...
/ Elsie JanisElsie JanisElsie Janis was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" .-Early career:...
) Time: – 2:25. Session 10417; Master 36853. Recorded December 18, 1961. - "I Wish You LoveI Wish You Love (song)"I Wish You Love" is a popular song. The music was written by Léo Chauliac, with French lyrics under the title "Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? " by Charles Trenet....
" (Charles TrenetCharles TrenetCharles Trenet was a French singer and songwriter, most famous for his recordings from the late 1930s until the mid-1950s, though his career continued through the 1990s...
/ 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 SalvadorHenri SalvadorHenri Salvador was a French Caribbean singer.-Biography:Salvador was born in Cayenne, French Guiana. His father, Clovis, and his mother, Antonine Paterne, daughter of a native Indian from the Caribbean, were both from Guadeloupe, French West Indies...
) Time: – 2:18. Session 10417; Master 36854. Recorded December 18, 1961. - "A Hundred Years From TodayA Hundred Years from Today"A Hundred Years from Today" is a popular song.The music was written by Victor Young, the lyrics by Ned Washington and Joe Young. The song was published in 1933.This song is about how we should enjoy life because what we do won't matter in a hundred years...
" (Victor YoungVictor YoungVictor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...
/ Joseph Young / Ned WashingtonNed WashingtonNed Washington was an American lyricist.-Biography:Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962...
) Time: – 2:41. Session 10427; Master 36949. Recorded December 20, 1961.
Side B
- "I Love You Much Too Much" (Don RayeDon RayeDon Raye , born Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr., in Washington, D.C., was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just For A Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."While known for...
/ Alex Olshanetsky / Chaim Towber) Time: – 2:33. Session 10419; Master 36898. Recorded December 19, 1961. - "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" for Sentimental Reasons" is a popular song written by William "Pat" Best, later a founding member of The Four Tunes. The credits list Deek Watson, former founding member of The Ink Spots, as a co-writer, though Best has stated that Watson had nothing to do with the creation of the song...
" (William 'Pat' Best / Deek Watson) Time: – 2:21. Session 10427; Master 36947. Recorded December 20, 1961. - "Let Me Love You Tonight" (René TouzetRené TouzetRené Touzet y Monte was a Cuban-born American composer, pianist and bandleader.-Career as bandleader:...
/ Mitchell ParishMitchell ParishMitchell Parish was an American lyricist.-Early life:Parish was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky to a Jewish family in Lithuania. His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 on the SS Dresden when he was less than a year old...
) Time: – 2:21. Session 10419; Master 36899. Recorded December 20, 1961. - "AmorAmor (song)"Amor" is a popular song.The music was written by Gabriel Ruiz, the original Spanish lyrics by Ricardo López Méndez, with English lyrics written by Sunny Skylar. The original title and opening line "Amor, Amor, Amor" became "More and more Amor" in the English version...
" (Gabriel RuízGabriel RuizGabriel Osvaldo Ruiz is an Argentine football defender currently playing for Guillermo Brown.Ruiz started his playing career with Newell's Old Boys in 1999...
/ Sunny SkylarSunny SkylarSunny Skylar was an American composer, singer, lyricist, and music publisher. He was born Selig Shaftel in Brooklyn, New York. As a singer, he appeared with a number of big bands, including those led by Ben Bernie, Paul Whiteman, Abe Lyman, George Hall and Vincent Lopez...
) Time: – 3:10. Session 10417; Master 36879. Recorded December 18, 1961. - "Two Loves Have I" (Vincent ScottoVincent ScottoVincent Scotto was a French composer.-Biography:Vincent Scotto started his career in Marseille in 1906 and later moved to Paris. Over the course of a lifetime, he wrote 4,000 songs as well as sixty operettas. He was friends with Marcel Pagnol and wrote music for his films...
/ Georges Koger / Henri Eugene Vantard / Jack MurrayJack MurrayJack Murray is a former Australian rules footballer who was highly successful in the West Australian National Football League .Murray played 172 games from 1935 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1949, as either a ruckman or a defender, for the Swan Districts Football Club...
/ Barry Trivers) Time: – 2:09. Master 36887. Recorded December 18, 1961. - "If Love Is Good To Me" (Fred Spielman / Redd EvansRedd EvansRedd Evans was a music lyricist whose songs have been recorded by Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra and Doris Day amongst many others....
) 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
Collectors' Choice Music
Collectors' Choice Music is a company primarily in two businesses. They are best known for re-issuing albums originally recorded in LP record form as compact discs...
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 RayeDon RayeDon Raye , born Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr., in Washington, D.C., was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just For A Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."While known for...
) 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.
Complete Musical Credits
- 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' CanoEddie CanoEdward "Eddie" Cano was an Afro-Cuban jazz and Latin jazz pianist born in Los Angeles, California. He began his musical career with Miguelito Valdés and his orchestra. Cano has worked with many other notable musicians including Bobby Ramos, Les Baxter, Jack Costanzo, Buddy Collette, and Tony...
: 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 SchwartzWilbur SchwartzWilbur Schwartz was a clarinetist and alto saxophonist best remembered today for his work with Glenn Miller....
: 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' SherlockShorty SherockClarence "Shorty" Sherock was a prominent swing jazz trumpeter.Sherock attended the Illinois Military Academy before becoming a soloist with Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra and later with Gene Krupa's Orchestra, together with saxophonist Sam Donahue.He was a featured soloist at the first concert of...
: Trumpet (Sessions 10417 and 10427)