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A Winter Romance is a 1959 long playing album by Dean Martin, accompanied by an orchestra arranged and conducted by Gus Levene. While not exclusively a Christmas album, it features several songs associated with Christmas as part of its larger winter theme. It was Martin's only Christmas themed album for Capitol Records. Martin later recorded The Dean Martin Christmas Album for Reprise Records in 1966.

A Winter Romance
Studio album by
Dean Martin
ReleasedNovember 16, 1959
RecordedJuly 29-August 6, 1959
StudioCapitol (Hollywood)
GenreChristmas
Length33:34
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Dean Martin chronology
Sleep Warm
(with an orchestra conducted by Frank Sinatra)
(1959)		 A Winter Romance
(1959)		 This Time I'm Swingin'!
(1960)

The original artwork featured a picture of Martin embracing a fetching young woman. At the same time, he is throwing a passing flirt at a second, attractive woman.


Reception


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The initial Billboard magazine review from November 30, 1959 chose the album as one of its "Spotlight Winners of the Week" and commented that "The tunes are all one the winter kick ... Martin sings them with his usual ease and nonchalance ... A potent waxing for the holiday season".[1]


Track listing



Original LP


Capitol (S)[2] T-1285


Side A

  1. "A Winter Romance" (Sammy Cahn, Ken Lane) – 2:57
    • Session 7875S; Master 32161; Take 10. Recorded August 4, 1959.
  2. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 1:55
    • Session 7882; Master 32194; Take 15. Recorded August 6, 1959.
  3. "The Things We Did Last Summer" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 3:37
    • Session 7851; Master 32147; Take 8. Recorded July 29, 1959.
  4. "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Irving Berlin) – 2:43
    • Session 7875S; Master 32164; Take 8. Recorded August 4, 1959.
  5. "June in January" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 2:46
    • Session 7875S; Master 32162; Take 6. Recorded August 4, 1959.
  6. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 3:18
    • Session 7851; Master 32150; Take 4. Recorded July 29, 1959.

Side B

  1. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) – 1:51
    • Session 7851; Master 32148; Take 7. Recorded July 29, 1959.
  2. "Out in the Cold Again" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:34
    • Session 7882; Master 32191; Take 12. Recorded August 6, 1959.
  3. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Frank Loesser) – 2:23
    • Session 7882; Master 32192; Take 15. Recorded August 6, 1959.
  4. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:15
    • Session 7882; Master 32193; Take 4. Recorded August 6, 1959.
  5. "White Christmas" (Berlin) – 2:28
    • Session 7851; Master 32149; Take 7. Recorded July 29, 1959.
  6. "It Won't Cool Off" (Cahn, Lane) – 2:27
    • Session 7875S; Master 32163; Take 7. Recorded August 4, 1959.

Reissues


The LP was reissued in 1965 as Holiday Cheer (Capitol STT-2343) as well as on the cassette tape, with different cover art and the song "A Winter Romance" omitted.

The 1989 Capitol CD reissue added a thirteenth bonus track following to the original album.

  1. "The Christmas Blues" (David Holt, Cahn) – 2:54.
    • Session 3176; Master 11943-8; Take 8. Recorded October 5, 1953.

The 2005 Collectors' Choice Music CD reissue added four (non-Christmas) bonus tracks to the original album.

  1. "Meanderin'" (Cy Coben, Charles Randolph Grean, George Botsford) – 2:58
    • Session 2309; Master 9022-7. Recorded September 15, 1951.
  2. "Sogni d'Oro" (Marilyn Keith, Lew Spence, Alan Bergman) – 2:35
    • Session 7751; Master 31662-14. Recorded May 13, 1959.
  3. "Go Go Go Go" (Jerry Livingston, Mack David) – 2:22
    • Session 2092; Master 7256-7. Recorded June 20, 1951.
  4. "Buttercup of Golden Hair" (Mitchell Tableporter) – 2:18
    • Session 7757; Master 31694-3. Recorded May 15, 1959.

Personnel



Charts


Chart performance for A Winter Romance
Chart (2018–2022) Peak
position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[3] 14
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 13
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 24
Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[6] 8
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[7] 11
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 27
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 9
US Billboard 200[10] 61

Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[11] Gold 10,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.


Notes


  1. "Article". Billboard. 30 November 1959. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. The optional 'S' indicates a stereo recording
  3. "Danishcharts.dk – Dean Martin – A Winter Romance". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  4. "Dutchcharts.nl – Dean Martin – A Winter Romance" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  5. "Dean Martin: A Winter Romance" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  6. "Mūzikas patēriņa tops gadu mijā" (in Latvian). LAIPA. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  7. "2021 52-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. December 31, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Dean Martin – A Winter Romance". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  9. "Swedishcharts.com – Dean Martin – A Winter Romance". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  10. "Billboard 200 (January 5, 2020)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  11. "Danish album certifications – Dean Martin – A Winter Romance". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 12 January 2022.


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