French Style
French Style | ||||
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Studio album by Dean Martin | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | February 1962 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop, lounge music[1] | |||
Length | 35:36 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Dean Martin chronology | ||||
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French Style is Dean Martin's first LP for Reprise Records. Recorded during February 1962, it features French-themed popular songs and chansons arranged by Neal Hefti. Among them "C'est si bon," which frequently appears on Dean Martin compilation albums; a rendition of Edith Piaf's classic "La Vie en rose"; the title song from the MGM classic Gigi; and two classic Cole Porter tunes. Originally released as Reprise LP R(S)-6021 ('S' distinguishing the stereo pressing), the album's tracks made their CD debut as part of the chronologically sequenced Bear Family box set Everybody Loves Somebody (BCD 16343). A subsequent two-on-one CD (together with Martin's succeeding album Dino Latino) by Collectors' Choice restored the original running order.
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Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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1. | "C'est si bon" (with chorus) | Henri Betti, André Hornez, Jerry Seelen | February 26, 1962 | 2:53 |
2. | "April in Paris" | Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg | February 27, 1962 | 3:34 |
3. | "Mimi" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | February 27, 1962 | 2:26 |
4. | "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" | Anna Sosenko | February 27, 1962 | 3:20 |
5. | "La Vie en rose" | Louiguy, Édith Piaf, Mack David | February 28, 1962 | 2:26 |
6. | "The Poor People of Paris" (with chorus) | Marguerite Monnot, René Rouzaud, Jack Lawrence | February 26, 1962 | 3:00 |
7. | "The River Seine" (with chorus) | Guy Lafarge, Allan Roberts, Alan Holt | February 26, 1962 | 2:22 |
8. | "The Last Time I Saw Paris" | Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II | February 27, 1962 | 2:48 |
9. | "Mam'selle" | Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding | February 28, 1962 | 3:27 |
10. | "C'est Magnifique" | Cole Porter | February 28, 1962 | 2:39 |
11. | "Gigi" | Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner | February 28, 1962 | 3:39 |
12. | "I Love Paris" | Cole Porter | February 26, 1962 | 3:02 |
References
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- 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)
- Dino: The Essential Dean Martin
- Live from Las Vegas
- Forever Cool
- Everybody Loves Somebody
- Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine
- The Best of Dean Martin
- "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"
- Martin and Lewis
- Rat Pack
- Deana Martin (daughter)
- Dean Paul Martin (son)
- Ricci Martin (son)
- The Rat Pack (1998 film)
- Martin and Lewis (2002 film)
- The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis