Dino: Italian Love Songs

Dino: Italian Love Songs
Dino: Italian Love Songs
Studio album by Dean Martin
Released	February 5, 1962
Recorded	September 6–8, 1961
Studio	1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, California
Genre	Vocal jazz, traditional pop
Length	33:02
Label	Capitol
Producer	Dave Cavanaugh
Dean Martin chronology
Singles from Dino: The Italian Love Songs
	"On an Evening in Roma"; Released: June 8, 1959;

Last updated September 05, 2025

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Dino: Italian Love Songs is an album by Dean Martin for Capitol Records, released in 1962. The sessions producing this album's songs were recorded between September 6 and September 8 of 1961. Dino: Italian Love Songs was released on February 5, 1962 (see 1962 in music). The backing orchestra was conducted and arranged by Gus Levene. The original album consisted of twelve songs with distinct Italian themes.

Track listing

LP

Capitol Records Catalog Number (S)^[2] T-1659

Side A

Track	Song Title	Written By	Recording Date	Session Information	Time
1.	"Just Say I Love Her (Dicitencello Vuie)"	Jack Val, Jimmy Dale, Martin Kalmanoff and Sam Ward	September 7, 1961	Session 10276; Master 36542	2:47
2.	"Arrivederci Roma"	Renato Rascel and Carl Sigman	September 6, 1961	Session 10274; Master 36411	2:41
3.	"My Heart Reminds Me"	Camillo Bargoni, Paul Siegel and Al Stillman	September 8, 1961	Session 10278; Master 36454	2:28
4.	"You're Breaking My Heart (Mattinata)"	Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pat Genaro and Sunny Skylar	September 7, 1961	Session 10276; Master 36449	2:45
5.	"Non Dimenticar (Don't Forget)"	Michele Galdieri, Shelly Dobbins and P.G. Redi	September 6, 1961	Session 10274; Master 36443	3:05
6.	"Return To Me (Ritorna a Me)"	Danny Di Minno and Carmen Lombardo	September 6, 1961	Session 10274; Master 36436	2:44

Side B

Track	Song Title	Written By	Recording Date	Session Information	Time
1.	"Vieni Su"	Johnny Cola	September 8, 1961	Session 10278; Master 35455	2:26
2.	"On an Evening in Roma (Sott'er Celo de Roma)"	Sandro Taccani, Umberto Bertini and Nan Fredricks	September 7, 1961	Session 10276; Master 36450	2:28
3.	"Pardon (Perdoname)"	Carmen Lombardo and Danny DiMinno	September 7, 1961	Session 10276; Master 36451	3:00
4.	"Take Me in Your Arms (Torna a Surriento)"	adaptation by Joseph J. Lilley	September 8, 1961	Session 10278; Master 36453	2:38
5.	"I Have But One Heart	Johnny Farrow and Marty Symes	September 6, 1961	Session 10274; Master 36444	3:02
6.	"There's No Tomorrow (O Sole Mio)"	Eduardo di Capua, Al Hoffman, Leo Corday and Leon Carr	September 6, 1961	Session 10274; Master 364828	2:48

Compact Disc

1997 EMI/Capitol combined Dino: Italian Love Songs with Cha Cha de Amor (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 WWCCM06052.

Track	Song Title	Written By	Recording Date	Session Information	Time
1.	"Bella, Bella Bambina"	Adolph (Bernice) Ross and Addy Baron			2:34
2.	"Giuggiola"	Nisa / Sammy Cahn and Corrado Lojacono			2:07
3.	"Simpatico"	Arthur Schwartz and Sammy Cahn	April 25, 1955	Session 3755; Master 13743-7	2:52
4.	"Belle from Barcelona"	Dante de Paulo and Louis Yule Brown	April 20, 1954	Session 3402; Master 12571-6	2:48

Personnel

Dean Martin – vocals
Robert F. Bain – guitar
Alton R. Hendrickson – guitar
Allan J. Reuss – guitar
Murray Shapinsky – bass
Nick Fatool – drums
Louis 'Lou' Singer – drums
Kermit 'Ken' Lane – piano
Carl L. Fortina – accordion
Justin DiTullio – cello
Armand Kaproff – cello (Session 10276 and 10278)
Raphael Kramer – cello (Sessions 10274 and 10278)
Edgar Lustgarten – cello (Sessions 10274 and 10276)
Kurt Reher – cello (Session 10274)
Ann Mason Stockton – harp
Joseph DiFiore – viola (Session 10278)
Alvin Dinkin – viola (Sessions 10274 and 10276)
Allan Harshman – viola (Session 10274)
Louis Kievman – viola (Sessions 10276 and 10278)
Virginia Majewski – viola
Paul Robyn – viola
Victor Arno – violin
Israel Baker – violin
Kurt Dieterle – violin
Jacques Gasselin – violin (Sessions 10276 and 10278)
James Getzoff – violin (Sessions 10274 and 10278)
Ben Gill – violin (Sessions 10274 and 10278
Anatol Kaminsky – violin
Nathan Kaproff – violin
Joseph Livoti – violin
Daniel Lube – violin
Lou Raderman – violin (Sessions 10274 and 10276)
Mischa Russell – violin (Sessions 10276 and 10278)
Marshall Sosson – violin (Session 10274)
Harry Zagon – violin

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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" "Chee Chee-Oo Chee (Sang the Little Bird)" "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" "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" "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" "Since I Met You Baby" "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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