On an Evening in Roma

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"On an Evening in Roma"
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Finnish release picture sleeve
Single by Dean Martin
B-side "You Can't Love 'Em All"
ReleasedJune 1959 [1]
Genre Traditional pop
Length2:23
Label Capitol
Composer(s) Alessandro Taccani
Lyricist(s)
  • Nan Frederics
  • Umberto Bertini
Dean Martin singles chronology
"Rio Bravo"
(1959)		"On an Evening in Roma"
(1959)		"I Ain't Gonna Lead This Life No More"
(1959)

"On an Evening in Roma" is a 1959 single by Dean Martin. The song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 59, [2] while reaching No. 36 on the Cash Box Top 100, [3] and No. 31 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. [4]

Contents

"On an Evening in Roma" is an adaptation of "Sott'er celo de Roma" (Romanesco dialect for "Under the Sky of Rome"), an Italian song written by Alessandro "Sandro" Taccani and Umberto Bertini, originally performed by Teddy Reno with Gianni Ferrio's orchestra and released in 1957. The song has been recorded in several languages. [5]

Chart performance

Chart (1959)Peak
position
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade) [4] 31
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 59
US Cash Box Top 100 [3] 36
US Cash Box Records Disk Jockeys Played Most [6] 45

Notable versions

References

  1. ↑ "Reviews of This Week's Singles". Billboard. June 8, 1959. p. 41.
  2. 1 2 Hot 100 - Dean Martin On An Evening in Roma Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "The Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box , August 29, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "1050 CHUM – CHUM Charts". CHUM. Archived from the original on July 18, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Sott'er celo de Roma". SecondHandSongs . Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Records Disk Jockeys Played Most", Cash Box , August 29, 1959. p. 28. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
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