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 | ||||
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Released | November 16, 1959 | |||
Recorded | July 29 – August 6, 1959 | |||
Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
Genre | Christmas | |||
Length | 33:34 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Lee Gillette | |||
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Singles from A Winter Romance | ||||
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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.
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AllMusic | link |
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]
Capitol (S)[2] T-1285
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. This version charted for 11 weeks peaking at #12 on Billboard's Best Bets For Christmas album chart December 14, 1968.[3]
The 1989 Capitol CD reissue added a thirteenth bonus track following to the original album.
The 2005 Collectors' Choice Music CD reissue added four (non-Christmas) bonus tracks to the original album.
Chart (2018–2024) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] | 26 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[5] | 8 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] | 5 |
Estonian Albums (Eesti Tipp-40)[7] | 22 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] | 13 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] | 5 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[10] | 8 |
Icelandic Albums (Plötutíðindi)[11] | 18 |
Irish Albums (OCC)[12] | 31 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13] | 27 |
Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[14] | 8 |
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[15] | 3 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[16] | 11 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[17] | 40 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[18] | 9 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] | 83 |
US Billboard 200[20] | 61 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[21] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] | Silver | 60,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |