WINTER
ROMANCE
DEAN
MARTIN
SONGWRITERS:
SAMMY CAHN & KEN LANE
COUNTRY:
U.S.A.
ALBUM: A
WINTER ROMANCE
LABEL: CAPITOL
RECORDS
GENRE: CHRISTMAS
BALLAD
YEAR: 1959
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.
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.
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".
I never will forget the station
where we met
You dropped your skis a happy circumstance
No one would have guessed we had started
Started a winter romance
And all the way to Maine
On that enchanted train
The passing scenery didn't get a glance
We held hands completely light hearted
Off to a winter romance
We danced that night by candle light
The world was white with snow
The way we felt we never felt
The snow could melt and go
But though the snow is gone the romance lingers on
And those that said it didn't stand a chance
Will know when they see us together
That love's not been controlled by the weather
And all of our summers we'll have our winter romance
(Though the snow is gone the romance lingers on)
(And those that said it didn't stand a chance)
Will know when they see us together
That love's not been controlled by the weather
And all of our summers we'll have our winter romance.