French Style | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Dean Martin |
Cover: | French Style.jpeg |
Released: | 1962 |
Recorded: | February 1962 |
Genre: | Traditional pop, lounge music[1] |
Length: | 35:36 |
Label: | Reprise |
Prev Year: | 1962 |
Next Title: | Cha Cha de Amor |
Next Year: | 1962 |
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.