| On an Evening in Roma | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dean Martin |
| B-Side: | You Can't Love 'Em All |
| Released: | 1959 |
| Genre: | Traditional pop |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Composer: | Alessandro Taccani |
| Lyricist: |
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| Prev Title: | Rio Bravo |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | I Ain't Gonna Lead This Life No More |
| Next Year: | 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,[1] while reaching No. 36 on the Cash Box Top 100,[2] and No. 31 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[3]
"On an Evening in Roma" is an adaptation of "Italian: '''Sott'er celo de Roma'''|i=no" (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.[4]
| Chart (1959) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada (CHUM Hit Parade) | 31 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 59 | |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 36 | |
| US Cash Box Records Disk Jockeys Played Most[5] | 45 |