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French Style
French Style
Studio album by Dean Martin
Released	1962
Recorded	February 1962
Genre	Traditional pop, lounge music
Length	35:36
Label	Reprise
Dean Martin chronology

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	" C'est si bon" (with chorus)	Henri Betti, André Hornez, Jerry Seelen	February 26, 1962	2:53
2.	" April in Paris"	Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg	February 27, 1962	3:34
3.	" Mimi"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	February 27, 1962	2:26
4.	" Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup"	Anna Sosenko	February 27, 1962	3:20
5.	" La Vie en rose"	Louiguy, Édith Piaf, Mack David	February 28, 1962	2:26
6.	" The Poor People of Paris" (with chorus)	Marguerite Monnot, René Rouzaud, Jack Lawrence	February 26, 1962	3:00
7.	" The River Seine" (with chorus)	Guy Lafarge, Allan Roberts, Alan Holt	February 26, 1962	2:22
8.	" The Last Time I Saw Paris"	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	February 27, 1962	2:48
9.	" Mam'selle"	Mack Gordon, Edmund Goulding	February 28, 1962	3:27
10.	" C'est Magnifique"	Cole Porter	February 28, 1962	2:39
11.	" Gigi"	Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner	February 28, 1962	3:39
12.	" I Love Paris"	Cole Porter	February 26, 1962	3:02

References

^ [1] French Style on AllMusic. "Neal Hefti, the excellent big band arranger who helped craft Count Basie's streamlined "atomic" style, handles the lounge-y charts, but they're in a swank lounge style, and you always laugh with Martin rather than at him..."
^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r25726

[1] [1] French Style on AllMusic. "Neal Hefti, the excellent big band arranger who helped craft Count Basie's streamlined "atomic" style, handles the lounge-y charts, but they're in a swank lounge style, and you always laugh with Martin rather than at him..."

[2] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r25726

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Discography
Studio albums	Dean Martin Sings (Dean Martin's first studio album) Swingin' Down Yonder Pretty Baby Sleep Warm A Winter Romance This Time I'm Swingin'! Dino: Italian Love Songs French Style Cha Cha de Amor Dino Latino Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (a set of 4 albums, including 3 albums with Dean) Robin and the 7 Hoods Dream with Dean The Door Is Still Open to My Heart Dean Martin Hits Again (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You Houston Somewhere There's a Someone Dean Martin Sings Songs from The Silencers The Hit Sound of Dean Martin The Dean Martin Christmas Album The Dean Martin TV Show Happiness Is Dean Martin Welcome to My World Gentle on My Mind I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am My Woman, My Woman, My Wife For the Good Times Dino Sittin' on Top of the World You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me Once in a While The Nashville Sessions (Martin's final recording sessions)
Posthumous albums	Dino: The Essential Dean Martin Live from Las Vegas Forever Cool
Compilation albums	Everybody Loves Somebody Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine The Best of Dean Martin
Singles	" A Million and One" " Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" " Arrivederci Roma" " Angel Baby" " Baby, It's Cold Outside" " Come Running Back" " Detroit City" " Everybody Loves Somebody" " Gentle on My Mind" " Houston" " I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" " I Will" " If" " In the Chapel in the Moonlight" " In the Misty Moonlight" " I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" " Innamorata" " June in January" " Just in Time" " King of the Road" " Lay Some Happiness on Me" " Let Me Go, Lover!" " Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me" " Mambo Italiano" " Memories Are Made of This" " Nobody's Baby Again" " On an Evening in Roma" " (Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In" " Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)" " (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" " Return to Me" " Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" " She's a Little Bit Country" " Somewhere There's a Someone" " Standing on the Corner" " Sway" " That's Amore" " The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" " The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" " Under the Bridges of Paris" " Volare" " You Belong to Me" " You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" " You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" " Young and Foolish" " Not Enough Indians" " Gentle on My Mind"
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