In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument

That's Amore

Music by Harry Warren and Jack Brooks

Originally Performed by Dean Martin

The song first appeared in the soundtrack of the Martin and Lewis comedy film The Caddy, released by Paramount Pictures on August 10, 1953. Lewis commissioned Warren and Brooks to write songs for Martin to sing in the movie. According to Lewis, he personally paid them $30,000 secretly in the hope that one would be a hit for Martin. In the film the song is performed mainly by Martin, with Lewis joining in and then followed by the other characters in the scene. It received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song of that year, but it lost to "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane starring Doris Day.

Release Date: 1953

Nashville Singers : The Journey Begins

Todd Wilson earned six International Chorus Championships with The Vocal Majority, and one International Quartet Gold Medal singing with Acoustix. Since then he has conducted six different choral ensembles across the country, leading the 90-voice Houston Tidelanders to two BHS top ten finishes. He is one of the founders of Nashville Singers, and is Director of Music (in addition to wearing several other hats) for the 14-man group. "The Journey Begins" is a six-song debut recording for the NS, featuring The Turtles' "Happy Together," the traditional folk tune "Shenandoah," the Dean Martin trademark hit "That's Amore" (sung by the Amore 4, a Barbershop Quartet within the Singers) Token's Doo-Wop standard "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and "The Impossible Dream" from "Man of La Mancha." Masterful Mr. Wilson knows what he's doing, and "The Journey Begins" sounds great. We'll be expecting big things from the talented Nashville Singers!

Songlist: Happy Together, Shenandoah, That's Amore, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Over The Rainbow, The Impossible Dream

Individual Folios

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Kirby Shaw : That's Amore

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amoré! No matter whether your frame of reference is the Dean Martin hit or the recent commercial on national TV, this quasi-operatic spoof will lift everyone's spirits. Available: 2-Part, ShowTrax CD. Performance Time: Approx. 2:30.

Arranger: Kirby Shaw | Composer: Harry Warren