Dean Martin Thats Amore (1953)

Dean Martin That s Amore (1953) Artist : Dean Martin Song : That s Amore Album : Dean Martin Sings (1953) That s Amore is a 1953 song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Jack Brooks. It became a major hit and signature song for Dean Martin in 1953. Amore (pronounced aˈmoːre) means love in Italian. 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.