You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (Dean Martin album)

You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me is a 1973 studio album by Dean Martin, arranged by Ernie Freeman and Larry Muhoberac, and produced by Jimmy Bowen.

Bowen returned to the country pop format that he had abandoned for Martin's previous album, and included Traditional pop standards, R&B songs, and an Italian song. Four of the songs, "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home," "I Don't Know Why," and "Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?", had previously appeared on his 1964 album Dream with Dean.

It was reissued on CD by Hip-O Records in 2009.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann said that "The idea, it seemed, was to try a little everything, and Martin, as usual, was game. But he really needed to have displayed such versatility earlier".

Track listing

"Free to Carry On" (Burton Dale Bobbitt, Jim Brady) – 2:42
"You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" (Jim Weatherly) – 4:00
"I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 3:08
"Amor Mio" (Sammy Cahn) – 2:43
"You Better Move On" (Arthur Alexander) – 2:23
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" (L. Russell Brown, Irwin Levine) – 2:47
"Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 2:28
"I Don't Know Why" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:53
"Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" (Maceo Pinkard, Jack Smith, Roy Turk) – 2:38
"Get On with Your Livin'" (Ted Hamilton) – 2:48

Personnel

Dean Martin – vocals
Ernie Freeman – arranger
Larry Muhoberac
Jimmy Bowen – record producer
John Guess – audio engineer
Tom Perry
Ricci Martin – photography

References

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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"
Related	Martin and Lewis Rat Pack Deana Martin (daughter) Dean Paul Martin (son) Ricci Martin (son) The Rat Pack (1998 film) Martin and Lewis (2002 film) The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

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