You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (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.^[1]

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.^[1] Three of the songs; "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.^[1]

It was reissued on CD by Hip-O Records in 2009.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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".^[1]

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'" - 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

Dean Martin

Discography

Studio albums	Dean Martin Sings Swingin' Down Yonder Pretty Baby Sleep Warm A Winter Romance This Time I'm Swingin'! Dino: Italian Love Songs Cha Cha de Amor French Style Dino Latino Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again 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

Posthumous albums	Live from Las Vegas Forever Cool

Compilation albums	Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine The Best of Dean Martin Dino: The Essential Dean Martin

Singles	"Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)" "You Belong to Me" "That's Amore" "Sway" "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" "Mambo Italiano" "Young and Foolish" "Under the Bridges of Paris" "Memories Are Made of This" "Innamorata" "Standing on the Corner" "Volare" "Just in Time" "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" "Baby, It's Cold Outside"

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