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

You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
Studio album by Dean Martin
Released	December 14, 1973
Recorded	1973
Genre	Traditional pop, country pop
Length	28:30
Label	Reprise – R/RS 6428
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Dean Martin chronology
Sittin' on Top of the World (1972) You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (1973) Once in a While (1978)

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] 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.^[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

1. "Free to Carry On" (Burton Dale Bobbitt, Jim Brady) – 2:42
2. "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" (Jim Weatherly) – 4:00
3. "
   I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daugherty, Al J. Neiburg
   , Ellis Reynolds) – 3:08
4. "Amor Mio" (Sammy Cahn) – 2:43
5. "You Better Move On" (Arthur Alexander) – 2:23
6. "
   Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree" (L. Russell Brown, Irwin Levine
   ) – 2:47
7. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 2:28
8. "
   Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk
   ) – 2:53
9. "Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" (Maceo Pinkard, Jack Smith, Roy Turk) – 2:38
10. "Get On with Your Livin'" (Ted Hamilton) – 2:48

Personnel

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

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