Dean Martin – Memories Are Made of This

“Memories Are Made of This” – Single by Dean Martin with B-side “Change of Heart”
Released: November 28, 1955
Recorded: October 28, 1955

This song is from the film The Seven Hills Of Rome in which it was sung by Mario Lanza. It was written by Terry Gilkyson (who previously had performed with the legendary folk group The Weavers in the early 1950s), Richard Dehr and Frank Miller in 1955.

The backing vocals, singing “Sweet, sweet, the memories you gave to me,” belonged to Gilkyson, Dehr, and Miller, the 3 writers of the song, under the name of The Easy Riders. They went on to have a #4 hit in 1957 with the folk song “Marianne.”

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The song was first issued by Mindy Carson with Ray Conniff’s Orchestra and The Columbians. Carson’s version reached No. 53 on Billboard’s Top 100 chart.

The most popular version of the song was recorded by Dean Martin in 1955. He was backed by The Easy Riders (who consisted of Gilkyson, Dehr, and Miller), who wrote it. On the B-side of the 45 and 78 recordings was “Change of Heart” written by John Rox.

Martin’s version reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 100 chart, remaining at the top for five weeks in 1956, while spending six weeks atop Billboard’s chart of songs “Most Played by Jockeys”, five weeks atop Billboard’s chart of “Best Sellers in Stores”, and four weeks atop Billboard’s chart of songs “Most Played in Juke Boxes”. It became a Gold record and Martin’s biggest hit. It was also his only UK number one hit, topping the UK Singles Chart on 23 February 1956, and remaining at the top for four weeks.

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