On an Evening in Roma

"On an Evening in Roma"
Single by Dean Martin
B-side"You Can't Love 'Em All"
ReleasedJune 1959
GenreTraditional pop
Length2:23
LabelCapitol
Composer(s)Alessandro Taccani
Lyricist(s)
  • Nan Frederics
  • Umberto Bertini
Dean Martin singles chronology
"Rio Bravo"
(1959)
"On an Evening in Roma"
(1959)
"I Ain't Gonna Lead This Life No More"
(1959)

"On an Evening in Roma" is a 1959 single by Dean Martin. The song spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 59, while reaching No. 36 on the Cash Box Top 100, and No. 31 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.

"On an Evening in Roma" is an adaptation of "Sott'er celo de Roma" (Romanesco dialect for "Under the Sky of Rome"), an Italian song written by Alessandro "Sandro" Taccani and Umberto Bertini, originally performed by Teddy Reno with Gianni Ferrio's orchestra and released in 1957. The song has been recorded in several languages.