Ain't That a Kick in the Head?

Dean Martin · 1960 · Recorded on May 10, 1960 during the This Time I'm Swingin'! sessions, but left off the original album.

Context

A song by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Sammy Cahn (lyrics), written for the film Ocean's 11 (1960). Dean Martin recorded it on May 10, 1960 for Capitol in an arrangement by Nelson Riddle. The single did not enter the charts at the time; the song has since been certified platinum in the United States.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

Sources

• EN: Ain't That a Kick in the Head
• EN: This Time I'm Swingin'!

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