I like
Vic Damone's version of
"On the Street Where You Live" all right, but it doesn't swing as hard as
Dean Martin's. Dino's version was recorded for his 1960
This Time I'm Swingin'! album. The arranger/conductor on the song and album was
Nelson Riddle (obviously), hence
the elegant swing rhythm. Riddle was of course the guy who helped
to retool Frank Sinatra's sound in the mid-1950s. Heck, this recording even featured
Harry "Sweets" Edison, the trumpet player so important to Sinatra that the singer often made sure Edison had
his own mike at recording sessions.
