The Hit Sound of Dean Martin
The Hit Sound of Dean Martin is a 1966 studio album by Dean Martin arranged by Ernie Freeman and Billy Strange.[2][3]
| The Hit Sound of Dean Martin | ||||
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| Released | September 1966[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1966 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop, country | |||
| Length | 29:28 | |||
| Label | Reprise R 6213 | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Bowen | |||
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This was the third of five albums that Martin released in 1966, that year he also starred in three films and appeared in his own television show.[4] The Hit Sound of Dean Martin peaked at 50 on the Billboard 200, and was still on the charts in the second week of February 1967.[5][6] In contrast to the chart performance of his recent LP's, The Hit Sound of Dean Martin marked a waning in his chart popularity as it only became his first LP since 1964's Everybody Loves Somebody not to go gold.[2]
The album combines newly recorded material with previously issued singles and B sides.[2] The album featured Martin's singles "Come Running Back" and "A Million and One", respectively Top 40 pop and Top Five easy listening hits, with six newly recorded songs.[2] "Shades" by Lee Hazlewood that appears on the album had previously been issued as the B side to "A Million and One". Two tracks, "Any Time" and "Ain't Gonna Try Anymore," from this album had been released originally on Martin's 1963 album Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style.[2] The song "Any Time" was appearing for the third time on an LP by Martin, having also featured on his album Somewhere There's a Someone, released earlier in 1966.[2]
The Hit Sound of Dean Martin was reissued on CD by Hip-O Records in 2009.[7]
Reception edit
William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann commented on Martin's country music style writing that "The new songs, as usual arranged in a style that would define them as country music if they had been recorded in Nashville by a singer with more of a twang in his voice, were no great shakes".[2]
Track listing edit
Side One:
- "A Million and One" (Yvonne DeVaney) – 2:56
- "Don't Let the Blues Make You Bad" (Billy Mize) – 2:05
- "Any Time" (Herbert "Happy" Lawson) – 2:20
- "One Lonely Boy" (Baker Knight) – 2:22
- "I'm Living in Two Worlds" (Jan Crutchfield) – 2:38
- "Come Running Back" (Dick Glasser) – 2:07
Side Two:
- "Shades" (Lee Hazlewood) – 2:21
- "Today Is Not the Day" (Mary Taylor) – 2:01
- "Terrible, Tangled Web" (Mize) – 2:09
- "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)" (Bill Anderson) – 2:11
- "Ain't Gonna Try Anymore" (Clint Ballard) – 2:18
Personnel edit
- Dean Martin – vocals
- Ernie Freeman – arranger
- Billy Strange – conductor
- Ed Thrasher – art direction
- Eddie Brackett – engineer
- Jimmy Bowen – producer
References edit
- ^ Nick Tosches (13 April 1999). Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams. Random House Publishing Group. p. 539. ISBN 978-0-385-33429-7. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Hit Sound of Dean Martin at AllMusic
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (20 August 1966). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Nick Tosches (13 April 1999). Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams. Random House Publishing Group. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-385-33429-7. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ The Hit Sound of Dean Martin – Awards at AllMusic
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 February 1967). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ The Hit Sound of Dean Martin at AllMusic