| 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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The Hit Sound of Dean Martin is a 1966 studio album by Dean Martin arranged by Ernie Freeman and Billy Strange.[2][3]
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]
- ^ 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 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