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Somewhere There's a Someone (1966)

Where the lyrics of Somewhere There's a Someone take you, and where it was really made.

Most of this 1966 Dean Martin album was built from songs released on two 1963 country albums, yet it still became his eighth gold album.

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Somewhere There's a Someone: 1966 studio album by Dean Martin
Produced by Jimmy Bowen
Released 8 March 1966
First of five albums Martin released in 1966
That year he also starred in three films and appeared in his own television show
Peaked at number 50 on the Billboard 200
Became Martin's eighth gold album

Reprise Records had intended to record an album anchored by the title track
The title track had been a hit for Martin in the winter of 1966
It was a Top 40 pop hit
It reached the Top Five of the easy listening chart in late winter 1966
Its arrangement was familiar from his comeback hit "Everybody Loves Somebody" (1964)
Martin was too preoccupied with other work to record the planned album
The album was issued instead with ten tracks from two earlier albums
It also included the two sides of the "Somewhere There's a Someone" single
Five tracks came from the 1963 album Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style: "Any Time", "Blue Blue Day", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", "I Walk the Line", "Room Full of Roses"
Five tracks came from its follow-up, Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again, also released in 1963: "Candy Kisses", "I Can't Help It", "Bouquet of Roses", "Just a Little Lovin'", "Second Hand Rose (Second Hand Heart)"
The duplication of material did not stop the album from going gold

1	Somewhere There's a Someone	2:14
2	Any Time	2:19
3	Blue Blue Day	1:45
4	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	2:36
5	Candy Kisses	3:04
6	I Can't Help It	2:24
7	That Old Clock on the Wall	2:57
8	Bouquet of Roses	2:56
9	I Walk the Line	2:24
10	Just a Little Lovin'	2:03
11	Room Full of Roses	2:57
12	Second Hand Rose (Second Hand Heart)	2:15

Born Dino Paul Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio, on June 7, 1917; sang with local bands and worked as a casino croupier before his career began.
Formed the comedy team Martin and Lewis with Jerry Lewis in 1946; the partnership ended acrimoniously in 1956.
Launched a solo career as singer and actor; signature song "Everybody Loves Somebody" reached number one in the US in 1964.
Member of the Rat Pack with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, known for Las Vegas performances.
Hosted the NBC variety series The Dean Martin Show from 1965 to 1974 and the Celebrity Roast specials from 1974 to 1984.
Died on December 25, 1995, in Beverly Hills at age 78.

Sold about 50 million records worldwide and was honored with a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.
Hollywood Walk of Fame stars honor his work in film, recordings and television.

William Ruhlmann on AllMusic gave the album two and a half stars out of five
Ruhlmann noted that Martin duplicated material from his earlier country albums
He wrote that all tracks were listed on the front cover, so Reprise could not be accused of deception
He called it the most egregious example yet of Reprise's tendency to recycle its Martin catalog

Peaked at number 50 on the Billboard 200
Title track was a Top 40 pop hit
Title track reached the Top Five of the easy listening chart in late winter 1966
Became Martin's eighth gold album despite the duplicated material

The album was issued in place of a planned album because Martin was too busy with other work to record it.
The title track's arrangement resembled his 1964 comeback hit "Everybody Loves Somebody".
Ten tracks came from two 1963 country albums, and the album still went gold.
Ruhlmann pointed out that all the tracks were listed on the front cover.