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The Hit Sound of Dean Martin (1966)

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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
The album has 11 tracks
Tracks: 'A Million and One', 'Don't Let the Blues Make You Bad', 'Any Time', 'One Lonely Boy', 'I'm Living in Two Worlds', 'Come Running Back', 'Shades', 'Today Is Not the Day', 'Terrible, Tangled Web', 'Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)', 'Ain't Gonna Try Anymore'
Credits: Billy Strange as conductor, Ernie Freeman as arranger, Jimmy Bowen as producer, Eddie Brackett as engineer, Ed Thrasher on art direction
Reissued on CD by Hip-O Records in 2009

Third of five albums Martin released in 1966
That year he also starred in three films and appeared in his own television show
The album combines newly recorded material with previously issued singles and B sides
'Come Running Back' reached the Top 40 pop chart and 'A Million and One' reached the Top Five easy listening chart; both were singles from Martin
'Shades', a Lee Hazlewood song, had been issued earlier as the B side of 'A Million and One'
'Any Time' and 'Ain't Gonna Try Anymore' were originally released on Martin's 1963 album Dean 'Tex' Martin: Country Style
'Any Time' was appearing for the third time on a Martin LP, having also featured on Somewhere There's a Someone earlier in 1966

1	A Million and One	2:57
2	Don’t Let the Blues Make You Bad	2:07
3	Any Time	2:22
4	One Lonely Boy	2:24
5	I’m Living in Two Worlds	2:40
6	Come Running Back	2:09
7	Shades	2:23
8	Today Is Not the Day	2:03
9	Terrible, Tangled Web	2:11
10	Nobody but a Fool	2:13
11	Ain’t Gonna Try Anymore	2:18

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.

The Hit Sound of Dean Martin was released in 1966, the third of five albums Martin put out that year
That year he also starred in three films and appeared in his own television show
The album mixes six newly recorded songs with previously issued singles and B sides
'Shades' by Lee Hazlewood had previously been the B side of 'A Million and One'
Chart performance marked a waning in Martin's popularity compared with his recent LPs

William Ruhlmann on AllMusic gave the album two and a half stars out of five
Ruhlmann said the new songs, arranged in a way that would define them as country music, were no great shakes

The album was the third of five releases Martin made in 1966, a year he also spent on three films and his own TV show.
'Any Time' appeared for the third time on a Martin LP, after Somewhere There's a Someone earlier in 1966.
'Ain't Gonna Try Anymore' and 'Any Time' came from the 1963 album Dean 'Tex' Martin: Country Style.
The album was the first Martin LP since 1964 not to go gold.