Dream with Dean

Dream with Dean
Studio album by Dean Martin
Released	August 4, 1964
Genre	Vocal jazz [1] traditional pop
Length	30:12
Label	Reprise – R/RS 6123
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Dean Martin chronology
Robin and the 7 Hoods (w/ Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Falk) (1964) Dream with Dean (1964) The Door Is Still Open to My Heart (1964)

Dream with Dean is a 1964 studio album by Dean Martin, produced by Jimmy Bowen. ^[2]

This was the first of two albums that Martin released in 1964. Dream with Dean peaked at 15 on the Billboard 200. ^[3] The album features "Everybody Loves Somebody" with a quartet accompaniment, Martin was to re-record the song with strings later in 1964, and it would become his second single to top the Billboard Hot 100.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The initial Billboard review from 22 August 1964 praised the selection of material on the album and wrote that "As long as the performer is Dean Martin, you've got to see the words "sales" and "airplay" light up". ^[4]

Joe Viglione on Allmusic.com gave the album three stars out of five. Viglione said that if the album had "one drawback, it is that the 12 songs are incessant in their providing the same atmosphere...not only a very pleasant listening experience, it shows what a tremendous vocalist Dean Martin truly was". Vigilone describes Martin as performing as if "he were a lounge singer at 1:15 a.m. as the Saturday night crowd is dwindling". ^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)"	Don Dougherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al J. Neiburg	3:15
2.	"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"	Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer	3:04
3.	"I'll Buy That Dream"	Herbert Magidson	3:16
4.	"If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)"	Clifford Grey, Nat Ayer	3:03
5.	"Blue Moon"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	3:07
6.	"Everybody Loves Somebody"	Sam Coslow, Irving Taylor, Ken Lane	3:11
7.	"I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)"	Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk	2:36
8.	"Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?"	Maceo Pinkard	2:18
9.	"Hands Across the Table"	Jean Delettre	2:18
10.	"Smile"	Charlie Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons	2:58
11.	"My Melancholy Baby"	Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton	2:45
12.	"Baby Won't You Please Come Home"	Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams	2:18

• "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" was re-recorded for 1973's You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me.
  • "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" was originally cut for 1957's Pretty Baby. A third version is on You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me.
    • "Gimme a Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" was re-recorded for You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me.
      • "Smile" was re-recorded for 1973's Sittin' on Top of the World.
        • "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" was waxed a second time for 1966's The Dean Martin TV Show and a final time for You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me.

Personnel

Performance

• Dean Martin – vocals
• Ken Lane – piano
• Barney Kessel – guitar
• Red Mitchell – double bass
• Irving Cottler – drums

Production

• Stan Cornyn – liner notes
• Jimmy Bowen – producer

References

1. Stanley, Bob (2022). "The Summit: Frank, Dean and Sammy". Let's Do It – The Birth of Pop Music: A History. New York: Pegasus Books. p. 513.
2. Dream with Dean at AllMusic
3. Dream with Dean – Awards at AllMusic
4. "Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 22, 1964. p. 24. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved January 17, 2023.