In the spy spoof The Silencers, Dean Martin, playing the starring role of secret agent Matt Helm, hears excerpts from old Tin Pan Alley standards going through his head, sung by himself, of course, during the course of the story. This album is not a soundtrack album per se (there is such a thing, containing Elmer Bernstein's score, and it's on RCA Victor LOC/LSO-1120); it is a collection of complete studio recordings of those oldies, along with four recordings of incidental music also used in the film that are either instrumentals or feature only a vocal chorus. The pop songs sometimes have a Western flavor ("Empty Saddles in the Old Corral," "The Last Round-Up") or a vaudeville/theatrical connection ("If You Knew Susie," "On the Sunny Side of the Street"), but in Ernie Freeman and Gene Page's arrangements they are given the same bravura treatment as the songs on Martin's regular albums. A minor effort mounted simply as a movie tie-in, this album deservedly didn't attract much attention, although Martin's popularity assured it would spend several weeks in the charts.

DEAN MARTIN
SONGS FROM THE SILENCERS
(Reprise RS-6211)
1966
Produced by Jimmy Bowen


1.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
(Michael Carr - Jimmy Kennedy)
« © '39 Colgems Music, ASCAP / Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »

South of the border down Mexico way
That's where I fell in love when stars above came out to play
And now as I wander my thoughts ever stray
South of the border down Mexico way

She was a picture in old Spanish lace
Just for a tender while he kissed the smile upon her face
For it was fiesta and they were so gay
South of the border down Mexico way

Then she sighed as she whispered manana
Never dreaming that we were partin'
And I lied as I whispered manana
For our tomorrow never came

South of the border oh I jump back one day
There in veil of white by candlelight she knelt to pray
Well the mission bells told me that I mustn't stay
South of the border down Mexico way

Ay-ay-ay-ay ay-ay-ay-ay
Ay-ay-ay-ay ay-ay-ay-ay
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2.
EMPTY SADDLES
(Billy Hill)
« © '52 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »

Empty saddles in the old corral where do you ride tonight
Are you roundin' up to doggies this trails of long ago
Are you on the trail of Buffalo

Empty saddles in the old corral where do you ride tonight
Are they restless at the border or a band of Navajo
Are you headin' for the Alamo

Empty guns covered with rust where do you talk tonight
Empty boots covered with dust where do you walk tonight

Empty saddles in the old corral my tears would be dried tonight
If you'll only say I'm lonely as you carry my old pal
Empty saddles in the old corral
[ strings ]
If you'll only say I'm lonely as you carry my old pal
Empty saddles in the old corral
If you'll only say I'm lonely as you carry my old pal
Empty saddles in the old corral
(Empty saddles in the old corral empty saddles in the old corral
Empty saddles in the old corral empty saddles in the old corral)
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3.
RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET
(Jimmy Kennedy - Hugh Williams)
« © '35 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »

Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me

She sailed with the dawning all day I've been blue
Red sails in the sunset I'm trusting in you

Swift wings you must borrow make straight for the shore
We'll marry tomorrow and she'll go sailing no more

Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me

(Swift wings you must borrow make straight for the shore)
We'll marry tomorrow and she'll go sailing no more

Red sails in the sunset way out on the sea
Oh carry my loved one home safely to me
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4.
ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET
(Dorothy Fields - Jimmy McHugh)
« © '30 Cotton Club Publishing, ASCAP / Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »

Grab your coat oh get your hat leave your worry on the doorstep
Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street
Can't you hear that pitter pat and that happy tune is your step
Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street

I used to walk in the shade with those blues on parade
But I'm not afraid this rover he crossed over
If I never have one cent I'll be rich as Rockefeller
Gold dust at my feet on the sunny side of the street

(I used to walk walk in the shade with those blues blues on parade)
But I'm not afraid this rover he crossed over
If I never have one cent I'll be rich as Rockefeller
Gold dust at my feet on the sunny (sunny)
On the sunny (sunny) on the sunny side of the street
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5.
GLORY OF LOVE
(Billy Hill)
« © '36 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »

(That's the story of that's the glory of love)

You've got to give a little take a little
And let your poor heart break a little
That's the story of that's the glory of love

You've got to laugh a little cry a little
Before the clouds roll by a little
That's the story of that's the glory of love

As long as there's the two of us
We've got the world and all its charms
And when the world is through with us
We've got each other's arms

You've got to win a little lose a little
And always have the blues a little
That's the story of that's the glory of love

(As long as there's the two of us)
We've got the world and all its charms
(And when the world is through with us)
We've got each other's arms

You've got to win a little lose a little...
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6.
SIDE BY SIDE
(Jeff Wood)
« © '27 Sonlife Music, ASCAP »

(Side by side)

Oh we ain't got a barrel of money maybe we're ragged and funny
But we'll travel along singing a song side by side

Don't know what's coming tomorrow amybe it's trouble and sorrow
But we'll travel the road sharin' our load side by side

Through all kind of weather what if the sky should fall
As long as we're together it doesn't matter at all

When they've all had their quarrels and parted we'll be the same as we started
Just to travel along singing a song side by side
[ horns ]
When they've all had their quarrels and parted...
(Side by side)
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7.
IF I KNEW SUSIE
(Buddy G. Sylva - Joseph Meyer)
« © '66 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »

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8.
LAST ROUNDUP
(Billy Hill)
« © '33 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP »

I'm headin' for the last roundup
I gonna saddle old pink for the last time and ride
So long old pal it's time your tears withdry
Well I'm a headin' for the last roundup

Now git along little doggie git along git along little doggie git along
Yeah git along little doggie git along git along little doggie git along
Well I'm a headin' for the last roundup

Git along little doggie...
I gonna saddle old pink...
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