For two and a half years following the spring 1964 release of "Everybody Loves Somebody," Dean Martin cloned numerous successors to his comeback hit, all of them employing the prominent backbeat and vocal chorus, the triplets driving the rhythm, as well as a lengthy series of country-pop efforts that borrowed from the Nashville sound for a kind of Hollywood sound that might have made the country charts if the singer had not been the pride of Steubenville, OH, by way of Beverly Hills. Gold records rained down on Martin's head during this period, but he largely ignored his core constituency, the adult pop audience that expected him to wear a tuxedo and sing staples of the Great American Songbook over a wash of strings as he had on his Capitol recordings of the 1950s. Using as an excuse a tie-in with his successful television series (although this is not a soundtrack album), Martin finally prepared just such a set of recordings on the LP called The Dean Martin TV Show. For the first time since 1964's Dream With Dean, he applied himself to traditional pop standards as the drumkit remained discreetly in a timekeeping mode in the back. The result may not have been his best such LP (especially because, boasting only ten tracks, it was so short), but for his most faithful fans, it must have come as a considerable relief.
DEAN MARTIN
THE DEAN MARTIN TV SHOW
(Reprise RS-6233)
1966
Produced by Jimmy Bowen

Arrangements by Ernie Freeman Combo
1.
ONE I LOVE (BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE)
(Gus Kahn - Isham Jones)
« © '50 Bantam Music, ASCAP / Keyes Gilbert Music, ASCAP »
The one I love belongs to somebody else
She means her tender songs for somebody else
And even when I have my arms around her
I know her thoughts are strong for somebody else
Oh the hands I hold belong to somebody else
I bet they're not so cold to somebody else
It's tough to be alone on a shelf
It's worse to fall in love by yourself
The one I love belongs to somebody else
[ strings ]
It's tough to be alone..
Somebody else somebody else somebody else
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2.
BABY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME
(Charles Warfield - Clarence Williams)
« © '23 Great Standards Music, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
Baby won't you please come home cause your daddy's all alone
I have tried in vain never no more to call your name
When you left you broke my heart because I never thought we'd part
Every hour in the day you'll hear me say baby please come home
[ horns ]
I have tried in vain never no more to call your name
When you left you broke my heart...
Baby won't you please come home
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3.
IF I HAD YOU
(Ted Shapiro - Jimmy Campbell - Red Connelly)
« © '57 Campbell-Connelly Inc, ASCAP / Robbins Catalog, ASCAP »
I could show the world how to smile I could be glad all of the while
I could change the gray skies to blue if I had you
I could leave the old days behind leave all my pals I'd never mind
I could start my life all new if I had you
I could climb the snow-capped mountain sail the mighty ocean wide
I could cross the burning desert if I had you by my side
I could be a king dear on a crown humble or poor rich or renowned
There is nothing I could not do if I had you
[ strings ]
I could be a king dear on a crown...
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4.
I'VE GROWN ACCUSTOMED TO HER FACE
(Frederick Loewe - Alan Jay Lerner)
« © '60 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »
I've grown accustomed to her face she almost makes the day begin
I've grown accustomed to her tune she whistles night and noon
Her smiles her frowns her ups her downs
There's second nature to me now like breathin' out and breathin' in
I was serenely independent and content before we met
Surely I could always be that way again and yet
I've grown accustomed to her looks accustomed to her voice
Accustomed to her face
[ strings ]
I'm very grateful she's a woman and so easy to forget
Rather like a habit one can always break and yet
I've grown accustomed to the trace of something in the air
Accustomed to her face
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5.
IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN
(Jerry Livingston - Marty Symes - Al Neiburg)
« © '50 Hallmark Music, ASCAP »
I can't show my face can't go anyplace
People stop and stare it's so hard to bear
Everybody knows you left me it's the talk of the town
Everytime we meet my heart skips a beat
We don't stop to speak though it's just a week
Everybody knows you left me it's the talk of the town
We send our invitations to friends and relations annoncing our wedding day
Friends and relations gave congratulations how can you face them what can you say
Let's make up sweetheart we can't stay apart
Don't let foolish pride keep you from my side
How can love like ours be ended it's the talk of the town
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6.
JUST FRIENDS
(John Klenner - Samuel Lewis)
« © '57 Robbins Catalog, ASCAP »
Just friends love is no more just friends but not like before
To think of what we've been and not to kiss again
Seems like pretending that it is the ending
Two friends drifting apart two friends but one broken heart
We loved we laughed and we cried and suddenly love died
The story ends and we're just friends
[ strings ]
We loved we laughed and we cried...
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7.
S'POSIN'
(Andy Razaf - Paul Denniker)
« © '49 Morley Music, ASCAP / Razaf Music, ASCAP »
S'posin' I should fall in love with you
Do you think that you could love me too
S'posin' I should hold you and caress you
Would it impress you or distress you
S'posin' I should say for you I yearn
Would you think I'm speaking out of tune
S'posin' I'd declare it would you take my love and share it
I'm not s'posin' I'm in love with you
[ horns ]
S'posin' I should say for you I yearn...
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8.
WHAT CAN I SAY AFTER I SAY I'M SORRY
(Walter Donaldson - Abe Lymann)
« © '45 Donaldson Publishing, ASCAP / Miller Catalog, ASCAP »
Oh what can I say dear after I say I'm sorry
Oh what can I do to prove it to you I'm sorry
I didn't mean to ever be mean to you
If I didn't care I wouldn't feel like I do
I was all wrong but right or wrong I don't blame you
Why should take somebody like you to shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry dear
So what can I say dear after I say I'm sorry
I know that I made you cry...
I'm sorry
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9.
THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER
(Sammy Cahn - Jule Styne)
« © '59 Cahn Music, ASCAP / Producers Music, ASCAP »
The boat rides we would take the moonlight on the lake
The way we danced and hummed our favorite songs
The things we did last summer I'll remember all winter long
The Midway and the fun the Cupie dolls we won
The bell I rung to prove that I was strong
The things we did last summer I'll remember all winter long
The early morning hike the rented tandem bike
The lunches that we used to pack
We never could explain the sudden summer rain
The looks we got when we got back
The leaves began to fade like promises we made
How could a love that seemed so right go wrong
The things we did last summer I'll remember all winter long
I'll remember all winter long
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10.
HOME
(Harry Clarkson - Jeff Clarkson - Peter VanSteeden)
« © '58 Geoffrey Clarkson Music, ASCAP / Songsastle Music, ASCAP »
When shadows fall and leaves whisper the day is ending
My thoughts are ever wandering home
When crickets call my heart is forever yearning
Once more to be returning
When the hills can see the settin' sun
Stars begin to spark one by one
Nights covers all and though fortune may forsake me
Sweet dream will ever take me home
Nights covers all...
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