Released 1978 Length 28:30 | Recorded November 1974 Release date 1978 | |
Genres Traditional pop music, Country pop Similar You're the Best Thing That Ever, Sittin' on Top of the World, I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am, Houston, The Hit Sound of Dean Mar | ||
Once in a While is a 1978 studio album by Dean Martin, produced by Jimmy Bowen. It was released four years after it was recorded.
Contents
The album consists of traditional pop music standards, recorded in country pop arrangements. Many of the songs were associated with singer Bing Crosby.
It was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2006 and Hip-O Records in 2009.
Dean martin once in a while
Reception
William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann said that "Martin had no trouble negotiating such arrangements, though, and his familiarity with the songs themselves made his interpretations more comfortable than ever".
Track listing
- "Twilight on the Trail" (Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell) - 4:18
- "Love Thy Neighbor" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) - 2:42
- "Without a Word of Warning" (Gordon, Revel) - 2:50
- "That Old Gang of Mine" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson, Billy Rose) - 2:28
- "The Day You Came Along" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 2:58
- "It's Magic" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 2:27
- "If I Had You" (Irving King, Ted Shapiro) - 2:32
- "Only Forever" (Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco) - 3:12
- "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) - 2:55
- "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) - 2:49
Personnel
References
Once in a While (Dean Martin album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA