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{{Short description|1947 song by Sam Coslow, Irving Taylor and Ken Lane; 1964 hit by Dean Martin}} |
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| artist = [[Dean Martin]] |
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| album = [[Everybody Loves Somebody (album)|Everybody Loves Somebody]] |
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| released = June 1964 |
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| studio = [[United Western Recorders|United Western]], Hollywood<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cogan |first1=Jim |last2=Clark |first2=William |title=Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios |date=2003 |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco, California, USA |isbn=0-8118-3394-1 |page=218}}</ref> |
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| Genre = [[Pop Music|Pop]] |
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| genre = [[Traditional pop]] |
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| length = 2:48 |
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| Writer = [[Irving Taylor (songwriter)|Irving Taylor]], [[Ken Lane]] |
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| label = [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] |
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| writer = [[Sam Coslow]], [[Irving Taylor (songwriter)|Irving Taylor]], [[Ken Lane]] |
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| producer = [[Jimmy Bowen]] |
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| prev_title = La Giostra |
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| next_title = [[The Door Is Still Open to My Heart]] |
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"'''Everybody Loves Somebody'''" is a song written in [[1947 in music|1947]] by [[Irving Taylor (songwriter)|Irving Taylor]] and [[Ken Lane]]. The song had already been recorded by several artists (including [[Frank Sinatra]]) by 1964, but without much success. But it was in that year that Lane was playing piano for [[Dean Martin]] on his ''Dream With Dean'' LP sessions, and with an hour or so of studio time left and one song short, Lane suggested that Martin take a run at his tune. Dean was agreeable, and the small combo of piano, guitar, drums and bass performed a relatively quiet, laid back [[jazz]] version of the song. |
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"'''Everybody Loves Somebody'''" is a song written in 1947 by [[Irving Taylor (songwriter)|Irving Taylor]] and pianist [[Ken Lane]], and made famous by [[Dean Martin]] who recorded and released his version in 1964. |
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Almost immediately thereafter, Martin re-recorded the tune for his next album, this time with an orchestra and chorus. His label, [[Reprise Records]], was so enthusiastic about the hit potential of this version, they even titled the LP ''Everybody Loves Somebody'' to capitalize on it. |
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==History== |
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Although still a major recording artist, Martin had not had a [[Top 40]] hit since 1958. And with the [[British Invasion]] ruling the U.S. charts, few had hopes that a middle aged [[Italian American|Italian]] [[crooner]] would sway many teenagers. And yet, defying the odds, ''Everybody Loves Somebody'' shot straight up to the top of the [[Billboard Hot 100]]. The song also topped the Billboard "[[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|easy listening]]" chart for eight weeks. It ultimately replaced "[[That's Amore]]" as Martin's [[signature song]], and he sang it as the theme of his weekly television variety show from 1965 until 1974. The song has become so identified with Dean Martin, that later cover versions are invariably compared to his hit take on the tune. |
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Written almost 20 years earlier, by 1964 the song had already been recorded by several artists. The song was first recorded by [[Peggy Lee]] with [[Dave Barbour]] and his orchestra on November 20, 1947 for [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]. Two weeks later [[Frank Sinatra]] recorded the song for [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] with [[Axel Stordahl]] conducting the orchestra on December 4, 1947, but wasn’t released and issued until mid- 1948.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=11395 |title=Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin|author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Songfacts |access-date=June 4, 2018 |quote="The songwriters Sam Coslow, Ken Lane and Irving Taylor wrote this for Dean Martin's friend and fellow Rat Pack member Frank Sinatra. His version was released in 1948, but went nowhere."}}</ref> Though none of the recordings were a success. Lane was playing piano for [[Dean Martin]] on his ''[[Dream with Dean]]'' LP sessions, and with an hour or so of studio time left and one song short, Lane suggested that Martin take a run at his tune. Dean was agreeable, and the small combo of piano, guitar, drums, and bass performed a relatively quiet, laid-back version of the song (coincidentally, Martin had sung it almost 20 years earlier on [[Bob Hope]]'s radio show in 1948, and also on [[Martin and Lewis]]'s NBC radio program at about the same time). Almost immediately Martin re-recorded the song for his next album, this time with a full [[orchestra]] and chorus. His label, [[Reprise Records]], was so enthusiastic about the hit potential of this version they titled the LP ''Everybody Loves Somebody'' to capitalize on it. |
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Although still a major recording artist, Dean Martin had not had a [[top 40]] hit since 1958. With the [[British Invasion]] ruling the U.S. charts, few had hopes that an [[Italian American]] [[crooner]] who had been singing mainly [[standard (music)|standards]] for almost 20 years would sway many teenagers. Martin resented [[rock n' roll]], and his attitude created conflict at home with his 12-year-old son [[Dean Paul Martin]], who like many young people at the time worshipped pop groups like [[The Beatles]]. He told his son, "I'm gonna knock your pallies off the charts,"<ref>Quoted from ''Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams'' by Nick Tosches.</ref> and on August 15, 1964 he did just that: "Everybody Loves Somebody" knocked The Beatles' "[[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]]" off the No. 1 slot on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']], going straight up to the top of both the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Pop-Standard Singles]] chart,<ref name="BB8164">"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-08-01.pdf Pop-Standard Singles]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', August 1, 1964. p. 43. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref> the latter for eight weeks.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=158}}</ref> |
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Following the song's peak at the top of the charts, Martin sent his close friend Sinatra a telegram saying "THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO IT". In the 1990s the song was licensed to [[Western Union]] for use in a series of [[television commercials]]. |
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It ultimately replaced "[[That's Amore]]" as Martin's [[signature song]], and he sang it as the theme of his weekly [[The Dean Martin Show|television variety show]] from 1965 to 1974. The song has become so identified with Martin that later versions are invariably compared to his take. |
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The words "Everybody Loves Somebody" appear on Dean Martin's grave marker in [[Los Angeles]]<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1190</ref>. |
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"Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" appears on Martin's grave marker in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iROiDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Everybody+Loves+Somebody+Sometime%22+gravestone&pg=PT178|title=Any Last Words?: Deathbed Quotes and Famous Farewells|first=Joseph|last=Hayden|date=July 15, 2019|publisher=Mango Media|isbn=9781633539914 |via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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In 1999, the 1964 recording of "Everybody Loves Somebody" on Reprise Records by [[Dean Martin]] was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#e |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> |
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==Covers== |
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[[Ray Gelato]] recorded a cover of the song inserted in the 2004 self-titled album ([[Telstar Records|T2]], TWR0131-2), released in the UK. |
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==Charts== |
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|US ''Billboard'' Pop-Standard Singles |
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|Australia - ''Music Maker''<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-09-26.pdf Billboard Hits of the World]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', September 26, 1964. p. 33. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref> |
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|align="left"|Canada - [[RPM (magazine)|RPM Top 40-5s]]<ref>"[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=9286& Top 40-5s]", ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM Weekly]]'', Volume 2, No. 1, September 01, 1964. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref> |
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|align="left"|Canada - [[CHUM Chart|CHUM Hit Parade]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=386 |title=1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts |access-date=2016-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715161956/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=386 |archive-date=July 15, 2006 |publisher=[[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] |df=mdy-all }} Chart No. 386, Week of August 03, 1964.</ref> |
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|align="left"|Belgium ([[Flanders]])<ref>[http://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/c2cc/Dean-Martin-Everybody-Loves-Somebody Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody], Ultratop. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref> |
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|align="left"|[[Germany]]<ref name="Norway"/> |
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|align="left"|[[New Zealand]] - "Lever Hit Parade"<ref>[http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1964&qmonth=Aug&qweek=27-Aug-1964#n_view_location "Lever Hit Parade" 27-Aug-1964], Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref> |
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|align="left"|Norway - [[VG-lista]]<ref name="Norway">[http://www.norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Dean+Martin&titel=Everybody+Loves+Somebody&cat=s Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody], norwegiancharts.com. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref> |
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|align="left"|UK - ''[[Record Retailer]]''<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/589/dean-martin/ Dean Martin - Full Official Chart History], ''[[Official Charts Company]]''. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref> |
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|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/artist/300598/dean-martin/chart?f=379 Dean Martin - Chart History - The Hot 100], ''Billboard.com''. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref> |
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|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Pop-Standard Singles<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/artist/300598/dean-martin/chart?f=341 Dean Martin - Chart History - Adult Contemporary], ''Billboard.com''. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref><ref name="BB8164"/> |
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|align="left"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-08-15.pdf Cash Box Top 100]", ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'', August 15, 1964. Accessed September 21, 2016.</ref> |
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==Certifications== |
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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Everybody Loves Somebody"}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Dean Martin|title=Everybody Loves Somebody|award=Platinum|relyear=1964|certyear=2024|access-date=August 6, 2024}} |
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{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}} |
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==References== |
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*''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition, 1996 |
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*''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition, 1996 |
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==External links== |
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* {{YouTube|xEji4-_ueaM|Everybody Loves Somebody}} |
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* {{YouTube|z-2_OstpR5c|Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody (Audio)}} |
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| title = [[Billboard Hot 100]] [[List of number-one hits (United States)|number one single]] |
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Single by Dean Martin | ||||
from the album Everybody Loves Somebody | ||||
B-side | "A Little Voice" | |||
Released | June 1964 | |||
Recorded | 1964 | |||
Studio | United Western, Hollywood[1] | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 2:48 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sam Coslow, Irving Taylor, Ken Lane | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen | |||
Dean Martin singles chronology | ||||
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"Everybody Loves Somebody" is a song written in 1947 by Irving Taylor and pianist Ken Lane, and made famous by Dean Martin who recorded and released his version in 1964.
History
[edit]Written almost 20 years earlier, by 1964 the song had already been recorded by several artists. The song was first recorded by Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour and his orchestra on November 20, 1947 for Capitol. Two weeks later Frank Sinatra recorded the song for Columbia with Axel Stordahl conducting the orchestra on December 4, 1947, but wasn’t released and issued until mid- 1948.[2] Though none of the recordings were a success. Lane was playing piano for Dean Martin on his Dream with Dean LP sessions, and with an hour or so of studio time left and one song short, Lane suggested that Martin take a run at his tune. Dean was agreeable, and the small combo of piano, guitar, drums, and bass performed a relatively quiet, laid-back version of the song (coincidentally, Martin had sung it almost 20 years earlier on Bob Hope's radio show in 1948, and also on Martin and Lewis's NBC radio program at about the same time). Almost immediately Martin re-recorded the song for his next album, this time with a full orchestra and chorus. His label, Reprise Records, was so enthusiastic about the hit potential of this version they titled the LP Everybody Loves Somebody to capitalize on it.
Although still a major recording artist, Dean Martin had not had a top 40 hit since 1958. With the British Invasion ruling the U.S. charts, few had hopes that an Italian American crooner who had been singing mainly standards for almost 20 years would sway many teenagers. Martin resented rock n' roll, and his attitude created conflict at home with his 12-year-old son Dean Paul Martin, who like many young people at the time worshipped pop groups like The Beatles. He told his son, "I'm gonna knock your pallies off the charts,"[3] and on August 15, 1964 he did just that: "Everybody Loves Somebody" knocked The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" off the No. 1 slot on Billboard, going straight up to the top of both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Pop-Standard Singles chart,[4] the latter for eight weeks.[5]
It ultimately replaced "That's Amore" as Martin's signature song, and he sang it as the theme of his weekly television variety show from 1965 to 1974. The song has become so identified with Martin that later versions are invariably compared to his take.
"Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" appears on Martin's grave marker in Los Angeles.[6]
In 1999, the 1964 recording of "Everybody Loves Somebody" on Reprise Records by Dean Martin was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[7]
Covers
[edit]Ray Gelato recorded a cover of the song inserted in the 2004 self-titled album (T2, TWR0131-2), released in the UK.
Charts
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Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[18] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ Cogan, Jim; Clark, William (2003). Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. San Francisco, California, USA: Chronicle Books. p. 218. ISBN 0-8118-3394-1.
- ^ "Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin". Songfacts. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
The songwriters Sam Coslow, Ken Lane and Irving Taylor wrote this for Dean Martin's friend and fellow Rat Pack member Frank Sinatra. His version was released in 1948, but went nowhere.
- ^ Quoted from Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams by Nick Tosches.
- ^ a b "Pop-Standard Singles", Billboard, August 1, 1964. p. 43. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 158.
- ^ Hayden, Joseph (July 15, 2019). Any Last Words?: Deathbed Quotes and Famous Farewells. Mango Media. ISBN 9781633539914 – via Google Books.
- ^ "GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD". www.grammy.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, September 26, 1964. p. 33. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Top 40-5s", RPM Weekly, Volume 2, No. 1, September 01, 1964. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ "1050 CHUM - CHUM Charts". CHUM. Archived from the original on July 15, 2006. Retrieved September 21, 2016. Chart No. 386, Week of August 03, 1964.
- ^ Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody, Ultratop. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ a b Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Lever Hit Parade" 27-Aug-1964, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ Dean Martin - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ Dean Martin - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ Dean Martin - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, August 15, 1964. Accessed September 21, 2016.
- ^ "American single certifications – Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
- Bibliography
- The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996
External links
[edit]- 1947 songs
- 1964 singles
- Andy Williams songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Cashbox number-one singles
- Dean Martin songs
- Frank Sinatra songs
- Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
- Guy Mitchell songs
- Number-one singles in New Zealand
- Pop ballads
- Reprise Records singles
- Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen
- Songs written by Irving Taylor (songwriter)
- Songs written by Sam Coslow