Once in a While (Dean Martin album)

1978 studio album by Dean Martin

Once in a While

Studio album by

Dean Martin

Released| 1978
Recorded| November 1974
Genre| Traditional pop, country pop
Length| 28:30
Label| Reprise – R/RS 6428
Producer| Jimmy Bowen
Dean Martin chronology
| You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
(1973)  | Once in a While
(1978)  | The Nashville Sessions
(1983)

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Once in a While is a 1978 studio album by Dean Martin, produced by Jimmy Bowen.[1] It was released four years after it was recorded.[1]

The album consists of traditional pop standards, recorded in country pop arrangements.[1] Many of the songs were associated with singer Bing Crosby.[1]

It was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2006 and Hip-O Records in 2009.[2]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]

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".[1]

## Track listing

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1. "Twilight on the Trail" (Louis Alter, Sidney Mitchell) – 4:18
2. "Love Thy Neighbor" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 2:42
3. "Without a Word of Warning" (Gordon, Revel) – 2:50
4. "That Old Gang of Mine" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson, Billy Rose) – 2:28
5. "The Day You Came Along" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 2:58
6. "It's Magic" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:27
7. "If I Had You" (Irving King, Ted Shapiro) – 2:32
8. "Only Forever" (Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco) – 3:12
9. "I Cried for You" (Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman) – 2:55
10. "Once in a While" (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) – 2:49

## Personnel

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* Dean Martin – vocals
* Phil Baugh – musicians
* Pete Carpenter
* Michael Lang
* Don Lanier
* Larrie Londin – drums
* Willie Ornelas
* Joe Osborn – bass
* Reinhold Press, Jr.
* Don Randi – keyboards
* Bobby Wood – keyboards
* Neil Levang – guitar
* Hal Blaine – drums
* Ron Slenzak – photography
* Alan Moore – string arrangements
* Tim Baty – background vocals
* Lea Jane Berinati
* Thomas Brannon
* Janie Fricke
* Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
* Jimmy Bowen – record producer

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f Once in a While at AllMusic
2. ^ Once in a While – Releases at AllMusic

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Dean Martin

* Discography

Studio albums|

* Dean Martin Sings (Dean Martin's first studio album)
* Swingin' Down Yonder
* Pretty Baby
* Sleep Warm
* A Winter Romance
* This Time I'm Swingin'!
* Dino: Italian Love Songs
* French Style
* Cha Cha de Amor
* Dino Latino
* Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style
* Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again
* Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (a set of 4 albums, including 3 albums with Dean)
* Robin and the 7 Hoods
* Dream with Dean
* The Door Is Still Open to My Heart
* Dean Martin Hits Again
* (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
* Houston
* Somewhere There's a Someone
* Dean Martin Sings Songs from The Silencers
* The Hit Sound of Dean Martin
* The Dean Martin Christmas Album
* The Dean Martin TV Show
* Happiness Is Dean Martin
* Welcome to My World
* Gentle on My Mind
* I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
* My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
* For the Good Times
* Dino
* Sittin' on Top of the World
* You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
* Once in a While
* The Nashville Sessions (Martin's final recording sessions)

Posthumous albums|

* Dino: The Essential Dean Martin
* Live from Las Vegas
* Forever Cool

Compilation albums|

* Everybody Loves Somebody
* Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine
* The Best of Dean Martin

Singles|

* "A Million and One"
* "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"
* "Arrivederci Roma"
* "Angel Baby"
* "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
* "Come Running Back"
* "Detroit City"
* "Everybody Loves Somebody"
* "Gentle on My Mind"
* "Houston"
* "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am"
* "I Will"
* "If"
* "In the Chapel in the Moonlight"
* "In the Misty Moonlight"
* "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
* "Innamorata"
* "June in January"
* "Just in Time"
* "King of the Road"
* "Lay Some Happiness on Me"
* "Let Me Go, Lover!"
* "Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me"
* "Mambo Italiano"
* "Memories Are Made of This"
* "Nobody's Baby Again"
* "On an Evening in Roma"
* "(Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In"
* "Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)"
* "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You"
* "Return to Me"
* "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On"
* "She's a Little Bit Country"
* "Somewhere There's a Someone"
* "Standing on the Corner"
* "Sway"
* "That's Amore"
* "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart"
* "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane"
* "Under the Bridges of Paris"
* "Volare"
* "You Belong to Me"
* "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"
* "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart"
* "Young and Foolish"
* "Not Enough Indians"
* "Gentle on My Mind"

Related|

* Martin and Lewis
* Rat Pack
* Deana Martin (daughter)
* Dean Paul Martin (son)
* Ricci Martin (son)
* The Rat Pack (1998 film)
* Martin and Lewis (2002 film)
* The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

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