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. This was the first of five albums that Martin released in 1966, that year he also starred in three films, and appeared in his own television show. ''Somewhere There's a Someone'' peaked at 50 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The title track, " Somewhere There's a Someone" was a Top 40 pop hit and appeared in the Top Five of the easy listening chart in the late winter of 1966. The song was in a familiar arrangement to his comeback hit, "

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" from 1964. Reprise Records had intended to record an album anchored by "Somewhere There's a Someone", which had been a hit for Martin in the Winter of 1966. Martin was too preoccupied with other work to record, so this album was issued featuring ten tracks from two of his earlier albums, plus the two sides of the "Somewhere There's a Someone" single. "Any Time," "Blue Blue Day," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "I Walk the Line," and "Room Full of Roses" had been previously released by Martin on his 1963 album '' Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style'' and "Candy Kisses," "I Can't Help It", "Bouquet of Roses," "Just a Little Lovin'," and "Second Hand Rose (Second Hand Heart)" had been on ''Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style''s follow-up, '' Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again'', also released in 1963. Despite the duplication of material, ''Somewhere There's a Someone'' became Martin's eighth gold album.

Reception

The initial ''Billboard'' magazine review from March 5, 1966 commented that "Martin offers a beautiful and commercial program...which he performs to the hilt". William Ruhlmann on

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gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann commented on Martin's duplication of material from his earlier country music albums writing that "All the tracks were listed on the front cover, so you couldn't accuse Reprise of deception...But this was the most egregious example yet of Reprise's tendency to recycle its Martin catalog"

Track listing

Personnel

* Dean Martin –

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- art direction * Artis Page - cover art *

- producer

References

{{Authority control 1966 albums Dean Martin albums Albums arranged by Ernie Freeman Albums arranged by Gene Page Albums produced by Jimmy Bowen Reprise Records albums