Billboard #1 Hits: #115: “Everybody Loves Somebody”- Dean Martin. August 15, 1964. #1 for 1 week.
- Single: “Everybody Loves Somebody”- Dean Martin
- Record Company- Reprise
- Genre: Pop
- Written by Sam Coslow, Irving Taylor and Ken Lane.
- Time: 2:48.
- B-side: “A Little Voice”
- Album- That’s Amore
- Grade: C
- Peaked at #1 for 1 week. #11 in the UK Singles Chart.
“Everybody Loves Somebody” was written in 1947 and had been recorded by a number of artists including Frank Sinatra without much success- then late in a recording session one of the songwriters who was playing piano at the session suggested that Dean take a run at it. This became a very unlikely hit for a couple reasons- Dean Martin while still popular hadn’t had a Top 40 hit since 1958- and 1964 was the year of The Beatles and the British Invasion. I don’t know how many times I’ve read the comment over the years that it was Dean who ran The Beatles out of the #1 slot. The song became Dean’s signature tune and the words appear on his grave marker in Los Angeles. It still kind of a mystery to me how or why this became a #1 hit. It’s not that great of a song- but it was something different and Dean was well liked and familiar.
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Well, as a 10-year old who was madly in love with The Beatles, I really liked this song too.
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We had at least one of Dean’s albums and you have aptly described him as being well-liked and familiar. He was also in movies and ran with the Rat Pack which kept him in the public eye. I like this song. Not Grammy material but ok.
I read a great book decades ago- written by Groucho Marx son Arthur- great book about Dean and Jerry. When they broke up everyone worried about Dean- that he’d fall by the waste side- and everyone kind of pulled together to help him get movie roles etc- and how Dean was just so laid back about things and likeable. Also read in one of the Sinatra books how then the Rat Pack were in their prime- Frank and Company were all about partying all night- Dean wanted to- and often went home became he wanted to be with his kids. … he also came across to people as someone hard to get to know.
Good insider info, Hans. I remember him being in a spy movie (Matt Helm?) and also John Wayne’s sidekick in one.
he had the knack of succeeding while seeming to not be trying very hard.
He was Matt Helm in 4 films – there was supposed to be a fifth that was never made.
He starred with Wayne in Rio Bravo and The Sons of Katie Elder.
Thank you so much for filling in the missing info!
I am a fan of Dean’s music, movies, and TV shows. 🙂
aha!
Love the story behind him getting this to Number 1…
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/12/Dean-Martin-Knocks-the-Beatles-out-of-the-1-Spot-on-the-Charts/