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Once in a While
Studio album by
Dean Martin
Released1978
RecordedNovember 1974
Genre Traditional pop, country pop
Length28:30
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)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  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

References

  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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