Lay Some Happiness on Me: The Reprise Years and More 1967-1985

~ Release by Dean Martin (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

6 CDs with 168 tracks plus 1 DVD (NTSC) with 25 tracks.
This box set contains all the recordings for Reprise Records between march 1966 and 1974 and some recordings from 1983-1985. It's about 452 minutes of play.

Annotation last modified on 2021-09-13 13:44 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Come Running Back
2:08
2Shades
2:21
3One Lonely Boy
2:23
4Terrible, Tangle Web
2:11
5Don’t Let the Blues Make You Bad
2:06
6Nobody but a Fool (Would Love You)
cover recording of:
Nobody but a Fool (Would Love You)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
2:14
7I’m Living in Two Worlds
cover recording of:
I’m Living in Two Worlds
lyricist and composer:
Jan Crutchfield
2:40
8Today Is Not the Day
2:03
9A Million and One
cover recording of:
A Million and One
lyricist and composer:
Yvonne Devaney
2:57
10A Marshmallow World
producer:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Dean Martin Family Trust
cover recording of:
A Marshmallow World
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1949)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio) (in 1949)
publisher:
Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd.
4.352:42
11Nobody’s Baby Again
2:27
12It Just Happened That Way
cover recording of:
It Just Happened That Way
lyricist and composer:
Fred Carter, Jr.
2:58
13White Christmas
cover recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
2:54
14Winter Wonderland
producer:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Dean Martin Family Trust
cover recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
2:10
15Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
producer:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter) and Lee Gillette
lead vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor) (in 1959)
conductor:
Gus Levene (in 1959)
arranger:
Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Dean Martin Family Trust and Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1959)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 7), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 8), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 11), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 13), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 22), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 34) and Offizielle deutsche Charts – Single-Jahrescharts 2025 (number: 93)
cover recording of:
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (in 1959)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn (in 1945-07)
composer:
Jule Styne (in 1945-07)
publisher:
Cahn Music Company, Chappell & Co., Chappell/Morris Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Imagen Music, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Producers Music Publishing Co., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
4.251:58
16Jingle Bells
producer:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Dean Martin Family Trust
cover recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
2:21
17The Things We Did Last Summer
cover recording of:
The Things We Did Last Summer
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Warner/Chappell North America Ltd. (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
2:43
18Blue Christmas
producer:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Dean Martin Family Trust
cover recording of:
Blue Christmas
writer:
Bill Hayes (songwriter) and Jay Johnson (songwriter of “Blue Christmas”)
publisher:
Anglo-Pic Music Co. Ltd., Bibo Music Publishing, Inc., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Universal Polygram International, Inc.
3.52:17
19Silent Night
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (composer/author) (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (composer/author) (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
2:48
20I’ll Be Home for Christmas
producer:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Dean Martin Family Trust
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:30
21Silver Bells
producer:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Dean Martin Family Trust
cover recording of:
Silver Bells (Christmas song)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Evans (American songwriter) and Jay Livingston
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Famous Music Publishing Limited (renamed into BMG FM Music Ltd. on 2013-05-13), Jay Livingston Music Inc., Paramount Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Sony/ATV Harmony (in 1950)
sub-publisher:
Sony/ATV Harmony Canada and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
42:24
22The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else2:16
23Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
cover recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:09
24If I Had You
recording of:
If I Had You (jazz standard)
writer:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher), Reginald Connelly and Ted Shapiro
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Campbell Connelly Inc. (ASCAP affiliated), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Robbins Music Corp.
2:37
25I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face
cover recording of:
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face (My Fair Lady)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe (in 1956)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
part of:
My Fair Lady (full musical)
2:15
26It’s the Talk of the Town
cover recording of:
It’s the Talk of the Town
lyricist:
Al J. Neiburg (lyricist) and Marty Symes (lyricist)
composer:
Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
arranger:
Ib Glindemann
2:22
27Just Friends
cover recording of:
Just Friends
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
John Klenner
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
2:41
28S’posin’
2:31
29What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry
cover recording of:
What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry?
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1926) and Abe Lyman (in 1926)
2:03
30Home2:30
31I’m Not the Marrying Kind
recording of:
I’m Not the Marrying Kind (from “Murderer’s Row”)
writer:
Howard Greenfield and Lalo Schifrin (pianist & composer)
2:02
32Thirty More Miles to San Diego
2:56
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