He told his son, "I'm gonna knock your pallies off the charts," and on Aughe did just that: "Everybody Loves Somebody" knocked The Beatles' " A Hard Day's Night" off the No. Martin resented rock n' roll, and his attitude created conflict at home with his 12-year-old son Dean Paul Martin, who like many young people at the time worshipped pop groups like The Beatles. charts, few had hopes that an Italian crooner who had been singing mainly standards for almost 20 years would sway many teenagers. With the British Invasion ruling the U.S. His label, Reprise Records, was so enthusiastic about the hit potential of this version they titled the LP Everybody Loves Somebody to capitalize on it.Īlthough still a major recording artist, Dean Martin had not had a top 40 hit since 1958. Almost immediately Martin re-recorded the song for his next album, this time with a full orchestra and chorus. Dean was agreeable, and the small combo of piano, guitar, drums, and bass performed a relatively quiet, laid-back version of the song (coincidentally, Martin had sung it almost 20 years earlier on Bob Hope's radio show in 1948, and also on Martin and Lewis's NBC radio program at about the same time). Lane was playing piano for Dean Martin on his Dream with Dean LP sessions, and with an hour or so of studio time left and one song short, Lane suggested that Martin take a run at his tune.
" Everybody Loves Somebody" is a song written in 1947 by Irving Taylor and pianist Ken Lane, and made famous by Dean Martin who recorded and released his version in 1964.Īlthough written almost 20 years earlier, by 1964 the song had already been recorded by several artists-including Frank Sinatra-but without much success. For the film, see Everybody Loves Somebody (film).
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