Once in a While (Dean Martin album)

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]

Once in a While
Studio album by
Dean Martin
Released1978
RecordedNovember 1974
GenreTraditional pop, country pop
Length28:30
LabelReprise - R/RS 6428
ProducerJimmy Bowen
Dean Martin chronology
You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
(1973)		 Once in a While
(1978)		 The Nashville Sessions
(1983)

The album consists of traditional pop music 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. Once in a While at AllMusic
  2. Once in a While - Releases at AllMusic
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