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, produced by

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and arranged by

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. The album was a Top 20 hit, and Martin's fourth gold album. This was Martin's first album to be produced by Bowen and arranged by Freeman. The previous year they had arranged and produced Martin's biggest hit, "

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". "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You" had appeared on the 1964 album ''

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''. ''Dean Martin Hits Again'' peaked at 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200. "

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," went into the Top 20 of the pop charts and the Top 5 of the easy listening chart.

Reception

The initial ''Billboard'' magazine review from February 13, 1965 commented that "Rack up another winner for Dino...well chosen material, well performed and strong support from Ernie Freeman's arrangements". William Ruhlmann on

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gave the album three stars out of five and commented that the production formula of Bowen and Freeman was "already sounding very repetitious".

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals *

– arranger *

– producer

References

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