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

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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

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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 (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
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 Else
recording of:
The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Isham Jones
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., Gilbert Keyes Music Company, Gus Kahn Music Co., The Songwriters Guild, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Milton Weil Music Co. (on 1924-01-07)
2:16
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
30Home
cover recording of:
Home
writer:
Geoffrey Clarkson, Harry Clarkson and Peter van Steeden
2:30
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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1(Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In
recording of:
(Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In
writer:
Ramona Redd and Mitchell Torok
3:20
2Pride
cover recording of:
Pride
writer:
Irene Stanton and Wayne Walker
publisher:
Cedarwood Pub. Co. (publisher)
2:37
3You’ve Still Got a Place in My Heart
cover recording of:
You’ve Still Got a Place in My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
2:50
4Sweet, Sweet Lovable You
recording of:
Sweet Sweet Lovable You
lyricist and composer:
Dick Glasser
2:35
5Think About Me
2:41
6Lay Some Happiness on Me
cover recording of:
Lay Some Happiness on Me
writer:
Jean Chapel and Bob Jennings (songwriter and DJ from Nashville)
2:22
7He’s Got You
cover recording of:
She’s Got You
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
2:47
8If I Ever Get Back to Georgia
recording of:
If I Ever Get Back to Georgia
lyricist and composer:
Baker Knight
2:45
9Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me
cover recording of:
Little Ole’ Wine Drinker Me
writer:
Dick Jennings and Hank Mills
2:50
10Turn to Me
recording of:
Turn to Me
writer:
Larry Kusik (Lyricist) and Eddie Snyder
2:34
11Release Me
vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor)
conductor:
Ernie Freeman
cover recording of:
Release Me
additional writer:
W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Harris (James Pebworth; Guitarist - songwriter Wrote the standard "Release Me" along with Eddie Miller (3) and Robert Yount. In most cases one or both of his pseudonyms Dub Williams and Robert Harris are credited on the releases.), Miller (US country music songwriter), Williams (pseudonym used by James Pebworth) and Young (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Four Star Sales, Roschelle Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
3:13
12I Can’t Help Remembering You
recording of:
I Can’t Help Remembering You
lyricist:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter)
composer:
Bert Kaempfert (German orchestra leader, producer and songwriter) and Herbert Rehbein
2:45
13The Green Green Grass of Home
vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor)
conductor:
Ernie Freeman
cover recording of:
Green, Green Grass of Home
lyricist and composer:
Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.
publisher:
Burlington Music, Burlington Music Ltd. and Tree Music
translated version of:
Ik ben weer in m’n dorpje
3:11
14A Place in the Shade
vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor)
conductor:
Ernie Freeman
recording of:
A Place in the Shade
lyricist and composer:
Baker Knight
2:21
15Wallpaper Roses
vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor)
conductor:
Ernie Freeman
cover recording of:
Wallpaper Roses
writer:
Don Robertson (“Happy Whistler” songwriter) and Harold Spina (composer/conductor)
2:10
16Things
cover recording of:
Things
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Darin
publisher:
Alley Music Corp. and Trio Music Company
2:46
17You’ve Still Got a Place in My Heart
recording of:
You’ve Still Got a Place in My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
2:54
18Five Card Stud
2:07
19By the Time I Get to Phoenix
cover recording of:
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Charles Koppelman Music, Jonathan Three Music Co. and Martin Bandier Music
2:46
20Gentle on My Mind
producer:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter)
cover recording of:
Gentle on My Mind
lyricist and composer:
John Hartford
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd. and Ensign Music Corp.
2:38
21Rainbows Are Back in Style
cover recording of:
Rainbows Are Back in Style
lyricist and composer:
Dave Burgess (of The Champs)
3:06
22Honey
cover recording of:
Honey
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
3:59
23That’s When I See the Blues
cover recording of:
Pretty Brown Eyes
writer:
Carl Belew, Tommy Blake (1950s/’60s rock & roll artist) and W.S. Stevenson
2:39
24Welcome to My Heart
cover recording of:
Welcome to My Heart
lyricist:
Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance (US songwriter and producer)
composer:
Bert Kaempfert (German orchestra leader, producer and songwriter) and Herbert Rehbein
2:25
25Drowning in My Tears
recording of:
Drowning in My Tears
writer:
Ken Lane and Irving Taylor
2:25
26Not Enough Indians
recording of:
Not Enough Indians
writer:
Thomas Baker Knight
3:28
27That Old Time Feelin’
2:46
28April Again
recording of:
April Again
lyricist and composer:
Glen D. Hardin
2:50
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1Crying Time
cover recording of:
Crying Time
lyricist and composer:
Buck Owens (in 1964)
publisher:
Beachaven Music Corporation and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
3:15
2I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
cover recording of:
I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
3:16
3If You Ever Get Around to Loving Me
3:03
4One Cup of Happiness (And One Piece of Mind)
recording of:
One Cup of Happiness (and One Peace of Mind)
lyricist and composer:
Baker Knight
2:43
5Little Green Apples
cover recording of:
Little Green Apples
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
publisher:
Peter Maurice (publisher) and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
4:20
6Do You Believe This Town
producer:
Jimmy Bowen (producer, rockabilly musician and songwriter)
arranger:
Glen D. Hardin and Jimmie Haskell
cover recording of:
Do You Believe This Town
writer:
Joe Nixon (American songwriter and producer) and Charlie Williams (Country songwriter)
2:34
7Where the Blue and Lonely Go
3:02
8Make It Rain
cover recording of:
Make It Rain
lyricist and composer:
Billy Mize
3:28
9The Sneaky Little Side of Me
2:44
10The Sun Is Shining (On Everybody but Me)
recording of:
The Sun Is Shining (On Everybody but Me)
writer:
Chuck Deal and Don Deal (Rock & Roll artist, close friend of Eddie Cochran)
2:38
11Down Home
cover recording of:
Down Home
writer:
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
2:52
12For the Love of a Woman
recording of:
For the Love of a Woman
writer:
Dino Martin (US pop singer, film and television actor & member California Air National Guard) and Billy Hinsche
2:50
13The Tracks of My Tears
cover recording of:
The Tracks of My Tears
writer:
Warren “Pete” Moore, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Tarplin
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
2:54
14Come on Down
2:41
15Make the World Go Away
cover recording of:
Make the World Go Away
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (in 1963)
2:48
16Together Again
cover recording of:
Together Again
lyricist and composer:
Buck Owens
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
2:34
17Detroit City
cover recording of:
Detroit City
writer:
Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
publisher:
Southern Music (publisher)
3:43
18Once a Day
cover recording of:
Once a Day
lyricist, writer and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
2:46
19Heart Over Mind
cover recording of:
Heart Over Mind
lyricist and composer:
Mel Tillis
2:45
20Turn the World Around
cover recording of:
Turn the World Around
lyricist and composer:
Ben Peters (country music songwriter)
2:24
21Here We Go Again
choir vocals:
The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus
orchestra:
The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus
cover recording of:
Here We Go Again (Country music standard, popularized by Ray Charles)
lyricist and composer:
Don Lanier (in 1967) and Red Steagall (country) (in 1967)
publisher:
Dirk Music Co. (publisher) (in 1970)
3:08
22The Tips of My Fingers
cover recording of:
The Tip of My Fingers (1960 song)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
2:29
23It Keeps Right on A‐Hurtin’
cover recording of:
It Keeps Right On a‐Hurtin’
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Tillotson (pop and country singer)
publisher:
Ridge Music Corp.
2:42
24My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
choir vocals:
The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus
orchestra:
The Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus
cover recording of:
My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
publisher:
Mariposa Music Inc. (publisher) (in 1970)
3:30
25Invisible Tears
cover recording of:
Invisible Tears
writer:
Ned Miller and Sue Miller (U.S. country music songwriter)
2:12
26Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
cover recording of:
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Burt Bacharach
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (Hal David) (not for release label use! see annotation), Casa David, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), New Hidden Valley Music Co., PW Arrangements, Rondor Music (Australia) Pty Ltd, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available), Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) and フジパシフィックミュージック 第2事業部 (Fujipacific Music, Inc. Division 2)
part of:
The 42nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1969 winner)
2:46
27For Once in My Life
cover recording of:
For Once in My Life
lyricist:
Ronald Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller)
composer:
Orlando Murden
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Jobette Music (UK) Ltd., Stein & Van Stock, Inc., Stone Diamond Music Corporation and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division)
2:18
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