August 15, 1964 –
Dean Martin’s song Everybody Loves Somebody knocks The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night from the #1 spot on the Hot 100 on this date.
In 1964, Dean Martin was finishing up recording his Dream with Dean album and had completed 11 songs. Albums always had 12 songs in the US, so Dean asked his conductor and piano player, Ken Lane, if he had something else for him. Ken said he had an old song he had written – Everybody Loves Somebody. Dean liked it and recorded it with just Ken, a bass player, a guitar and drums. The reaction to the cut on the album was so great that Dean went back into the studio and re-recorded it for a single release with a full orchestra and background singers.
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