"Lay Some Happiness on Me"
Single by Dean Martin
from the album Happiness Is Dean Martin
B-side"Think About Me"
Released1967
GenrePop
Length2:15
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Jean Chapel & Bob Jennings
Producer(s)Jimmy Bowen

"Lay Some Happiness on Me" is a song that was first released by Eddy Arnold in 1966, on the album Somebody Like Me.[1] The song became a hit in 1967, when it was released by Dean Martin and by Bobby Wright.

Dean Martin's version spent 5 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 55,[2] while reaching No. 6 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[3][4] and No. 44 on Canada's RPM 100.[5]

Bobby Wright's version reached No. 44 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.[6]

References

  1. ^ Eddy Arnold - Lay Some Happiness on Me, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed September 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Dean Martin - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Dean Martin - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed September 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard, September 30, 1967. p. 22. Accessed September 15, 2016.
  5. ^ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 7, No. 14, June 03, 1967. Accessed September 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "Hot Country Singles", Billboard, July 15, 1967. p. 46. Accessed September 15, 2016.


Categories