The Door Is Still Open to My Heart
Studio album by
Dean Martin
ReleasedNovember 1964
Recorded1964
GenreTraditional pop, country
Length31:12
LabelReprise – R/RS 6140
ProducerJimmy Bowen
Dean Martin chronology
Dream with Dean
(1964) 		The Door Is Still Open to My Heart
(1964) 		Dean Martin Hits Again
(1965)
Singles from The Door Is Still Open to My Heart
  1. "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart"
    Released: September 1964
  2. "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"
    Released: December 1964

The Door Is Still Open to My Heart is a 1964 studio album by Dean Martin, produced by Jimmy Bowen and featuring arrangements by Ernie Freeman, Gus Levene and Marty Paich.[1]

Three of the songs from the album, ("I'm Gonna Change Everything," "The Middle of the Night Is My Cryin' Time," and "My Sugar's Gone") had previously featured on Martin's 1963 album Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again.[1]

The Door Is Still Open to My Heart peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200.[2] "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On," which went into the Top 20 of the pop charts and the Top 5 of the easy listening chart.[2]

"You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" was released as a single from the album and was a Top 40 hit for Martin, and his third song to top the Easy Listening charts.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

William Ruhlmann on AllMusic gave the album three stars out of five and commented that aside from the songs newly recorded for the album, "the resulting lineup fit for the most part into the "hit plus filler" formula of albums assembled mainly for people who didn't like to buy 45s."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Door Is Still Open to My Heart"Chuck Willis2:52
2."We'll Sing in the Sunshine"Gale Garnett2:48
3."I'm Gonna Change Everything"Alex Zanetis2:30
4."The Middle of the Night Is My Cryin' Time"Sheb Wooley2:46
5."Every Minute, Every Hour"Ken Lane, Irving Taylor2:08
6."Clinging Vine"Leon Carr, Burton Lane, Earl Shuman, Mort Shuman2:22
7."In the Misty Moonlight"Cindy Walker2:43
8."Always Together"Peter DeAngelis, Jean Sawyer2:49
9."My Sugar's Gone"Walter Kent, Harry Warren2:57
10."You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan, Larry Stock1:57
11."Take Me"Rube Bloom, Mack David, Bert Kaempfert2:44
12."So Long Baby"Gene Cross2:36

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c d e The Door Is Still Open to My Heart at AllMusic
  2. ^ a b The Door Is Still Open to My Heart – Awards at AllMusic
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