Dean Martin brought "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" to the Top 40 in 1964, and it became one of his signature songs. It was written 20 years earlier by Russ Morgan – a bandleader and popular radio host who first released the tune in 1945 with his orchestra – Larry Stock ("Blueberry Hill") and James Cavanaugh ("Christmas In Killarney"). The song insists you haven't lived until you've loved – or been loved by someone else. But all the lonelyhearts out there needn't worry because Dean also assures us "everybody loves somebody sometime."
Most folks are used to hearing Martin's earlier recording of the song with a brass and string arrangement by Nelson Riddle, which was included on the 1960 Capitol album, This Time I'm Swingin'! but wasn't released as a single. His hit version was a more upbeat take arranged by Ernie Freeman and was released in 1964 through Reprise Records, founded by Frank Sinatra.
This was Martin's third #1 hit on the Easy Listening chart.
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