In the spy spoof The Silencers, Dean Martin, playing the starring role of secret agent Matt Helm, hears excerpts from old Tin Pan Alley standards going through his head, sung by himself, of course, during the course of the story.
This album is not a soundtrack album per se (there is such a thing, containing Elmer Bernstein's score, and it's on RCA Victor LOC/LSO-1120); it is a collection of complete studio recordings of those oldies, along with four recordings of incidental music also used in the film that are either instrumentals or feature only a vocal chorus.
The pop songs sometimes have a Western flavor ("Empty Saddles in the Old Corral," "The Last Round-Up") or a vaudeville/theatrical connection ("If You Knew Susie," "On the Sunny Side of the Street"), but in Ernie Freeman and Gene Page's arrangements they are given the same bravura treatment as the songs on Martin's regular albums.
A minor effort mounted simply as a movie tie-in, this album deservedly didn't attract much attention, although Martin's popularity assured it would spend several weeks in the charts.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Glory of LoveWilliam J. Hill | Dean Martin | Play | 02:19 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 2 | Empty Saddles in the Old CorralBilly Hill | Dean Martin | Play | 02:19 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 3 | The Last Round-UpBilly Hill | Dean Martin | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 4 | Side by SideHarry Woods | Dean Martin | Play | 02:12 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 5 | South of the BorderMichael Carr, Jimmy Kennedy | Dean Martin | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 6 | Red Sails in the SunsetJimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams | Dean Martin | Play | 02:35 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 7 | Lord, You Made the Night Too LongSam Lewis, Victor Young | Dean Martin | Play | 02:32 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 8 | If You Knew SusieBuddy DeSylva, Joseph Meyer | Dean Martin | Play | 02:11 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 9 | On the Sunny Side of the StreetDorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh | Dean Martin | Play | 02:31 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 10 | Lovey Kravezit (Instrumental) | Dean Martin | Play | 02:25 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 11 | Anniversary Song (Instrumental) | Dean Martin | Play | 02:31 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 12 | The Silencers (Instrumental) | Dean Martin | Play | 02:13 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 29 mins | 68 MB | |||||
| 29 mins | 179 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elmer Bernstein | Composer |
| 2 | Michael Carr | Composer |
| 3 | Saul Chaplin | Composer |
| 4 | Mack David | Composer |
| 5 | Buddy DeSylva | Composer |
| 6 | Dorothy Fields | Composer |
| 7 | Billy Hill | Composer |
| 8 | William J. Hill | Composer |
| 9 | Al Jolson | Composer |
| 10 | Jimmy Kennedy | Composer |
| 11 | Sam Lewis | Composer |
| 12 | Dean Martin | Primary Artist |
| 13 | Jimmy McHugh | Composer |
| 14 | Joseph Meyer | Composer |
| 15 | Hugh Williams | Composer |
| 16 | Harry Woods | Composer |
| 17 | Victor Young | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |