Dean Martin
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Biography
[Edit]Enjoying great success in music, film, television, and the stage, Dean Martin was less an entertainer than an icon, the eternal essence of cool. A member of the legendary Rat Pack, he lived and died the high life of booze, broads and bright lights, always projecting a sense of utter detachment and serenity; along with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and the other chosen few who breathed the same rarefied air, Martin — highball and cigarette always firmly in hand — embodied the glorious excess of a world long gone, a world without rules or consequences. Throughout it all, he remained just outside the radar of understanding, the most distant star in the firmament; as his biographer Nick Tosches once noted, Martin was what the Italians called a menefreghista — "one who simply does not give a f***."
Dino Paul Crocetti was born on June 7, 1917 in Steubenville, Ohio; the son of an immigrant barber, he spoke only Italian until the age of five, and at school was the target of much ridicule for his broken English. He ultimately quit school at the age of 16, going to work in the steel mills; as a boxer named Kid Crochet, he also fought a handful of amateur bouts, and later delivered bootleg liquor. After landing a job as a croupier in a local speakeasy, he made his first connections with the underworld, bringing him into contact with club owners all over the Midwest; initially rechristening himself Dean Martini, he had a nose job and set out to become a crooner, modeling himself after his acknowledged idol, Bing Crosby. Hired by bandleader Sammy Watkins, he dropped the second "i" from his stage name and eventually enjoyed minor success on the New York club circuit, winning over audiences with his loose, mellow vocal style.
Despite his good looks and easygoing charm, Martin's early years as an entertainer were largely unsuccessful. In 1946 — the year he issued his first single, "Which Way Did My Heart Go?" — he first met another struggling performer, a comic named Jerry Lewis; later that year, while Lewis was playing Atlantic City's 500 Club, another act abruptly quit the show, and the comedian suggested Martin to fill the void. Initially, the two performed separately, but one night they threw out their routines and teamed on-stage, a Mutt-and-Jeff combo whose wildly improvisational comedy quickly made them a star attraction along the Boardwalk. Within months, Martin and Lewis' salaries rocketed from $350 to $5000 a week, and by the end of the 1940s they were the most popular comedy duo in the nation. In 1949, they made their film debut in My Friend Irma, and their supporting work proved so popular with audiences that their roles were significantly expanded for the sequel, the following year's My Friend Irma Goes West.
With 1951's At War with the Army, Martin and Lewis earned their first star billing. The picture established the basic formula of all of their subsequent movie work, with Martin the suave straight man forced to suffer the bizarre antics of the manic fool Lewis. Critics often loathed the duo, but audiences couldn't get enough — in all, they headlined 13 comedies for Paramount, among them 1952's Jumping Jacks, 1953's Scared Stiff and 1955's Artists and Models, a superior effort directed by Frank Tashlin. For 1956's Hollywood or Bust, Tashlin was again in the director's seat, but the movie was the team's last; after Martin and Lewis' relationship soured to the point where they were no longer even speaking to one another, they announced their breakup following the conclusion of their July 25, 1956 performance at the Copacabana, which celebrated to the day the tenth anniversary of their first show.
While most onlookers predicted continued superstardom for Lewis, the general consensus was that Martin would falter as a solo act; after all, outside of the 1953 smash "That's Amore," his solo singing career had never quite hit its stride, and in light of the continued ascendancy of rock & roll, his future looked dim. After suffering a failure with Ten Thousand Bedrooms, Martin's next move was to appear in the 1958 drama The Young Lions, starring alongside Montgomery Clift and Marlon Brando; that same year he also hosted The Dean Martin Show, the first of his color specials for NBC television. Both projects were successful, as were his live appearances at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas; in particular, The Young Lions proved him a highly capable dramatic actor. Combined with another hit single, "Volare," Martin was everywhere that year, and with the continued success of his many TV specials, he effectively conquered movies, music, television and the stage all at the same time — a claim no other entertainer, not even Sinatra, could make.
Even at the peak of his fame, however, Martin remained strangely contemptuous of stardom; for a man whose presence in the public eye was almost constant, he was utterly elusive, beyond the realm of mortal understanding. As his celebrity and power grew, he slipped even further away: in early 1959, his movie with Sinatra, Some Came Running, hit theaters, and with it came the dawning of the Rat Pack. Together, Sinatra and Martin — in tandem with their acolytes Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop and Shirley MacLaine — set new standards of celebrity hipsterdom, becoming avatars of the good life; flexing their muscle not only in show business but also in politics — their ties to John F. Kennedy, Lawford's brother-in-law and an honorary Rat Packer code-named "Chicky Baby," are now legend — they were the new American gods, and Las Vegas was their Mount Olympus.
Martin — who continued to impress critics in films like the 1959 Howard Hawks classic Rio Bravo — was Sinatra's right-hand man, the drunkest and most enigmatic member of the Rat Pack (so named in homage to the Holmby Hills Rat Pack, a bygone drinking circle that had once gathered around Humphrey Bogart); his allegiance to Sinatra was total, and Martin even left his longtime label Capitol to record for and financially back Sinatra's own Reprise imprint. In 1960, the Rat Pack starred in Ocean's Eleven, filming in Las Vegas during the day and then taking over the Sands each night; two years later, they reconvened for Sergeants 3. However, in late 1963 — while filming the third Rat Pack opus, Robin and the Seven Hoods — the news came that Kennedy had been assassinated; in effect, as America struggled to pick up the pieces, the Rat Pack's reign was over. With Vietnam and the civil rights movement looming on the horizon, there was no longer room for the boozy, happy-go-lucky lifestyle of before — the fun was truly over.
Yet somehow Martin forged on; in 1964, at the peak of Beatlemania, he knocked the Fab Four out of the top spot on the charts with his single "Everybody Loves Somebody," and that same year starred in Billy Wilder's acrid Kiss Me, Stupid, a film which crystallized his persona as the lecherous but lovable lush. In 1965, after years of overtures from NBC, Martin finally agreed to host his own weekly variety series; The Dean Martin Show was an enormous hit, running for nine seasons before later spawning a number of hit Celebrity Roast specials during the 1970s. In films, he also remained successful, starring in a series of spy spoofs as secret agent Matt Helm. However, by the late '70s, Martin's health began to fail, and his career was primarily confined to casino club stages; in 1987, his son Dean Paul died in an airplane crash, a blow from which he never recovered. After bailing out of a 1988 reunion tour with Sinatra and Davis, Martin spent his final years in solitude; he died on Christmas Day, 1995.
Title: The Official Bootleg Series, Vol. 1 (Live in Rheinsberg)
Artist: Dean Martin
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Progressive Rock
Title: Icon Series - The Rat Pack
Artist: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, The Rat Pack, JR
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: NATALE Musica Di Festa (CD2)
Artist: Dean Martin, Il Volo, Frank Sinatra, Aled Jones, Elettra Lamborghini
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Christmas Day
Artist: Dean Martin, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra
Genre: Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Another Christmas With The Rat Pack!
Artist: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rat Pack: Live At the Sands
Artist: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Frank Sinatra, JR
Genre: Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
Artist: Dean Martin
Genre: Rock, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
Artist: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Frank Sinatra, JR
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop
Title: Fabulous Songs Of '62, Vol. 2 - 50 Original Recordings
Artist: Shirley Bassey, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Etta James, James Brown, Paul Anka, Dean Martin, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Mary Wells, Ben E. King, Del Shannon, Bruce Channel, Carole King, Sam Cooke, Clyde McPhatter, Joey Dee, Ketty Lester, Solomon Burke, Arthur Alexander, Jimmy McGriff, King Curtis, Chuck Jackson, Esther Phillips, Gary U. S. Bonds, The Falcons, The Starlighters, The Mar - Keys, The Contours, Claudine Clark, Bent Fabric, The Drifters, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Bland, Charlie Gracie, Herbie Hancock, Dee Dee Ford, The Noble Knights, Barbara George, Larry Finnegan, The Sensations, Frank Sinatra, The John Barry Orchestra, Jerry Wallace, Dennis Turner, The Miracles, The Cookies, The Marvelettes, The Crystals, Stan Getz, Don Gardner, The A. F. O. Studio Combo, Vocal Accompaniment The Love-Tones, Band Ohio Untouchables
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Pop
Title: The Capitol Recordings, Vol. 7 (1956-1957)
Artist: Dean Martin
Genre: Classical, Easy Listening
Title: The Capitol Recordings, Vol. 2 (1950-1951)
Artist: Dean Martin
Genre: Classical, Easy Listening
Collections
Title: Christmas With Jazz Legends
Genre:
Title: 15 Great Classics
Genre: Pop
Title: 21 Classic Christmas Favorites, Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: Christmas Remixed - Holiday Classics Re-Grooved
Genre: Electronica
Title: Italian Love Songs (Remastered)
Genre: Pop
Title: Amore (Remastered)
Genre:
Title: Dino's Christmas
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Strictly Tango
Genre: World Music
Title: The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas
Genre:
Title: 123 Classic Hits from the Early 1950's
Genre: Pop
Title: Crooners & Divas
Genre: Jazz
Title: 21 Jazz Christmas Favorites
Genre:
Title: Hark! The Herald Angels Swing: Christmas Jazz
Genre:
Title: The Rat Pack (Classic Collection Presents)
Genre:
Title: 50's Souvenirs
Genre: Jazz
Title: Xmas Inspiration: Christmas Time in Family
Genre:
Title: Xmas Inspiration: The Christmas Hits for You
Genre:
Title: Xmas Inspiration: Christmas Festival
Genre:
Title: Christmas Time
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Traditional Pop Music, Easy Listening
Title: The Christmas Hits
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: American Vintage Radio Comedy Vol. 2
Genre: Humor
Title: The Great Lyricists - Ned Washington
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: It's Swing Time, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Worlds Greatest Christmas Hits
Genre:
Title: Jazz and Lounge
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Hits Vintage Nº1 / 100 Hits Vintage N?1
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1958 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 2, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits of the 50's Volume 3
Title: We All Love Our Mums Vol. 1 (Classic Mother's Day Songs)
Genre: Pop
Title: 50 Christmas Hits: The Very Best Of Xmas Classics
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 9
Genre: Pop
Title: America's Greatest Hits 1956, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Remember When - 25 Memorable Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Catch a Falling Star - 25 Stellar Tracks
Genre: Pop
Title: Counting Stars (The Most Beautiful Songs in the World)
Genre: Pop
Title: Holiday Lounge - The Christmas Remixes
Genre: Electronica
Title: Now That's What I Call Christmas!
Genre: Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: The 1958 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 1, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The First US Hot 100 August 1958, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: I Like Jazz, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: Classic Songs of Love
Genre: Pop
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 4)
Genre: Pop
Title: We All Love Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 5)
Genre: Pop
Title: Around The World In 80 Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: It's Swing Time, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Songs for Vintage Ambient
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Songs for Romantic Dinner
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pop Goes Jazz 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jukebox Favourites - Best of Swing
Genre: Jazz
Title: Golden Crooners - 20 All Time Favourites
Genre: Jazz
Title: Italiano Americano - Popular Hits of the 1940S, 50S, 60S
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: My Week With Marilyn (Music from the Motion Picture)
Artist: Conrad Pope
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Christmas With the Rat Pack
Artist: The Rat Pack
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Hanging Up (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: David Hirschfelder
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Essential NOW That's What I Call Christmas
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: The Classic Christmas Album
Artist: Martina McBride
Genre: Rock, Country, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Lovely Reprises, Vol. 2
Artist: Claude Challe & Jean - Marc Challe
Genre: Electronica, World Music
Title: Trapped In Paradise (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Robert Folk
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Extraordinary
Artist: Nat King Cole
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: The Extraordinary (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Nat King Cole
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: Ultra-Lounge / Christmas Cocktails Volume II
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Title: A Bronx Tale - Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Fading Gigolo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Fading Gigolo
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Crooners
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Latin, Pop, Alternative, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Lee Daniels' The Butler Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Xmas Classics - Essential Christmas Songs
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Traditional Pop Music