Dean Martin - HDtracks Collection '1960-1967

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 Playboy called him the coolest man who ever lived. Elvis Presley worshipped
him. He was the coolest dude Id ever seen, period, recalled Stevie Van Zandt,
adding, He wasn’t just great at everything he did. To me, he was perfect.

That man is Dean Martin. Simply put, he was a great singer. The warm sensuality
of his voice continues to beguile generations of music fans with a winning style
and a touch of mystery.

Born Dino Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio, his early autobiography is as gritty
as that of any hip-hop star. He delivered bootleg liquor, served as a speakeasy
croupier and blackjack dealer, worked in a steel mill and briefly ruled the ring
as boxing phenom Kid Crochet. Winning his share of bouts earned him little apart
from a broken nose, but Dinos speakeasy experience put him in contact with club
owners, resulting in his first singing gigs.

With a fixed nose and a boost from his pals in the nightclub underworld, he
became Dean Martin, styling himself after the top male vocalist of the time,
Bing Crosby, and met Frank Sinatra in New York.

Martin released his first single, Which Way Did My Heart Go? and was first
paired with comic Jerry Lewis. The two shared a bill at the 500 Club in Atlantic
City, but the night they combined their acts into a combo of manic comedy and
debonair music saw the birth of a phenomenon. They were the hottest ticket
around and parlayed their onstage success into a string of hit movies and
television appearances.

During Martin and Lewis decade-long partnership, Dean had such hits as Memories
Are Made of This, Thats Amore, Powder Your Face With Sunshine, and You Belong to
Me, among others, all for the Capitol label. Yet when their partnership
dissolved, showbiz pundits predicted Lewis star would continue to rise and
Martins would fizzle.

The singer confounded the skeptics. As a solo act he was wowing crowds in Vegas,
impressing critics and audiences in a series of dramatic film roles, scoring on
TV with Dean Martin Show specials for NBC, and hitting the charts again with
Return to Me and Volare.

Not soon after, Martins affiliation with Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and the
rest of the fabled Rat Pack supplanted his earlier rep. He fueled his image as a
boozing playboy in onstage antics with his pals and ring-a-ding ensemble films
like Ocean’s Eleven, yet Martin later claimed his cocktail-swilling
persona was largely a pose.

Though he left Capitol to sign with Sinatras fledgling Reprise label, Martin
capped his tenure there with a bang, releasing two classic singles, Aint That a
Kick in the Head and Youre Nobody Til Somebody Loves You, showcasing him at the
height of his powers.

Even at the height of Beatlemania with the group topping the charts, Martin
reasserted himself with typical aplomb knocking the Fab Four from their perch
with the buttery anthem Everybody Loves Somebody. Several other hits, including
The Door Is Still Open to My Heart, I Will, Houston and Send Me the Pillow You
Dream On, followed during his years at Reprise.

Though he continued to perform, Martins visibility was greatest in films and on
TV, where he nursed his lush-in-a-tux image with the long-running Dean Martin
Variety Show and the hugely successful Dean Martins Celebrity Roast.

His effortless vocalizing has become a modern shorthand for cool, as evidenced
by the use of his songs in films, television, and ad campaigns. Dino: The
Essential Dean Martin, a recent collection of both the Capitol and Reprise eras,
sold more briskly than any previous Martin recording, going gold within months
and platinum within a year.

Biographer Nick Tosches (Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams)
described Martin as a classic menefreghista, Italian for one who does not give a
f---. The term, in Dean Martins case, conveys not indifference but a refusal to
be beaten down by the world and a determination to greet life with an easy
smile, a graceful melody and an aura of unflappable cool.
This Time Im Swingin! - 1960/2014
French Style - 1962/2014
Dino Latino - 1962/2014
The Door Is Still Open to My Heart - 1964/2014
Dream With Dean - 1964/2014
(Remember Me) Im the One That Loves You - 1965/2014
Houston - 1965/2014
The Dean Martin TV Show - 1966/2014
Welcome To My World - 1967/2014

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