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Dean Martin Dean Martin
Singer, actor, comedian, and member of Frank Sinatra's "Ratpack". Became one of America's biggest entertainers without even trying. Behind the image of the laid back, Italian playboy was a man who seemed not to care about his fame and fortune.
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Born: 1917
Died: 1995
Las Vegas, USA

I can't stand an actor or actress who tells me acting is hard work. It's easy work. Anyone who says it is hard never had to stand on his feet all day dealing blackjack.


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DEAN MARTIN IN ONE MINUTE
  • Born Dino Paul Crocetti, in Steubenville, Ohio
  • He was a boxer and a dealer in casinos before taking up singing
  • First achieved stardom in the forties as part of a double act with comedian Jerry Lewis. They starred in fourteen films before splitting acrimoniously
  • "That's Amore" was a hit for him in 1953, and again in 1987 when it was featured in the film Moonstruck
  • In 1964 knocked the Beatles off the number one singles chart in the USA with "Everybody Loves Somebody"
  • The Dean Martin TV Show ran for nine years from 1964 and drew huge audiences
  • Quotes like "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on" played up to his image as a drinker
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The Very Best OfThe Very Best Of
(1998, EMI)
"Volare" and all the hits.
DinoDino: Living High In The Dirty Business Of Dreams
by Nick Tosches
(1993, Minerva)
Indepth, overwritten, fascinating.

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