DEAN MARTIN KNOCKS THE BEATLES OUT OF #1 SPOT - AUGUST 15, 1964

Hey pallies, 45 years ago this glorious Dinoday, our Dino declared his might and knocked the Beatles off the top of the recorded music charts with his amazin' rendition of "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime." 'Nother true Dinoholic, actor Mr. Eddie Deezen at his cool blogg by the same tagg (clicks on tagg of this Dinogram to goes there...) shares the Dinotale of how our Dino predicted his conquest of the Beatles and we thanks him for showin' his true Dinodevotion in sharin' this.

Only thin' pallies is the boypallie ref oughta be to Dino Jr. then Ricci...accordin' to the def Dinobio, "DINO: Living High In The Dirty Dreams Of Living" it was our Dino's boypallie Dino Jr. who was so awed by the mop tops and the Dinolegend is it was to him that our great man said, "I'm goin' to knock your pallies off the charts."

So on this historic day in Dinohistory we salute our Dino and his abilty to take on all comers and rule as King of Cool....never was, never will be anyone as cool...or as powerful as our Dino.... Hopes all of you pallies will takes some time this very Dinoday to pause and honor our Dino and what he means to you...where woulda we be without our Dino...nowhere pallies...for truly, ONLY DINO MATTERS!!!!!! Dino-only, DMP



May 12, 2009
DEAN MARTIN KNOCKS THE BEATLES
OUT OF #1 SPOT - AUGUST 15, 1964

I'M GONNA KNOCK YOUR PALLIES OFF THE CHARTS

- DEAN MARTIN


RICCI MARTIN, WAS JUST LIKE MOST ANY OTHER TEENAGER IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF 1964. RICCI WAS TOTALLY CRAZY ABOUT AND OBSESSED WITH THE BEATLES. EVER SINCE THEIR ARRIVAL IN AMERICA, THEY HAD CAPTIVATED TEENAGERS FAR AND WIDE AND TAKEN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY BY STORM. THEY WERE MAKING APPEARANCES ON TV, THEIR NEW FILM A HARD DAY'S NIGHT WAS A SMASH HIT, AND THEIR SONGS WERE BLASTING OUT OF EVERY RADIO ON THE CONTINENT.

DURING THIS WAVE OF BEATLEMANIA, RICCI WAS RAVING ON AND ON ABOUT THE BOYS FROM LIVERPOOL. HIS FATHER, DEAN MARTIN, STAR OF STAGE, SCREEN, TELEVISION, LAS VEGAS, AND THE RECORD WORLD, GOT FED UP ONE DAY AND TOOK RICCI TO THE SIDE AND TOLD HIM:


I'M GONNA KNOCK YOUR PALLIES OFF THE CHARTS.


RICCI SMIRKED AND BARELY HELD BACK FROM ROLLING HIS EYES RIGHT TO HIS FATHER'S FACE. SURE, HIS DAD WAS THE GREAT DEAN MARTIN, BUT DINO HADN'T HAD A HIT RECORD IN SIX YEARS - AND COME ON - THESE GUYS WERE THE BEATLES!

IN 1962, DEAN MARTIN HAD SIGNED A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH REPRISE RECORDS, A COMPANY OWNED BY HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND COMRADE-IN-ARMS FRANK SINATRA. IN 1963, REPRISE SIGNED A MAN NAMED JIMMY BOWDEN TO THEIR A & R DEPARTMENT. JIMMY VERY MUCH WANTED TO RECORD AN ALBUM WITH DEAN MARTIN. DEAN, ALWAYS AN EASY-GOING GUY, AGREED TO WORK WITH BOWDEN, BUT DEAN, A MAN WHO DID NOT LIKE CHANGE, WANTED TO RECORD AN ALBUM OF SOFT, MOODY, "LAS VEGAS-TYPE" SONGS.

IT WAS TO BE A TYPICAL "DEAN MARTIN ALBUM" - SLOW BALLADS AND LOVE SONGS SUNG BY THE DROOPY-EYED CROONER AND WAS CALLED DREAM WITH DEAN.

BOWDEN WANTED TO RECORD DEAN AND TRIED TO SET AN ATMOSPHERE THAT WAS PLEASING TO HIS ARTIST. THE RECORDING STUDIO WAS SET UP WITH MOODY LIGHTING TO CREATE THE PROPER ATMOSPHERE. HE GOT TOGETHER A SMALL BAND AND DINO QUICKLY AND SMOOTHLY RECORDED THE FIRST 11 SONGS FOR THE ALBUM.

THE 12TH HE JUST HATED - IT WAS A SONG CALLED EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIME. THE SONG HAD BEEN WRITTEN AROUND 15 YEARS PREVIOUSLY BY DEAN'S CLOSE FRIEND AND PIANO PLAYER, KEN LANE (THIS FACTOR, I'M SURE, HAD A LOT TO DO WITH DEAN RECORDING A SONG HE COULDN'T STAND. DEAN WAS A VERY NICE, EASY-GOING GUY AND HE PROBABLY JUST WANTED TO HELP A PAL GET SOME ROYALTIES). DEAN HAD TO BE COAXED INTO RECORDING THE NUMBER, BUT AFTER SOME PUSHING, HE FINALLY AGREED TO RECORD THE TUNE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN RECORDED BY SEVERAL OTHER ARTISTS INCLUDING SINATRA, PEGGY LEE AND DINAH WASHINGTON, AND HAD NEVER GONE ANYWHERE.

WHEN DEAN'S ALBUM CAME OUT, THE SONG WAS GIVEN LITTLE NOTICE AND RAISED NO STIR, BUT IN, EARLY IN 1964, DEAN RECORDED THE SONG AGAIN AS A SINGLE. IT WAS GIVEN A NEW ARRANGEMENT, DEAN SPED UP THE TEMPO A BIT, AND ADDED A MORE CONTEMPORARY SOUND TO IT. AT FIRST, THE SONG WENT NOWHERE AND REPRISE DECIDED TO STOP PROMOTING IT. BUT RADIO STATIONS IN NEW ORLEANS AND WORCHESTER, MASS. STARTED PLAYING IT.

IT SOON SPREAD TO OTHER STATIONS AND GAINED POPULARITY, AND ON AUGUST 15, 1964, JUST AS HE HAD BOASTED TO HIS SKEPTICAL SON,
EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIME
ACTUALLY KNOCKED THE BEATLES OUT OF THE #1 SPOT ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 RECORD CHART.


SEE, I TOLD YOU
I WAS GONNA KNOCK YOUR PALLIES OFF


SAID DEAN CASUALLY TO HIS AWESTRUCK SON. RICCI MARTIN SAID HE LOOKED ON AT HIS FATHER WITH PRIDE, WONDER AND AMAZEMENT. AND THUS, DEAN MARTIN, IN ALL PROBABILITY, BECAME THE ONE AND ONLY PERSON TO CORRECTLY PREDICT THAT HE WAS GOING TO KNOCK THE BEATLES OUT OF THE NUMBER ONE SPOT ON THE CHARTS AND ACTUALLY DO IT!

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BILLBOARD'S TOP FIVE SONGS - AUGUST 15, 1964

1. EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY SOMETIME
DEAN MARTIN

2. WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO?
THE SUPREMES

3. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
THE BEATLES

4. RAG DOLL
THE FOUR SEASONS

5. UNDER THE BOARDWALK
THE DRIFTERS

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