Dean Martin may be one of the most successful school dropouts ever.

Hey pallies, likes we gotta 'fess up that we just never ever tire of discoverin' and sharin' more and more blogs showin' awesome affirmin' affection for our most beloved Dino.  Today we takes youse to the blog, "Nostalgia And Now," where retired newspaper man Mr. Andrew Godfrey hangs his hat.  Godfrey, who calls Sulphur, Louisiana home in his retirement, recently posted some Dino prose 'n  pixs under the tag, "Dean Martin – 56 Years of Entertaining."

While it is our hunch that Andrew's Dino-entry is meant to be more in the "Nostalgia" then "Now" category.....though we here at ilovedinomartin that the Dino-sound is more "Now" then ever 'mong today's youth, Mr. Godfrey shares a variety of insights 'bout our Dino with his blog readership that definitely coulda helps them grow in knowin', lovin', and honorin' our great great man.

Likes our particular fav Dino-thought from the pen of Godfrey is how we have tagged this Dino-gram....." Dean Martin may be one of the most successful school dropouts ever."  Likes what a truly true Dino-observation is that dudes?!?!?!?!?!   Likes we woulda goes so far as to say that our Dino IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL DROPOUT EVER!!!!!

Enjoys readin' this well scribed Dino-read pallies, and ilovedinomartin says our thanks to Mr. Andrew Godfrey for puttin' the accent on our most beloved Dino very very successful long career as entertainer extraordinaire!  To checks this out in it's original format, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-report.
Dino-always, ever, and only, DMP





Posted by Andrew Godfrey on March 18, 2014


Dean Martin – 56 Years of Entertaining

  

Dean Martin 1917-1995


Dean Martin was born Dino Paul Crocetti on June 7, 1917 in Steubenville, Ohio. He didn’t speak English until he was five years old. Then he dropped out of school in 10th grade and delivered bootleg liquor, dealt cards as a blackjack dealer and did some boxing as a welterweight. He made this comment about his boxing ability  ”I won all but 11.”[, which was nothing to brag about since he was only in 12 boxing matches.  His boxing name "Kid Crochet" probably didn't help his boxing career.

Martin sang with the Ernie Kay Orchestra and then was drafted by the Army in 1944 and served in Akron, Ohio. He appeared in his first full length movie in 1949, when he appeared in My Friend Irma.



Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Lewis is now 88 years old.


Dean Martin first team up with Jerry Lewis at the 500 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey on July 24, 1946. The first show did not go well and the owner threatened to fire them, if they couldn’t do better in their second act. That is when they came up with the act, where Martin tries to sing a serious song, while Jerry is doing everything possible to distract from his singing. The act went over big and began their run as a team.

They were heard on radio from 1948 to 1953 on the Martin and Lewis Show. The pair would go on to star in movies that seemed to feature Lewis more than Martin, because of his madcap actions on the big screen. Martin was incensed when a Look magazine cover only showed Lewis, since Martin had been cropped out of the photo.

Their association ended ten years exactly, from their first appearance in Atlantic City. Their friendship was really never the same, until Frank Sinatra brought Martin on stage at the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon in 1976, which was 20 years, after their 1956 breakup. They remained friends, until the death of Martin in 1995.



Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop and Dean Martin who comprised the Rat Pack.

Martin was part of the Rat Pack that included Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop. They would entertain audiences with their mixture of singing and comedy.

He was also active in acting in motion pictures, with his appearances in Young Lions (1957), Rio Bravo (1959) and would appear in Cannoball Run (1981) and Cannonball II (1984).

This was an active time for Martin as he was appearing on stage, recording record albums, appearing in movies and in 1965 he would start appearing on the NBC show Dean Martin’s Comedy Hour, which would remain on the air until 1974. 263 episodes were filmed of the show and hope they can be seen somewhere on a television network 49 years, after the first show debuted on television. Martin also hosted many Dean Martin Celebrity Roast shows in later years.



Made Impact As A Singer



1958 would see his recording of Return to Me top out at #4 and  Volare peak at #12. It may have been able to climb higher on the charts, but it had been recorded many times, before Martin released his version of Volare.



Surprisingly his song You’re Nobody Till Somebody Love You was only #25 on pop chart, but reached #1 on adult contemporary chart. This was the year the Beatles hit America, so that probably had something to do with it.

The year 1967 would see his last two #1 hits, which only went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, when In the Chapel in the Moonlight and In the Misty Moonlight would take the #1 spot.

Dino: The Essential Dean Martin Collection has 30 of his biggest hits and can be found at Amazon.com for one cent, plus shipping if you buy a used copy of the collection.

http://www.amazon.com/Dino-The-Essential-Dean-Martin/dp/tracks/B00021LPIS/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1

Dean Martin may be one of the most successful school dropouts ever. He became successful as part of the Martin and Lewis comedy act, singing as soloist for big bands, recorded for many years, acted in many blockbuster movies and hosted a successful television show for nine years.