Hey pallies, likes even when we are a bit late, even when the blogger is a bit late, we can't not post 'nother terrific tribute to our most beloved Dino on the annivesary of "The Day That Coolness Came To Earth. Likes all youse pallies know that the date of our Dino's descent to planet earth was June 7, 1917, but for some reason, folks often get mixed up on the date and thinks it was June 17. Such is the case of today's scriber of Dino-devotion bein' shared here at ilovedinomartin.
From the blog "DAYS TO REMEMBER BY JD MITCHELL DESIGNS," comes their Dino-birthday honorin' homage simply tagged "Dean Martin." The philosophy behind this particular blog is the quire, "Did you know every day is celebration about something?" And, we are tremendously touched that JD Mitchell desires to celebrate our one and only Dino's one and only birthdate, even if she got the wrong day of the month.
JD delightfully designed a great graphic to homage our Dino on his day and we loves these words of the sweetest sentiment scribed by Miss Mitchell..."The warm sensuality of his voice continues to beguile of music fans with a winning style and a touch of mystery." Now ain't those some powerfully profound, reverently respectful, and hugely heartful reflections?!?!?!?!
We salute Miss JD Mitchell for her excellent expression of deepest devotion to our Dino on the day of his birth and sez thanks so much for hugely homagin' our King of Cool in this wonderful way! To checks this out in it's original format, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram. Dino-always, ever, and only, DMP
Dean Martin
Playboy called him “the coolest man who ever lived.” Elvis Presley worshipped him, as we celebrate Dean Martin’s Birthday today.
Born Dino Crocetti in Steubenville, Ohio, on June 17th 1917 today would have been in his 98th birthday.
Early in his career, Dean Martin was known as a gritty 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 phenomenon Kid Crochet. Winning his share of bouts earned him little apart from a broken nose, but Dino’s 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,
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,” “That’s 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 Martin’s 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.”
Today’s YouTube video clip shared by user name, (DRESDEN Fanatic),is Dean Martin singing Volare.
Not soon after, Martin’s 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.
Biographer Nick Tosches (Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams) described Martin as a person, “who does not give a f—.”
The term, in Dean Martin’s 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.
If you’re not a Dean Martin fan but like some of his songs, in lieu of today’s story, I encourage to be cool as cucumber, like Dean Martin was in life.
Instead of wishing you were someone else, be proud of who you are. Because you’ll never realize who was looking at you, wishing they were you!
Written & Designed by JD Mitchell
9 comments:
Very cool indeed!
Hey pallie, likes indeed, Danny-o. So what's the Dean scene likes these days with fam Danny-o? Keeps lovin' our most beloved Dino!
Well pallie...we been doin' LOTS of nothin'! Haha!! Sittin' by the pool with Dean's voice sailin' through the trees!
Hey pallie, likes Danny-o, sounds likes you are spreadin' your Dino-devotion to every listenin' ear....now, how cool is that...that certainly is doin' somethin' great for our most beloved Dino and you lounge 'round the pool and drink deeply of our Dino! Keeps lovin', keeps sharin' our most belvoed Dino!
Love that graphic by JD Mitchell!
One little thing, though. Wasn't our Dino's birthday on June 7? I've read both the 7th and the 17th, but thought that the 7th was now the official birthdate.
Hey pallie, likes Miss AOW, we deeply digs that Dino-graphic ourselves...and Miss Mitchell's wise words of Dino-appreciato....and indeed, as noted in our patter, the one thin' that JD got incorrect is our Dino's date of entry onto our planet, June 7, 1917. Keeps lovin' our most beloved Dino!
DMP,
Several times back in the 1960's, I saw our Dino's birthdate as both June 17th and June 7th. Now, where did I see these different dates? In magazines such as Photoplay and Silver Screen -- to name just two.
I think that our Dino was born at home and not in a hospital. Not sure about that, but home birth in 1917 was the norm. I just have to wonder if there was some kind of confusion about the date of birth -- not sure exactly what kind of confusion, but perhaps two different entries in two different family Bibles. Also, our Dino could have been born on June 7th but not christened until June 17th.
Hey pallie, likes Miss AOW, thanks for your elaboration on the Dino-date. Our thought is that perhaps pallies though the DOB was the same as the year of birth... 17 and 17 instead of 7 and 17. Just a Dino-thought. Keeps lovin' our most beloved Dino!
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