In 1966, Dean Martin appeared in four feature films (in a starring role as randy secret agent Matt Helm in two of them), hosted thirty-three episodes of the variety show that bore his name, was named “Man of the Year” by the Country Music Association, and released at least five albums of new material, with a few more compilations and collaborations added to the record racks.

Hey pallies, likes today we are powerfully psyched to takes all youse Dino-holics to yet 'nother new-to-ilovedinomartin blog pad where a keenly knowledgeable blogger tagged Mr. Dan Seeger has found an incredibly insightful way of liftin' up the name of our most beloved Dino.  Seeger at his cool cultural blog tagged "COFFEE FOR TWO," delves deeply into "film, music, television, comics, and books" from what we would say are ubber unique perspectives.

Dan's  Dino-centric post, shared below, is one of a series of potent posts on the theme "Top 40 Smash Near Misses."   Likes these posts  are  'bout   "songs that just barely failed to cross the key line of chart success, entering the Billboard Top 40. Every song featured in this series peaked at number 41."  His Dino-prose accents the Dino-croon, “A Million and One,”  was released in 1966 by our Dino on his amazin' al-bum tagged "The Hit Sound of Dean Martin" and youse guessed it pallies, as Seeger relates, this cool croon made it to the 41 place on "the main chart."

Likes for us pallies, while we deeply digs the incredible image of our Dino shared by Dan as well as the youtube vid of the Dino-tune and his hugely homagin' our Dino in this way, what has really bountifully blown us 'way is his raisin' of the praise of our Dino and all the awesome artistic work that he accomplished in the year of 1966...the perfect patter that we have chosen to tag this Dino-gram..." In 1966, Dean Martin appeared in four feature films (in a starring role as randy secret agent Matt Helm in two of them), hosted thirty-three episodes of the variety show that bore his name, was named “Man of the Year” by the Country Music Association, and released at least five albums of new material, with a few more compilations and collaborations added to the record racks.."

We majestically marvel at how keenly knowledgeable Mr. Dan Seeger is on the life and times of our King of Cool.  It seems crystal clear that Seeger have faithfully followed our Dino's career and we are powerfully pleased to see him share all these Dino-details with his remarkable readership.  We wants to excellently express our absolute appreciation for the wonderfully wise way that Seeger has lovin'ly lifted up the name of our Dino at his beautiful blog and hopes that we will find more opportunities to share Dino-devotion from his perfect pen.  To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.

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APRIL 2, 2018 DAN SEEGER
Top 40 Smash Near Misses — “A Million and One”




These posts are about the songs that just barely failed to cross the key line of chart success, entering the Billboard Top 40. Every song featured in this series peaked at number 41.

In 1966, Dean Martin appeared in four feature films (in a starring role as randy secret agent Matt Helm in two of them), hosted thirty-three episodes of the variety show that bore his name, was named “Man of the Year” by the Country Music Association, and released at least five albums of new material, with a few more compilations and collaborations added to the record racks. Back then, working in show business meant you punched in every day.

A lot of albums also meant a lot of singles. Although Martin’s easy listening groove wasn’t exactly aligned with the prevailing pop sensibility in the year the Beatles released Revolver, Martin did manage to push two of those singles into the Billboard Top 40. And one more just missed.

“A Million and One” was already a hit in 1966, albeit on the country music chart. Billy Walker took a slow-twang version of the song, penned by Yvonne Devaney, to the runner-up position. Vic Dana also took a crack at the song in 1966, stalling out in the seventies on the Billboard chart. Included on the album The Hit Sound of Dean Martin, the Rat Packer’s version went the highest on the main chart, peaking at #41.