Still cleanin' up the mess? Haha!! Yup. Lotta thins' to prepare.
Well, pallies...are youse ready to do it all 'gain?! UGH!!
Hey, pallies...that's OK...tis the season...Dino-Winter Month is upon us!
Here we go!
We is 'bout to jump into the most wonderful time of the year & it's comin' up quick!
Such a Fun & Crazy time, my friends!
I AB SO LUTE LY love it & soaks in every single Dino-drippin' second! The whole thin', mi amici! The snow! The decorations! The gift givin' & receivin'! Obviously, the tunes! And even though thins' in our world are a complete mess right now...I STILL loves it!
Every Crazy Chaotic nuance of December is such fun to me...I just can't help but to thinks of Dino!
He's all 'round us this time of year!
The markets...the malls...the radio & on T.V.! It's positively INVIGORATIN'...hearin' & seein' our main dude... in all this Christmassy abundance! Haha!!
Now, as our fearless leader, DMP, always says..."Youse just don't know WHERE he will pop up next!" And as our great great friend, Ms. AOW, commented a couple years back..."He still seems so alive!" It's true, pallies!
It's actually hard to believe he's been gone all these years!
Just goes to show...once 'gain...that legends like Dean, never disappear. Never fade away. He will ALWAYS be with us, mi amici!
Just like anyone who really mattered in our lives...Dino will live, through us, forever!
So, my fellow Dino-holics...allow me to kick off Dino-Winter Month 2020...a couple days early. Haha!! Well, mi amici...I'm just SO SO 'cited 'for it! I couldn't even wait 'til next week! So sit back & relax to this week's Serenade..."Canadian Sunset". To me, it's Perfecto for this time of year & perfecto for gettin' us into the holiday Dino-groove!
Just wanna make sure we ALL doin' OK & gettin' ready for our day of givin' Dino-thanks!
It's comin' up quick, pallies! And even though this year is gonna be a wee bit different. Maybe no big family get-together...it's still a time to ponder our lives...count our blessins'...& give thanks to those responsible for helping us 'long the way.
Let's keep our fearless leader, Dean Martin Peters, in our thoughts & prayers this Thanksgivin', mi amici. Not sure where or when he will pop back in...but I gotta admit, I'm worried. Been gone a long long time. I'm hoping'...as I'm sure we all are...that he's gonna show up...& take control...once 'gain, of our cool cool little blog...as he always has. Come back soon, pallie.
I actually always find myself thinkin' of a few special peeps...who have helped me 'long the way.
Some are gone...some still here.
Whoever helps get us through the trials & tribulations of life. And those who make the good times EXTRA good! They ALL deserve a thanks.
Yes, pals...this includes your family, your friends...your dog, cat, & pet rock, too. Haha!! All & Any!
Now, pals...I just so happens to have two VERY important fellas in mind today. As I do every year...'round this time.
Two GREAT GREAT guys that actually go hand & hand in my life.
First is my Dad. Second is Dino.
One introduced me to the other...& now one keeps the others memory alive.
A day doesn't pass without them , both, in mind.
My true "rocks".
Can always count on them for a smile & positive word.
These kind've SPECIAL souls will NEVER leave us, mi amici! They are with us & in us forever! Keep their memories alive, always, ol' pals o' mine.
Now, my friends...let's listen & watch Dino do his thin' with a little "S'Posin". It's comfortin' to the soul.
Holidays are creepin' up...nights & mornins' are gettin' colder...& days & sun rays seem to be growin' older.
Maybe a few of us might be feelin' those "Change of Season Blues"! I'll be honest...I already miss October! Loves my tricks n' treats! Haha!!
Well guess what, pals o mine??!! Our MAIN MAN Dino ain't leavin' us hangin'!!! No way!! Not while "The Deans" in charge! Haha!
Todays's Serenade is one of the MOSTEST...AB SO LUTE EST...IN SPI RA TION AL tunes youse may EVER hear, pallies!
I grabbed this BEA U TI FUL little number off Dino's 1959 al b um "Sleep Warm". Which...by the ways...was put to vinyl with the help of his bestest pallie, Frankie, conductin'.
Cool Cool stuff, mi amici!
"Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" is SURE to LIFT those dreary hearts & shoo away those cloudy & gray Pre-Holiday moods.
Can't help but be happy hearin' Dean weave his spell!
Magical is the ONLY way I can thinks to describe it, pallies!
Easy flowin...charismatic charm.
If this don't cheer youse up pals...man...I DON'T knows WHAT to do!!!
Maybe a little shock treatment???!!! Hahaha!
Don't fear pals...I'm SURE this will do the trick!
So hang in there, my friends. Life IS good & 'member ALL thins' shall pass!
Even this damn virus! Even this crazy election! Haha!!
Most of all...'member that Dean is on your side & NOTHIN' can mess with that! Haha!
Hope youse is ready for one last CREEPY...SCARY...Darn right FRIGHTENIN' Serenade...from our one 'n only Dino!
Yes...the time is almost here, my friends!
The creatures of the night been workin' overtime... to make this the mostest spine-tinglin' day of the year!
AHHHHHHHHHHH! Haha!!
Did I get youse shiverin' in fear, mi amici?! Hahaha!!!
Just settin' the stage, pals.
Man...I hate to see this month pass! It's SO SO much fun!
Actually, pallies...I've been in Dino-ween mode since September! Haha!!
I REALLY get into Halloween vibe...in case youse can't tell.
Well, my little spooky Dino-monsters...let's get to the tunes!
I found us a TOTALLY fun & spooky jam to WEEN ourselves off Dino-ween. It's the BEST kinda Dino-vid! A LIVE Dino-vid!
Definitely the most fun watchin' Dean weave his spell on us.
He's got that "vampirish" way 'bout him that pulls you in & don't let go!
Man o' man...this is gettin' scarier by the minute!
AHHH HAHAHA!!!
OK, palsies o' mine. Here's some "In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening" for youse. It's sure to set the mood for these last bone-chillin' nights of October!
Enjoy the Dino-vid & have a Fearfully fun & safe Halloween. mi amici!
And ALWAYS 'member...BEWARE THE MOON...AWWOOOOO!!!
Hopefully all is well & this week's Serenade is findin' youse in good health.
They say "Health is Wealth"...& man o man...ain't it the truth! Gotta take care, my friends!
Well pallies...leaves are startin' to fall.
Days have grown shorter.
Thins' is REALLY showin ALL signs of Autumn now!
So, I believes I've mentioned this before...but besides bein' THE SPOOKIEST & one of the COOLEST months of the year...October also just so happens to be Italiano heritage month!
Yes sir!
Well...at least that's what we call it here in BEA U TI FUL Massachusetts! Haha!
So...therefore...in the spirit of ALL the cool cool paisanos , like Mr. & Mrs. Gaetano Crocceti, who brought their GREAT GREAT son, Dino, & Italian traditions to America...I decided to celebrate today with a little, "In Napoli"!
This tune is SO SO pretty & the vid has such BEA U TI FUL pics of WON DER FUL Italy...not to mention Dean's smooth smooth croonin'.
You can almost taste the vino & foods of "the old country"! Haha!!
Ahhhh...what a place to be.
So pals, in honor of our Italiano brothers & sisters & ALL our Dino-lovin' pals out there...this one's for youse!
Oh & by the way...did I ever mention that my great grandparents...on Mama G's side... came to America from the Abruzzi region of Italy...just like Dino's fam?
No?
Yes?
Yea...I'm sure I have.
Love throwin' that one out there. Hahaha!!!
I cant resist sharin' that juicy bit of Dino/Danny G. similarity, pals! Ha!
Gotta squeeze as many Dino-thrills out as humanly possible, my friends!
O, I'm sorry, mi amici...may I invite youse in?
Great!
Grab a seat!
Stay for a bit.
Yes, pallies...this invitation goes out to ALL! Dino lovers far & wide! Young & old! Join me for a moment of fun! A moment of relaxin'! A moment to soak in the GREAT GREAT power of Dean! Haha!!
Hey pals...that's my offer for youse.
Hope it's intriguin'!
Hope it brightens your day!
Hope I can stop ramblin' & actually get a tune playin'! Hahaha!!!
I gets a little TOO pumped, this time of year, pallies! HaHa!! O well...what can I say?
Not to mention...Today's Serenade just got me in one of those moods, mi amici.
"Anytime" is just SO SO reassurin' to me that our BESTEST pal is ALWAYS there when we need him the most! If your feelin' blue...if youse is a wee bit lonely....or maybe youse just needs a little comfortin' from our main man...Dino is ALWAYS there to help!
Always there to lighten the load & lead the way... through his music & inspiration! ANY darn TIME!!!
Man o man...am I ramblin' again?! Haha!!
Sorry, pallies!
This bea u ti ful Fall weather must be gettin' to me!
Anyways, pals...I grabbed this COOL COOL jam off Dino's 1963 al b um, "Country Style". A little "Tex" Martin to make the week sail by.
Sound good? DEF I NATE LY does!
Found us a Cool Cool vid featurin' our pal & one of his fun fun repeat female co-stars, Ms. Stella Stevens. This is perfect, pals...Cause' Ms. Stevens just celebrated her 82nd birthday last week! Happy B-day, baby!
OK...let's get to the jammin'!
Remember this one, mi amici!
It's SURE to get youse through even the bluest day.
Welcome back, mi amici. Welcome to Fall 2020! Well...it's official, pals...Summer is gone & it's time to be movin' on. Now, I don't mean relocatin' or nothin' like that, pallies. I mean it's time to kick Autumn into FULL gear here! Let go of the hot & sweaty days of sun bakin'...trade em' in for crisp & chilly nights & weekend leave rakin'! Haha!! It's not as bad as it sounds, pallies! Let's bang the sand outta our ears & get some cool cool Fall-type croons uh'-croonin'! Ha! These are GREAT GREAT times for throwin' in the ol' ipod headphones...gettin' outdoors...& spendin' some quality time...with Dino! Haha!! Yes, my friends...DINO! Who else is the BEST companion for cleanin' up yards & packin' up the patio?! He relaxes my soul & cleanses my brain. Turns work into fun & chores into play. I'll show youse what I mean, pals. Let's find a nice, easy tune to get youse started. Somethin' from the "Pretty Baby" al b um. How's 'bout a little "Only Forever"? Yes...this is a perfect Serenade for today. A TOTALLY chilled-out croon to EASE us into the new season. Just soak it in, my friends. Inhale it...hold it....ahhhhhh. See what I'm sayin', mi amici? So So calmin'. OK, pallies...let's get outside & get to work! Oops...I mean play! Haha!! Enjoy!
Welcome back, mi amici! And welcome to the LAST Sunday Serenade with Dino of Summer 2020, as well! Man o man...where do the months go, pals?! Years, for that matter! Cant even believe I've had the privelage of doin' these FUN FUN Sunday Serenades for 9 WON DER FUL years now! Yup...Fall of 2011 was my first. TRULY can't express how much I enjoy writin' my deep deep thoughts 'bout life... through the eyes of a Dino-holic. Haha!! And at the same time...spreadin' the Dino-message! VERY humb'ly...I THANK youse for your weekly interest in my insanity & I THANK our fearless leader, DMP, for offerin' me the job. One which I take very seriously...but...in the funnest of ways, my friends! Now, pallies o' mine...let's get to this week's Serenade! Seein' how it's the last week of the summery season...I figured I transition us...gently...into the new one. Somethin' REAL mellow & O so soothin'! Well, pals...thinks I got just what Dr. Dino ordered! It's calm...it's tranquil...it's...well...IT"S PURE DINO!!! Haha!! Pulled it from my own personal "Go to" place for ULTIMATE chillin'! Dean's 1966 al b um, "Relaxin". "Let Me Know" will DEF I NATE LY... gently...glide youse into these comin' cool, crisp days ahead. Sit back & close your eyes, pallies. Dino's at the wheel & he's on cruise control, Hahaha!!! Let's embrace Autumn & see what Dean has in store for us next! It's gonna be a GREAT Fall, pals...just hit PLAY & relax. Enjoy.
Welcome back, my swingin' little Dino-diggin' paisani!
Haha!!
Man o man, am I in a mood today!
Don't know why, pals!
Just is!
Hey...that's good 'nough reason for me!
Haha!!
We gotta make the BEST outta EVERY DAY, mi amici!
Even the lousy ones.
Even in these CRAZY days!
When life hands us lemons...the hell with the lemonade, mi amici...squeeze them into a little vodka on the rocks...& throw on some Dino!
Haha!!
Yes, mam!
Now THAT'S the start of a COOL COOL day! Hahaha!!!
Wow!
What's got into me today?!
All's I did was sit down here & get ready to put this week's Serenade together...& BAM!
This CRAZY mood just came rushin' through me, my friends!
My heart started racin'...my body started vibratin'...& my fingers started typin'!
It's like the spirit of Dean just jumped in me & took control!
Hey, pallies...that's OK with me!
Dino take the wheel!
Haha!!
OK OK...let me catch my breath.
Let me regains my composure.
Let me chill-ax, a wee bit!
If I don't get this Serenade goin'...I thinks I'm gonna pop!
I gots an idea!
Think I'll have a little fun with this silly mood I'm feelin'!
I'm gonna let Dean pick this one, pals!
Yea, youse heard right!
Gonna put my trust in Dino's big meaty hands...& let him tell me what tune to spin!
He will know exactly what we need!
Gonna just close my eyes & see what jam I clicks on.
Ready???!!!
OK, pallies...round & round it goes...where Dino will stop...nobody knows....& POW!!!
Did it!
Oh man o man...PERFECTO!
"Marina"!
GREAT tune, my friends!
Fun Fun song with a Cool Cool groove!
I knew Dean would pick a winner!
Well, pals o mine...I'm hopin' this swingin' Dino-pick will stick with youse all week long... & help with ANY lemons that may have rolled your way.
Not so bad...here, in my part of the world.
Was a BEA U TI FUL Blue-sky'd 75 degrees yesterday!
Summer just HATES to go, I guess!
I don't mind so much though, mi amici.
Fall is a GREAT season too!
I just LOVE the spooky vibe in the air from now 'til Halloween!
Truth be told...I loves September!
The weather is still comfy & a break from the heat isn't so bad either.
Hey...now that I thinks 'bout it, pals... I actually can't wait for the Autumn solstice...that means Fall in British.
Haha!!
'Nother cool cool occasion is comin' soon as well.
This week is the birthday of a VERY special someone to Danny G...who just so happens to be a GIGANTIC Dino-holic!
Hey!
That gives me a SWINGIN' idea, pallies!
I is gonna send this week's Serenade out to this someone & let her know just how SPECIAL she is! Seems that gettin' further & further from her younger years has got her stressin'.
Hey...tell me 'bout it, mi amici!
Haha!!
Anyway...She DEF I NATE LY has NUTHIN' to worry 'bout, though pals.
She's a GREAT GREAT lady & STILL has ALL the fellas howlin' at the moon!
Hahaha!!!
Thinks she just needs a little Dino-croonin' to lift her spirits.
Now let me see...hmmmm.
Got it.
A touch of Dean's "You Were Made For Love", should get her smilin'!
DEF I NATE LY get's me in a happy mood, pallies!
So, this one's for you...birthday girl!
Enjoy your day & enjoy the Dino-jam... goin' out just for you!
Hey pallies, likes this very Dino-day , September 1 in the year of our Dino 1949, the weddin' bells did chime for our most beloved Dino and his queen of beauty bride Miss Jeanne Biegger. Dino and Miss Jeanne, wife numero duo, tied the knot at the pad of Mr. Herman Hover. This date likes 'gain holds the deepest of deep significance since Miss Jeanne passed away on August 24, 2016 joinin' our Dino forever in the here after.
As we, with reverence, remember this day of absolute awesome bountiful bliss for our Dino, ilovedinomartin shares with you a post that a Deanager tagged Catie shared at her tumblr blog, "They always look better at night..," on this day of Dino-significance, last in 2012. Our Catie combines an outstandin' weddin' pix of the beau-ti-ful couple with some potently powerful prose scribed by Mr. Jerry Lewis from his magnificant Dino-bio, "Dean and Me: A Love Story."
Just likes we totally totally grooves to be likes readin' these kind of greatly glorious Dino-details....and these remarkable reflections from Mr. Lewis notin' the extremely close relationship that our most beloved Dino had with his bestest of best pallie Jerry. ilovedinomartin sez our thanks to Miss Catie for creatin' this Dino-memory on her tumblr account, sure to bring many of today's nouveau hipsters to the keen knowledge and awesome adulation of our most most beloved Dino
We Remain,
Yours In Dino,
Dino Martin Peters
You just got out of a marriage,” I said. “What the fuck are you rushing into another one for?”
He just stared at me, shocked that I had hit the issues on the button. I hurried to explain myself. “Forgive me, Paul.” I said. “Jeanne’s a great girl, and I think she would follow you to the ends of the earth. I know she would wait until you were ready. And there are four kids to think about.”
Dean thought for a moment. “Listen Jer,” he said. “You know me better than anyone, so what I say is between us. I do worry about my kids. But this feels so right. So strong.”
I nodded, finally understanding that he was really in love, and probably for the first time. “It’s your life, pal,” I told him. “And you have to do what’s best for you. You’ve always taken care of your kids; now it’s your turn to take care of yourself. Everything’ll fall into place.”
He threw his arms around me in a bear hug and whispered into my ear: “Thanks, Jer.”
As it turned out, Jeanne was the best thing that ever happened to Dean.
Jerry Lewis to Dean Martin on the day of his wedding to second wife Jeanne Biegger, September 1, 1949.
Hey pallies, likes welcome back for yet 'nother wonderful week of liftin' up the life, times, and teachin's of our most beloved Dino here at our humble little ilovedinomartin waterin' hole.
Today we are once 'gain totally totally thrilled to share more Dino-adulation of the international source as we hear from historian Alan Royle at his powerful pad, "Historical Move Info, Movie Trivia, Fascinating Hollywood Facts."
Mr. Royle hails from Fremantle, Western Australia where he was born and has now returned to upon his retirement. Alan has swankly scribed a noteworthy number of valiant volumes and if you click on the tag of this Dino-gram and then click on the tab "My Books" you came view them. Let it be sweetly stated that Royle's credentials are top shelf!
Likes today we deeply delighted to share Alan's supreme salute to our one and only Dino, "DEAN MARTIN – Mr. Nice Guy." As all youse Dino-philes will see below, it is an incredible intro to our Dino with potent pixs and perfectly powerful prose. Royle hits many of the Dino-highs includin' his partnership with Mr. Jerry Lewis; a nod to our Dino's boypallie, his beloved Dino Martin, Jr.; his friendships with Mr. Frank Sinatra and Miss Marilyn Monroe; our Dino's fame and fortune on both t he big and small screen.
We shout out our absolute appreciato to Mr. Alan Royle for helpin' his remarkable readership
be drawn to growin' deeper and deeper in our most most most beloved Dino.
We Remain,
Yours In Dino,
Dino Martin Peters
btw, we're wonderin' how many of youse Dino-holics can point out the one error that Royle has made in his salute to the Matt Helm flicks?!?!?!?
Dino Crocetti was an Italian from Steubenville, Ohio, and Joseph Levitch was a Jewish boy from Newark, New Jersey, and nearly nine years his junior. From the moment they joined up in 1946 to form the comedy duo of Martin & Lewis they were a hit. Within three years they were in the movies; My Friend Irma (1949) and At War With the Army (1950) being their first, and on their way to screen superstardom. Together they were a terrific combination, Dean the straight man, good looking and possessed of a smooth, romantic singing voice, and Jerry the goofball comic, outrageous, physical and very funny. Together they would make 16 movies in eleven years, some hilarious, some much less so, but their vastly diverse personalities would ultimately drive them apart. And the biggest difference between the two men was apparent for all their acquaintances to see – ambition. Dean had scarcely any and Jerry had enough for twenty men.
the early days on radio
Almost from the very beginning it was Jerry who handled business. Dean wasn’t interested. When people came to him with a proposition, regardless of how lucrative it might appear, Dean’s standard response was, ‘Talk to the Jew.’ So they did. From 1949-53 the duo enjoyed weekly acclaim on NBC Radio with their own show, and it was Jerry who set up the 1950-55 Martin & Lewis Show on the Colgate Comedy Hour on US television when the medium was just finding its legs. A decade later (in 1965) Dean (alone) would commence a 19 year TV career with his own show that was enormously popular world-wide.
Headlining at the Copa
In his youth Dean boxed under his real name (36 fights, 25 wins). In other words he was OK, but that’s all, and he knew it. He told friends that he used to fight under the name of ‘Kid Crochet’, but there is no record of that, so it was probably just Dean poking fun at himself. He also delivered bootleg liquor, and ran numbers and crap games for hoodlums whenever he needed money. It was mobster Frank Costello who booked Dean and Jerry at his Copacabana Night Club in 1948, the night Sinatra saw their act for the first time. ‘The Dago’s lousy, but the little Jew is great,’ were Frank’s first impressions. Indeed, most of the duo’s early engagements were at mob joints. Jerry was initially unaware of this, but Dean knew most of these guys from the old days. Even when they moved from the east coast to California, they did so with financial backing from gangster Mickey Cohen.
Dean’s son, Dean Paul Martin, revealed how his father nearly always had apple juice in his ‘booze’ glass when performing on stage with the ‘Rat Pack’ in Vegas, or on his highly successful television show, stating that his father could never have performed had he drank the liquor he seemed to be drinking. Known to his pals as Dino, Dean Junior formed a pop band called Dino, Desi & Billy that enjoyed some chart success in the sixties. Later, he was briefly married to world figure skating champion Dorothy Hamill, but it ended in 1984. Tragically, Dino would die at just 35 when he flew his Phantom F-4 jet fighter into the San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm while serving in the National Guard in 1987. His devastated father never got over his death.
Dean & Frank
Dean and Frank Sinatra were close friends, despite Frank being something of a party animal and Dean, more often than not, happy to relax in his hotel suite with a few comic books or watching his favorite westerns. He also needed early nights so that he would be fresh and fit to pursue his passion – golf – next morning. Friends genuinely liked Dean’s easy-going good nature, his willingness to enjoy a good laugh and, above all, his naturally hilarious sense of humor. It was generally agreed by those who knew both Martin and Lewis that off-screen Dean was by far the funnier of the two, something that was not lost on Jerry for a moment. Jerry was far more serious, all business, business, business, and not much fun to be around. He also had a monumental ego that needed to be fed. The two men were bound to clash – and they did so, many times. A lot of people think they became life-long enemies following their break-up, but that is not quite so. They reunited a few times over the years, usually via the efforts of their pals, and eventually got back on friendly terms towards the end of Dean’s life.
with Marilyn
One of Dean’s many likeable qualities was his loyalty to friends. This was never more evident than when 20th Century Fox decided to fire his pal Marilyn Monroe from their movie Something’s Got To Give in 1962, and replace her with Lee Remick. He reminded the studio that he had contractual approval of his co-star, and he would only continue with the picture if Marilyn was reinstated. She was. Sadly, she died before it could be completed. Despite this genuine display of support for Marilyn, Dean and all the Rat Pack members were banned from her funeral by her ex-husband Joe DiMaggio, presumably because he blamed them all (in varying degrees) for being responsible for introducing her to the Kennedys whom he blamed for her death.
DiMaggio at Marilyn’s funeral
In the sixties Dean played H.A.R.M. Agent Matt Helm in three spy spoofs called The Silencers,Murderer’s Row (both in 1966) and The Wrecking Crew (1968). Dean’s co-star in the third of these was the ill-fated beauty Sharon Tate. There was supposed to be a fourth in the popular series, to be called The Ravagers, but it was never made. Dean was so distraught over Sharon’s brutal murder at the hands of the Manson Gang in 1969, he refused to ever play Matt Helm again.
Sharon and Dean in The Wrecking Crew
Dean’s recording career was stellar indeed. Overall he had around 40 hit singles, most of them with Capitol Records, until he signed with Sinatra’s label Reprise in 1962. Surprisingly, he only had three Number Ones in his career – That’s Amore (1953), Memories Are Made of This (1956), and Everybody Loves Somebody (1964). After his break-up with Jerry, Dean quickly secured a singing/stand-up comic engagement at the Sands in Las Vegas and was an immediate success. For the next thirty years he did two six-week stints a year there for an annual fee of $300,000. The workload suited his golf game to perfection. Similarly, in 1965, when he was offered $40,000 a week for a single day’s work on his own TV show, he just couldn’t say no. By 1967, such was the show’s popularity, his pay packet had escalated to $285,000 an episode, an extraordinary amount for the time. Oddly, as Dean went from success to success and seemed to get funnier and funnier. Jerry, on the other hand, tried everything to recapture the success they once had, but he could not do so. Dean probably summed him up as well as anyone when he said: ‘At some point he said to himself, ‘I’m extraordinary. Like Charles Chaplin’. From then on, nobody could tell him anything. He knew it all.’
Dean lost interest in living after the death of his boy in 1987, and would only live another eight years. Sitting alone in his private booth at his favorite bar, quietly drinking, he would listen to his albums playing quietly in the background. When asked what he was doing he would reply, ‘waiting to die.’ After declining major liver and kidney surgery to prolong his life, Dean Martin passed away on Christmas Day, 1995. He was 78. Three days later the city of Las Vegas turned off the lights on the Strip for one minute as a sign of respect for the popular entertainer. The only previous time this had happened was when Sammy Davis Junior died.
Looks like the smolderin' Summer heat is lettin' up!
August is windin' down...& dare I say it...Fall is slowly creepin' on in.
Now, tell me pals...what's a TRUE, TRUE Dino-holic s'posed to do...with what's left of a Cool Cool Summer?!
Well...what else, mi amici?!
Keep the Dino-ball rollin' with nother' hot & sultry SWOON by the One & ONLY King of CROON! Haha!!
That's what!
Haha!!
Or...is it the King of Cool?
Oh Well...either way pals...this week's Serenade, "Once In A While", is nother' one of those great, great Summertime tunes...that REALLY heats thins' up & at the same time is sure to calm & relax your very soul!
I just am So So sure...that it set the mood on many a moonlit, balmy night, in good ol' Stu'ville...for many young lovers!
Hahaha!!!
I can picture a young...suave...Dino Crocetti serenadin' some lucky young chicalina with this very tune!
Now listen pals...Dean ain't askin' for much here. Just a quick thought every now & then.
I guess, pals...we all would like to think...that a once special someone thinks 'bout us...every now & then.
Maybe pals...just maybe...there's someone out there that you haven't seen in a while...and maybe...just maybe...THAT somebody might be worth a quick thought...as well.
Hey pallies, likes we loves! loves! loves! to find new sources of devotion to our Dino, and we loves even more to learn more 'n more details of our Dino's life, times, and teachin's includin' more historic dates in Dino-history. Likes today we gets to do both of 'em at one Dino-time. From the new-to-ilovedinomartin blog for Desert Radio Az KDAZ-db located in Hereford, AZ comes the noteworthy news that it was 51 years 'go on this date, August 30, in the year of our Dino 1969 that our great great man's great great al-b-um "Gentle On My Mind" went pure gold!
Gentle on My Mind was produced by Jimmy Bowen and arranged by Ernie Freeman, and released in November 1968 on the Reprise label.
Likes the track listin' included 10---count 'em---10 delightful Dino-croons includin':
"Not Enough Indians"
"That Old Time Feelin'"
"Honey"
"Welcome to My Heart"
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
"Gentle on My Mind"
"That's When I See the Blues (In Your Pretty Brown Eyes)"
"Rainbows Are Back in Style"
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We shares with all youse Dino-holics the front cover coolest of cool Dino-pose as well as our Dino' havin' the bestest of best times croonin' this tune live on the Dino-show. We thanks all the pallies at Desert Radio Az KDAZ-db for puttin' us on to this important date in Dino-history and addin' to our Dino-edification. Likes to checks this out in it's original form, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-report.
We Remain,
Yours In Dino,
Dino Martin Peters
In 1969 Dean Martin's album "Gentle On My Mind" is certified gold.
Hey pallies, likes today we gets a blast from the Dino-past coolly courtesy of the marvelous male mag GQ where while google divin' for deep deep Dino-treasure we delightfully discovered a June 2007 awesome article from GQ, first published there in 1996, tagged "My Father's Fashion Tips" by Mr. Tom Junod. (son Tom is pictured on the left and Father Leo on the right). Tom is an American journalist and is the recipient of two National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors, the most prestigious award in magazine writing.
Today we fantastically feature extremely excitin' excerpts from Tom's powerfully potent prose that, of course, awesomely accent his father Leo's encounters with our most most beloved Dino. We are totally totally thrilled to fabulously feast on Tom sharin' of a noteworthy number of his daddy-o's first person experiences with our King of Cool...at the Copa where Dino and Jerry were makin' funnyand at our Dino's playground 'Vegas baby 'Vegas...both in a coffee shop and at a casino's blackjack table.
We here at ilovedinomartin lives to be able to impart such beautiful bits of Dino-lore to Dino-philes who gather 'round our little Dino-waterin' hole day by day and today's Dino-devotion is some stunnin'ly stellar Dino-remembrances that bring the biggest of big Dino-buddha grins to our faces, and so so much deep deep Dino-happiness as well. We can't thank Mr. Tom Junod and all the pallies at GQ for these remarkable reflections on our Dino's encounters with Junod's father. To checks this out in it's original source, likes simple clicks on the tag of this Dino-message.
We Remain,
Yours In Dino,
Dino Martin Peters
My Father's Fashion Tips
As we celebrate fifty years of GQ, we look back at some of the greatest writing the magazine has published. In 1996, in a piece that was nominated for a National Magazine Award, Tom Junod wrote not only of his dad’s impeccable style but also of the secrets—and underwear rules—of a lost generation.
BY TOM JUNOD
June 7, 2007
As far as I know, my father never made a dime from his voice—but to put himself across. And when he went to see Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis one night at the Copa and Dino passed the microphone around to patrons and asked them to sing a verse, my father was prepared: He took the microphone in hand and sang to such effect that Dean Martin had to take it back. “Hey,“ Dino said, his voice whittled down to a point of low warning. “Hey,“ he said, glaring at my father over his shoulder, with a squint, with a glance of sudden, alarmed appraisal, sparked by his knowledge that there was now another man in the room, and to this man attention must be paid.
“ 1957: My father goes to Vegas for the first time, in the year before my birth. He rents a convertible and drives across the Arizona desert with the top down, and by the time he gets there he is, well, black, and of course, and vibrant with the pulse of the elements themselves. He goes to a coffee shop, and Dean is there, and Dean recognizes him—a nod. And then the next day, my father goes down to the casino, to play at the blackjack table, and Dean walks over, tan like my father, but not of course as tan as my father, and asks the dealer to step aside. “Let me deal to him,“ Dean says (or maybe, preferably, “Let me deal to him“), and for the next twenty minutes that’s what he does—Dean Martin deals cards to Lou Junod. It’s just the two of them, two men wearing suits and shirts with French cuffs at twelve o’clock noon, in the middle of the freaking desert, and somewhere along the line it must occur to them—well, at the very least, it occurs to my dad—that they are men who very easily could have lived each other’s lives…which is why my father always told me never to ask for autographs (“They should be asking for your autograph“)
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