.....and Dean Martin is effortlessly charming.

Hey pallies, likes we're back with more incredible international style,  awesome adulation of our delightful Dino international.  From our pallies down under at the online presence of "The Sydney Morning Herald" comes news that our most beloved Dino as swingin' spyster Matt Helm in "Murder's Row" will be shown on the  Fox Classic (pay-TV) at 8:35 p.m. (Aussie time, of course) on Tuesday, April 24.

Likes when we first read this through the cool courtesy of our pallies at google 'lerts we thought that we woulda be too late in gettin' this Dino-reported to all our down under pallies, but then as we read more closely we see that  this noteworthy news was posted on April 16 so that there was plenty of time to get it shared here at ilovedinomartin.  While, of course, we simply must disagree with SM who wrote this post when they sez, "Murderer's is beyond trivial, but sometimes fun," we, of course, awesomely agree with their wise words that "Dean Martin is effortlessly charming."

So, to all our Aussie Dino-holics we sez make note of this Dino-date: April 24 and this Dino-time: 8:35 p.m. if youse has access to Fox Classics.  We say Salute! to the pallies at "The Sydney Morning Herald" and at Fox Classics for bringin' what we believes is the bestest of the bestest Matt Helmers to viewers in Aussieland!   To checks this out in it's original source, per usual, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.

We Remain,

Yours In Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

btw pallies, a wee bit of Dino-footage showin' him as "effortlessly charming."




What's on TV: Tuesday, April 24


Murderer's Row (1966)

Fox Classics (pay-TV), 8.35pm

In the mid-1960s, with the James Bond film franchise in full flight, producers around the globe battled to find the best way to cash in on the secret-agent boom. In England, Ralph Thomas tried with Dirk Bogarde in Hot Enough for June (1964). In America, James Coburn famously played Derek Flint in Our Man Flint (1966) and In Like Flint (1967). Dean Martin also picked up a gun and seduced the ladies in four Matt Helm films (1966-68). In the first, The Silencers (Fox Classics, today, midday), Matt thwarts the sinister Big-O organisation and flirts with Gail and Tina, played by major screen sirens Stella Stevens and Daliah Lavi. The film – a not-at-all meaningful spy spoof – was a hit and Murderer's Row followed months later. Evil Big-O is back and Matt again flirts with the leading ladies, this time played by Ann Margaret and Carmilla Sparv. Murderer's is beyond trivial, but sometimes fun, and Dean Martin is effortlessly charming. SM

Phyllis Davis formed a strong one-on-one relationship with actor-singer and big time Las Vegas headliner Dean Martin, actually living with him for a year......

Hey pallies, likes we were so powerfully pysched to be able to share a bit of info on our lovin' Dino and his intimate relationship with the lovely actress Miss Phyllis Davis yester-Dino-day that we simply had to do some more googlin' to see if we coulda finds more Dino-details on the relationship between Miss Davis and our Dino.  We struck pay dirt when we found  a potent post from a blog tagged "the Wanderling" tagged "THAILAND, TERMINAL ISLAND, TERMINAL CANCER -PHYLLIS DAVIS - ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR ENLIGHTENMENT."

Early in this blog postin' we found a powerful paragraph that we have shared below that Miss Phyllis "formed a strong one-on-one relationship with actor-singer and big time Las Vegas headliner Dean Martin, actually living with him for a year, the relationship eventually ending for reasons unknown."
We don't ever remember readin' anywhere before that Miss Davis and our Dino had this intimate on-goin' relationship includin' a year of sharin' quarters together.  Likes what a thrill it musta been for Miss Davis to had this amazin' opportunity to share life with our most beloved Dino!

We thank the unknown scriber of "the Wonderling" for sharin' this Dino-revelation with the larger Dino-world, and if youse woulda likes to read the powerful prose on Miss Phyllis Davis in total, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.  We have done quite a bit of searchin' of the ol' net for more images of our Dino and Miss Phyllis, but the only one we have been able to locate is the cool candid that we shared yesterday, so we will rerun it 'gain this very Dino-day.

We Remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters



THAILAND, TERMINAL ISLAND, TERMINAL CANCER

PHYLLIS DAVIS

ONE WOMAN'S SEARCH FOR ENLIGHTENMENT

the Wanderling




During that same period, the late 1970s and even beyond the end of the series (VEGA$), leading somewhere into the early to mid-1980s, Phyllis Davis formed a strong one-on-one relationship with actor-singer and big time Las Vegas headliner Dean Martin, actually living with him for a year, the relationship eventually ending for reasons unknown.

Although Davis never married, she did have a long-term relationship with Dean Martin in the 1970s.

Hey pallies, likes we loves! loves! loves! to find more 'n more internet references to our Dino's amores, and youse guessed it Dino-holics, we have yet 'nother one to share with youse this very Dino-day.  Likes once 'gain our pallies at Google Dino-'lerts have sent us to 'nother new-to-ilovedinonmartin pad tagged "Star News ONLINE" of Wilmington, North Carolina  where Star News staffer Mr. Scott Nunn shares that 47 years 'go on April 15, 1971 Miss Phyllis Davis was th"Queen  Azalea" at the  Wilmington Azalea Festival.

As you will note below, Mr. Nunn shares that " Although Davis never married, she did have a long-term relationship with Dean Martin in the 1970s."  We are most delighted to have 'nother world wide web source share information on one of our Dino's lovin' relationships in the swingin' seventies.  We remember that Miss Davis starred in the small screen series "VEGA$," and that our most beloved Dino even appeared in an episode with her season 2, Episode 2, "The Usurper," that aired on September 26, 1979.   

Doin' a little bit of Dino-searchin' with Google's image search, we are also able to share a stunnin' shot of our  Dino and Miss Davis out clubbin' for your viewin' pleasure.  They certainly do make a strikin' couple!   We thanks Mr. Scott Nunn and all the pallies at "Star News ONLINE" for this particular post that shares our Dino's affection for Miss Davis.  To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this particular Dino-gram.

We Remain,

Yours In Dino,

Dino Martin Peters





By Scott Nunn | StarNews Staff

From the StarNews archives:

47 years ago

April 15, 1971: The Azalea Festival was getting underway as president Frank Ballard greeted Queen Azalea Phyllis Davis at the airport. At the time, Davis was best known for her regular appearances on ABC’s popular Friday night anthology comedy series, “Love, American Style.” Although Davis never married, she did have a long-term relationship with Dean Martin in the 1970s. She died of cancer in 2013 at the age of 73.

Dean Martin - I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) with Miss Petula Clark

Hey pallies, likes a few 'go on April 5th, ilovedinomartin shared a fun fun feature of our Dino and Miss Petula Clark horsin' 'round together duetin' on a variety of cool croons that youse can find HERE.  The pixs and vid shared in that particular post where taken from a Petula Clark small screen special simply tagged "Petula" that aired on ABC on the night of December 9, 1970.

Likes in readin' up on that swank special we learned that our most beloved Dino also crooned the tune "I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do" with Miss Pet playin' the piano for him.  Well we went to youtube to see what we could find, and indeed the vibrant vid shared below was the reward of our Dino-search.  There truly does seem to be a lotta love flowin' 'tween our Dino and Miss Clark in this noteworthy number.  And, likes this is one croon that our Dino sings a bit slower and with superb seriousness.

Also we did a litle more Dino-research and we discovered that both the duetin' moments and the solo below can be located on a Passport DVD tagged  "DEAN MARTIN: Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime"....(see image above).  Likes we thanks the youtube pallie "dino4ever" for makin' this magical moment in Dino-history available for Dino-holics everywhere to grooves on.

We Remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

On This Date In Dino-history: April 16, 1964

Hey pallies, likes today is yet 'nother extremely important date in the life and times of our most beloved Dino. Likes thanks to a dude tagged "Rocketman5000" at "Inside the Rock Era" we got word that it was on the delightful Dino-day, April 16, 1964 that our great man recorded his coolest cool  croon ever...."Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime."

"Everybody Loves Somebody," a song co-written in 1947 by his pianist/accompanist Ken Lane. It went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, sold more than a million copies, and became the theme song of his NBC-TV variety series (1965-1974). The words "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" are inscribed on Dean Martin's grave marker.  Likes when it hit numero uno on the Billboard charts, our most beloved Dino knocked the Beatles off the charts, provin' once and for all that only our mighty mighty Dino coulda bust the Beatles!

 ilovedinomartin sez our thanks to "Rocketman5000" at "Inside the Rock Era" for bringin' this Dino-date to our attention so that we coulda shares it will all youse Dino-holics.  To view this in it's original format, likes just clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram. And, for your Dino-viewin' and listenin' pleasure, we have included a stunnin' ver-s-ion of this chart-topper as recorded on the Dino-show.

We Remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


1964:  Dean Martin recorded "Everybody Loves Somebody".

Danny G's Sunday Serenade with Dino: "April in Paris"

Welcome back, Dino-lovers...One & All!
Large & Small!

Glad youse could stop by!

So...my friends...Is youse enjoyin' Spring yet?!

I know...I KNOW! Hasn't been to "Springy" so far, pals.

At least 'round these parts. 

 It's gettin' there, though, my friends!

Every mornin' seems to come a little sooner & every dusk is seemin' to come a wee bit later.

Hang in there, pals...warm days are comin'!

Hey, after all, mi amici...Spring is a tricky season...no matter WHERE youse live!

Youse gots to 'member...we is just climbin' out of a LONG...COLD...Winter!
Takes a little weenin' to gets back into the Springtime swing!

I thinks I know what might help! I nice warm & cozy dose of Dino!
Haha!!

For today's Serenade we's gonna take a trip over to a city that is also known for it's rainy seasons...& passionate feelins'!

PARIS!

Ahhhh what a romantico place it must be, huh pals? 

Well, if anyone would know...it's our man of the world...Dino!
Haha!!

Dean was DEF I NATE LY a world traveler & DEF I NATE LY a master of romance!

I found "April In Paris" on Dino's 1962 Reprise al b um..."French Style".

What a perfecto tune for this wonderful time of year!
And what a GREAT GREAT collection of some of Dean's MOST BEA U TI FUL songs!

I'm diggin' each & every one of these jams with Dino's accentin' on the language of love!
Haha!!

Hey let's face it, pallies...Dino can spread the message of love no matter WHAT language he's croonin' & WHAT culture he's swoonin'!

OK pals o' mine...'nough Danny G-talkin'...let's get's Dino-rockin'...here we go!!!

Spring it up, pals!

Enjoy!

April in Paris
Who can I run to
What have you done to my heart

April in Paris
Chestnuts is blossom
Holiday tables under the trees
April in Paris
This is the feeling
No one can ever reprise
I'd never know the charm of spring
Never met it face to face
I never knew my heart could sing
Never miss the warm embrace 'til
April in Paris
Who can I run to
What have you done to my heart

I never knew the charm of spring
Never met it face to face
I never knew my heart could sing
Never miss the warm embrace 'til
April in Paris
Who can I run to
What have you done to my heart
My heart
My heart
Cuore mio

There is something unusually nice, safe and soothing by putting Dean Martin's Greatest Hits on the gramophone. Not only has the delicious crowned and mastered voice been a companion since my early childhood.....

Hey pallies, likes welcomes back for 'nother daily dose of deep devotion to our most most beloved Dino as found on the ol' world wide web.  Likes once 'gain this very Dino-day we have awesome adulation of our Dino of the incredibly international swank sort.....and this time 'round it is sweetly scribed by a Dino-devotee from the land of Denmark.  From the blog, "Vinylstakken - Tekster om musik - og plader. 350 plader hørt og beskrevet," which translates into English as "Vinyl Stack - Texts about music and plates. 350 plates heard and described" come the delightful Dino-appreciato tagged "Dean Martin: Greatest Hits! Vol 1 (1968)."

From the opennin' sentences of this Dino-prose we knows that we are readin' the Dino-reflections of a pallie who really grooves on our Dino and has been doin' so for almost their entire life!  Their potent perspective that "There is something unusually nice, safe and soothing by putting Dean Martin's Greatest Hits  on the gramophone." and..."the delicious crowned and mastered voice (has) been a companion since my early childhood.

Likes what coulda be cooler then readin' the wise words of someone who has known and loved our Dino since they were young....and to know that they hail from 'nother part of the Dino-universe?!?!?!
We are most incredibly intrigued by the remarkable reviewers thoughts..."The whole plate lays itself like silk over all walks of life in the relationship, discussions with the teenage children and generally all the evil of life."  We are certain this has lost somethin' in translation, but what we get as the gist of this is that each and every song on this awesome al-b-um contains tremendous teachin's of  our Dino that offers great guidance to pallies of all stages and ages in all walks of life...perhaps we could say the cool cool collection of these Dino-croons offer all us devotees a powerful primer on life Dino-style!

We express our deepest of deep delight to the unnamed blogger at "Vinyl Stack" for givin' this touchin' 'n tender testimonial of their life long amazin' appreciation of our most most beloved Dino and his life, times, and teachin's 'specially via his Greatest Hits! Vol 1!  To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.

We Remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

Dean Martin: Greatest Hits! Vol 1 (1968)

April 06, 2018

There is something unusually nice, safe and soothing by putting Dean Martin's Greatest Hits  on the gramophone. Not only has the delicious crowned and mastered voice been a companion since my early childhood, where among others "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes", "Houston", "Volare" and "The Birds And The Bees" were often heard on the steam radio at home, but Dean Martin could also be accessed via movie slapsticks with comedian-comrade Jerry Lewis and Westerns like Rio Bravo  - was sent, often on Sunday afternoon, to DR in monopoly days.

It is, of course, that Dean Martin, like Frank Sinatra, is to be found on the plate rack. However, only in a single copy, namely this collection from 1968, where Dean Martin was at the height of the career. And in fact, the smacky Italian-Americans are a bit of a 'guilty pleasure' in the home. The record has been played a lot of times. Both as subordination to cozy dinners, during cooking or when other parts of the household might mean that now it could be enough with all the modern music that was stress-inducing in all its avant-garde alarms.

And yes; much can be said, but Dean Martin and the fine selection of richly orchestrated classics in the refrain music of the early 1960s, which are found on the record, are definitely not alarmed. It is, as the Americans would say, perfectly "soothing, clean family entertainment you can trust." There are absolutely no edges, grates or splints you can hit or cut here. It's soft, nice, professionally executed and with beautiful choir, iron and horn arrangements, which gently wraps Dean Martin's laid back vocal. The whole plate lays itself like silk over all walks of life in the relationship, discussions with the teenage children and generally all the evil of life.

You can easily have a lot of opinions and there are very few music lovers under 40 who want to get an entire album with Dean Martin. In addition, it is enough for muzak-embossed and anachronistic. But when it is said, the collection of songs that accompanies this compilation is actually a sensible representation of what popular music consisted of from the mid-1950s and 10 years. It was probably the outbreak of rock'n'roll in the early edition, most often highlighted during this period, for example through artists such as Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and many more, but it was music by singers like Dean Martin, Tony Bennet and Frank Sinatra, who were listened to among the great consumers of music that kept themselves well on the middle ground. 

And again; that isthat is, nice music within the right frame of this genre. It's insanely beautifully produced throughout, with big orchestras and great events that support it absolutely centrally; the nice melodies and Dean Martin's chick, crowning and smiling voice. If there is weltschmerz to find in the songs, you probably need to dig deeply, but "You're Nobody 'To Somebody Loves You", "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes", "The Birds And The Bees" And "In The Chapel In The Morning "may also be useful if the mood is up to it and you should not bump too much. Here is optimism, faith in the future, love and the only one, and here are the melodies and the voice to support it all. 

It can be quite nice on a rainy day. The physical and the mental.

Dean Martin: Greatest Hits! Vol 1 (1968) 

april 06, 2018

Der er et eller andet usigeligt rart, trygt og beroligende ved at lægge Dean Martins Greatest Hits på grammofonen. Ikke blot har den lækkert croonende og beherskede stemme været en ledsager siden min tidlige barndom, hvor bl.a. "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes", "Houston", "Volare" og "The Birds And The Bees" ofte blev hørt på dampradioen i hjemmet, men Dean Martin kunne også tilgås via film - slapsticks med komiker-makkeren Jerry Lewis og westerns som Rio Bravo - der blev blev sendt, ofte søndag eftermiddag, på DR i monopoldagene.

Det er derfor selvklart, at Dean Martin, iøvrigt i lighed med Frank Sinatra, er at finde på pladereolen. Dog kun i et enkelt eksemplar, nemlig denne opsamling fra 1968, hvor Dean Martin stod på karrierens højdepunkt. Og i virkeligheden er det nok sådan, at den smækre italiensk-amerikaner er lidt af en 'guilty pleasure' i hjemmet. Pladen er nemlig blevet spillet en hel del gange. Både som underlægning til hyggelige middage, under madlavning eller når andre dele af husholdningen måske nok mente, at nu kunne det fandeme være nok med al den der moderne musik, der jo var stress-fremkaldende i al sin avantgardistiske larm.

Og ja; meget kan man sige, men Dean Martin og det fine udvalg af rigt orkestrerede klassikere indenfor refræn-musikken anno de tidlige 1960'ere, der er at finde på pladen, larmer absolut ikke. Det er, som amerikanerne selv ville sige, aldeles "soothing, clean family entertainment you can trust." Der er absolut ingen kanter, grater eller splinter man kan slå eller skære sig på her. Det er blødt, fint, professionelt udført og med smukke kor-, stryger- og hornarrangementer, der nænsomt pakker Dean Martins tilbagelænede vokal fint ind. Hele pladen lægger sig som silke over ethvert tilløb til knaster i parforholdet, diskussioner med teenage-børnene og generelt alt ondt i livet.

Det kan man sagtens have en hel del holdninger til, og der er med garanti meget få musikelskere under 40, der gider anskaffe sig et helt album med Dean Martin. Dertil er det nok for muzak-præget og anakronistisk. Men når det så er sagt, så er den samling af sange, der er med på denne compilation faktisk en fornem repræsentation af, hvad populærmusikken bestod af fra midten af 1950'erne og 10 år frem. Det var nok frembruddet af rock'n'roll i den tidlige udgave, der oftest er blevet fremhævet i denne periode, fx via kunstere som Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry og mange flere, men det var musik af sangere som Dean Martin, Tony Bennet og Frank Sinatra, der blev lyttet til blandt storforbrugerne af musik, der holdt sig pænt på midterbanen.

Og igen; det er altså fin musik indenfor denne genres ret snævre rammer. Det er sindssygt flot produceret hele vejen igennem, med stort orkester og flotte arrangementer, der understøtter det helt centrale; de fine melodier og Dean Martins kække, croonende og smilende stemme. Hvis der er weltschmerz at finde i sangene, skal man godt nok grave dybt, men "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody loves You", "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes", "The Birds And The Bees" og "In The Chapel In The Morning" kan nu også godt gå an, hvis humøret er til det, og man ikke skal stødes alt for meget. Her er optimisme, tro på fremtiden, kærligheden og den eneste ene, og her er melodierne og stemmen til at understøtte det hele.

Det kan altså være ret fint på en regnvejrsdag. Den fysiske og den mentale.

On This Date In Dino-history: April 13, 1965

 

Hey pallies, likes through the energetic efforts of our pallie Mr. Bob Dearborn at his all thin's historical musical blog, "
The Olde Disc Jockey's Almanac - Celebrity Birthdays, This Day In History, Number One songs on this day, little known facts, and more, for the media professional and anyone else who finds these things useful, entertaining and interesting," comes the noteworty news that it was on this very day, April 13 in the year of our Dino 1965 our most beloved Dino recorded his delightful Dino-croon "(Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You.

And, likes it's a awesomely appro tagged Dino-tune 'cause it's tag is truly truly is swank sharin' of our mission here at ilovedinomartin.  Indeed, our deepest of deep desire is to remember our most beloved Dino 'cause we loves him more then mere words or lyrics could ever explain.  And, likes our amazin' adoration of our Dino continues to grow and glow higher, deeper, and wider Dino-day by Dino-day!

Likes we thanks our pallie Mr. Bob Dearborn for sharin' this special date in the life, times, and teachin's of our Dino at his beautiful blog, so that we can pass it on to Dino-holics everwhere.
To checks this out in it's original source, simply clicks on the tag of this here Dino-gram.  And, of course, we simply have to post a youtube vid of this coolest of croon as well!

We remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters




April 13, 1965…At United Recording Studios in Hollywood, Dean Martin recorded "(Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You."

Martin is a revelation - damn fine actor.

Hey pallies, likes more Dino-devotion of the incredible international sort comes our way 'gain this very Dino-day.  Our perfect pallies at Twingly Advanced Blog search recently sent us to a blog tagged "THE GRØNMARK BLOG, where Brit Mr. Scott Grønmark holds forth. Grønmark's bio tells us that he "is a retired broadcaster, writer, and online and interactive TV exec who lives in a pleasant part of West London with his wife and son. He was born in Norway and spent the first six years of his life there, mainly on Air Force bases. After his family moved to London he attended King's College School in Wimbledon, and then read Philosophy at Cambridge."

As you can see Mr. Grønmark has quite the cool credentials, so that we were totally totally thrilled that he recently scribed a review of the Dino-classic western, "Rio Bravo."  It's part of  his quartet flick review, "Four classic Hollywood movies: Holiday, The Enforcer, Rio Bravo and The Garden of Allah."

Likes Scott's perfect praise of our Dino in his excellent essay include these wise words...
"The one outstanding performance is Dean Martin's, as an alcoholic gunslinger...."
" Martin is a revelation - damn fine actor."  We gotta 'fess up that we never ever tire of readin' the raisin' of the praisin' of our most beloved Dino, and are totally totally touched to see a man of Mr.
Grønmark's supreme stature in the artistic community give our most beloved Dino such a ravin' review, which, of course, we are in absolute agreement with!

We solemnly salute, Mr. Scott Grønmark for his powerful praise of our Dino's actin' in what many many of us Dino-holics believe to be his finest acted big screen appearance.  To checks this out in it's original format, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-gram.

We Remain,

Yours In Dino,

Dino Martin Peters


Four classic Hollywood movies: Holiday, The Enforcer, Rio Bravo and The Garden of Allah

Howard Hawks's Rio Bravo (1958) is yet another of those well-known films I thought I'd seen, but hadn't. As its title, and the fact that John Wayne, Walter Brennan and Ward Bond are all in it, would suggest, it's a western. Verywestern. It was apparently conceived as an antidote to High Noon, which many conservatives felt was unAmerican because of the way the cowardly townsfolk refused to help Gary Cooper.

The brother of a local rancher kills a man at the saloon, John Wayne throws the varmint in jail, and sends for help. While they wait, the rancher moseys into town with his gang and they start shootin' and killin' and generally not being very nice. As the sheriff tries to wait them out, he's joined by his deputy (Dean Martin), a young gunslinger (Ricky Nelson), a poker-playing gal called Feathers (a very young Angie Dickinson), and faithful, shotgun-totin' old-timer, Stumpy (Walter Brennan, spouting "authentic frontier gibberish", as Mel Brooks described it). Some of the other townsfolk pitch in on their side, including a semi-comic Mexican couple.

The film was rather dismissed by critics at the time, but has since attained classic status. I'm not sure it really deserves it. The one outstanding performance is Dean Martin's, as an alcoholic gunslinger: the trouble starts when he walks into the local saloon, skint, and Claude Akins offers him a dollar - then tosses it into a spittoon. The humiliated Dino sees red and attacks Akins, who then shoots a bystander who tries to intervene. Martin is a revelation - damn fine actor.

In this scene, a sobered-up Dean Martin and his boss look for a muddy-booted killer:

Ricky Nelson is another matter. Okay, he was only 19 when the film was made, but he'd been acting (and singing) on TV for five years - and yet, judging by his performance here, and despite being a teen idol and all, he's a pallid, charisma-free actor: every time he delivers a line, we don't listen to a word he's saying, because we're wondering how he manages to keep his pompadour in place, what with bathing and shampoo not being all that common in the Old West, and wearing a hat most of the time. Lordy, but he's a waste of space.

Angie Dickinson is presumably meant to be to The Duke what Lauren Bacall was to Bogie in To Have and Have Not - but the latter couple had genuine chemistry, and Bacall was old beyond her years: Angie Dickinson was 28 when Rio Bravo came out, but seems much younger - young enough to be Wayne's granddaughter. Wayne was only 52 - but could be 70: he's fat and stiff and slow and the slightest movement looks like a major effort. It's a shock to realise that it was only 20 years since he played the handsome, athletic Ringo Kid in Stagecoach: he evidently packed a lot of living into those two decades. His sheer presence is magnificent, true - but he's way too old for all that running around, and when he physically picks up Ms Dickinson (in order, presumably, to carry her upstairs for some slap and tickle) it strikes us as both unconvincing and a trifle sordid.

Then there's Dean and Ricky warbling their way through some songs. Really, chaps - leave that sort of filmic nonsense to Elvis. But mostly, what's wrong with the film is its 2hr 21mins length. Like Wayne himself, the whole film is badly in need of a corset: 100 minutes maximum, I reckon. Still  worth seeing, though.

Dean Martin Postcard

Hey pallies, likes all us Dino-philes keenly know that deeper then deep devotion to our most beloved Dino knows no boundaries, and ilovedinomartin continues to beautifully bear truthful testimony to this Dino-reality in powerful potent post after post from all over the Dino-universe.  Today's Dino-gram is very short, but oh so sweet and once 'gain swankly shows forth our remarkably revered our one and only Dino is.

Likes today we takes youse to a Romanian blogger tagged Mr. Ion Cojocaru who holds forth at an artsy blog simply tagged "Cărţi poştale," which in English translates to "Postcards."  As you will view below, Mr. Cojocaru has shared a postcard with an incredible image of our Dino holdin' a dozen or more long stemmed roses.  Likes we are ponderin' from which Dino-flick that this potent pose was taken....likes does any of youse Dino-holics knows the answer to that Dino-quire?  And, likes were postcards of our great great man common in the days when our Dino walked the earth?

We thanks Romanian Mr. Ion Cojocaru for his special sharin' of this Dino-pix and once 'gain reverently remindin' us of the uniquely ubber unique nature of awesome adulation in all parts of the known Dino-world!  To checks this out in it's original source, likes simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.

We Remain,

Yours in Dino,

Dino Martin Peters



CATALOG - ROMANIA (RO)Postcards from around the world
Friday, April 6, 2018

Foreign actors (ACIN FILM HOUSE COLLECTION)

DEAN MARTIN



(105 mm X 148 mm)

Published by Ion Cojocaru at 08:15

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In the early Summer of 1964, Dean Martin was telling ANYONE who would listen that he had JUST recorded a song that would knock The Beatles out of the #1 Spot on the Charts.

Hey pallies, likes so so often we ask ourselves the Dino-quire... "to post or not to post?"  Sometimes it's 'bout whether the Dino-mention timely, or  ought we share it at 'nother time.  That is exactly the potent predicament that we find ourselves with this very Dino-day.  Likes yester-Dino-day we were deeply delighted to share Dino-adulation from drummer Mr. Hal Blaine at the new-to-ilovedinomartin marvelous music blog of Mr. Kent Kotal who holds forth at "FORGOTTEN HITS."

Likes we were coolly certain that there woulda be more Dino-gold to mine from Kotal's pad and it didn't take much lookin' to uncover it.  The problemo was, do we share this premier post now and on the anniversary of the particular Dino-event this remarkable reflection is 'bout.  Well, likes we answered our Dino-dilemma by sharin' it today as well as plannin' to report it later in this Dino-year as well!  This Dino-devotion is just to to swankly special not to share it with all youse Dino-holics ASAP!

The powerfully potent patter below is accented on one of the most amazin' events in the life, times, and the teachin's of our most most beloved Dino....that time in the year of our Dino 1964 when our main man knocked the Beatles off the charts with his numero uno croon, "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime."  Likes we knew by readin' Nick Tosches magnificent bio, "DINO: Living High In The Dirty Business Of Living,"  that our Dino had prophesied to his beloved boypallie Dino Martin Jr. that he woulda knock the Beatles off the charts, but before readin' this postin' we had not known that our most beloved Dino was proclaimin' his takeover of the numero uno slot to ALL.  To our Dino-notion, very very very cool Dino-indeed!

We can never ever gets 'nough of these beautiful bits of Dino-truth and we thanks Mr. Kent Kotal for creatin' this powerfully perfect post way back in 2009 that we could uncover and share with all youse Dino-devotees.  Thanks also to to Mr. Billy Hinsche (the Billy of Dino, Desi, and Billy) for his intriguin' insights at the end of this Dino-adulation.  We found some other marvelous material 'bout Dino, Desi, and Billy from our new pallie Mr. Kent Kotal that we will want to share at some point as well.  To checks this out in it's original format, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.

We Remain,

Yours In Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

Friday, August 14, 2009

August 14, 1964
In the early Summer of 1964, Dean Martin was telling ANYONE who would listen that he had JUST recorded a song that would knock The Beatles out of the #1 Spot on the Charts.

Quite honestly, there was really no reason to believe him ... Martin hadn't had a #1 Record since 1956 when "Memories Are Made Of This" topped the charts ... and he hadn't even made The Top 40 since 1959 when "On An Evening In Roma" snuck in at #36.

But that's EXACTLY what "Everybody Loves Somebody" did ... it dethroned The Beatles' movie hit "A Hard Day's Night" and took over the top spot for a week in August of 1964. (Imagine his son Dino's surprise ... he admired The Beatles so much that he was inspired to start his OWN rock and roll band ... that's how Dino, Desi and Billy were born!!! Now his Dad had the biggest record in America!!! Talk about your mixed emotions!!!)

 


"Everybody Loves Somebody" was recorded (without much success or fanfare) by Martin's Rat Pack Buddy Frank Sinatra years earlier. In fact, Ken Lane, who co-wrote the song back in 1949 and went on to become a fixture on Martin's NBC Television Series as his musical arranger, says other artists like Dinah Washington and Peggy Lee ALSO took a crack at the song ... but NOBODY made it a hit until Dino did it ... and, in the process, he made it his signature tune.

Martin had quite a varied career, first reaching fame as one half of the Martin and Lewis Comedy Duo with Jerry Lewis ... then branching off on his own as a singer with a fair amount of early-to-mid '50's chart success ("That's Amore", "Return To Me", the aforementioned "Memories Are Made Of This" and his version of "Volare" are amongst his best-known and most-loved tunes.) He had also turned to movies and in the '60's would film westerns with John Wayne, assume the role of super-sleuth Matt Helm and pilot the inaugural run of "Airport." But it was on television that we all grew to love Dean Martin and his always loose and just-a-little-bit-tipsy personna. His NBC Series ran for nine years, ultimately spawning a new series of Celebrity Roasts that continued on into the early '80's. Today Martin is considered to be the epitome of "Lounge Cool" ... his songs are routinely used in movie soundtracks and television commercials and, surprisingly, one of his best known tracks, "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" never even made the pop charts!

Back in August of 1964, music from the new Beatles film was all over the chart ... "A Hard Day's Night" backed with "I Should Have Known Better" was now at #3 after spending two weeks in the #1 spot ... "And I Love Her" sat at #21 and "I'll Cry Instead" (recorded for ... but then later dropped from the film) was in at #23. The Beatles also had the #39 record that week with a track that they had
recorded in Germany back in 1961 ... it was John Lennon's rip-roaring vocal on "Ain't She Sweet", reminiscent of his take on "Twist And Shout", that makes THIS track so noteworthy ... yet it's one of those RARE Beatles tunes that isn't still played to death these days.

Other British Invasion Hits on the chart this week include "Wishin' And Hopin'" by Dusty Springfield (#2), "How Do You Do It" by Gerry and the Pacemakers (#8), "Because" by The Dave Clark Five (#13), "Nobody I Know" by Peter and Gordon (#16) and "I'll Keep You Satisfied" by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (#17) ... those last two were both Lennon and McCartney cast-offs, given to other artists in Manager Brian Epstein's stable ... and "How Do You Do It" was the song Producer George Martin WANTED The Beatles to record as their follow-up to "Love Me Do" before they insisted (and convinced him) that "Please Please Me" was a better song!

The Animals were new on the charts with "House Of The Rising Sun" ... this record would top the WLS chart for a week in September after The Supremes' three week reign on top with "Where Did Our Love Go". "Rag Doll" by The Four Seasons, "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by Jan and Dean, "Handy Man" by Del Shannon, "Under The Boardwalk" by The Drifters and "People Say" by The Dixie Cups rounded out The Top Ten this week.

"Everybody Loves Somebody" was quite an unlikely hit to unseat The Beatles from the top of the charts ... but it wasn't the only time this happened during the early reign of Beatlemania. Earlier that year, Louis Armstrong topped the national charts with his reading of "Hello Dolly", knocking "Can't Buy Me Love" (also from The Beatles' film) out of the top spot after a five week run!

Kent,
I never heard the story about Dean predicting that his song, "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime" would take the #1 spot away from the Beatles on the Billboard / Cash Box charts until you mentioned it to me in a recent email. However, I know he took pride in the fact that he supplanted whatever song the Beatles had at the top of the charts with this song.

What I do know about the song is that it was a late addition to an album already in progress. Dean's Producer at the time, Jimmy Bowen, needed one more song to complete the album. Dean's friend, accompanist and Musical Director Kenny Lane suggested a song he had written over twenty years earlier - it was "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime." He played it on the piano right there in the studio and Jimmy decided to add it.

Don't forget, Dean was at the top of his game at the time with a hit television show (the Dean Martin Show), a successful movie career, sold out performances in Vegas, etc., so everything was aligned perfectly for him. Not to mention it is a GREAT song and a great "reading" by Dean. It's no wonder it went all the way to #1.

Best,
Billy Hinsche
Dino, Desi & Billy

Actually, it was the success of this record (and several others released shortly thereafter in the same musical vein) that GOT him the TV Show. Dean had been recording for Frank Sinatra's Reprise Record label for a couple of years already without much chart success ... "Everybody Loves Somebody" was the first #1 Record recorded by the label ... ironically, Frank himself would top the charts a couple of years later with "Strangers In The Night"! And, the addition of Dino, Desi and Billy to the roster certainly helped Reprise Records appeal to the kids. (Watch for YOUR record to be featured as part of NEXT week's WLS Chart, Billy!!!) Soon Frank's daughter Nancy would also start having hits for the label ... and signing British Invasion artists like The Kinks helped the label compete with the other teen sounds of the day. (kk)

Posted by Kent Kotal at 6:32 AM

WE ALL LOVED DEAN, OF COURSE.

Hey pallies, likes stunnin' stories 'bout our Dino keep poppin' up all over the worldwide web and we are perfectly pumped to be able to share 'em with Dino-holics all over the known Dino-world!  Likes today we make our first, but we are certain not last, visit to a magnificant musical  blog tagged "Forgotten Hits" where Mr. Kent Kotal holds forth.  Kotal calls Chicago home and the intriguin' intro to his blog states, "We're doing our part to help Keep Yesterday Alive ... thanks to a GREAT list of music fans and contributors from all over the world. Forgotten Hits is Oldies Radio's Best Friend ... it's Radio That You Can Read! "

Likes our pallies at Twingly Advanced Blog Search recently sent up to Kent who shared  a reader's request for help in findin' a recorded interview of our Dino from an L.A. radio station in 1962.
The request comes from drummer musician Mr. Hal Blaine, part of the musical group "The Wrecking Crew," who worked on our Dino's second al-b-um under the Reprise label.  We believe that al-b-um was "DINO LATINO," at least that is what our research indicates.

Below you will read Mr. Blaine's awesome amore of our Dino and our Dino's praise of Hal's delightful drummin' ability.  Likes it 'nother noteworthy nugget of the life and times of our Dino and we are majestically  moved to be able to share it with all youse Dino-philes!  And, we now have yet 'nother great blog to do more Dino-research on!

We sez our thank you very much to Mr. Hal Blaine for seekin' out help in findin' a recordin' of the Dino-interview and to Mr. Kent Kotal for havin' such a supreme site for sharin' musical history includin' on our most most beloved Dino!  To checks this out in it's original format, simply clicks on the tag of this Dino-report.

We Remain,

Yours In Dino,

Dino Martin Peters

Friday, April 6, 2018
The Friday Flash

This may be the ultimate “Helping Out Our Readers” segment …

KENT,
LET ME THROW SOMETHING AT YOU ...
AFTER FINISHING DEAN MARTINS 2ND REPRISE ALBUM, I CAUGHT HIM ON AN INTERVIEW STATING : “THIS BAND IS GREAT … I’VE GOT HAL BLAINE ON DRUMS AND IF HE BEATS THOSE DRUMS ANY HARDER, WE’RE GONNA GIVE HIM THE GOLDEN TRUSS AWARD “ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KENT, I HEARD THAT IN MY CAR AND JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER THAT AWARD WAS DELIVERED TO ME!!!  WHAT A SURPRISE.
WE ALL LOVED DEAN, OF COURSE.  I WAS ALSO CLOSE TO DEAN’S SON DINO ON THE RECORDS OF DINO, DESI AND BILLY…  WE REALLY WERE FAMILY. DEAN WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER DINO WAS LOST IN HIS FIGHTER JET IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS ... THE SAME MOUNTAINS WHERE DOLLY SINATRA, FRANK'S MOM AND NANCY’S GRANDMOTHER, PASSED AWAY IN A PLANE CRASH.  THE SOMETIMES STRANGENESS OF REAL LIFE ????
AT ANY RATE, YOU SEEM TO HAVE YOUR FINGERS ON SO MUCH GREAT TAPED STUFF, I HOPED THAT PERHAPS YOU JUST MIGHT HAVE THAT SHORT QUIP BY DEAN??? IT WAS AN L.A. RADIO STATION INTERVIEW.  I JUST CAN’T FIND IT ANYWHERE ... PERHAPS YOU MIGHT HAVE IT????
SO WHATEVER, THANKS FOR KEEPING ME IN THE NEWS LOOP.
ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND I DO HOPE THAT YOUR EASTER BASKET WAS FILLED WITH GOODIES !!!
ALL THE BEST ...
HAL BLAINE

Danny G's Sunday Serenade with Dino: "April Showers"

Hello, mi amici...Youse look stunnin'!
Haha!!

Youse will see the Dino-humor in that later.
Haha!!

Welcome back, pals!
Have I gots the AB SO LUTE LY PER FEC TO Dino-jam for youse Dino-holics today!!!

It's a vid I simply LOVES to share with youse every year & is STILL one of my ALL TIME FAVES!

 It's THE...quintessential Springtime croon & is just simply SO SO fittin' for a drizzly kinda April week like this! 
 This GREAT GREAT month is SO full of promise pallies!
Thins' is happenin' that we cants' even see yet!

Flowers are gettin' ready to pop up...the robins are secretly buildin' their nests...even the Sun is hangin' 'round a wee bit longer everyday!!!

So So cool to me, pallies & I definately could not thinks of a MORE Dino-inspirin'  Serenade to set the stage!

Dean is at his totally FUNNIEST when jokin' with his main pal, Mr. Ken Lane (this is where the "Stunnin" part comes in) & at his completely SMOOTHEST while croonin' this  BEA U TI FUL Springy tune!

"April Showers" will get you in such a happy mood pals...this I can guarantee!

Forget the rain!

Forget the clouds!

Forget the snowy little flurries!

It's SPRING, pallies!!! 

Youse simply can't helps  but smile while watchin' Dean weave his magic spell.

Just a wink of his eye or a quick glimpse of that ever present wiseguy smirk...& he got youse!
Your left beggin' for more...& wantin' to be with him wherever he is! 

OK, my friends...sit back & REALLY soak this one in.

  It's Dino at his BEST!

So just keep on lookin' for that Blue bird...& listenin' for his song...wheneva these April showers come along.

Enjoy, pals.

Oh April showers may come your way
They bring the flowers that bloom in May
So if it's rainin' have no regrets
Because it isn't rainin' rain you know
It's rainin' violets
And where you see clouds up on a hill
You soon will see crowds of daffodils
So keep on lookin' for a bluebird
And listenin' for his song
Whenever April showers come along
So keep on looking for a bluebird
And listenin' for his song
Whenever April showers come a-long...