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-'''Dino Paul Crocetti''' was born in Steubenville, Ohio on June 7, 1917. A
-high school drop out, he worked as a bootlegger, steelworker and a
-boxer before changing his name to Dean Martin and becoming a
-vocalist with the Sammy Watkins band.
-Martin appeared permanently destined for the nightclub circuit until
-he met fledgling comic Jerry Lewis in New York, where both men
-were performing. Martin and Lewis soon formed a music-comedy
-team. Their success led to a string of well-paying engagements up
-and down the East coast, culminating with a triumphant run at the
-crown jewel of nightclubs, New York's Copacabana.
-Martin and Lewis were the hottest comedy act in America during the
-early '50s, with Dean stepping out on his own to score a giant hit
-with his recording, “That’s Amore” in 1953. Two years later in 1955
-Dean Martin was at the top of the charts with his #1 hit, “Memories
-Are Made of This” signaling the start of a break up that finally took
-place in 1956. In 1958 Dean once again hit with his third million
-selling single, “Return To Me” and also hit big with “Volare.”
-would deliver the biggest hit yet with, “Everybody Loves Somebody”
-followed by “The Door Is Still Open to My Heart.” He would reach
-the top ten one more time with “I Will” in 1965.
-As a member of Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack”, Dean Martin played Las
-Vegas to sold out audiences as a headliner for several years. In 2005,
-Las Vegas renamed *Industrial Road “Dean Martin Drive".
-With as estimated 600 songs and more than 100 albums to his
-credit, NBC television launched the weekly Dean Martin Show in
-, top rated for several years.
-An accomplished actor, besides his comedy roles in several Martin
-and Lewis films, Dean starred in dozens of motion pictures
-including “The Young Lions” in 1957, “Rio Bravo” in 1959,
-“The Sons of Katie Elder” in 1965, “The Silencers” in 1966,
-“Bandolero!” in 1968 and “Airport” in 1970.
-Dean Martin's world would crumble in 1987, when his son
-Dean Paul Martin was killed in a plane crash while on
-maneuvers with the California Air National Guard.
-On Christmas morning, 1995, in his 78th year Dean Martin died of respiratory failure.
-The lights of the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor.

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