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'''Dean Martin''' (b. Dino Paul Crocetti, Steubenville, [[Ohio]], June 7, 1917 – Beverly Hills, [[California]], December 25, 1995) Italian American [[actor]], [[comedian]] and [[singer]].
'''Dean Martin''' (b. Dino Paul Crocetti, Steubenville, [[Ohio]], June 7, 1917 – Beverly Hills, [[California]], December 25, 1995) Italian American [[actor]], [[comedian]] and [[singer]].
In 1965 he won a Golden Globe Award. He was a close friend of [[John Wayne]] and [[Gary Cooper]]. ''If there had to be one image for cool, the one man to fit it would be him.'' (Anonymous)
[[Jerry Lewis]] and Martin made, since 1946, a successful comedy team for 10 years. They formed a popular comedy duo which appeared together in 17 movies.
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.”
1964 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
1965, top rated for several years.
Movies such as The Young Lions (1958) and Rio Bravo (1959) brought him international fame. In 1965 he won a Golden Globe Award. He was a close friend of [[John Wayne]] and [[Gary Cooper]]. ''If there had to be one image for cool, the one man to fit it would be him.'' (Anonymous)
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.
He died on Christmas Day, 1995.
== Quotes ==
== Quotes ==