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"Everybody Loves Somebody"is a great
song that I can still remember the words to today,
sung by legendary singer and actor Dean Martin.
He was one of the few singers that everybody
in the family liked to listen to. He had a rather
unique and interesting life. I think that his story
will help explain his vast appeal to so many people
of all age groups.
Dean Martin,born Dino Paul Crocetti, June 7, 1917
was an American singer, film actor, and comedian.
He was one of the most famous music artists in the
1950s and 1960s. His hit singles included the songs
"Memories Are Made Of This", "That's Amore", "Every-
body Loves Somebody", "Mambo Italiano", "Sway",
"Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head". He
was the only star to be a major hit in all four
major areas of show business: concert stage,
recordings, motion pictures, and television.
Martin dropped out of school in the tenth grade He
delivered bootleg liquor, served as a speakeasy
croupier, wrote crafty anecdotes and was a
blackjack dealer, worked in a steel mill and boxed
as welterweight. At the age of 15, he was a boxer
who billed himself as "Kid Crocett" (Kro-Shey).
From his prizefighting years, Martin earned a
broken nose (later fixed), a permanently split
lip, and many sets of broken knuckles He only won
1 of his 12 bouts [ For a while he with Sonny
King, who like Martin, was just starting out in
show biz and had little money. Martin and King
held bare knuckle matches in their apartment,
fighting until one of them was knocked out. People
paid to watch the sight.
After serving in the Army for one year he started
singing in night clubs on a regular basics. It
was rumored that he had help from the mob bosses in
Chicago who owned saloons. There was even a rumor
that one of the bosses wanted to put out a contract
on him.
Martin then met Jerry Lewis at the glass hat club
in New York and they both teamed up at the 500 club
in Atlantic city in 1946where eventually were
successful. After a series of engagements up and
down the east coast.In 1949 they were signed by
Paramount producer Ha, Wallis as a comedy relief
for the film My Friend Irma.
They eventually moved to California and together
they were the hottest act in America during the
1950's, but eventually the pressure of show
business and the never ending bashing of the
critics, led to their breakup exactly 10 years
after their first official teaming.
Afterwords, Martin went into acting and his first
sole film was a bomb. His appearance in the 1957
film The Young Lions was his major comeback as an
actor.
Meanwhile he copied the styles of Bing Crosby and
Perry Como and began his own singing style. He
recorded more than 100 albums and 600 songs. One of
his greatest hits "Everybody Loves Somebody"
even knocked the Beatles "A Hard Days Night'
out of first place in 1964. He said that he was
heavily influenced by country music and a lot of
his songs during the sixties were composed of
popular country and western songs. Who could ever
forget "Welcome To My World" and "Gentle On My
Mind"
Martin even had his own comedy show and many of
his guests were country and western singers. He
was even named man of the year by the country
music association in 1966. Dean died in 1995 at
the ripe old age of 78.
But looking back now, I remember him as being
one of the so called "Rat Pack." Martin and Sinatra,
along with friends Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, and
Sammy Davis, Jr. formed the legendary Rat Pack,
They were legendary for their Las Vegas performances
which were almost never pre-announced.
One very important aspect of their routine was
that The Rat Pack was largely responsible for the
integration of Las Vegas, as Sinatra and Martin
steadfastly refused to appear anywhere that barred
Davis, forcing the casinos to open their doors to
African-American entertainers and patrons, and to
drop restrictive covenants against Jews.
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