Today that fabulous comic and crooner Dean Martin would have been 91 years old...
Always the butt of the jokes in the Rat Pack with Sammy Davis Jr and Frank Sinatra, Dean was probably every bit as gifted a singer as Frank, and other contemporaries such as Tony Bennett and Frankie Laine took their lead from Dean's easy-going flair for swing and lounge numbers.
Dean was a phenomenal success for several decades, his Italian good looks making him equally popular as a film star and a showman, and even today his music still strikes a chord with a raft of crooners and big band revivalists such as Michael Buble, Matt Dusk and Harry Conick Jr selling millions of records based on the style he pioneered. A wonderful performer!
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti, 7th June 1917 – 25th December 1995)
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