1. Zing-A Zing-A Zing Boom
2. I'm Gonna Paper All My Walls With Your Love Letters
3. Muskrat Ramble
4. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
5. I Still Get A Thrill
6. Bye Bye Blackbird
7. Happy Feet
8. Wham! Bam! Thank You, Mam!
9. I'm In Love With You (Duet With Margaret Whiting)
10. Don't Rock The Boat Dear (Duet With Margaret Whiting)
11. If
12. I Love The Way You Say Goodnight
13. You And Your Beautiful Eyes
14. Who's Sorry Now?
15. We Never Talk Much, We Just Sit Around
16. How D'ya Like Your Eggs In The Morning?
17. Oh Marie
18. I'll Always Love You
19. In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
20. Aw C'mon
Widely accepted as less an entertainer, more an icon, Dean Martin enjoyed virtually unrivalled success for near on 50 years. Although his initial career was not successful, a chance pairing with comedian Jerry Lewis in 1946 paved the way for future stardom as an actor and singer and a star of stage, screen and later television.
Born in Ohio in 1917 Dean (born Dino Paul Crocetti) spoke only Italian until the age of five and was the target of much ridicule at school because of his broken English. He overcame the taunts with comparative ease (the fact that when he left school he worked briefly as a boxer may have had something to do with it!) and through underworld contacts launched a club career as Dean Martini. After a few years of struggling near the bottom of the bill, he was catapulted to stardom after another act quit and Dean linked with Jerry Lewis in a improvisational comedy routine. The pair would go on to make 13 hugely successful films before their split in 1956, by which time Dean had also enjoyed additional success on the pop charts. His initial aim of emulating Bing Crosby as a crooner was soon surpassed: Dean Martin oozed coolness.
If his reputation today has been cemented by his membership of the so called Rat Pack with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr, then the three albums in this series serve to remind us just how good a singer he ultimately became.
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