NEW DEAN MARTIN DOCUMENTARY: "DEAN MARTIN - KING OF COOL"
A FILM BY TOM DONAHUE
THIS WONDERFUL FILM WILL BE TELEVISED OVER THE TURNER CLASSIC MOVIE CHANNEL DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2021. CHECK LISTINGS FOR TIMES AND DATES!
HAPPY 2022 BIRTHDAY DEAN!
LEE HALE (DEAN MARTIN'S TV MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER) HAS PASSED AWAY
DEAN SCORES FIRST BILLBOARD ENTRY IN NEARLY 50 YEARS WITH "LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW"AND FOLLOWS IT UP BY HAVING HIS SONG "BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" LAND AT NUMBER 10 ON DECEMBER 22, 2018!
DECEMBER 12, 2018 DEAN'S CLASSIC HIT ENTERED THE BILLBOARD TOP 100 AT NUMBER 41 - HIS FIRST ENTRY IN 49 YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND 16 DAYS! (HIS LAST ENTRY WAS BACK ON AUGUST 30, 1969 WITH "I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHAT I AM"
EVEN WITH THE MeTOO# MOVEMENT CONTROVERSY, DEAN'S 1959 SONG "BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" WENT TO NUMBER 10 ON DECEMBER 22, 2018!
THE GOLDDIGGERS 50TH REUNION
JULY 13 2018 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
WITH JANET TIGHE AND DMFC PRESIDENT NEIL DANIELS CHECK OUT THE NEXT DMFC ISSUE FOR MORE!
INSIDE THE MAY 2018 DMFC MAGAZINE ISSUE...
A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT
"SOME CAME RUNNING"
LEE HALE'S 95TH BIRTHDAY PARTY CELEBRATION
DON CHERRY 1924 - 2018
"WE WROTE A WHOLE BOOK TOGETHER, BUT NOW I CAN'T FIND THE WORDS... I'LL MISS YOU SO MUCH!"
- NEIL DANIELS
DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER
INSIDE THE JANUARY 2018 DMFC 'MAGAZINE ISSUE...
SPOTLIGHT ON JERRY LEWIS 1926-2017
INSIDE THE SEPTEMBER 2017 DMFC 'MAGAZINE ISSUE...
SPECIAL EXPANDED PICTORIAL "'FRIENDS' WE LOST"
JERRY LEWIS PASSES AWAY AGE 91
AUGUST 20, 2017 9:15 AM JERRY LEWIS DIED AT HIS HOME IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
JERRY STARTED OUT MIMICKING RECORDS ON STAGE AND MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH AT HIS OVER EXAGGERATED ANTICS
UPON MEETING UP-AND-COMING CROONER DEAN MARTIN, THE TWO PAIRED UP TO BECOME THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COMEDY/MUSICAL TEAM IN THEIR DAY
MARTIN AND LEWIS WERE THE BIGGEST STARS IN THE WORLD WITH SOLD OUT CONCERT AND STAGE APPEARANCES, THEIR OWN WEEKLY RADIO SHOW AND A STRING OF THE HIGHEST GROSSING BOX-OFFICE MOTION PICTURES EVERY YEAR, !
16 FILMS AND 10 YEARS LATER THE TEAM BROKE UP. JERRY SIGNED A DEAL WITH PARAMOUNT PICTURES WHICH MADE HIM THE HIGHEST PAID STAR IN HOLLYWOOD
JERRY ALSO PLAYED THE BIGGEST STAGES IN LAS VEGAS AND EVEN PERFORMED ON BROADWAY AS THE DEVIL IN THE PLAY "DAMN YANKEES"
IN 1982 JERRY HAD UNDERGONE DOUBLE-BYPASS HEART SURGERY AND MADE AN APPEARANCE IN THE MARTIN SCORSESE FILM "KING OF CLOWNS" WHICH WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF LEWIS' FINEST WORKS.
PERHAPS BEST KNOWN IS HIS DEDICATION TO THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION AS HOST OF THEIR ANNUAL TELETHON FOR FIFTY YEARS
IN 2009 JERRY WAS PRESENTED THE MOTION PICTURE ARTS & SCIENCES "JEAN HERSHOLT AWARD" FOR HIS CHARITABLE WORK AND WAS INVITED IN 2014 TO LEAVE HIS FOOTPRINTS IN CEMENT AT THE GRAUMAN'S THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD
JERRY LEWIS AND JOE STABILE (JERRY'S FORMER MANAGER) WERE GOOD FRIENDS OF THE DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER. WE MISS BOTH OF THEM AND ARE SADDENED TO HEAR OF THE CURRENT PASSING OF JERRY HIMSELF.
NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO RENT OR BUY THE FILMS OF JERRY LEWIS AND THE EARLY MARTIN & LEWIS MOVIES TO ENJOY AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND CAREER OF JERRY LEWIS (MARCH 16, 1926 - AUGUST 20, 2017)
SUSIE EWING
NOT ONLY WAS SUSIE EWING ONE OF DEAN MARTIN'S ORIGINAL GOLDDIGGERS, SHE WENT ON TO HAVE A SMALL ROLE IN 1977'S BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE "SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT"
LAST MONTH, AFTER FORTY YEARS, SUSIE AND BURT REYNOLDS REUNITED FOR THE ANNUAL "BANDIT RUN" IN ATLANTA GEORGIA WHERE BOTH WERE GUESTS OF HONOR AT THE EVENT (CAR SHOW AND 3-DAY CAR-RUN)
HERE IS SUSIE REUNITING WITH BURT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALL THESE YEARS
DEAN MARTIN'S 100TH BIRTHDAY!
JUNE 7 1917 - 2017
OUR MAY 2017 FAN CENTER MAGAZINE
DEAN'S 100TH BIRTHDAY ISSUE WITH A COMPLETE TIMELINE OF DEAN'S LIFE AND CAREER!
DEAN MARTIN - THE ANNIVERSARY SHOW
WEDNESDAY JUNE 7th 2017 7:00PM - 11:00PM
JOIN PHILIP CONTINI AND THE "BE HAPPY BAND" IN CELEBRATION OD THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF DEAN MARTIN BORN JUNE 7, 1917
THE BAND WILL PLAY THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK AND SWING STANDARDS DURING THE THREE COURSE DINNER AND PHILIP WILL SING YOUR FAVORITE DEAN MARTIN BALLADS AFTER COFFEE... DANCING TOO!
JUNE 15 6:30 PM : DEAN MARTIN TRIBUTE SHOW
Location:
Fort Steuben Amphitheater
JUNE 16 5:00-7:00 PM : SILENT AUCTIONS
Location:
Best Western New Franciscan Square
JUNE 16 8:00 PM : MUSIC & FILM CLIPS
Location:
Spot Bar
JUNE 17 NOON : PARADE
JUNE 17 4:00 PM : 100TH BIRTHDAY SHOW
Location:
Steubenville High School
JUNE 17 7:00 PM : CELEBRATION CONCERT
Location:
Spot Bar
JUNE 18 9:00 AM : FAMILY MASS
Location:
Holy Family Church
DON RICKLES PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 6, 2017 DUE TO KIDNEY FAILURE
FLORENCE HENDERSON PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 24, 2016 DUE TO HEART FAILURE
KNOWN FOR HER ROLE AS CAROL BRADY ON TV'S "THE BRADY BUNCH", MANY PEOPLE WILL ALSO REMEMBER HER FROM HER MANY APPEARANCES ON THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW.
"FLORENCE WAS NOT ONLY A FRIEND, BUT WAS CONSIDERED A MEMBER OF OUR 'DEAN MARTIN INNER CIRCLE'.
I AM WITHOUT WORDS TO EXPRESS MY SHOCK AND SADNESS. HER DEATH WAS SO UNEXPECTED!
I, ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHERS WILL MISS HER SO VERY MUCH! REST IN PEACE MY DEAR FRIEND"
- NEIL DANIELS (DMFC PRESIDENT)
REGIS PHILBIN SHOWS THE DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER'S MAGAZINE
ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!
OUR JANUARY 2017 DMFC SPECIAL EXPANDED ISSUE SPOTLIGHTS...
REMEMBERING JEANNE MARTIN
OUR OCTOBER 2016 DMFC SPECIAL EXPANDED ISSUE SPOTLIGHTS...
REMEMBERING RICCI MARTIN
BREAKING NEWS:
JUST THREE WEEKS SINCE THE PASSING OF RICCI MARTIN (DEAN'S YOUNGEST SON) ...
JEANNE MARTIN (DEAN'S SECOND WIFE AND MOTHER OF RICCI) HAS PASSED AWAY AT AGE 89
PLEASE READ BELOW
Jeanne Martin, a model and Orange Bowl queen who became the wife of
singer and actor Dean Martin during the height of his fame, died
Wednesday after a battle with cancer at her Beverly Hills home, her
family announced. She was 89.
After marrying Dean Martin in 1949, the pair were one of Hollywood’s
most photographed couples. Matriarch of their large family, she gave
birth to three of Dean’s children while raising four more from his
previous marriage. Their breakup in 1969 caused nearly as much distress
to Martin’s fans as his professional split with partner Jerry Lewis had
in 1956.
“Dean’s viewers knew he was a good husband and father and the
booze-and-broads jokes were just part of the act,” wrote Lee Hale in the
2000 book Backstage at the Dean Martin Show, having served as musical director for the NBC program.
Born Dorothy Jean Biegger on March 27, 1927, in Coral Gables, Fla., she
went by Jeanne when she began modeling in Miami. She was voted Orange
Bowl queen in 1947. A year later, she came to the Beachcomber Club in
Miami to see a New Year’s Eve show starring Martin and Lewis.
A week after Martin was granted a divorce from first wife Betty
McDonald, he and 22-year-old Jeanne Biegger wed on Sept. 1, 1949, at the
Beverly Hills home of Herman Hover, owner of famed Hollywood nightclub
Ciro's. Lewis was best man.
She was “the best thing (next to me) that ever happened to Dean,” wrote Lewis in a 2005 memoir, Dean & Me
For 20 years, they were viewed as one of Hollywood’s happiest couples
until on Dec. 10, 1969, Jeanne issued a statement that they were parting
ways.
The divorce wasn't finalized until 1972. Dean Martin was wed once more,
to Catherine Hawn, a hair-salon receptionist, and legally adopted her
daughter, Sasha, but that union ended in 1976. Jeanne Martin never
remarried.
The pair became reacquainted in 1987 when one of their sons, actor Dean
Paul Martin, was killed at 35 while piloting a military jet. Jeanne and
Dean remained on good terms until his death from respiratory failure on
Christmas Day 1995.
Eldest daughter Claudia Martin died of breast cancer in 2001.
Their youngest son, musician Ricci Martin, died on Aug. 3.
She is survived by son Craig Martin; daughters Gail Martin Downey, Deana
Martin Griffeth and Gina Martin Romano; and 11 grandchildren. Funeral
services will be private.
RICCI MARTIN - MUSICIAN, ENTERTAINER (YOUNGEST SON OF DEAN MARTIN) AND FATHER OF THREE WAS FOUND DEAD WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3, 2016 AT HIS HOME IN UTAH.
THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.
RICCI WAS 62 YEARS OLD
IN RECENT YEARS, RICCI HAD BEEN PERFORMING IN A TOURING TRIBUTE SHOW TO HIS FAMOUS FATHER. IN THE 1970'S, HE RELEASED THE SINGLE "STOP, LOOK AROUND" AND ALBUM "BEACHED", COLLABORATING WITH CARL WILSON OF THE BEACH BOYS, WHO PRODUCED THE ALBUM AND WOULD LATER BECOME HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
RICCI PERFORMED AT THE MGM GRAND HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS AND OTHER CLUBS IN THE 1990'S WITH DESI ARNAZ, JR. AND BILLY HINSCHE, TAKING THE PLACE OF HIS LATE BROTHER DEAN PAUL, WHO IN THE 1970'S HAD FORMED A SUCCESSFUL ROCK BAND CALLED "DINO, DESI AND BILLY" WITH THE OTHERS.
MARTIN AUTHORED A 2002 BOOK, "THAT'S AMORE," ABOUT GROWING UP IN BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, AS PART OF HIS LARGE COLORFUL FAMILY. IN THE MEMOIR, HE RECALLED A PARTY THAT WAS THROWN AT HIS FAMILY'S HOME FOR HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY THAT WAS ATTENDED BY, AMONG OTHERS, JOHN LENNON, RINGO STARR, ELIZABETH TAYLOR, DAVID BOWIE AND ELTON JOHN.
RICCI MARTIN WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1953. DIVORCED, HE IS SURVIVED BY THREE DAUGHTERS, PEPPER, MONTANA AND RIO; BY HIS MOTHER, JEANNE MARTIN, OLDER BROTHER CRAIG AND FOUR SISTERS, GAIL, DEANA, GINA AND SASHA.
"RICCI MARTIN WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR HIS FANS, HIS FRIENDS AND FANS OF HIS FAMOUS DAD. HE LOVED PEOPLE AND ALWAYS ENGAGED EVERYONE WITH A FRIENDLY SMILE AND A LISTENING EAR. "
"EVERY TIME WE WOULD TALK, HE WOULD ALWAYS MENTION HIS THREE DAUGHTERS AND HOW PROUD HE WAS OF THEM... THE NEWS OF RICCI'S PASSING IS HARD TO COMPREHEND. I WILL TRULY MISS HIM SO MUCH."
- NEIL DANIELS (DMFC PRESIDENT)
INSIDE THE JULY 2016 DMFC MAGAZINE ISSUE...
SPECIAL EXPANDED PICTORIAL ISSUE : DEAN'S GUEST APPEARANCES
HAPPY 99TH BIRTHDAY DEAN!
INSIDE THE APRIL 2016 DMFC MAGAZINE ISSUE...
A SPOTLIGHT ISSUE ON DEAN'S 1971 WESTERN "something big"
FRANK SINATRA JR. DIES
FRANK SINATRA JR. DIED UNEXPECTANTLY WHILE ON TOUR IN DAYTON BEACH, FLORIDA ON MARCH 16, 2016.
HE WAS 72 YEARS OLD. CARDIAC ARREST WAS TO BLAME. SINATRA JR. HAD NOT BE FEELING WELL FOR SOME TIME.
FRANK JR. FOLLOWED IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS AS HIS FATHER'S CONDUCTOR & MUSICAL DIRECTOR ALSO WITH A SINGING CAREER OF HIS OWN.
FRANK JR. APPEARED NUMEROUS TIMES ON THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW AND WAS THE HOST OF DEAN'S 1968 SUMMER SHOW "DEAN MARTIN PRESENTS THE GOLDDIGGERS"
COMING SOON!
IN THE DECEMBER 2015 ISSUE
A SPOTLIGHT ON DEAN HOSTING "THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE"
THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF DEAN'S PASSING
DREW ANTHONY AS 'DINO'
NEWS: THE "KING OF COOL" WILL WOW NEW GENERATIONS WITH SINGING, COMEDY AND CHARISMA VIA HOLOGRAM; FULL STAGE SHOW AND TOUR TO BE BEAMED AROUND THE WORLD VIA FILMON.COM
THE ONLY COMPANY WITH TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE LIFELIKE HD HOLOGAM PERFORMANCES, HOLOGRAPM USA, ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL RECREATE THE "KING OF COOL," DEAN MARTIN, FOR A FULL STAGE SHOW OF HIS SINGING AND COMEDY IN 2016.
THE SHOW WILL KICK OFF IN LAS VEGAS, NATURALLY, AND WILL TOUR THE NATION. IT WILL ALSO BE CO-PRODUCED BY FILMON TV NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED ONLINE VIA FILMON.COM.
DEAN MARTIN CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR INFLUENCE ON HOLLYWOOD STARS TODAY - WITH HIS MUSIC USED IN MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION SOUNDTRACKS AND IN ADVERTISEMENTS. HIS OLD COHORTS JERRY LEWIS AND DON RICKLES ARE STILL TELLING STORIES ABOUT THEIR GLORY DAYS WITH HIM, AND THE DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROASTS ARE STILL SELLING LIKE HOTCAKES ON DVD. HOLOGRAM USA AND FILMON TV WILL CREATE CONTENT UNDER THE DIRECTIONS OF ALKI DAVID.
DEAN MARTIN IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ENTERTAINERS OF ALL TIME. ONE OF THE FEW TRIPLE THREATS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HIS TALENTS WERE EQUALLY POWERFUL AS A SINGER, COMEDIAN AND AS A ACTOR. HIS WORK WAS ALWAYS MARKED BY AN EFFORTLESS GRACE THAT PARLAYED HIS GOLDEN VOICE AND SEXT CHARISMA INTO ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN SHOW BUSINESS HISTORY. HIS HIT SINGLES INCLUDE "VOLARE," "THAT'S AMORE," "AIN'T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD," AND THE SONG THAT KNOCKED THE BEATLES OUT OF THE #1 SPOT ON BILLBOARD, "EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY." HIS FILM CAREER WAS MARKED BY A LONG PARTNERSHIP WITH JERRY LEWIS WHO CALLED MARTIN ONE OF THE GREATES COMIC GENIUSES OF ALL TIME, AND HIS ROLES IN "RAT PACK" MOVIES SUCH AS "OCEANS 11" ARE STILL ENJOYED ALL OVER THE WORLD. HIS FILM CREDITS INCLUDE "RIO BRAVO," "WHO'S THAT LADY?," "BELLS ARE RINGING," "COME BLOW YOUR HORN,",AND THE MATT HELM SERIES OF MOVIES. HIS TV VARIETY SHOW WAS A HIT FROM 1965-1974.
"A NEW GENERATION IS ABOUT TO BE BLOWN AWAY BY THE EXTRAORDINARY PRESENCE OF DEAN MARTIN," SAID ALKI DAVID, CEO OF HOLOGRAM USA. "HE OWNED VEGAS LIKE NO OTHER ENTERTAINER, AND IS THE DEFINITION OF ELEGANCE AND COOL. "
DEAN AND VAN
THE SEPTEMBER 2015 DMFC ISSUE FEATURES:
A SPOTLIGHT ON DEAN'S MUSICAL ARRANGER VAN ALEXANDER'S BIRTHDAY AND PASSING 1915-2015
ALSO : THE PASSING OF RAY CHARLES AND LYNN ANDERSON
VAN ALEXANDER - BIG BAND LEADER, COMPOSER AND ARRANGER - PASSED AWAY ON JULY 19TH 2015
CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH DEAN MARTIN & THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW, OUR NEW ISSUE WILL SPOTLIGHT VAN'S WONDERFUL LIFE, 100TH BIRTHDAY PARTY AS WE PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR VERY CLOSE AND DEAR FRIEND - VAN WE WILL MISS YOU SO VERY MUCH!
VAN ALEXANDER WITH DMFC PRESIDENT AND FRIEND NEIL DANIELS
CELEBRATING VAN'S 100TH BIRTHDAY ON MAY 2, 2015
DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER MAKES GEORGE CHRISTY'S COLUMN IN THE BEVERLY HILLS COURIER
A SPOTLIGHT LOOK THE FIRST MATT HELM MOVIE: "THE SILENCERS"
INSIDE THE FEBRUARY 2015 DMFC MAGAZINE ISSUE...
A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE "ORIGINAL" DEAN MARTIN SHOWS STARTING IN 1957
A NEW COMMERCIAL FEATURING DEAN MARTIN'S SONG "AIN'T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD" IS FEATURED IN THIS 2015 "NISSAN MURANO" AD...
INSIDE THE OCTOBER 2014 DMFC MAGAZINE ISSUE...
A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT THE DEAN MARTIN-JERRY LEWIS MOVIE "SCARED STIFF" JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN
INSIDE THE JULY 2014 DMFC MAGAZINE ISSUE...
A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT DEAN'S MOVIE "KISS ME STUPID" ALONG WITH A REVIEW OF DEANA MARTIN'S WONDERFUL EVENING ON STAGE!
INSIDE THE APRIL 2014 DMFC MAGAZINE ISSUE...
AN EXCLUSIVE SPOTLIGHT & INTERVIEW WITH PAT CROWLEY WHO CO-STARRED IN TWO MARTIN & LEWIS MOVIES AND ALSO MADE SEVERAL APPEARANCE ON DEAN'S TV VARIETY SHOW!
HAPPYBIRTHDAYDEAN!
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - WE HAD A CONTEST GOING ALL DAY ON JUNE 7TH (DEAN MARTIN'S BIRTHDAY) AND GAVE AWAY PRIZES. HERE IS A LIST OF THE PRIZE WINNERS:
HAROLD EBSEN (DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROAST BOX SET)
CARRIE GATES (2 DEAN MARTIN CD'S)
LAWRENCE DENSTAR (2 MATT HELM DVD'S)
DIANE KRUBER (8x10 AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF DEAN)
J.B. GUARAN (BEAR FAMILY BOX SET)
SARAH WANG (3 DEAN MARTIN CD'S)
LIZ SUMMERS (1 YEAR MEMBERSHIP IN DMFC)
THOMAS FRASKLE (BOTTLE OF DEAN MARTIN WINE)
MRS. L. SPECTOR (RARE ORIGINAL DEAN MARTIN TIE CLASP FROM 1950'S)
KAREN DEBOIT (5 DEAN MARTIN DVD'S AND T-SHIRT)
CAMMIE WONG ($200 I-TUNES GIFT CARD)
TRISHA CLAWSON (RARE SIGNED BY DEAN RIVIERA HOTEL CONTRACT)
CAROL WOOD (10 DEAN MARTIN DVD'S & 1 YR MEMBERSHIP IN DMFC)
DEAN MARTIN'S SONG "(OPEN UP THE DOOR) LET THE GOOD TIMES IN" IS HEARD IN A NEW COMMERCIAL FOR PGA'S 'PERFECT DAY' COMMERCIALS
DEAN MARTIN'S REPRISE CATALOG ACQUIRED BY LEGACY RECORDS
THE FULL CATALOG OF LEGENDARY CROONER DEAN MARTIN WHILE AT REPRISE RECORDS (1962 TO 1974) HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY LEGACY RECORDINGS WHO HAS INITIATED A REISSUE PROJECT
INCLUDED IN THE DEAL ARE ALL THE ALBUMS MARTIN RECORDED AT FELLOW FRANK SINATRA'S REPRISE PLUS THE ALBUM "THE NASHVILLE SESSIONS" WHICH WAS RELEASED ON WARNER BROTHERS
THE FIRST TWO RELEASES FOR THE PROJECT WERE MADE LAST YEAR WITH "THE DEAN MARTIN CHRISTMAS ALBUM" AND "DEAN MARTIN: THE REPRISE YEARS". BOTH WERE MP3 ONLY RELEASES. THE PLAN NOW IS TO REMASTER THE ENTIRE CATALOG FOR RELEASE BOTH DIGITALLY AND PHYSICALLY OVER THE NEXT YEAR
ADAM BLOCK, PRESIDENT OF LEGACY RECORDINGS, SAID "WE'RE SO PLEASED TO BE WORKING WITH THE DEAN MARTIN FAMILY TRUST IN BRINGING DEAN'S REPRISE RECORDS LEGACY TO NEW GENERATIONS. DEAN'S MUSIC AND STYLE EMBODY THE VERY ESSENCE OF 'COOL' AND NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO INTRODUCE THIS TIMELESS POP MUSIC TO FUTURE FANS."
THE FULL LIST OF MARTIN'S RELEASES FOR REPRISE INCLUDED IN THE DEAL ARE ...
French Style(1962)
Dino Latino(1962 / #99)
Country Style(1963 / #109)
Dean Tex Martin Rides Again(1963)
Dream With Dean(1964 / #15)
Everybody Loves Somebody(1964 / #2)
The Door Is Still Open To My Heart(1964)
Dean Martin Hits Again(1965 / #13)
(Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You(1965 / #12)
Houston (1965 / #11*)
Somewhere There's Someone(1966 / #40)
Dean Martin Sings Songs From "The Silencers" (1966 / #108)
The Hit Sound Of Dean Martin(1966 / #50)
The Dean Martin Christmas Album(1966 / #1 Xmas)
The Dean Martin TV Show(1966 / #34)
Happiness Is Dean Martin(1967 / #46)
Welcome To My World(1967 / #20)
Dean Martin's Greatest Hits! (1968 / #26)
Dean Martin's Greatest Hits! Vol. 2 (1968 / #83)
Gentle On My Mind(1968 / #14)
I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am(1969 / #90)
My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (1970 / #97)
For The Good Times(1971 / #113 / #41 Country)
Dino (1972 / #117)
Sittin' On Top Of The World(1973)
You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me(1973)
Once In Awhile(1978)
The Nashville Sessions(1983 / #49 Country)
DEAN MARTIN'S SONG "GENTLE ON MY MIND" IS HEARD IN A NEW COMMERCIAL FOR TUDOR WATCHES
THE APRIL 2014 DMFC ISSUE
FEATURES:
DEAN'S CELEBRITY ROASTS REVISITED ALONG
WITH REVISITNG THE CANNONBALL RUN MOVIE!
ASCAP HAS
RELEASED THEIR "TOP TEN HOLIDAY SONGS FOR 2013" AND DEAN MARTIN
TOPS THE LIST!
Since November
1st, 2013, “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” by Dean Martin
has aired more times than any other holiday song tin 2013. The holiday favorite
was written by lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne in Hollywood,
CA in July 1945 on what was the hottest day of the year. For more info here
is the link to ASCAP's Website: http://www.ascap.com/press/2013/1216-top-holiday-songs.aspx
THE SEPTEMBER 2013 DMFC ISSUE FEATURED:
A CLOSE-UP VISIT WITH
THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW REUNION (WITH THE GOLDDIGGERS AND DINGALINGS!)
THE
SEPTEMBER 23rd PREMIERE OF "THE BLACKLIST" STARRING JAMES SPADER
(NBC-TV) FEATURES DEAN MARTIN'S SONG "AIN'T THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD"
DURING THE HOUR LONG EPISODE!
JONATHAN WINTERS
PASSES AWAY AT AGE 87
JONATHAN WINTERS, WHOSE UNSCRIPTED FLIGHTS OF FANCY INSPIRED
A GENERATION OF IMPROVISATIONAL COMICS, AND WHO KEPT TELEVISION AUDIENCES
IN STITCHES WITH MAIN STREET CHARACTERS LIKE "MAUDE FRICKERT",
A SWEET-SEEMING GRANDMOTHER WITH A BARBED TONGUE AND A ROVING EYE,
DIED AT HIS HOME IN MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA AT AGE 87.
LEE HALE AND JONATHAN WINTERS DURING AN
INTERVIEW FOR THE TIME-LIFE DEAN MARTIN SHOW DVD RELEASES LAST YEAR
NEIL DANIELS, PRESIDENT OF THE DEAN MARTIN
FAN CENTER HAD THIS TO SAY..."WHILE AT
NBC, I SAW JONATHAN QUITE OFTEN OVER THE YEARS. I ESPECIALLY
GOT TO KNOW HIM DURING HIS MANY APPEARANCES ON DEAN'S TV SHOW. JONATHAN ALWAYS HAD A
SMILE , NEVER LETTING ANYONE KNOW HE HAD A CARE IN THE WORLD. JUST BEING
NEAR HIM MADE YOU FORGET YOUR OWN TROUBLES."
"WE HAD CROSSED PATHS MANY TIMES
DURING JONATHAN'S TIME ON TV'S "MORK AND MINDY", AND IN THE LAST
TWO YEARS I GOT TO SPEND THE DAY AND LAUGH WITH HIM DURING THE TAPING OF
INTERVIEWS FOR THE TIME-LIFE DVD COLLECTION OF THE BEST OF DEAN'S VARIETY
SHOW."
"I WILL TRULY
MISS JONATHAN. MY VOICE IS ONLY ONE OF THOUSANDS WHO WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO
THE GENIUS WHO MADE MILLIONS LAUGH!"
A FUNNY SCENE
DEAN MARTIN AND JONATHAN WINTERS FROM
THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW
THE MAY 2013 ISSUE FEATURES:
A SPECIAL SALUTE AND CLOSE-UP: JONATHAN
WINTERS
WITH GOLDDIGGERS NANCY BONETTI
WITH LEE HALE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
WITH VAN ALEXANDERS EVENT
AND MORE!
REGIS PHILBIN GRACES
THE COVER OF OUR JANUARY 2013 DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER MAGAZINE ISSUE AS HE
GREETS HIS FANS AND DEAN'S FANS
THE JANUARY 2013 ISSUE FEATURES:
GOLDDIGGER SUSIE (LUND) EWING IN A FANTASTIC
MUSICAL PLAY
A CLOSEUP LOOK AT JUDY GARLAND'S SPECIAL
WITH FRANK AND DEAN LEE HALE & VAN ALEXANDER ATTEND DEANA MARTIN'S WONDERFUL
EVENING
AND MORE!
THE OCTOBER 2012 ISSUE OF THE DEAN
MARTIN FAN CENTER MAGAZINE FEATURED A SPOTLIGHT LOOK AT DEAN'S POLITICAL
DRAMA "ADA"
THE JULY 2012
ISSUE OF THE DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER MAGAZINE FEATURED A CLOSE-UP INTERVIEW
WITH ELKE SOMMER WHO WORKED WITH DEAN ON THE MATT HELM MOVIE "THE WRECKING
CREW" AND APPEARED ON DEAN'S TV VARIETY SHOW
JULY 2012
DMFC MAGAZINE!
PHYLLIS DILLER
PASSES AWAY AT AGE 95
HER FORMER MANAGER, MILTON SUCHIN, SAID
DILLER DIED ON MONDAY (AUGUST 20, 2012) IN LOS ANGELES "PEACEFULLY
IN HER SLEEP WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE"
DILLER BROKE INTO COMEDY IN THE 1950'S, AFTER A CAREER AS AN
ADVERTISING AND RADIO WRITER.
NEIL
T DANIELS AND PHYLLIS DILLER 2011
BORN IN LIMA, OHIO (DEAN MARTIN'S HOME STATE), DILLER WAS KNOWN
FOR HER DISTINCTIVE, CACKLING LAUGH, LARGE WILD HAIR,OUTLANDISH COSTUMES
AND STORIES ABOUT HER HUSBAND "FANG"
PHYLLIS MADE SEVERAL APPEARANCES ON THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW AND
WAS PART OF THAT HOLLYWOOD / LAS VEGAS STAPLE OF ENTERTAINERS WHO ALWAYS
CROSSED PATHS WITH ONE ANOTHER.
NEIL DANIELS, PRESIDENT OF THE DEAN MARTIN
FAN CENTER HAD THIS TO SAY...
"I JUST SAW PHYLISS A FEW MONTHS
AGO WHEN WE TAPED AN INTERVIEW SEGMENT FOR THE CURRENT TIME-LIFE DEAN MARTIN
SHOW RELEASES. I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW EXCELLENT HER MEMORY WAS. SHE KNEW
EVERYONE'S NAME, KNEW THAT DATE DEAN MARTIN WAS BORN AND IN WHAT TOWN. I
EVEN COMMENTED TO HER THAT SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST INTERVIEWEES WE HAD."
"I GO BACK WITH PHILLIS TO THOSE
DAYS WHEN SHE APPEARED ON EVERYTHING THERE WAS... THE TONIGHT SHOW, ROWAN
& MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN, HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, BOB HOPES SPECIALS (EVEN GOING
TO VIETNAM WITH HIM) AND OF COURSE DEAN'S SHOW. I DON'T EVER THINK THERE
WAS MORE THAN A FEW WEEKS THAT WENT BY, I WOULDN'T SEE PHYLLIS IN THE HALLS
OF NBC PREPARING TO APPEAR ON ANOTHER SHOW!"
"JUST LAST DECEMBER PHYLISS
SENT ME THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS CARD THAT I SAVED BECAUSE SHE WROTE
SUCH A WONDERFUL NOTE INSIDE. SHE WAS A VERY SPECIAL LADY! I WILL
TRULY MISS HER"
BREAKING
NEWS...
COLLECTED COOL
DEAN MARTIN'S "COLLECTED COOL" IS THE FIRST EVER CAREER-DEFINING
BOX SET (SINCE THE BEAR FAMILY RELEASES) IN A 6" X 6"
BOX
THIS 4-DISC COLLECTION INCLUDES UNRELEASED AUDIO AND RARE FOOTAGE
PLUS ALL OF DEAN'S SIGNATURE TUNES FROM BOTH HIS CAPITOL AND REPRISE YEARS.COMPLIMENTING
THE MUSIC AND DVD IS A 60-PAGE BOOKLET CONTAINING ESSAYS, EXTENSIVE LINER
NOTES AND RARE PHOTOS FROM ARCHIVES.
COLLECTED COOL
Disc 1 follows Dino's early rise to stardom and features the
best of his Capitol Records years, packed with his biggest hits, signature
songs, rarities and career-defining recordings.
Disc 2 features some of Martin's biggest and most cherished
hits from his rich and fruitful Reprise years plus a stripped-down version
of the No. 1 hit single Everybody Loves Somebody, which originally topped
the charts and knocked the Beatles from the No. 1 spot.
Disc 3 features a rare, live audio recording of Dino's concert
at Cal-Neva Lodge in Lake Tahoe, CA, on July 27, 1962. This 52 minute performance
has never been released in its entirety.
Disc 4 is a DVD featuring 60 minutes of live footage from his
show at London's Apollo Victoria theatre show in 1983. This performance
originally aired only once on Showtime and has never been made commercially
available until now.
BREAKING
NEWS...
A THIRD DVD SET FROM TIME-LIFE :
"DEAN MARTIN - UNCUT"
FOR
THE FIRST TIME SEVERAL EPISODES OF THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW ARE AVAILABLE "UN-CUT"!!
THE
BEST OF THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW FROM TIME-LIFE
AVAILABLE HERE AND IN STORES
After
the highly successful debut and sales of Dean's Variety Show through television
mail-order, Time-Life has acquired the rights to produce new volumes of
"The Best of The Dean Martin Show" for sale in retail stores.
These are totally remastered from the original tapes and are not the same
as the shows offered through mail-order.
Each
DVD included bonus material. There were never any "outtakes"
from Dean's Show (all the mistakes were left in and aired when the show
was televised), but included are interviews with some of Hollywood's legendary
performers who appeared on the show! A few of the celebrities interviewed
include Jonathan Winters, Florence Henderson, Lainie Kazan, Carol Lawrence,
Phyllis Diller, Norm Crosby and the great Angie Dickenson. Also included
are interviews with some of the key people who knew Dean and worked on his
show, including Lee Hale and Dean Martin's own daughter, Gail Martin.
Watch
our Website for even more upcoming information! A behind-the-scenes look
is featured in the current Dean Martin Fan Center magazine. Join now,
and you can read all about these new releases with lots of photographs.
MARCH 2012 MAGAZINE
CLOSE-UP
LOOK AT...
JUMPING JACKS
DEAN
MARTIN & JERRY LEWIS' FIFTH MOTION PICTURE WITH LOADS OF PHOTOS AND
INFORMATION!
DECEMBER 2011 MAGAZINE
NEW CHRISTMAS
PRESENTS FROM :
LEE HALE, REGIS PHILBIN, TIME LIFE VIDEO, DEANA MARTIN, FLORENCE
HENDERSON, THE ALBERICI SISTERS
REGIS
GIVES US A HOLIDAY GIFT
AUGUST 2011 MAGAZINE
CLOSE-UP WITH MISS CATERINA VALENTE
CATERINA
RECALLS THE WONDERFUL TIMES SHE HAD APPEARING ON DEAN'S TV VARIETY
SHOW.
MARIAN MERCER PASSES AWAY APRIL 27, 2011
MARIAN MERCER, A TONY-WINNING ACTRESS WITH A GIFT FOR COMEDY
WHO WAS BEST KNOWN DURING A FIVE-DECADE CAREER FOR HER TELEVISION AND STAGE
WORK, WHICH INCLUDED A LONG-RUNNING PERFORMANCE IN THE 1969 BROADWAY HIT
"PROMISES, PROMISES." MARIAN ALSO PLAYED FREDDY'S (TOM
BOSLEY) GIRLFRIEND IN A CONTINUNING SKETCH ON HIGHLY RATED DEAN MARTIN SHOW.
MERCER DIED APRIL 27, 2011 IN NEWBURY PARK FROM COMPLICATIONS
OF ALZHEIMER'S.
BETH BAREMORE ALEXANDER (WIFE OF VAN ALEXANDER) PASSES AWAY
ON VALENTINE'S DAY FEBRUARY 14, 2011.
BETH HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE WITH HER DEVOTED HUSBAND VAN... AN
AMAZING 72 YEAR LOVE AFFAIR. AT ONE TIME, VAN ALEXANDER WAS CONSIDERED TO
BE ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSIC ARRANGERS IN THE WORLD. VAN WAS THE MUSIC ARRANGER
ON THE DEAN MARTIN VARIETY SHOW AND ALSO ARRANGED AND PRODUCED AN ALBUM
OF MUSIC FOR MR. MARTIN. BETH WAS 95 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE PASSED.
WE SEND OUR PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES OUT TO OUR VERY CLOSE FRIEND,
VAN ALEXANDER AND THEIR TWO LOVELY DAUGHTERS, LYNN AND JOYCE. WE WILL
MISS BETH GREATLY.
TOM BOSLEY PASSES AWAY OCTOBER 18, 2010
VOTED THE SEVENTH MOST POPULAR TV DAD OF ALL TIME - TOM BOSLEY
WAS BEST KNOW AS "MR. C" , THE FATHER OF THE CUNNINGHAM'S IN THE
LONG RUNNING TV SERIES 'HAPPY DAYS'.
TOM'S FIRST MOVIE ROLE WAS A SUITOR TO NATILE WOOD IN 'LOVE
WITH A PROPER STRANGER'. TOM ALSO APPEARED IN 'THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT',
'THE SECRET WAR OF HENRY FRIGG', 'YOUS, MINE AND OURS', AND 'DIVORCE AMERICAN
STYLE' AMONG OTHERS. HIS TV CREDITS INCLUDE 'THE VIRGINIAN', 'ROD
SERLING'S NIGHT GALLERY', 'MURDER SHE WROTE', 'THE SANDY DUNCAN SHOW', 'WAIT
TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME', 'FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES', AND THE BELOVED
"DEAN MARTIN SHOW" IN WHICH TOM PLAYED FREDDY, BOYFRIEND
TO ACTRESS MARIAN MERCER WHO PLAYED PIANIST KEN LANE'S SISTER.
THE CHARACTURE OF FREDDY WAS DESIGNED MORE AS 'FREDDY THE FREELOADER',
AS DEAN WOULD DROP BY THE LANE HOUSE TO REHEARSE. FREDDY WOULD BE THERE
TO ACT AS A SCAPEGOAT TO DEAN'S PUNS AND JOKES. BOSLEY APPEARED IN THIS
REGULAR ROLE FOR ONE ENTIRE SEASON BEFORE MOVING ON TO HIS ROLE AS HOWARD
CUNNINGHAM ON TV'S 'HAPPY DAYS'.
TOM APPEARED ON DOZENS AND DOZENS OF OTHER TV SHOWS AND IS ALSO
KNOWN FOR HIS ROLES IN COMMERCIALS SUCH AS SPOKESMAN FOR GLAD TRASH BAGS.
TOM BOSLEY WAS 83.
NEW
"CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT PACK" CD IS OUT
The novelty
of having three of the 20th century's most notorious sinners belt, whoop,
and sing the praises of sleigh bells, roasting chestnuts, and the virgin
birth would be enough to recommend this dizzy, 21-track delight, but there's
actually some rewarding pop archaeology here as well. Two of the best tracks--Sammy
Davis's ring-a-ding-ding romp through "Jingle Bells" and Dino's
dreamy "Peace on Earth/Silent Night"--hail from a vintage, ultra-rare
Reprise sampler. The Nat
Cole tribute, "The Christmas Song," also makes it's CD debut.
Dino's holiday TV specials yield more unreleased rarities: Sinatra-Martin
duets of the loopy "Marshmallow World" and a touchingly tipsy
take on "Auld Lang Syne" that suggests the boys have shared more
than one cup of kindness. --Jerry
McCulley
COMING
JANUARY 25, 2011 : "THE VERY BEST OF THE RAT PACK" CD
A new collection
of chart-topping smashes from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis
Jr. featuring 18 studio hits from their golden Vegas period including 'Come
Fly With Me,' 'Ain't That A Kick In The Head,' 'Too Close For Comfort,'
'Luck Be A Lady,' 'Volare,' 'Witchcraft,' 'Everybody Loves Somebody,' and
more. Includes a previously unreleased Sinatra recording of 'I'm Gonna Live
Until I Die' and new liner notes by noted Sinatra author Bill Zehme
TONY CURTIS PASSES AWAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
TONY CURTIS APPEARED IN MORE THAN 100 FILMS WHICH INCLUDED "WHO
WAS THAT LADY" (1960) ALSO STARRING DEAN MARTIN. CURTIS ALSO APPEARED
WITH MARTIN AND LEWIS ON THEIR RADIO SHOW.
IN 1948 AT AGE 23, CURTIS WAS PLACED UNDER CONTRACT TO UNIVERSAL
PICTURES AND CHANGED HIS NAME FROM BERNARDSCHWARTZ TO TONY CURTIS. CURTIS
AND DEAN MARTIN WERE FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE 1960's. TONY CURTIS APPEARED
IN SUCH FILMS AS "THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCESS", "THE DEFIANT
ONES", "THE GREAT RACE" AND "THE BOSTON STRANGLER"
CURTIS MARRIED SIX TIMES, MOST NOTABLY TO ACTRESS JANET LEIGH
AND IS THE FATHER OF ACTRESS JAMIE LEE CURTIS. HIS HOME WAS IN HENDERSON,
NEVADA WHERE A STREET IS NAMED AFTER HIM, AS DEAN MARTIN HAS AFTER HIM (DEAN
MARTIN BLVD).
TONY CURTIS DIED SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 AT HIS HOME. HOLLYWOOD
HAS LOST ANOTHER GOLDEN LEGEND.
A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES SPOTLIGHTING THE TIME-LIFE DVD RELEASES: "THE BEST OF THE DEAN MARTIN VARIETY SHOW"
TONS
OF PHOTOS PAST AND PRESENT WITH BEHIND-THE-SCENES PHOTOGRAPHS
DURING THE NEW INTERVIEWS
MAY 2011 DMFC
MAGAZINE!
APRIL 2010 MAGAZINE SHOWN
ON "LIVE! WITH REGIS AND KELLY"!
SPECIAL "CAREER" ISSUE
LOTS
OF PHOTOS (INCLUDING SOME NEVER SEEN BEFORE) FROM DEAN'S EARLY YEARS UP
THROUGH MARTIN AND LEWIS
NOV 2009 DMFC MAGAZINE
SPECIAL BANDOLERO! ISSUE
LOTS
OF PHOTOS FROM THE MOVIE INCLUDING RAQUEL WELCH!
JULY
2009 DMFC MAGAZINE
SPECIAL DOM DELUISE TRIBUTE ISSUE
HUNDREDS
OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM DOM'S OWN SCRAPBOOKS
DEAN MARTIN'S 1963 MOVIE "TOYS IN THE ATTIC" AVAILABLE
NOW ON DVD!
DEAN
MARTIN AND FRANK SINATRA RECEIVE STARS IN GLITTERY LAS VEGAS
ON FEBRUARY
22, 2010, THE FLAMINGO HOTEL HOSTED A CEREMONY TO CELEBRATE THE
LATEST CELEBRITIES TO RECEIVE STARS ON THE LAS VEGAS WALK OF STARS: MARTIN
AND SINATRA
BOTH
DEAN MARTIN AND FRANK SINATRA WERE HONORED
THE
RAT PACK SHOT THEIR FAMED "OCEAN'S ELEVEN" MOVIE IN LAS VEGAS.
BOTH
DEAN AND FRANK ALREADY HAVE ROADS IN LAS VEGAS NAMED AFTER THEM. IT'S BEEN
A LONG TIME COMING!
LEGENDS
OF LAS VEGAS, BOTH ARE TIED TO THE GAMBLING OASIS WITH NUMEROUS LIVE SEPERATE
HEADLINING APPEARANCES AS WELL AS PART OF THE RAT PACK.
DOM DELUISE PASSES AWAY MAY 4TH 2009
WE CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW SAD IT IS TO
REPORT THE PASSING OF OUR VERY GOOD FRIEND, DOM DELUISE. DMFC
PRESIDENT NEIL DANIELS SAID "DOM WAS NOT ONLY
AN EXCELLENT ACTOR AND BEST-OF-THE-BEST COMEDIANS, HE WAS ALSO A GOOD FRIEND.
DOM MADE OTHERS AROUND HIM LAUGH AND LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE EVEN
WITH A LONG RUNNING ILLNESS THAT HE HAD IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. HE WAS ALWAYS
THERE IF YOU CALLED, AND HAD A CHARM AND AURA ABOUT HIM THAT ONLY
A SELECT FEW I'VE KNOWN EVER HAD. I WILL TRULY MISS HIM".
LOS ANGELES -- ACTOR, COMEDIAN AND CHEF DOM DELUISE HAS DIED,
HIS SON CONFIRMED. DELUISE DIED IN LOS ANGELES MONDAY NIGHT SURROUNDED
BY FAMILY, ACCORDING TO HIS SON MICHAEL DELUISE. HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY
IN HIS SLEEP ON MAY 5TH AROUND 6:30 PM AFTER A LONG ILLNESS, HE SAID.
DELUISE WAS NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE AND STARRED IN A SLEW
OF HIGHLY SUCESSFULL FILMS. DOME OFTEN PLAYED COMEDIC ROLES AND APPEARED
ON THE BIG SCREEN ALONGSIDE BURT REYNOLDS IN THE 1970s AND 1980s.
HE WAS PERHAPS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS APPEARANCES IN COMEDIES
MADE BY MEL BROOKS. HE HAS ROLES IN SUCH HITS AS BLAZING SADDLES, SILENT
MOVIE, HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I, SPACEBALLS AND ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS,
ALONG WITH RECURRING PARTS IN THE POPULAR SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT MOVIES.
DELUISE WAS AN AVID CHEF AND WROTE SEVERAL BOOKS ON COOKING, INCLUDING SEVAERAL
CHILDREN'S BOOKS. DELUISE WAS ALSO NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE IN 1974
FOR HIS WORK ON THE TV COMEDY LOTSA LUCK, WHILE HE RECEIVED A NOD AT THE
DAYTIME EMMYS IN 1999 FOR HIS EFFORTS ON THE ANIMATED ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN
SERIES.
DOM WAS PROBABLY MOST POPULAR FOR HIS APPEARANCES ON THE DEAN
MARTIN VARIETY SHOW. DOM EVEN HAD HIS OWN COMEDY SHOW PRODUCED BY DEAN'S
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR GREG GARRISON AND WENT ON TO STAR IN A SERIES TITLED:
LOTSA LUCK.
DOM WAS 75 WHEN HE PASSED ON, AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS ACTRESS
WIFE CAROL ARTHUR, WHO HE MARRIED IN 1965, AND THEIR THREE ACTOR SONS, PETER,
DAVID AND MICHAEL DELUISE.
DOM'S FINAL PROJECT (INVOLVING DEAN MARTIN'S PRODUCER, LEE HALE
AND DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER PRESIDENT, NEIL DANIELS) IS A TRIBUTE NOT ONLY
TO DEAN MARTIN, BUT DOM DELUISE HIMSELF.
DOM
- WE WILL MISS YOU DEARLY !!!
In
lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to one
of the following charities:
The
Elixir Fund www.elixirfund.org
The
Lily Sanctuary www.lilysanctuary.org
Hydrocephalus
Foundation, Inc. www.hydrocephalus.org
The
Pearl S. Buck Foundation www.pearl-s-buck.org
GEOFF CLARKSON PASSES AWAY MARCH 10TH 2009
GEOFF WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF DEAN'S MUSICAL FAMILY. ON THE
DEAN MARTIN SHOW. GEOFF ASSEMBLED MUSIC AND REHEARSED WITH THE GUESTS (MANY
OF WHOM NEVER SANG A NOTE UNTIL THEIR MUSICAL DEBUT ON DEAN'S SHOW).
FOR MANY YEARS, GEOFF WAS BOB HOPE'S PIANIST, AS WELL AS FOR
DOLORES HOPE (BOB'S WIFE). GEOFF CLARKSON, ALONG WITH LEE HALE (DEAN'S MUSICAL
DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER) WROTE MANY OF THE SONGS HEARD ON DEAN'S SHOW AND
THE ORIGINAL GOLDDIGGERS SERIES INCLUDING THEIR RECORD ALBUMS. DEAN MARTIN
LOVED SINGING GEOFF'S SONG, "HOME" AND INCLUDED IT ON ONE
OF HIS RECORD ALBUMS
GEOFF WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF DMFC PRESIDENT NEIL DANIELS, WHO
WILL HAVE A SPECIAL TRIBUTE IN THE UPCOMING DMFC MAGAZINE.
WE WILL TRULY MISS GEOFF AND OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS BEAUTIFUL
WIFE, DONNA.
GRAMMY FORDEANMARTIN !
Dean Martin received a Lifetime Machine award from the Grammy
Association in Los Angeles, California on February 7, 2009 (One day before
the 51st Grammy Awards Broadcast ).
Other honorees include Motown hit makers the Four Tops, jazz
pianistHank
Jones, late singing
cowboyGene
Autry, gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama, country-pop singer
Brenda
Lee and folk singer/songwriter Tom
Action.)
A RECENT
DEAN MARTIN MAGAZINE
THE
ORIGINAL GOLDDIGGERS HAVE JUST CELEBRATED THEIR 40TH YEAR SINCE
THE FIRST DEAN MARTIN PRESENTS THE GOLDDIGGERS SUMMER SHOW AIRED
IN SEPTEMBER OF 1968 WITH A REUNION IN LAS VEGAS. OUR NEW ISSUE FEATURES
A CLOSE-UP WITH PICTURES FROM THEIR REUNION!
DICK MARTIN
PASSES AWAY AGE 86
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan
and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making
stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin and creating such national catch-phrases
as "Sock it to me!" has died. He was 86. Martin, who went
on to become one of television's busiest directors after splitting with
Dan Rowan in the late 1970s, died Saturday night of respiratory complications
at a hospital in Santa Monica, California. Just recently, Dick Martin
had told our founder Neil Daniels,the following story... Dick had known
Dean Martin (no relation by the way) since the early days of the Martin
and Lewis team in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Dick worked behind the
bar while Martin Lewis performed in New York. He would hide drinks in various
places around the bar, so when Dean came off the stage, he could grab one
without too much notice from the audience. In 1966, Dick Martin along
with partner Dan Rowan provided the summer replacement for "The Dean
Martin Show." Within two years, they were headlining their own history
making show, "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in". Dick Martin will be
missed!
JOEY BISHOP
PASSES AWAY AGE 89
BEST KNOWN AS A MEMBER OF "THE RAT PACK" WE HAVE A
SPECIAL TRIBUTE IN THE FEBRUARY 2008 ISSUE OF THE DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER
MAGAZINE
BOB SIDNEY
PASSES AWAY AGE 98
FAMED CHOREGRAPHER AND CLOSE FRIEND OF THE DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER
HAS PASSED AWAY AT AGE 97.
ROBERT (BOB) SIDNEY WORKED ON MOTION PICTURES WITH WITH BOTH
MARTIN AND LEWIS AT PARAMOUNT PICTURES HE WAS THE CHOREGRAPHER ON THE
DEAN MARTIN TV SHOW AND ALSO WAS THE CHOREGRAPHER FOR THE GOLDDIGGERS.
BOB WAS ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRMAN OF THE PROFESSIONAL DANCERS
SOCIETY AND RECENTLY HAD WRITTEN HIS AUTO-BIOGRAPHY WITH MEMORIES OF ALL
THE GREAT HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS HE HAD WORKED WITH.
A LONG TIME VERY CLOSE FRIEND TO OUR DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER
CHAIRMAN & FOUNDER, NEIL DANIELS, BOB WILL BE MISSED BUT NOT
FORGOTTEN.
STANLEY MYRON
HANDLEMAN PASSES AWAY
STANLEY MYRON HANDLEMAN SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND PASSED AWAY
IN AUGUST 2007
STANLEY WAS HOST OF THE DEAN MARTIN SUMMER SHOW FEATURING THE
GOLDDIGGERS AND ALSO APPEARED MANY TIMES ON DEAN MARTIN'S VARIETY SHOW
STANLEY WAS ALSO FEATURED IN AN EARLIER ISSUE OF THE DEAN MARTIN
FAN CENTER MAGAZINE. HE WILL BE MISSED AND OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HIS
FAMILY.
JOEY BISHOP
PASSES AWAY AGE 89
BEST KNOWN AS A MEMBER OF "THE RAT PACK" WE HAVE A
SPECIAL TRIBUTE IN THE FEBRUARY 2008 ISSUE OF THE DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER
MAGAZINE
DEAN'S LATEST CHRISTMAS CD WITH COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND
MARTINA MCBRIDE WENT TO NUMBER SEVEN ON THE CHARTS RECENTLY. "BABY
IT'S COLD OUTSIDE", NEWELY RECORDED, CAPTURES ALL THE WARMPTH AND ROMANCE
OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH MARTINA'S COY PROTESTS ANSWERING DEAN'S SMOOTH
ADVANCES.
"CHERRY'S JUBILEE: SINGIN'
& SWINGIN' THROUGH LIFE WITH DEAN AND FRANK, ARNIE AND JACK"A BRAND
NEW AUTO-BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN BY WORLD FAMOUS SINGER/GOLFER DON CHERRY
ALONG WITH DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER FOUNDER NEIL T DANIELS !
A PETITION DRIVE HAS BEEN STARTED BY RADIO
HOST AND DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER FRIEND CHRIS DEBELLO (WNNJ-FM/AM : WSUS-FM
: WHCY-FM) TO AWARD DEAN MARTIN FORMER PARTNER, JERRY LEWIS,
WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF HONOR. PEOPLE LIKE BILL COSBY, CAROL BURNETT,
ARNOLD PALMER AND JULIA CHILD HAVE BEEN AWARDED THIS HIGH HONOR, YET JERRY
HAS NOT.
NO ONE HAS DEVOTED A HUGE PORTION OF THEIR
LIFE DEDICATED TO FINDING A CURE FOR M.D. AND PROVIDING A BETTER LIFE FOR
MANKIND THAN JERRY LEWIS. FRANCE HAS RECOGONIZED JERRY TWICE, YET IN THE
U.S. HE GOES UNOTICED. NOW IS THE TIME TO CHANGE THIS WHILE JERRY LEWIS
IS STILL HERE AND WE CAN THANK HIM IN OUR OWN SMALL WAY.
A RECENT
DEAN MARTIN MAGAZINE
SPOTIGHT
ON DEAN MARTIN'S AND FRANK SINATRA'S FRIENDSHIP
ALSO
TRIBUTE TO
JOEY BISHOP AND HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS
C
A BRAND NEW BOOK
DEAN & ME (A LOVE STORY)
A MEMOIR BY JERRY LEWIS (WITH JAMES KAPLAN) ABOUT HIS FIFTY
YEAR FRIENDSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP WITH DEAN MARTIN. IT RECOUNTS HOW MARTIN
& LEWIS BECAME AN AMERICAN INSTITUTION, CREATING HYSTERIA WHEREVER THEY
WENT, AND THEN HOW - TEN YEARS LATER TO THE DAY AFTER THE TWO MEN JOINED
FORCES - THEY PARTED WAYS NOT TO SPEAK AGAIN FOR TWENTY YEARS.
TWELVE BRAND NEW CD RELEASES FROM COLLECTOR'S CHOICE!
DEAN MARTIN'S ENTIRE CAPITOL (AND TOWER)
ALBUM CATALOG
BECAUSE DEAN CUT SO MANY NON-LP SINGLES DURING HIS CAREER AT
THE LABEL, EACH ALBUM IS BEING RELEASED SINGLY ON CD WITH A MINIMUM OF FOUR
BONUS TRACKS ON EACH DRAWN FROM THE SESSIONS RECORDED RIGHT AROUND THE SAME
TIME
THE TOWER ALBUMS, WHICH THEMSELVES WERE
COMPILATIONS ON NON-LP SINGLES ARE BEING MADE AS 2-FER'S. THIS IS THE MATERIAL
THAT TRANSFORMED DEAN FROM COMIC STRAIGHT-MAN FOR JERRY LEWIS INTO A MUSIC
BUSINESS LEGEND. ALL CD'S COME WITH THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND NEW NOTES BY
JIM RITZ
DEAN MARTIN CAN BE HEARD IN A RECENT TELEVISION
COMMERCIAL FOR TROPICANA ORANGE JUICE. IT IS HIS 1951 SONG "HOW D'YA
LIKE YOUR EGGS IN THE MORNING?" A DUET HE DID WITH FAMED SINGER HELEN
O'CONNELL...... ALSO DEAN HAS BEEN FEATURED RECENTLY IN COMMERCIALS FOR
CARL'S JR. AND BUDWEISER BEER (WHICH MADE IT'S DEBUT DURING THE 2007 SUPERBOWL
GAME)
LAS VEGAS - LOCATED WEST OF INTERSTATE
15 BETWEEN WEST TWAIN AVENUE TO SO HIGHLANDS PARKWAY, THIS NINE MILE STRETCH
FORMERLY KNOWN AS "INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY" HAS BEEN RENAMED "DEAN
MARTIN DRIVE" BY THE CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC ROADS. REMEMBER, WHEN DRIVING DOWN DEAN MARTIN DRIVE - STAY SOBER!
Dean
Martin Is Forever Cool With New All-Star Collaborative Album - Also Features
Previously Unreleased Dean Martin Vocal Track and Witty Studio Banter (by Sara Feldcamp)
HOLLYWOOD,
Calif. -- Around the world, entertainment superstar Dean Martin has the
market cornered on charisma, easygoing charm, playful wit, and gracious
humility, all of which combine to make him infinitely cool.
To honor Martin's broad appeal and countless contributions to modern entertainment
via his legendary music, stage, film and television career, many of the
world's top artists have recorded new collaborative tracks with him for
a new album titled Dean Martin: Forever Cool. Released worldwide in
CD and deluxe CD/DVD packages and digitally on August 14 by Capitol/EMI,
Forever Cool's 14 tracks pairMartin's original vocals with new arrangements
and an all-star group of collaborators in a salute to the unparalleled talent
and charisma of the man known around the world as Dino. Forever
Cool's inspired new recordings, woven together with several rare andpreviously
unreleased clips of Martin's witty studio banter, feature Grammy winner
Joss Stone, two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, saxophonist Dave Koz, Grammy
winner Shelby Lynne, trumpeter Chris Botti, international superstar Robbie
Williams, "American Idol" finalist Paris Bennett, country music
star Martina McBride, French entertainment icon Charles Aznavour, Italian
chart-topper Tiziano Ferro and other music greats. The new album swings,
swaggers, rocks, rolls andwhispers, gently closing with a previously unreleased
a cappella version of "Lullaby" sung by Martin.
More than anyone else ever has, Dean Martin personifies masculine cool.
Never was an icon so relatable, never such a velvet-voiced, affable guy
so Olympian. With Forever Cool, Martin's brilliant knack for collaboration
is renewed, fresh and fun all over again, bringing him together with many
of the world's top performers in an exuberant celebration. "It's like
a cocktail party on a record," says Forever Coolexecutive producer
Jane Ventom, "where all sorts of wonderful, unique guests get up and
make music with the host." That
the Forever Cool recording party roared in Capitol's legendary Studio A
in Hollywood, where almost every classic Dean Martin recording was put to
tape, lent the proceedings a thrilling and electric ambiance. Song by song,
spiritual and musicalharmony ensued and fully enveloped each recording session.
During a break in his vocal sessions, Kevin Spacey was heard to giddily
mutter, "Holy ba-joley! He's in the room... He's definitely in the
room..." Sax virtuoso Dave Koz politely asked the engineers to temporarily
hold off the recording: "Could you just let Dean and I jam for awhile?
By ourselves?" "There was nobody cooler," said Spacey. "The thing
about Dean that's always been astounding is that it just seems like it's
effortless. I think some people are just born entertainers. They recognize
how to relate to an audience, how to engage an audience. I also think that
one of the great things Dean had was that he could relate and engage with
other performers. It's a thrill to feel a link to someone like Dean Martin."
"There is that undeniable force that you can't put a name on,"
said Robbie Williams. "I just want to be like him in real life. Offstage,
I want to be like Dean Martin -- funny, handsome, charming... I've got it
nailed (laughs)."
"Dean had a swagger about him
we all wish we had as entertainers," said Shelby Lynne. "He's
got one of the greatest, most recognizable and smooth voices of all time.
I'm not gonna lie. I'd love to be Dean Martin." Added Scotty Morris
of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, "When you hear Dean Martin, he gives you a
feeling. It's a special gift. I love him and I want to do him justice, and
I'd like to think that he'd be proud of me."
Forever Cool's production team includes EMI Music Marketing vice president
of A&R Jane Ventom and Dean Martin's business manager Laura Lizer as
executive producers and Rob Christie as producer, with recording and mixing
by co- producer and 15-time Grammy winner Al Schmitt (Norah Jones, Ray Charles,
Diana Krall, Quincy Jones, etc.). Select tracks were produced by 12-time
Grammy winning producer Phil Ramone (Tony Bennett, Paul Simon, Ray Charles,
etc.), Grammy-winning producer, arranger and conductor Patrick Williams
(Frank Sinatra, B.B. King, Barbra Streisand), and Bobby Colomby (Chris Botti).
The album's tracks were recorded and mixed at Capitol Studios in Hollywood.
"It's a thrill to hear such a
talented and diverse array of artists collaborate with Dean and celebrate
his music," said Dean Martin's business manager Laura Lizer. "All
of the artists have brought unique talents, inspiration and vibrant energy
to the songs, complementing Dean with their own great styles and with a
lot of love and respect for him. Forever Cool is a high-spirited, brilliant
new entry in Dean's recorded cannon, and we're proud to share it with his
fans around the world. He would get a real kick out of this."
Said Martin's daughter, Gail Martin, "It gives me a warm glow to know
that everybody -- all ages, all generations -- just seem to adore him and
want more of him. That's exciting, and it doesn't surprise me."Of his
first encounter with Martin, Jerry Lewis recalled, "That's what I want
to be like, you think. Maybe if I hang around with him, some of that'll
rub off on me." In recent years Martin's star has shone ever more brightly.
In a 2004 Playboy magazine feature,
writer Bill Zehme crowned Martin "the coolest man who ever lived."
More than 40 years after knocking the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night"
out of the #1 chart position with "Everybody Loves Somebody" in
1964, he continues to enthrall music fans around the world. Said Phil Ramone,
"I think Dean's whole re-birth, so to speak, is that young people have
realized how cool he is and how funny he is... and he could sing."
"He made music that's going to stand the test of time and be around
forever," saidSpacey. "People will always be listening to Dean
Martin.""When he sings, you believe it," said Martina McBride.
"He had a great personality that just came across and made you feel
like you knew him. I feel humbled and honored and proud to be a part of
this project." Echoed
Lynne, "Some people are just naturally cool, and he was definitely
naturally cool. It's quite an honor to be a part of this."
Martin's effortless vocalizing has become a modern shorthand for cool, as
evidenced by the use of his songs in films like Goodfellas, Casino, Swingers,
Out of Sight, L.A. Confidential, A Bronx Tale and Payback, as well as top-
rated television programs, including "The Sopranos," "Ugly
Betty" and "Dancing With The Stars." Martin's music has also
been featured in major brand TV advertising for Nissan, Microsoft,Marriott
Hotels, Carl's Jr., Heineken, this year's Superbowl-premiered Budweiser
commercial with "Ain't That a Kick In the Head," and many others. The
phenomenal sales of Capitol/EMI's 2004 collection Dino: The Essential Dean
Martin, which collects 30 of Martin's key recordings for both Capitol and
Reprise on one CD, has provided the strongest signal yet of Dino's continued
prominence in the pop-music firmament. As the week's highest-charting new
entry, it was Billboard's "Hotshot Debut", and it has sold more
briskly than any previous Martin recording, going gold within months and
platinum within a year.
Dino also hit the Top 5 on Apple's iTunes Music Store album chart. As Zehme
observed in Playboy, "Dean provides smooth, winking succor to generations
anew." "No
matter what age you're at, you kind of want to be cool," said Spacey.
"And there was nobody cooler at what he did." Dean Martin's approach
to life with an easy smile, a graceful melody and an aura of unflappable
cool is a style that was made to last forever.
DEAN
MARTIN: FOREVER COOL (CD & Digital Album)
1. Who's Got The Action - Featuring Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (3:02)
(Brooks - Duning)
Original Arrangement By: Don Costa
Adapted by: Joshua Levy
Co-Produced by: Scotty Morris
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is: Scotty Morris, Kurt Sodergren, Dirk
Shumaker, Andy Rowley, Glen Marhevka, Karl Hunter & Josh Levy
2. Ain't That A Kick In The Head - Featuring Kevin Spacey (2:38)
(Cahn - Van Heusen)
Arranged by: Nelson Riddle
Conducted by Patrick Williams
Co-Produced by: Phil Ramone
3. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - Featuring Chris Botti
(3:15)
(Lerner - Loewe)
Arranged and Conducted by: Gil Goldstein
Produced by: Bobby Colomby
Chris Botti appears courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment
4. Baby-O - Featuring Paris Bennett (3:09)
(Mercer - Rotella)
Arranged by: Neal Hefti and Patrick Williams
Conducted by: Patrick Williams
Paris Bennett appears courtesy of 306 Music and Entertainment
5. Who Was That Lady? - Featuring The Capitol Studios Orchestra
(2:27)
(Cahn - Van Heusen)
Arranged by: Nelson Riddle
Adapted and Conducted by: Patrick Williams
6. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Featuring Robbie
Williams
(2:27)
(Clare - Stept)
Arranged by Nelson Riddle
Conducted by: Patrick Williams
Robbie Williams courtesy of The In Good Company Co Limited and
Chrysalis Records Limited.
7. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Featuring Joss
Stone
(2:29)
(Gaskill - McHugh)
Arranged by: Nelson Riddle
Conducted by: Patrick Williams
Additional Engineer: Chuck Brungardt
8. Just In Time - Featuring Dave Koz (2:36)
(Comden - Green - Styne)
Arranged and Conducted by: Patrick Williams
Co-Produced by: Patrick Williams
9. Baby, It's Cold Outside - Featuring Martina McBride (3:01)
(Loesser)
Arranged and Conducted by: Patrick Williams
Co-Produced by: Patrick Williams
10. King Of The Road - Featuring Kevin Spacey (2:28)
(Miller)
Original Arrangement by: Ernie Freeman
Adapted and Conducted by: Patrick Williams
Co-Produced by: Phil Ramone
11. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - Featuring Big Bad
Voodoo
Daddy & Shelby
Lynne (3:09)
(Cavanaugh - Morgan - Stock)
Arranged by: Joshua Levy (inspired by Nelson Riddle)
Co-Produced by: Phil Ramone, with Scotty Morris
12. Arrivederci Roma - Featuring Tiziano Ferro (2:45)
(Garinei - Giovanni - Ranucci - Sigman )
Original Arrangement by: Gus Levine
Additional Arrangement Adapted & Conducted by: Patrick Williams
Co-Produced by: Patrick Williams
Additional Engineer: Michele Canova Iorfida
13. Everybody Loves Somebody - Featuring Charles Aznavour (3:16)
(Coslow - Lane - Taylor)
Original Arrangement by: Ken Lane & Jimmy Bowen
Adapted by: Tom Ranier
Additional Engineer: Roland Guillotel
Artistic Adviser: Levon Sayan
14. Brahm's Lullaby A Capella - Dean Martin (2:05)
(Brahms - Traditional)
Orchestral Intro Arrangement by: Pete King
(p) 2007 Capitol Records, Inc.
DEAN MARTIN: FOREVER COOL (Deluxe Edition CD/DVD)
(DVD contents)
Making Of Forever Cool
Classic Dean Martin film clips (details to be announced)
*All Tracks Recorded and Mixed at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
Additional Recording on "Arrivederci Roma" at Kaneepa Studios,
Italy.
Additional Recording on "Everybody Loves Somebody" at Studio
Guillaume
Tell, Paris, France.
Recorded, Mixed and Co-Produced by: Al Schmitt
Engineered by: Steve Genewick
Tracks 1, 2, 11, 13, 15 Recorded by: Charlie Paakkari
Executive Producers: Laura Lizer and Jane Ventom
Produced by: Rob Christie
Tracks 2, 10, 11, Co-Produced by: Phil Ramone
Tracks 8, 9, 12, Co-Produced by: Patrick Williams
Track 3, Produced by: Bobby Colomby
Original tracks Produced by: Lee Gillette and Jimmy Bowen
Mastered by: Ron McMaster
Musicians:
Drums: Gregg Field, Vinnie Colaiuta (track 4)
Piano: Tom Ranier, Mike Lang, Randy Waldman
Bass: Chuck Berghofer, Kevin Axt, Brian Bromberg
Guitar: John Chiodini, Jim Fox, James Harrah
Concert Master: Assa Drori
Alto Sax: Dan Higgins, Gary Foster, Sal Lozano
Tenor Sax: Bob Sheppard, Gene Cipriano, Vince Trombetta
Baritone Sax: Greg Huckins, Lee Callet
Trumpet: Wayne Bergeron, Warren Luening, Larry Lunetta, Larry
McGuire,
Gary Grant, Rick Baptist, Charley Davis
Trombone: Charley Loper, Chauncey Welsch, Bob McChesney, George
Bohannon,
Andy Martin, Bill Elton
Bass Trombone: Craig Gosnell, Richard Bullock
French Horn: Brian O'Connor, Kurt Snyder, Suzette Moriarty, Justin
Hageman
Flute: Robert Shulgold, Stephen Kujala, Richard Mitchell
Tuba: John Van Houten Jr.
Vibes: Dan Greco
Accordion: Frank Marocco
Background Vocals: Joey Gian, Paula Salvatore, Rob Christie
A RECENT ISSUE OF THE DEAN MARTIN
FAN CENTER MAGAZINE CELEBRATED 60 YEARS SINCE DEAN MARTIN RECORDED HIS FIRST
RECORDS AND 60 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF THE MARTIN AND LEWIS COMEDY TEAM
DEAN MARTIN'S "ESSENTIALS" CD
DEBUTED AT NUMBER 28
IN BILLBOARD'S TOP 100 - THIS WAS DEAN'S FIRST TOP 100 RECORD SINCE 1972!
NOW IT IS GOING PLATINUM WITH ANOTHER RELEASE
NOTE: DEAN MARTIN AND MARTINA MCBRIDE'S
DUET MADE IT TO THE TOP TEN DURING THE LAST WEEK IN DECEMBER
2006. THE LAST TIME A DEAN MARTIN SONG CHARTED IN THE TOP 50 ON THE COUNTRY
CHARTS WAS DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 9, 1983 (MY FIRST COUNTRY SONG)
AND OCTOBER 24, 1970 (DETROIT CITY) ON THE CASHBOX CHARTS.
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DEAN MARTIN AWARDED NEW GOLD & PLATNIUM AWARDS PER RIAA
(RECORDING INDUSTRY):
MARTIN, DEAN ALL TIME GREATEST HITS 02/14/02 CURB RECORDS: GOLD
MARTIN, DEAN THE BEST OF DEAN MARTIN 01/06/04 CAPITOL RECORDS:
PLATNIUM
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GOLD
MARTIN, DEAN GREATEST HITS 01/06/04 CAPITOL RECORDS : GOLD
MARTIN, DEAN CAPITOL COLLECTOR'S SERIES 01/06/04 CAPITOL RECORDS
: GOLD
JOHN CHINTALA (DEAN MARTIN HISTORIAN) REPORTS...
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S NOVEMBER 1, 2003 ISSUE MARKS THE NEW RAT
PACK (FRANK SINATRA, DEAN MARTIN, SAMMY DAVIS JR) CD/DVD COMBO DEBUTING
AT NUMBER 38 ON THE TOP 200 ALBUM CHARTS. THIS MARKS DINO'S FIRST TOP 40
ALBUM SINCE "GENTLE ON MY MIND" NEARLY 35 YEARS AGO!
MARIAN MERCER PASSES AWAY APRIL 27, 2011
MARIAN MERCER, A TONY-WINNING ACTRESS WITH A GIFT FOR COMEDY
WHO WAS BEST KNOWN DURING A FIVE-DECADE CAREER FOR HER TELEVISION AND STAGE
WORK, WHICH INCLUDED A LONG-RUNNING PERFORMANCE IN THE 1969 BROADWAY HIT
"PROMISES, PROMISES." MARIAN ALSO PLAYED FREDDY'S (TOM
BOSLEY) GIRLFRIEND IN A CONTINUNING SKETCH ON HIGHLY RATED DEAN MARTIN SHOW.
MERCER DIED APRIL 27, 2011 IN NEWBURY PARK FROM COMPLICATIONS
OF ALZHEIMER'S.
WE ARE ALSO ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ANYTHING
ON DEAN MARTIN THAT MAY BE HARD TO FIND SUCH AS FILMS, TOYS, VIDEOS, KINESCOPES,
OLD RECORDS, CONTRACTS, DOCUMENTS, RECORDINGS, ACETATES, TAPES, NOVELTIES,
PHOTOGRAPHS, MEMORABILIA, ETC. (INCLUDING MARTIN & LEWIS ITEMS)...
SEND US AN E-MAIL OR LETTER AND TELL US
WHAT YOU HAVE !
WRITE US: DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER - P.O.
BOX 660212 - ARCADIA, CALIF. 91066-0212 USA
A FUNNY SCENE
REGIS PHILBIN GRACES
THE COVER OF OUR JANUARY 2013 DEAN MARTIN FAN CENTER MAGAZINE ISSUE AS HE
GREETS HIS FANS AND DEAN'S FANS
