Published video “That's Amore”.
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Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, actor, comedian and television host. Nicknamed the "King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century.
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Born 7 June 1917 · Died 25 December 1995 · Q215359
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2026· 10 entries
Published video “June in January (Remastered)”.
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Published video “Return to Me (Remastered)”.
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Published video “Buona Sera (Remastered)”.
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Published video “Just in Time (Remastered)”.
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Published video “Bambino (Remastered)”.
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Published video “Volare (Remastered)”.
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Published video “Rio Bravo (Remastered)”.
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Published video “Arrivederci Roma (Remastered)”.
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Published video “That's Amore (Remastered)”.
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2025· 1 entry
Forbes: Dean Martin’s Christmas Takeover Concludes, As Multiple Albums Reach New Highs
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2024· 2 entries
Forbes: Dean Martin’s Christmas Comeback Has Begun
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Released album “The Very Best of Dean Martin”.
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2023· 1 entry
Yahoo: Dean Martin Songs: 10 of the Swingin’ Singer’s Best Tunes, Ranked
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2022· 1 entry
Los Angeles Times: Dean Martin charmed your parents. Now, he’s setting his sights on you
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “Simply ... Dino! (2020 Remaster)”.
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2012· 6 entries
Published video “Dean Martin - Volare - Lyrics”.
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Published video “Dean Martin - Mambo Italiano - Lyrics”.
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Published video “Dean Martin - Memories Are Made of This - Lyrics”.
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Published video “Dean Martin - That's Amore - Lyrics”.
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Published video “Dean Martin - You Was - Lyrics”.
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Published video “Dean Martin - Winter Wonderland - Lyrics”.
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “At the Movies”.
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2010· 1 entry
Martin received a posthumous star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2009).
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “I Feel A Song Coming On”.
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “BD Music Presents Dean Martin”.
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2006· 3 entries
Released album “My Christmas Album”.
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Released album “The Sound of Christmas, Vol. 1”.
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Released album “King of Cool”.
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2005· 3 entries
Released album “Pennies From Heaven”.
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Clark County, Nevada, renamed a portion of Industrial Road as Dean Martin Drive
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That subsequent to his son's death Martin became a reclusive alcoholic
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “When You’re Smiling (1946–1953)”.
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For Dino: The Essential Dean Martin, his fastest-selling album, which also hit the iTunes Top 10, and in 2006 it was certified "Platinum"
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2002· 1 entry
Released album “The Dean Martin TV Show + The Silencers”.
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1999· 2 entries
Released album “You Belong to Me”.
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Released album “Some Enchanted Evening”.
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1998· 1 entry
The MTV animated show Celebrity Deathmatch had a clay-animated fight to the death between Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis
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1997· 1 entry
Ohio Route 7 through Steubenville was rededicated as Dean Martin Boulevard
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “This Time I’m Swingin’! / Pretty Baby”.
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1995· 1 entry
Died 1995-12-25.
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1994· 5 entries
Released album “Singles”.
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Released album “All the Hits 1948-1969”.
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Released album “Face 2 Face: their greatest hits”.
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Released album “Dreams & Memories”.
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Released album “That's Amore!”.
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1993· 3 entries
Released album “20 Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “The Great Dean Martin”.
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Released album “The Voices”.
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “Christmas With Dean Martin & Wayne Newton”.
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Released album “Season's Greetings”.
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1990· 3 entries
Released album “All-Time Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Golden Memories”.
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Released album “Christmas With Nat & Dean”.
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1989· 6 entries
Released album “The Capitol Collector’s Series”.
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Released album “The Best of the Capitol Years”.
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Released album “Dean Martin”.
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Released album “Everybody Loves Somebody”.
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Released album “Golden Stars”.
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Released album “The Wonderful World of Dean Martin: 24 Golden Hits”.
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1988· 4 entries
Released album “The Best of Dean Martin”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Undertaken in part to help Martin recover, sputtered
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Released album “That’s Amore”.
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1987· 1 entry
Martin's son, actor Dean Paul Martin (formerly Dino of the 1960s "teeny-bopper" rock group Dino, Desi & Billy), died when his F-4 Phantom II jet fighter crashed while flying with the California Air National Guard
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Everybody Loves Somebody: 20 Original Hits”.
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “20 Golden Greats”.
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Released album “Memories Are Made of This”.
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1983· 2 entries
Released album “The Nashville Sessions”.
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From which he had a hit with "(I Think That I Just Wrote) My First Country Song", which was recorded with Conway Twitty and made a respectable showing on the country charts
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1982· 2 entries
In 1982, Martin was stopped on suspicion of drunk driving.
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Martin was stopped on suspicion of drunk driving
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1978· 1 entry
Released album “Once in a While”.
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1976· 1 entry
Released album “20 Original Dean Martin Hits”.
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1973· 3 entries
Released album “Sittin’ on Top of the World”.
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Released album “That's Amore”.
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Released album “You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me”.
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1972· 3 entries
Released album “Dino”.
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Martin filed for divorce from his second wife, Jeanne
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Released album “The Most Beautiful Songs of Dean Martin”.
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1971· 3 entries
Released album “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife”.
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Released album “You Were Made For Love”.
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Released album “For the Good Times”.
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1969· 2 entries
Released album “I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am”.
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Released album “Only For Ever”.
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1968· 3 entries
Released album “Gentle on My Mind”.
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Released album “I Can’t Give You Anything but Love”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits, Vol. 1”.
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1967· 5 entries
Released album “Dino - Like Never Before”.
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Released album “Deluxe”.
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Released album “Welcome to My World”.
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Released album “You Can’t Love ’Em All”.
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Released album “Happiness Is Dean Martin”.
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1966· 11 entries
Released album “The Dean Martin TV Show”.
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Released album “The Dean Martin Christmas Album”.
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Released album “Somewhere There's a Someone”.
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Released album “Relaxin’”.
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Released album “As Matt Helm Sings Songs From "The Silencers"”.
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Released album “Dean of Music”.
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Released album “Hey Brother! Pour the Wine”.
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Released album “The Hit Sound of Dean Martin”.
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Released album “Happy In Love”.
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And was nominated again the following three years
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Released album “Dean Martin’s Greatest Hits”.
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1965· 9 entries
Released album “The Lush Years”.
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Released album “(Remember Me) I’m The One Who Loves You”.
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Released album “Holiday Cheer”.
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Released album “Houston”.
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Released album “Dean Martin Hits Again”.
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Released album “The Dean Sings”.
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With the song "I Will", which reached No
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Martin launched his weekly NBC comedy-variety series, The Dean Martin Show, which ran for 264 episodes until 1974
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Martin was the host of the television variety program The Dean Martin Show, which centered on Martin's singing and comedic talents and was characterized by his relaxed, easy-going demeanor
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1964· 3 entries
Released album “Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine”.
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Released album “The Door Is Still Open to My Heart”.
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Released album “Dream With Dean: The Intimate Dean Martin”.
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1963· 2 entries
Released album “Dean “Tex” Martin Rides Again”.
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Released album “Country Style”.
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1962· 4 entries
Released album “Cha Cha De Amor”.
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Released album “Dino: Italian Love Songs”.
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Released album “French Style”.
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Released album “Dino Latino”.
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1960· 2 entries
Released album “This Time I’m Swingin’!”.
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Martin was cast in the film version of the Judy Holliday stage musical comedy Bells Are Ringing
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1959· 2 entries
Released album “A Winter Romance”.
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Released album “Sleep Warm”.
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1958· 1 entry
Released album “This Is Dean Martin”.
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1957· 1 entry
Released album “Pretty Baby”.
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1956· 2 entries
Ten years to the day from the first teaming
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Martin pursued a solo career as a performer and actor
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1955· 2 entries
Released album “Swingin’ Down Yonder”.
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Released album “Dean Martin Sings”.
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1949· 2 entries
They were married for 24 years (1949–1973) and had three children, including Dean Paul Martin and Ricci Martin.
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The year Martin and Lewis signed with Paramount producer Hal B
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1948· 1 entry
With composers Rodgers and Hammerstein also appearing
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1917· 2 entries
Born 1917-06-07.
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In Steubenville, Ohio, to Italian father Gaetano Alfonso Crocetti (1894–1967) and Italian-American mother Angela Crocetti (née Barra; 1897–1966)
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