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How Dean Martin Made ‘That’s Amore’: The Song That Made the World Smile
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore, and when Dean Martin sings those words, the whole world smiles. That’s Amore, recorded in 1953, is one of the most joyful songs in popular music, a celebration of love, Italy and the simple pleasures of life, sung with a warmth and…
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Dean Martin: The Heart Behind the Hits
Behind Dean Martin’s effortless cool and his famous smile was a man whose personal life was defined by family, friendship, humour and a deep, if private, emotional life. Fans knew him as the King of Cool, the Rat Pack singer who made everything look easy, but the heart behind the hits was a father, a…
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The Untold Story of Dean Martin: The King of Cool From Steubenville to Las Vegas
There are singers who try to be cool, and then there is Dean Martin, a man for whom cool seemed as natural as breathing. With a voice as smooth as silk, a smile that suggested he knew a joke the rest of the world had not yet heard, and a stage manner so relaxed it…