Dean Martin Wallpapers

Dean Martin - biography; photo wallpapers; Megawallpapers.org: Dean Martin (born Dino Crocetti June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer and film actor. He was known as one of the most famous music artists from the 1950s period. His hits singles included songs such as; "Memories Are Made Of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "Mambo Italiano", "Sway", "Volare", "Let Me Go Lover" and others. Dean Martin was born in the West Virginia-Ohio border-town of Steubenville, Ohio in the Pittsburgh Tri-State region. His parents were Italian-born barber, Gaetano Crocetti, and his wife, Angela. He spoke only Italian until age five. The traces of Italian are perhaps what lent a certain Southern drawl to Martin's speaking voice, which led many who did not know he hailed from Ohio to assume he came from the South. Martin dropped out of school in the tenth grade and took a string of odd jobs ranging from steelworker to bootlegger. At the age of 15, he was a boxer who billed himself as "Kid Crocett" (Kro-Shey). From his prizefighting years, Dean got a broken nose (later fixed), a permanently split lip, and many sets of broken knuckles (as a result of not being able to afford the tape used to wrap boxers' hands). Dean won almost all of his matches; however, the prize money was meager. Eventually, Dean gave up boxing to pursue more lucrative opportunities. For a time, he worked as a roulette stickman and croupier in an illegal casino located behind a tobacco shop where he had started out as a stock boy. At the same time, he sang with local bands. Billing himself as "Dino Martini" (after the then-famous Metropolitan Opera tenor, Nino Martini), he got his first break working for the Ernie McKay Orchestra, performing in a crooning style heavily influenced by Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers, among others. In the early 1940s, he started singing for bandleader, Sammy Watkins, at which time he changed his name to Dean Martin. In 1941, Dean married Betty McDonald, and during their marriage (ended by divorce in 1949), they had four children. With Betty and children in tow, Dean worked for various bands throughout the early 1940s, scoring more on looks and personality than vocal ability--at least until he developed his own smooth singing style. Dean famously flopped at the Riobomba when he succeeded Frank Sinatra there in 1943, but it was the fortuitous setting for the two men's introduction. Although Dean worked more or less steadily (when club gigs were lacking, he drove a cab), money was often scarce, and while he sent money to Betty and their growing family, Dean often lived beyond his means--gambling, buying tailored suits, getting cosmetic surgery on his nose, and entertaining lady friends. To earn extra money, Dean repeatedly sold 10% shares of his earnings for upfront cash stakes. Dean did this so often, he quickly found he had sold over 100% of his net worth. Such was the power of Martin's charm that most of his lenders forgave his debts and continued to be his friend. After being drafted into the United States Army and serving a stateside year (1944-45) in Akron, Ohio, during World War II, Martin was classified 4-F and was discharged. By 1946, Dean was doing relatively well, but he was still little more than an East Coast nightclub singer with an all-too-common style, similar to that of Bing Crosby. While he could draw respectable audiences to the clubs he played, he inspired none of fanatic popularity enjoyed by Sinatra. [br]

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