#deana martin

[cosmic60s]

Deana Martin and Gary Lewis. A publicity photo from when they played the Caesar Palace in Las Vegas.

[helloparkerrose]

[jerrylewis-thekid]

I wonder if you've read the book. I wonder if she just advertised it because they paid her to do it. He said Jerry was like his uncle. I really... I feel like crying. I had never seen so much hatred towards a man before.

[fredandginger64]

This was 1994, only a year before Dean passed. When asked about Jerry, Dean said "Jerry changed". But he wouldn't say anymore, just kind of jokingly said he got heavier and that he doesn't look like he did when he was making movies. It was a joke but it tells me he paid attention to Jerry all those years. There was something very private between these two.

[coolcherrycream]

What It's Like Working With The Monkees by Deana Martin from Monkee Spectacular (June 1968)

Last month I told you about the wild way I got to be on the Monkees' television show. But I had no idea that I'd be having an even wilder time once I started to work with them!

I found out on a Tuesday that we would be filming on Thursday and Friday. I really panicked! I said, "I've got to memorize my lines--fast!" Then I thought again and said to myself, "Wait a minute... the Monkees never memorize their lines. They do it mostly ad lib...

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[gatutor]

Robert Young Jr.-Deana Martin "Pistolero" (Young Billy Young) 1969, de Burt Kennedy.

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the legendary, consummate entertainer, comedian, singer, and actor, Dean Martin. In the late 1940s he broke out in a hugely successful comedy duo with Jerry Lewis, then was seared into public conciousness with Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. in The Rat Pack. My respect for Dino grew around his musical choices and catalogue of material. I do several covers of his songs (especially in my care home set) and my original song “Somebody Loves You (Like Dino Said)” has a direct refraction on Dean’s “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You.” In 1955 he had a #1 hit with the folk-doo wop song “Memories Are Made of This.” It became a theme for a book written by his daughter Deana, a singer in her own right whose career intersected with The Monkees and Davy Jones (they also dated back in the day), and there was a phase where she’d sit in on our gigs + she sang with us at Davy’s 2012 New York memorial and a Monkees Convention in 2013. Davy was also close friends with Dino Martin (of Dino Desi & Billy), and when they weren’t driving old army tanks around in the desert, they played pool with Dean at Dean’s home. Davy was quite a comedy quipster, and he often said, “It’s OK to steal my jokes. I just stole them from someone else.” One of his “someone else” sources was Dean Martin.

“Memories Are Made of This” was written by Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson, and Frank Miller—as The Easy Riders, they provided the vocal harmonies on Dean’s version. After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the song was adapted into the "Honvágy-dal" ('The Song of Homesickness”) and used as an unofficial anthem for refugees scattered around the world. Recorded by Ida Boros, it became a cultural phenomenon and a sign of protest against the communist government. The standard English version has been covered countless times (notably by Little Richard, Johnny Cash, and Cliff Richard & The Shadows), and here’s how I do it in my assisted living home set. Meanwhile, HB Dino—thank you for the hours of humor and song you left us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4VEVSBXaP4

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[rosen01]

Dean and Deana Martin; Frank and Tina Sinatra

[annoyinglyperfectartisan]

Dean and Jeanne Martin

[jerrylewis-thekid]

They slept together as husband and wife. If you don't know someone (even) like this what else?

“Despite their many differences, I sometimes think Jerry knew Dad better than anyone else in the world.”

- Deana Martin

[giant1956]

"Montgomery Clift just loved him. They were very fond of each other." — Barbara Rush "He was so sick, you know, he was in that wreck and nobody paid any attention to him. I used to carry him to restaurants [etc] and...I loved him so much because he was so helpless. But nobody else paid attention to him!" — Dean Martin "Monty was so thin and he was ill. It's a wonder he had a film at all, he was hurt. Dean was quite a doctor. He'd pick him up and he carried him, carried him around the set. They were brothers. They were each other's best friend." — Barbara Rush "He said that 'Monty taught me how to act.' He said, 'just to listen and react.'" — Deana Martin "[Monty was] a friend dear to me. Nobody wanted him around, nobody would eat with him. I took him to dinner, or I would have a drink with him, or I would put him to bed ‘cause he was always on pills. He was so sad, such a sad, sad man, and he was like a boy, so unhappy and rejected, and so I’d say, ‘Come on, Clift, let’s go.’ I’d bring him with me everywhere." — Dean Martin

[jerrylewis-thekid]

The sadness. No posts about "Martin & Lewis Day" on Deana Martin's Facebook page, no posts on her personal account, no posts on Dean Martin's official account (run with Martin Family Trust). And I really think that the cancellation of the period with Jerry, or rather erasing Jerry from Dino Crocetti's life, no, from the life of the star Dean Martin, is absolutely intentional. They are absolutely disgraceful.

[fredandginger64]

Jerry and Dean's daughter Deana.

[dudeshusband]

just like someone the other day said the "martin and sinatra burgers" had been "debunked" but deana reposted them recently so i think not

[gatutor]

Deana Martin (New York, 19/08/1948).

[singeratlarge]

SATURDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO: “Early Morning Blues & Greens” (live 2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_Aud76QR8 This song was written by Diane Hildebrand and Jack Keller, who wrote several cuts in the early Monkees album catalogue. Keller was part of the Brill Building/Don Kirshner songwriting stable in league with Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka. Hildebrand was more of a free spirit. In 1969 she released her own "underground pop" album with this song as the masthead. She also wrote for other artists and TV shows and released music under the name Joya Diane Skye.

Peter Tork adopted this song, usually associated with Davy Jones as a "deep cut" from The Monkees's HEADQUARTERS album. On this performance, Peter sang lead and played a bluesy guitar at a Monkees Convention in New Jersey 3-2-13. I sang harmonies and played bass in a "Monkees House Band" (i.e. Monkees road band alumni) with (the late) David "Loafy" Alexander, Rich Dart, Aviva Maloney + guitarist Damian Fanelli sitting in. We backed Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork with a night of music. We were celebrating the dearly departed Davy Jones + Micky’s birthday, with guest appearances from David Cassidy, Ron Dante (The Archies), and Deana Martin..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v_Aud76QR8

#blues #petertork #monkees #davyjones #mickydolenz #johnnyjblair #davidcassidy #rondante #deanamartin #damianfanelli #loafy #dianehildebrand #jackkeller #brillbuilding #donkirshner #neilsedaka #jonadianeskye