He and Jerry Lewis formed the immensely popular comedy duo Martin and Lewis, with Martin serving as the straight man to Lewis' slapstick hijinks. Martin went on to become a star of concert stages, nightclubs, audio recordings, motion pictures, and television, and was also a member of the "Rat Pack". Martin was the host of the television variety programs The Dean Martin Show and The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts. His relaxed, warbling, crooning voice earned him dozens of hit singles, including his signature songs "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare", and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"
Martin was born on June 7, 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio, to an Italian father, Gaetano Alfonso Crocetti (1894–1967), and an Italian-American mother, Angela Crocetti (née Barra; 1899–1966). They were married in 1914. His father, who was a barber, was originally from Montesilvano, in Abruzzo, and his maternal grandparents' origins are believed to be also from Abruzzo, although they are not clearly known. Martin had an older brother named William Alfonso Crocetti (1916–1968). Martin's first language was Abruzzese, a dialect of Neapolitan, and he did not speak English until he started school at the age of five. He attended Grant Elementary School in Steubenville, where he was bullied for his broken English. He later took up the drums as a hobby as a teenager. Martin then dropped out of Steubenville High School in the 10th grade because he thought he was smarter than his teachers. He bootlegged liquor, served as a speakeasy croupier, was a blackjack dealer, worked in a steel mill, and boxed as a welterweight.
As Martin's solo career grew, he and Frank Sinatra became friends. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Martin and Sinatra, along with friends Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford, and Sammy Davis, Jr. formed the Rat Pack, so-called after an earlier group of social friends, the Holmby Hills Rat Pack centered on Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, of which Sinatra had been a member (The Martin-Sinatra-Davis-Lawford-Bishop group referred to themselves as "The Summit" or "The Clan" and never as "The Rat Pack", although this has remained their identity in popular imagination). The men made films together, formed part of the Hollywood social scene, and were politically influential (through Lawford's marriage to Patricia Kennedy, sister of President John F. Kennedy).
The Rat Pack was legendary for its Las Vegas Strip performances. For example, the marquee at the Sands Hotel might read DEAN MARTIN—MAYBE FRANK—MAYBE SAMMY. Their appearances were valuable because the city would flood with wealthy gamblers. Their act (always in tuxedo) consisted of each singing individual numbers, duets and trios, along with seemingly improvised slapstick and chatter. In the socially charged 1960s, their jokes revolved around adult themes, such as Sinatra's womanizing and Martin's drinking, as well as Davis's race and religion. Sinatra and Martin supported the civil rights movement and refused to perform in clubs that would not allow African-American or Jewish performers. Posthumously, the Rat Pack has experienced a popular revival, inspiring the George Clooney/Brad Pitt "Ocean's Trilogy."
Martin returned to films briefly with appearances in the star-laden, critically panned but commercially successful The Cannonball Run and its sequel Cannonball Run II. He also had a minor hit single with "Since I Met You Baby" and made his first music video, which appeared on MTV. The video was created by Martin's youngest son, Ricci. On March 21, 1987, 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. Martin's grief over his son's death left him depressed and demoralized. Later, a tour with Davis and Sinatra in 1988, undertaken in part to help Martin recover, sputtered.
Martin, who responded best to a club audience, felt lost in the huge stadiums they were performing in at Sinatra's insistence, and he was not interested in drinking until dawn after performances. His final Vegas shows were at Bally's Hotel in 1990. There he had his final reunion with Lewis on his 72nd birthday. Martin's last two TV appearances involved tributes to his former Rat Pack members. On December 8, 1989, he joined stars in Sammy Davis Jr's 60th anniversary celebration, which aired a few weeks before Davis died from throat cancer. In December 1990, he congratulated Sinatra on his 75th birthday special.
Martin, a heavy smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in September 1993, and was told that he would require surgery to prolong his life, but he rejected it. He retired from public life in early 1995 and died of acute respiratory failure resulting from emphysema at his Beverly Hills home on Christmas Day, 1995 at the age of 78. The lights of the Las Vegas Strip were dimmed in his honor. Martin's body was interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. The crypt features the epitaph "Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime", the title of his signature song.
In 1996, Ohio Route 7 through Steubenville was rededicated as Dean Martin Boulevard. Road signs bearing an Al Hirschfeld caricature of Martin's likeness designate the stretch with a historical marker bearing a small picture and brief biography in the Gazebo Park at Route 7 and North Fourth Street. An annual Dean Martin Festival celebration is held in Steubenville. Impersonators, friends and family, and entertainers, many of Italian ancestry, appear. In 2005, Clark County, Nevada, renamed a portion of Industrial Road as Dean Martin Drive. A similarly named street was dedicated in 2008 in Rancho Mirage, California. Martin's family was presented a gold record in 2004 for Dino: The Essential Dean Martin, his fastest-selling album, which also hit the iTunes Top 10, and in 2006 it was certified "Platinum".
For the week ending December 23, 2006, the Dean Martin and Martina McBride duet of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" reached No. 7 on the R&R AC chart. It also went to No. 36 on the R&R Country chart – the last time Martin had a song this high in the charts was in 1965, with the song "I Will," which reached No. 10 on the Pop chart. An album of duets, Forever Cool, was released by Capitol/EMI in 2007. It features Martin's voice with Kevin Spacey, Shelby Lynne, Joss Stone, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Robbie Williams, McBride and others. His footprints were immortalized at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 1964. Martin has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one at 6519 Hollywood Boulevard for movies; the second at 1617 Vine for recordings; and a third at 6651 Hollywood Boulevard for television. In February 2009, Martin was honored with a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Four of his surviving children, Gail, Deana, Ricci and Gina accepted it on his behalf. In 2010, Martin received a posthumous star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Martin was married three times. His first wife was Elizabeth Anne "Betty" McDonald, (July 14, 1922 – July 11, 1989) of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. Martin and McDonald married in 1941 and had four children: Craig Martin (born 1942), Claudia Martin (March 16, 1944 – February 16, 2001), Gail Martin (born 1945); and Deana Martin (born 1948). Martin and McDonald divorced in 1949 and Dean gained custody of their children. Betty lived out her life in relative obscurity in San Francisco, California.
Martin's second wife was Dorothy Jean "Jeanne" Biegger (March 27, 1927 – August 24, 2016), a former Orange Bowl queen from Coral Gables, Florida. Their marriage lasted 24 years (1949–1973) and produced three children: Dean Paul Martin (November 17, 1951 – March 21, 1987), Ricci Martin (September 20, 1953 – August 3, 2016)[15] and Gina Martin (born 1956).
Martin's third marriage, to Catherine Hawn, lasted three years before Martin initiated divorce proceedings. They had no biological children of their own but Martin adopted Hawn's daughter, Sasha.
Martin's uncle was Leonard Barr, who appeared in several of his shows. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he lived at 363 Copa De Oro Road in Bel Air, Los Angeles, before selling it to Tom Jones for $500,000 in June 1976.
Martin's son-in-law was the Beach Boys' Carl Wilson, who married Martin's daughter Gina. Figure skater Dorothy Hamill and actress Olivia Hussey were his daughters-in-law during their marriages to Martin's son, Dean Paul Martin.
You Can't Love 'Em All
Dean Martin Lyrics
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Hello doll
Eight?
Date
Hello doll
Hello doll
Ten?
Hello doll
Hello doll
Twelve?
Twelve-fifteen
Bye bye
Hello doll
You can't love 'em all
You can't love 'em all
Love may be wonderful but the chances are small
You can't land each one that passes by
But you can try, you can try, you can try
You can't kiss 'em all
Oh, you can't kiss them all
The ones who have tried have found
That they're not quite that tall
They'll call you an optimistic dope
Oh, you can hope, you can hope, you can hope
They've been able to prove
There are mountains you can move
They've been able to show
There's a way to make rain and snow
But you simply can't love 'em all
No you can't love 'em all
'Cause one day that one gal will catch your eye
And you'll know why, you'll know why, you will know why
'Cause one day that one chick will make you sigh
And you'll know why, yeah, you'll know why
You'll know why you can't love 'em all
Hello doll
Dean Martin's song "You Can't Love 'Em All" is a playful and tongue-in-cheek commentary on the futility of trying to love every person who comes your way. The song opens with a series of rapid-fire introductions, as Martin greets a series of women with their respective ages ("Hello doll, eight? Date... hello doll, ten? Amen... hello doll, twelve? Twelve-fifteen... bye-bye, hello doll"). This sequence serves to illustrate the sheer volume of potential partners that we encounter in life, and the impossibility of pursuing them all.
In the chorus, Martin offers a wry observation that "love may be wonderful but the chances are small", suggesting that it's unlikely we'll find true love with every person we encounter. He acknowledges that many people have tried to love everyone and have failed, and notes that there are limits to what we can hope to achieve. The chorus concludes with Martin reiterating the song's central message: "you can't love 'em all".
While the overall tone of the song is lighthearted and humorous, it nonetheless touches on a universal truth: that we can't love or pursue every potential partner that comes our way, and that it's important to focus our energies on finding the right person for us.
Line by Line Meaning
Hello doll
Greeting and addressing the woman in question
Hello doll
Repeating the greeting
Eight?
Asking if the woman is free to go out on a date at eight o'clock
Date
Confirming that the previous statement was indeed an offer for a date
Hello doll
Repeating the greeting
Hello doll
Repeating the greeting
Ten?
Asking if the woman is free to go out on a date at ten o'clock
Amen
Expressing approval and agreement to the previous statement
Hello doll
Repeating the greeting
Hello doll
Repeating the greeting
Twelve?
Asking if the woman is free to go out on a date at twelve o'clock
Twelve-fifteen
Making slight modifications to the offer for the date
Bye bye
Saying goodbye and ending the conversation
Hello doll
Greeting and addressing the next potential date
You can't love 'em all
Acknowledging the fact that we cannot have love for everyone
You can't love 'em all
Repeating the previous statement for emphasis
Love may be wonderful but the chances are small
Explaining that love is great, but it is improbable that we will find love with everyone
You can't land each one that passes by
Stating that not every person we meet will be a potential lover
But you can try, you can try, you can try
Encouraging to try their luck, despite the odds
You can't kiss 'em all
Acknowledging that it is impossible to kiss everyone we meet
Oh, you can't kiss them all
Repeating the previous statement for emphasis
The ones who have tried have found
Referring to people who have attempted to kiss everyone they meet
That they're not quite that tall
Suggesting that their outcomes have been less than successful
They'll call you an optimistic dope
Referring to those people who have tried kissing everyone as naive and foolish
Oh, you can hope, you can hope, you can hope
Encouraging to keep trying, despite the criticism
They've been able to prove
Referring to people who have achieved great things in life
There are mountains you can move
Suggesting that there are things we can achieve if we put our mind to it
They've been able to show
Repeating the previous idea
There's a way to make rain and snow
Suggesting that there are many possibilities in life
But you simply can't love 'em all
Reiterating that love for everyone is not a possibility
No you can't love 'em all
Repeating the previous statement for emphasis
'Cause one day that one gal will catch your eye
Explaining that we will eventually find someone who we will love
And you'll know why, you'll know why, you will know why
Emphasizing that when we find that person, we will know why we can't love everyone
'Cause one day that one chick will make you sigh
Reiterating the previous idea that we will find a person who will make us fall in love
And you'll know why, yeah, you'll know why
Repeating the previous statement for emphasis
You'll know why you can't love 'em all
Explaining that we will realize why we cannot love everyone we meet
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: SAMMY CAHN, JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
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