与Frank Sinatra,和Sammy Davis Jr.共组传奇的Rat Pack合唱团,同时亦是50年代~70年代唯一同时成功地横跨电影、音乐、电视及舞台等领域,连其好友Frank Sinatra皆要望尘莫及的Dean Martin,其总是烟酒不离手、与黑道关係菲薄却又极为低调的神祕奢华形象,和充满趣味性、时髦且不落俗套、深情浓郁却又不带任何压力,同时具疗伤功效的浪漫音乐风格与慵懒甘醇的嗓音,早已使他超越艺人的角色,成为一个永恒的时代人物象徵。
1917年6月7日出生於俄亥俄州 Steubenville市,本名Dino Paul Crocetti之义大利后裔的Dean Martin,16岁时輟学,在历经拳击手、走私酒贩、收赌注员等工作后,他改名为Dean Martini开始演唱,以其慵懒醇熟的嗓音,开始在纽约的Club里小有名气。1946年,在一个偶然的情形下,Dean Martin与Jerry Lewis开始合作同台搭档演出喜剧,立刻大受欢迎,身价成十来倍成长,在40年代结束之前,他俩便已成为美国最受欢迎的喜剧二人组,并开始跨足电影,他们於1956年拆伙前的每齣剧作都欲罢不能地一再加演。1958年,Dean参与电影「The Young Lions」的演出,同时为NBC主持「The Dean Martin Show」,再加上他成功地进驻拉斯维加斯Sands大饭店登台演出以及热门单曲"Volare"的产生,使得他成为唯一同时成功地横跨影、歌、视及舞台的艺人,且自此维持其不墬的声望,直到70年代末才因身体状况不佳而渐走下坡,并於1995年的圣诞节辞世。
Dean Martin (born
Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American
singer,
film actor, television personality and
comedian. He was one of the most well known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s. Martin's hit singles included the songs "
Memories Are Made Of This", "
That's Amore", "
Everybody Loves Somebody", "
Mambo Italiano", "
Sway", "
Volare" and "
Ain't That A Kick In The Head?" One of the organizers of "
The Rat Pack," he was a major star in four areas of show business: concert stage, recordings, motion pictures, and television.