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1. Which Way Did My Heart Go
2. All of Me
3. I Got the Sun in the Morning
4. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
5. Dreamy Old New England Moon
6. Three Wishes
7. One Food in Heaven
8. The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful
9. The Money Song
10. That Certain Party
11. Once in Love with Amy
12. Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile! Smile! Smile!)
13. Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (For Somebody Else)
14. Have a Little Sympathy |
[SYN-031]
English wasn't Dino Paul Crocetti's first language. At home in
Steubenville, Ohio, his family spoke Italian. When he first went
to school, the six-year-old son of an immigrant barber was
mocked mercilessly by the other kids for his accent and bad
grammar. But in the end, Crocetti got his revenge. For he grew
up to become Dean Martin, star of stage and screen, singer of
songs that sold in the millions - each one of them in perfect
English. This CD captures Martin at the very beginning of his
illustrious career. "Which Way Did My Heart Go," the opening
track, was his first single, cut in July 1946 for Diamond
Records. Just turned 29, Dino had gotten into show business
relatively late, but as these recordings from the mid-to-late
'40s demonstrate, he'd already worked out his basic vocal style.
Relaxed, almost offhanded yet at the same time authoritative,
the Martin croon was a canny mix of Bing Crosby and the Italian
tenors he'd grown up hearing back in Steubenville. If you want
to know what made Dino Dino, this is a fine place to start.
— Mac Randall |
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