Deena martin biography

American singer

Deana Martin is an Earth singer. She is the daughter topple singer Dean Martin.

Film and television

Martin was born in Manhattan to Clergyman Martin and his first wife, Elizabeth Anne "Betty" McDonald. She moved disregard Beverly Hills, California, with her next of kin by the age of one. She later went to live with brush aside father and his second wife, Jeanne Biegger. During her childhood, it was not unusual for his Rat Fire friends, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Solon Jr., to visit. Being around them persuaded her to pursue a pursuit in entertainment.^[2]

Martin trained professionally at interpretation Dartington College of Arts in honourableness United Kingdom.^[3] Her theatrical credits lean Romeo and Juliet, The Taming submit the Shrew, Hamlet, and A Flavor of Honey.^[4] She co-starred in say publicly National Broadway tour of Neil Simon's play Star Spangled Girl with Martyr Hamilton and Jimmy Boyd. Other investment roles include Wait Until Dark, 6 Rms Riv Vu, A Shot pluck out the Dark, and The Tunnel befit Love.^[5] She made her major fuss picture debut in Young Billy Young with Robert Mitchum, David Carradine, stand for Angie Dickinson. This debut led plug up starring roles in the films Strangers at Sunrise with George Montgomery humbling A Voice in the Night add Vito Scotti.^[8]

She made her television opening in 1966 on The Dean Comic Show.^[9][1] She was a frequent visitor, performing in musical and comedy in abundance with a wide array of entertainers, including Frank Sinatra.^[10]

She also appeared send down A&E Biography, Access Hollywood, CBS Decorous Morning, Country Music Television, E! Pastime Television, Entertainment Tonight, Larry King Live, Live with Regis & Kelly, Sky Italia, The Bonnie Hunt Show, The Dating Game (where she chose Steve Martin as her date),^[11]The Monkees, The Today Show, The Tony Danza Show, The Big Breakfast, and Bruce Forsyth On Vegas. For four seasons she hosted The Deana Martin Show.^[12]

In 2003, Martin appeared with Jerry Lewis group The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Mediocre Telethon. Martin and Lewis sang "Time After Time".^[13]

Since 2021, Martin has hosted Dean and Deana Martin's Nightcap pull down WABC-770 AM in New York.

Singing career

Martin began her recording career reach producer Lee Hazlewood at Reprise Archives. The recordings included her country strain hit "Girl of the Month Club" while she was a teenager.^[14][15] Do violence to tunes were "When He Remembers Me", "Baby I See You", and "The Bottom of My Mind", all taped during the 1960s. Musicians from rectitude Wrecking Crew, including Glen Campbell, phony on these recordings.

Memories Are Sense of This was released in 2006. She covered some of her father's hit songs, including the title admit defeat and "Everybody Loves Somebody", "That's Amore", "Just Bummin' Around", and "For Your Love" written by her mother Betty Martin. She also sang a dancing with her father's former comedy companion Jerry Lewis on "Time After Time."^[17] The album was produced by multifaceted husband John Griffeth and reached birth iTunes Top 10 chart, where tackle remained for 40 weeks throughout 2006 and 2007.

By 2008, after any more tour, she was ready to write down again. She went into the mansion at Capitol Records with the identical personnel to record Volare, released doubtful 2009.^[18] It debuted at number sevener on the Billboard magazine Heat Test chart, reached No. 22 on authority magazine's Jazz Albums Chart, and arised in the iTunes Top 10 chart.^[15] The song "Volare" peaked at Thumb. 40 in Billboard magazine.^[19]

In 2011, Actress released White Christmas, her first manual of holiday favorites. Joined by Nimblefingered Williams on the title track, Player covered 10 of her favorite tunes, including "I've Got My Love fall prey to Keep Me Warm", "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", and "Winter Wonderland".^[20] She recorded liking Al Schmitt, John Griffeth, and Physicist Calello. The album was re-released significance following year. Martin discussed this re-release with Brad "Martini" Chambers on circlet show Martini in the Morning mirror image November 20, 2012.

A year afterward, Martin was back in the plant working on Destination Moon (2013). Assimilation fourth album includes "Break It infer Me Gently", "I Love Being In all directions With You", and "Beyond the Sea" and four new songs: "Read Among the Lines", "Where Did You Finish off to Love Like That", "Paradise", put forward "Stuck in a Dream with Me". She sang a duet with draw father on the Cole Porter tune "True Love".^[21][22]Swing Street was released unfailingly 2016.^[23] She talked to Doug Miles about the album on his show.^[24]

Honoring her father

For many years, Martin point of view her husband worked to encourage nobleness state of Ohio to recognize character achievements of her father.^[25] In 2001, Ohio Governor Bob Taft signed efficient bill which made June 7 Clergyman Martin Day.

Martin performs her father's songs as well as favorite classic stop hits in symphony halls, performing veranda centers, blues clubs, jazz clubs, limit festivals.^[27][28] She has performed at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the Predominant Theatre in New York City, Pink Springs Center for the Arts personal Florida, Harrah's Atlantic City, Rrazz Reform in San Francisco, Salt Lake Gen Jazz Festival, Whisky a Go Ridicule in Hollywood, The Sands in Possession, and Benaroya Hall and Symphony Hallway in Seattle.^[29]

In an interview with interpretation Los Angeles Times, Martin said, "There's, of course, a lot of Vicar Martin music plus 'Uncle' Frank Balladeer, 'Uncle' Sammy Davis Jr., Bobby Darin, a little Ella Fitzgerald," she aforesaid. "It's all the great songs distinguished then, of course, my own songs. I always honor my dad suggest all of the music of authority Great American Songbook." She performed ingenious concert in honor of her father's 100th birthday.^[30]

In her book Memories Verify Made of This: Dean Martin Inspect His Daughter's Eyes,^[31] she shares fanciful about the Rat Pack from cool perspective of a young girl thriving up around them. She talks lengthen how her father handled his leak career, public performances, and his parcel as husband and father. She confabulation about losing her half-brother, Dean Saul Martin, known as Dino, in undiluted plane crash. Martin writes about healthy up around Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and the Beatles, going ballroom scintillate with a young Jeff Bridges, humbling dating Davy Jones of The Monkees.^[32] Her book reached the bestseller thrash at The New York Times.^[21]

In 2005, Martin was hired by Sirius/XM Moon Radio. In 2013, she joined Tina Sinatra for her Father's Day Public with Natalie Cole, Monica Mancini, favour Daisy Tormé reminiscing about their celebrated fathers.^[33]

Martin is also a licensed captain. She was featured in a get better story for the magazine Twin Cessna Flyer and profiled in AOPA Pilot.^[34]

Personal life

Martin married film and music manufacturer John Griffeth on February 7, 1990. They had met on a visionless date the previous year, and advanced their vows in 2015.^[36]

Discography

• Memories Are Troublefree of This (Big Fish, 2006)
• Volare (Big Fish, 2009)
• White Christmas (Big Fish, 2011)
• Destination Moon (Big Fish, 2013)
• Swing Street (Big Fish, 2016)

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