590 MIGHTY MEMORY #246

DEAN MARTIN @ 100 AND WARM RADIO

Today would have been Dean Martin's 100th birthday. Martin had a storied career in film, TV and in music. His Dean Martin roasts, charitable donations through his PGA golf associations, his partnership with Jerry Lewis as the premier comedy team of the 40s and early 50s as well as a string of hits in those decades and later on make him a true legend.
Dean Martin  and WARM had a history. In the 50s Martin's records were a mainstay. When WARM became The Mighty 590 it was doubtful that the Mills Brother style crooning of Martin would seep into the top 40 chart busters of the then modern day WARM. 
But in 1964 Martin knocked The Beatles off the number one spot on the charts with his "Everybody loves Somebody" hit. Martin, through the years consistently made the top 15 on The Mighty 590. 
Here are a few of them: