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Summary: Wonderful tribute to Dean Martin
Review: This book is a wonderful tribute to a wonderful Dad. Dean Martin is remembered by his son Ricci. Forget all the negative stuff you have ever read about Dean Martin. This is the true Dean. Dean was a man who loved to golf and loved his family. It is refreshing for a son to write a tribute to his Father. Enjoy it.
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Summary: Everybody Loves Dean Sometime!!!
Review: This book is GREAT!!! Dean Martin was such a great entertainer and it was wonderful to get to see what life was like inside of his home and with his family. Ricci Martin's memories are so well-told, that this book is a must-read for Dean's many fans. This book is a real tribute to Dean Martin. As soon as I finished reading it, I watched a DVD of Dean's TV show with pride! Wonderful book!!!
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Summary: Everybody Loves Dean Sometime!!!
Review: This book is GREAT!!! Dean Martin was such a great entertainer and it was wonderful to get to see what life was like inside of his home and with his family. Ricci Martin's memories are so well-told, that this book is a must-read for Dean's many fans. This book is a real tribute to Dean Martin. As soon as I finished reading it, I watched a DVD of Dean's TV show with pride! Wonderful book!!!
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Summary: From The President Of The Official Dean Martin Fan Center
Review: This is a must have book! Whether you are a big fan or have just happened to be around in the last half century... you'll certainly enjoy what this book has to offer. Only a handful few people are known worldwide by just their first name ... "Dino" was (and still is) one of those.
The tabloids (both on the newsstands and on TV) and even other "so-called" biographies have had their field day. Most of what has been written has been pure speculation, and sensationalized beyond belief... UNTIL NOW. This is the VERY FIRST TIME that someone who actually knew Dean (with the one exception of Lee Hale's wonderful book) has written an accurate accounting about the man everyone 'thinks' they know. To top it off, this is an accounting from Dean Martin's OWN son, Ricci Martin. How much closer can you get?We get a look into what life was like growing up in Beverly Hills at 601 Mountain (the most stopped at house by all the tour buses), to what it was like being the son of one of the greatest entertainers of all time. We also get a peek at life with a houseful of brothers and sisters, to the tragic shock of losing one of them so suddenly, and how it affected the whole family. Dean Martin was the only personality in show business to have conquered all five major fields, and Ricci gives us his views on each of these (Radio, TV, Stage, Motion Pictures, and Records). Ricci not only discusses his feelings about his father, and the breakup with Jerry Lewis, but also his views on the Rat Pack years, and his top-rated television series (which Ricci worked as a photographer, taking pictures that he saw from a son's point of view). Ricci was there though it all, whether it was in Las Vegas while his Dad was performing to standing room only crowds, or the quiet times he enjoyed one-on-one with his Dad. Much has been written or said about Dean Martin. The fact of the matter is that Dean only gave about a dozen interviews his whole life. Forget about all those other books that try to tell the story about Dean from people who didn't even get to shake his hand... this one is REAL.
Ricci , who is very talented man in his own right, often performs himself and produces many other artists at his famous 'River Ranch' recording complex. Now he can add author to his credits. Along with his writing partner, Christopher Smith, this book is written in a easy flowing style with many memories that we can all relate to in some way. You'll not only laugh at the wonderful stories about growing up, but it might take you back to a time that was much easier and simpler. Also, a ton of photographs (some never before seen) adorn the pages of his wonderful book, which help to accentuate the memories. As a side note... Ricci actually started this as a secret project for his mom. He found that she had so many photographs laying around in boxes and in drawers, and wanted to preserve them for her, as well as his own daughters and other family members. From there, it kept growing , and we now are fortunate have a little bit of history that Ricci has allowed everyone to share in. As chairman of the current 'Dean Martin Fan Center', and someone who was actually there at NBC, during those years that Dean was doing his weekly television series, I was finally able to see if the Dean Martin that I knew was the same Dean Martin who went home every night. I can certainly say that this book is in a class all it's own, and I am very picky about what I will recommend. I give "That's Amore - A Son Remembers Dean Martin" FIVE STARS PLUS... I can't say enough about this book! THIS IS A MUST HAVE! ....
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Summary: Should be "Son of Dean Martin Remembers his Childhood
Review: To me this book was moe an autobiography about Ricci, Dean is in it but more as a supporting character rather than the main. Most chapters are about some event in Ricci's life and you might get some insight as how Dean felt about it, but if if you are expecting a pure biography about Dean Martin this book isn't for you.
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