``Dino: The Essential Dean Martin'' 30 Chart-Topping Hits From the Consummate Performer

Business Wire, March 8, 2004

Entertainment Editors

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004

Includes Signature Songs From His Capitol and Reprise Repertoire

"Everybody Loves Somebody," "That's Amore," "Ain't That a Kick in

the Head" and More; In Stores June 1, 2004

Capitol Records will release "Dino: The Essential Dean Martin" on June 1, 2004. Dean Martin's music personified happiness and put a smile on everyone's face. Dino brings together 30 of Martin's chart-topping hits and signature songs for the first time, from both his Capitol Records (1949-1961) and Reprise Records (1960-1969) repertoire. Included is the #1 single "Everybody Loves Somebody," the song that knocked the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" from the top in August 1964.

For Dean Martin (1917-1995), singing was one of the most effortless tasks ever asked of him. His voice was subtle and warm, a baritone crooner with a slight Italian enunciation that made lyrics dance from breath to word, as gracefully as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers across the parquetry. The casualness of his performance was his strength. He always appeared to be having a good time and transferred that emotion to the music.

Martin began singing professionally in the ballrooms throughout Ohio in the 1940s. He performed in the supper clubs and cabarets of New York City during World War II. He signed to Capitol Records when he and Jerry Lewis, known together as the comedic duo Martin & Lewis, stormed Hollywood in 1949. His meteoric rise to fame made him a big-screen draw and landed him acclaimed acting roles alongside John Wayne and Marlon Brando. At his passing Martin was acknowledged as one of greatest entertainers of the 20th century for his decades of hit films, TV shows and songs.

The glaring spotlight of Dean's television celebrity has drawn some focus away from his recordings. With the release of "Dino: The Essential Dean Martin," his songs are presented in a collection that allows for an uncluttered analysis and appreciation of a genuine entertainer and gifted vocalist.

Tracklisting: "Dino: The Essential Dean Martin"

1.   Powder Your Face With Sunshine
2.   You Belong to Me
3.   That's Amore
4.   I'd Cry Like a Baby
5.   If
6.   Sway
7.   I'll Always Love You
8.   Kiss
9.   Mambo Italiano
10.  Love Me, Love Me
11.  Just in Time
12.  Let Me Go Lover
13.  Ain't That a Kick in the Head
14.  Innamorata (Sweetheart)
15.  Standing on the Corner
16.  Under the Bridges of Paris
17.  Volare
18.  Memories are Made of This
19.  Return to Me (Ritorna-Me)
20.  You're Nobody `Til Somebody Loves You
21.  The Door Is Still Open to My Heart
22.  Houston
23.  Send Me the Pillow You Dream on
24.  Everybody Loves Somebody
25.  In the Chapel in the Moonlight
26.  I Will
27.  Little Old Wine Drinker Me
28.  Somewhere There's a Someone
29.  In the Misty Moonlight
30.  Gentle on My Mind