Deana Martin Talks Music, The Rat Pack, and her Famous Dad 

The 3 older children would have seen it from the beginning.

Talent promoters want instant success . They won't allow talent to mature and grow before exploiting them for their 15 minutes of fame, then on to the next talent of the month , IMO.

He ain't underrated to me. Greatest of all time.

thepoopsoup hh

Not in my book !!!!

He should've won an oscar for Rio bravo. Or some came running. Or the young lions. You're right he was never given the respect that frank and bing received.

not underrated at all

Nat King Cole was better than both of them

Your opinion is right.

More romantic, I'd agree but better, no. Martin's voice was effortless but Sinatra's had more of the human condition about it. They both did upbeat to perfection but no-one has ever nailed the opposite in the way that Sinatra did.

N F He was magnificent Rip Dean

Dean's voice just melted me. Such a rich mellow sound! Like butter !!

Susan Manderson so true I see that once you mentioned it

Susan Manderson I thought Joan rivers

I agree

@@JUANIBOTERO Funny, I was going to post how she reminds me of Mary T. Moore, but thought I would first read other comments, YOU BEAT ME TO IT,,,,,,,,,,,LOL.

it's funny that you should say that because that was a very first thing that came to mind the very first time I saw this video but I was a little bashful to write it down for fear that people would think I was crazy

I don’t think you can compare them with Liza. In her prime she bowled the others over. She was amazing.

Who's comparing anyone to Liza?? all I SAID was they all have amazing talent.. I never once said they were better or worse than anyone.. go back and re-read what I said ...

Hank Austin and I just disagree. Nancy and Deanna are marginal to Liza and definitely to their dads. They are far from having “amazing talent” where Liza was as good as her mom.

Everyone knows Liza M has lived off her mother's reputation all her life.. that doesn't make her great at all .. makes her a hack!

Hank Austin what are you smoking? Deanna and Nancy have Only lived off their dad’s reputation. Liza is the only one of the three that didn’t need her mom. She could sing and dance. Nominated for two academy awards and won for Cabaret. Look up the multiple awards in different categories she has won. And the other two????

That's a great story - not all of Dean's kids really 'sang' but I guess Deana did her share of tunes but I don't really remember seeing her that much, except from time to time on her Dad's TV show - very interesting. Were you ever able to locate the show that you were interested in?

Kim

she tried her whole life to use her father to make money....but of course dean never had any relationship with her..so it was not going to happen

@@jadezee6316 I have no idea. I knew Dean primarily from the DEAN MArtIN ROStS on NBC in the 70s...earlier 80s. I couldn't tell from the show that there was any distance betwen Dean and her: several members of the Harlettes were in attendance with their families, and jass guitarist, Bucky Pizzarelli, who died last month from COVID-19, played with her band.

lol...another fool....dean was a pretend drinker his whole life...then suddenly when he got older he just out of no Where...became a heavy drinker... the truth is dean martin was a far far bigger drinker than Sinatra...who drank the night away after every show...seldom quitting till 5...6...7 am!...the next day...if you look at how frail dean was as he got older..you are seeing the end result of what a person looks like after drinking like a fish his whole life.....yes..his son...the only child he ever cared about.......killing him self...made him worse....but in the end he was just a shadow of what he had been Sinatra....calling him out for throwing a LIT CIGARETTE INTO THE AUDIENCE.....is what made dean martin quit the show with him frank and sammy....he just didnt care about anything...which is exactly the way he lived his entire life

Jade Zee. Family, friends, stage workers, staff members, have all said most of Dean's drinking was was nowhere near the comedic image that he portrayed on stage, but go ahead spew out more bullshit, you're the pretend expert.

They had other issues. And several step mothers .

@@eileenmcdonald1599 Are you related to Dean's first wife?

what about steve martin. a total cokehead.

@@bsdgffishtuna5186 ?? Dean didn't have a kid named Steve.

@@bsdgffishtuna5186 wonder who the filthy stinking creep was who got him the coke. If he even tried any to begin with 😉

Love to see and listen to everything that is told about your Father, their is not a day that goes by that I don't think about him and Frank

Love that song Dean Martin was my favourite from a very age 🇦🇺💙💙💙

I am deaf, and I understood every word Deana said

You noticed that as well John ?

John Stewart - she is an American of Italian descent. Many people used gestures when speaking. That does not make them Italian.

@@maryanng6841😲 Nonsense , no one ever descends from being Italian!! However one may ascend! She is 1000% italiano 👊💪🏼🇮🇪💪🏼

lol....no they weren't......dean had no time for his kids.....if not working he was golfing...if home he was secluded...never interacted..with his kids...exception dean jr. Sinatra favored his daughters.....hardly had any time for frank jr........people all saw it...and felt bad for little frank.

I understand what you're saying, but you can't really blame the children for the situation they found themselves in and though it's true that they didn't want for anything financially after Dean and Jeannie gained custody of them, they did have a relatively hard time before that because Betty spent a lot of the alimony and child maintenance Dean paid her on drinking and partying. I don't know how far you have got in her book, but Deana writes quite honestly about the fact that they often moved house because Betty couldn't pay the rent, and how each move also meant another change of school and trying to make new friends each time. And though the divorce was acrimonious and was obviously heartbreaking for Betty, it seems that for a long while she was in denial and kept hoping that Dean would eventually come back to her. But many marriages break up when one or the other partner meets someone else and as sad as it is, many mothers manage to pull themselves together and carry on to make some kind of life for the sake of their children. It would seem that Betty wasn't strong enough to cope and to me it's an indication of how bad things had become that Dean and Jeannie were eventually granted custody of the children at a time when it was practically unheard of for the father to get custody.

So did she have a drinking problem when they met? Was the drinking because Dean was out cheating on her? Jerry Lewis was another who was not faithful in his marriage either. So her mother was not capable of taking care of them any more but Jeanne is?? Jeanne had a nanny raise her kids.

Yes she does. Finally the story of the first family got told and I thank her for it. All I ever heard for years was Jeanne, Jeanne, Jeanne, and then for a few minutes--Cathy Hawn Martin--and both sets of kids. And since I was always a Martin fan, I always wondered "well what about his first wife?" So I thank her for writing it.

...you may have to read Deana's book!

I have read Deana Martins book "Memories are made of this" it seems that you may have mixed up the facts anout Deanas mother Betty, the lady had an alcoholi problem, she loved her children dearly, but alcohol took over, the children were being neglected to a certain extent, and luckly Jeanie took over and did a good job as a far as I understand, I felt very sorry for his first wife but she was in no state to bring up her and Deans children.

dean martin was a comedian..a straight man...his singing was horrible...but people really liked him...so they thought he could sing...he couldnt

@@jadezee6316 everyone is entitled to a their opinion