And in the hands of a less capable singer, I think it would be at least irritating if not laughable. Those Lettermen-type backup singers and their repetitive vocal backbeat as Dino takes the song to a place where it really shouldn’t be able to get. One of those last-gasp 1960s crooning songs that actually seems better today than some of its hipper contemporaries. Not quite as good as the other one-you know what I’m talking about-but still good. The first of Dino’s signature songs on the list.
It’s easy to picture Dino standing on a corner watching girls go by. I have no doubt that Dean Martin did more than his fair share of long goodbye-ing.Ī fun song (that gets made even funner by my wife when she replaces “all the girls go by” with “Dick Van Dyke go by”) that really gets juiced by the sexy, smoky horns in the production. It’s not really Christmas without listening to this definitive version of the Christmas classic about letting it snow. I especially like the part where the song seems to stop in its tracks, Dino sing/speaks in Italian and waits for the music to start up again.ĭean Martin comes that bygone era when singers didn’t just put out a Christmas album, they put out two or three. It’s a more laidback interpretation and, besides, any song that features Dean Martin singing in Italian ain’t bad. Yeah, I know Dino isn’t the first guy to come to mind when thinking of this song, and admittedly his isn’t the best version, but that’s what I like.
And when it comes to singing, man oh man, does pally have Sinatra beat six ways to Sunday. While Sinatra was running around bossing everybody this way and that, Dino was back there with a drink in his hand and playing it just too cool for school.
He was never much of a singer, the only time he gave an impressive film performance was the time he had Montgomery Clift as an unpaid acting teacher, and overall he just comes across as a power-mad jerkoff.įor the essence of Rat Pack Italian-style cool, Dean Martin is your go-to guy. I’ll be honest: I never got Frank Sinatra.
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