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Posted on 04/14/2012 2:45:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
"In 1963-1964, the music scene had changed tremendously. The Beach Boys and "Motown" had been the rage... but now a group was challenging everyone. They were called "The Beatles". Everywhere you turned it was the same... The Beatles... The Beatles... The Beatles!!! They were taking the country by storm. At times three or four of their songs were in the top thirty all at once.
The story goes that in August of 1964, Dean's son, Dino, was infatuated with the Beatles. Dean recalled, "All I heard from him was 'The Beatles...the Beatles'. I told him that while they were a good group, I could put out a record that could make a number one hit." Dean proved to his son that he was right. On August 15, 1964... the Beatles lost control of the charts. The number one song in the nation..."Everybody Loves Somebody".
I would hit it too. See 20.
How man generations loved his music.
His son, Dean Paul, of Dino, Desi and Billy fame, was a Phantom jet pilot in the Air National Guard and died in a plane crash in 1987. He held the rank of captain.
...when everyone had a cigarette in one hand and a mixed drink in the other while they told dirty jokes?
Dean was the epitome of cool.. and damned funny, too. Went to a yard sale last week and found a” Dean Martin Roast” DVD featuring Johnny Carson and aed McMahon. The humor was so much more real and without all the BS sensitivites we se nowadays. That `60s and early `70s era was great!!
Come to think of it id hit Dean too he is a mans man
One of the best popular singers ever. A funny guy too.
You're right, and that brings up a thought about the picture. They are not really my generation, but I don't think I have ever heard them either collectively or individually be described as "thin" from contemporary sources. In that regard, they were pretty normal sized for the times. I don't know their ages in the photo, but even teen agers today have more fat on them than these adults.
Somebody should put out The Rat Pack Diet. Char-broiled steaks, unfiltered cigarettes, and ice cold Martinis.
I wonder if the rise in adult obesity correlates to the decline in smoking.
It does for me personally. When I smoked, I was thin. Since I quit smoking, I have had a weight problem.
Now, all we got instituionalized weenie-ism and these guys were never that, they were themselves, Italian heritage, but American to the core. They got America, and those of us from that background got it, and they were the beacon that we could make it too. (Thank you Mario Andretti as well in that regard)
I was blessed with a relative that could have been one of the rat pack a musician, but he didn't want to owe the guys with da crooked noses for his fame, so he passed on their offer. He knew many of these guys, especially Perry Como. And like the Dean's and Francis Albert, he was a natural entertainer and at ease, just oozed cool in his own way. I miss him dearly, and I am blessed to have known him, his amazing voice, and to have the honor to even sing with him on occasion.
From a more civilized age:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MWN_duZfIs
it probably correlates more to child obesity, and so whutvyagot?
“Once upon a time, men were men.”
Yep.....and the didn’t even have to
try, they just were.
I don’t think anyone recovers from a childs death...the sadness lasts until your last breath..
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