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Dean and Me : (A Love Story) by Lewis, Jerry; Kaplan, James is a humor available to read on EtoBox.

What is Dean and Me : (A Love Story) about?

They were the unlikeliest of pairs--a handsome crooner and a skinny monkey, an Italian from Steubenville, Ohio, and a Jew from Newark, N.J. Before they teamed up, Dean Martin seemed destined for a mediocre career as a nightclub singer, and Jerry Lewis was dressing up as Carmen Miranda and miming records on stage. But the moment they got together, something clicked--something miraculous--and audiences saw it at once. Before long, they were as big as Elvis or the Beatles would be after them, creating hysteria wherever they went and grabbing an unprecedented hold over every entertainment outlet of the era: radio, television, movies, stage shows, and nightclubs. Martin and Lewis were a national craze, an American institution. The millions (and the women) flowed in, seemingly without end--and then, on July 24, 1956, ten years from the day when the two men joined forces, it all ended. After that traumatic day, the two wouldn't speak again for twenty years. And while both went on to forge triumphant individual careers--Martin as a movie and television star, recording artist, and nightclub luminary (and charter member of the Rat Pack); Lewis as the groundbreaking writer, producer, director

Who reads Dean and Me : (A Love Story)?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Lewis, Jerry; Kaplan, James
Publisher
Random House LLC
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9780767920865
Category
humor
Subjects
Memoir, Performing Arts, Literary Fiction
Rating
4.02 / 5 (2,321 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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