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Hey Pally! Dino's Daughter DEANA MARTIN is a Chip Off The Ol' Show Biz Block

This edition of "MIDWEST BEAT with TOM LOUNGES" originally aired on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019 on 89.1FM - LAKESHORE PUBLIC RADIO

GUEST:  Singer/Actress/Author/Radio Host DEANA MARTIN

      Just in time for Valentine's Day, romance was in the air and ON the air at Lakeshore Public Radio!   This edition of "MIDWEST BEAT with Tom Lounges"  featured a live call in from the amazing DEANA MARTIN, who has recorded a wealth of love songs and is the daughter of one of the 20th Century's greatest romance singers, DEAN MARTIN.

      Clearly, the apple has not fallen far from the tree in the case of DEANA MARTIN.  Sharing more than just DNA, Deana also shares her legendary father's many talents and has become a world class entertainer in her own right.  

      She long ago proved herself more than just a famous daughter in film work, recording sessions and live stage performing!   Deana is a celebrated vocalist with a catalog of critically acclaimed album releases, she is a best-selling book author, an actor, and like her beloved brother DINO MARTIN, is even a licensed pilot.

Deana Martin with her famous father Dean Martin on television during the 1960s.

      For this particular Valentine's Week program the focus was on love songs, as Tom chatted with Deana about growing up among super stars, forging her own career, memories of her father and about that wonderful thing called -- "Amore!"

Tom Lounges has been a radio personality and music journalist since 1979. For the last 43 years, Tom has been reporting on entertainment as a weekly music columnist and feature writer for The Times newspaper.