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Dean Martin discography

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ1181103 ↗
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This article contains a listing of Dean Martin's original singles, LPs, and compilations from his career.

Overview

Martin recorded his first single, "Which Way Did My Heart Go" / "All of Me", for the small record company Diamond Records in July 1946. The majority of the singer's recordings were released by Capitol Records (1948–1961) and later on by Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records (1962–1974). Martin had many hit singles during his lifetime, two of which went to No. 1 on the pop charts—"Memories Are Made of This" in 1956 and "Everybody Loves Somebody" nearly a decade later. A close runner-up was "That's Amore", which stayed at No. 2. His other Top 10’s included "Powder Your Face with Sunshine" (No. 10), "Return to Me" (No. 4), "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" (No.

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The public source identifies “Dean Martin discography” as wikimedia artist discography. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dean, Martin and discography.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1946, 1948, 1961, 1962—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dean, Martin and discography providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1181103. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1946, 1948, 1961 and 1962.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dean Martin discography” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.