Being half Italian myself I understand the danger and risk of ridicule you take by admitting that about Martin- though I like Dean a lot too..
My father and brothers grew up in Brooklyn in the 1930s. One uncle that loved music used to go see live shows a lot and one night apparently went to see a guy and came home saying that this new kid named Sinatra was really good and might make it one day..
I had a cousin that worked for Capitol Records in LA for many years and one year in the early or mid 80s gave my father as a gift every Sinatra album made with Capitol. Brand new and still shrink wrapped. I still have the box of them. Still untouched.
