Beyond Our Wildest Dreams [Paperback]

The Alberici Sisters (Author), Billy Ingram (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 7, 2011

Two young sisters join Dean Martin’s fabulous Golddiggers, one of the grooviest girl groups of all time, and along the way perform with Las Vegas superstars like Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Gene Kelly, Jerry Vale, Donald O’Connor, Steve & Eydie, Jonathan Winters, Bob Hope, and so many more.

More than 350 rare and unseen photos!

Taping The Dean Martin Show, the last successful Rat Pack reunion with Dean and Frank, the untold story behind the Martin & Lewis reunion, hanging out with Sammy Davis Jr., Donald O’Connor’s struggles with alcoholism, Louis Prima’s final tour, the deadliest mob hit in American history, the Cotton Club Murder connection, the last gasp of the golden age of entertainment —brought to life in vivid detail by the people who were there!

The Alberici Sisters share their amazing experiences in this 340 page Oral History of the Go-Go 1970s in Las Vegas and beyond.

Here are some of the highlights from BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS:

- Barely out of High School, despite having been out on only a date or two, these devoted Catholics joined Dean Martin's Golddiggers for TV, Las Vegas shows and touring all over the country.

- What was Dean REALLY like? Was he the drunken womanizer he played on TV?

- Filming the Dean Martin shows and Roasts with all the stellar guest stars - Orson Welles, Gene Kelley, Loretta Lynn, Dom DeLuise, Ronald & Nancy Reagan, Jonathan Winters, Nipsey Russell, Shirley Jones and many more.

- Appearing with Dean in Las Vegas during the booming 1970s, opening night at the MGM Grand.

- Working with the legendary Louis Prima on his last tour.

- In Vegas and on tour they appeared with Jerry Vale, Bobby Goldsboro, Red Skelton, Steve & Eydie and many others.

- Missing by a few weeks being the victims of the deadliest mob hit in history.

- On the road with Milton Berle, Donald O'Connor and dirty old man George Jessel in the Roy Radin Vaudeville Revue (Roy Radin was the victim in the notorious Cotton Club Murder.).

- A near death experience with Bob Hope.

- And, of course, working with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin together for the last time they toured as a duo - including dates at the Sabre Room in Chicago, The Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, NJ, and the mobbed up Westchester Premier Theatre in New York.

THIS BOOK IS 100% MADE IN AMERICA!

Published by TVparty! Books

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About the Author

Billy Ingram launched TVparty.com in 1997 and it quickly became one of the Internet’s hottest spots for entertainment attracting millions of users a month. In 2002 he released the best-selling book TVparty: Television’s Untold Tales to rave reviews from around the world. He wrote and starred in two TV series for the VH1 and Bravo networks and produced the Eisner Award nominated book Dear John: The Alex Toth Book. He was a designer on some of the most successful Academy Award campaigns, film trailers, and movie posters of all time, for stars like Harrison Ford, Barbra Streisand, Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg and many others. / / The Alberici Sisters, Maria Lauren and Linda Eichberg received recognition from Billboard and Record World in the 1980's for their published original songs and recordings. In the 90’s, the city of Los Angeles honored them for their writing and stage productions of Youth Empowerment Spotlight. The next decade, the sisters emerged as writers and hosts of their healthy living TV series, You Got the Power. Starting in 2000, Maria and Linda wrote and starred in the on-going production of Showstoppers, featuring the former Dean Martin Golddiggers. The show received critical acclaim and standing ovations for the stories and songs that celebrated the show business legends with whom they performed throughout three decades.

Product Details

• Paperback: 342 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (September 7, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1463564570
• ISBN-13: 978-1463564575
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #551,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Our Wildest Dreams, September 13, 2011

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HealthyPursuits - See all my reviews

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I sat down to read this book and thought it would take days, but was I ever wrong. I hung on every word these two beauties wrote and read it in two days. First of all just getting into the Golddiggers was quite a feat for any young women, but two in one family the odds are astronomical. The legends they worked with people they met along their journey places they performed are incredible. I just wish it was their complete life stories, but I guess they're holding back for a sequel. This book is fun, funny, riveting and even has a Christian message. I'm going to get it for Christmas presents this year. Thanks Amazon for publishing it!

5.0 out of 5 stars Alberici Sisters strike GOLD!, January 12, 2012

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Christian Gardner "Zen Magnet" (Dub C, California USA) - See all my reviews
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"Beyond Our Wildest Dreams" tells the tale of two gorgeous and talented sisters who defied the odds and were both chosen to be a part of one of the most famous female groups in entertainment history - Dean Martin's GOLDDIGGERS.
Linda Eichberg and Maria Lauren have written an entertaining, fast-paced account of their years with the legendary "King of Cool"-Dean Martin. The book contains many insights and behind-the-scenes looks at what life was like working with Dean,Frank Sinatra,Jerry Vale,Milton Beryl,Donald O'Connor and many more big celebrites in the 1970s and 1980s. The book contains wonderful anecdotes and tons of never-before-seen photographs that will certainly please any fan of the glamourous world of the entertainment industry. An excellent read!

4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, November 22, 2011

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Gives a real insight into that period of showbiz and inside stories of the personalies who were our favorites then