1960 Songs: Ain’t That a Kick in the Head

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No foolin’, it’s April! That means it’s time to look back 65 years to the year I was born. That wasn’t that big of a deal (except to my mother ), but the music was spectacular! Let’s get the alphabetical ball rolling! Ain’t That a Kick in the Head - Dean Martin And you’re thinking, “Hey, didn’t you just use him in the 1955 countdown?” Why, yes! Thanks for noticing! This song combined Dean Martin’s two major talents — acting and singing — in one place. This song was used in the film Ocean’s 11. (The original, not George Clooney’s version. ) I’ve never seen the remake, and it’s been so long since I saw the original, I can’t remember where it was used (Martin’s character was an entertainer in one of the casinos, so probably in one of those scenes). The fun of this song, with its slightly-for-the-time naughtiness (“she’s telling me we’ll be wed, she’s picked out a king-sized bed”), is timeless. Ain’t That a Kick in the Head Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen Recorded by Dean Martin Released as a single, 1960 My life is gonna be bee-you-tee-ful: