He played all the music that he played on that very first programme.
One of the songs included Al Martino's "Here In My Heart"
Dewi spoke of how Al was very much part of that influx of new exciting performers who came along in the early Fifties, He was born as Alfred Cini into an italian imigrant family in Pillidelphia in 1927, and later this week will be celebrating his 81st Birthday.
Dewi went on to say how Al was part of the WW2 Iwo Jima landings and on returning home he took up singing and in 1952 hit the jackpot with his million seller Number One,
It opened up a career that led to Al appearing as the singer Johnny Fontaine in The Godfather " Dewi mentioned how his adoring fans still demand to hear Spanish Eyes as he still performs around the world, so Happy Birthday Al Martino. for Tuesday the 7th October.
