EastEnders (Mark Thrippleton); wheeler-dealer Vince Johnson (Hepburn Graham) and Laurie Bates (Gary Powell), who became Pete Beale's (Peter Dean) sparring partner. The majority of "EastEnders" characters are working-class. Middle-class characters do occasionally become regulars, but have been less successful and rarely become long-term characters. In the main, middle-class characters exist as villains, such as James Wilmott-Brown, May Wright, Stella Crawford and Yusef Khan, or are used to promote positive liberal influences, such as Colin Russell or Rachel Kominski. "EastEnders" has always featured a culturally diverse cast which has included black, Asian, Turkish, Polish and Latvian characters. "The expansion of minority representation
Once in a While (Dean Martin album) Once in a While (Dean Martin album) Once in a While is a 1978 studio album by Dean Martin, produced by Jimmy Bowen. It was released four years after it was recorded. The album consists of traditional pop music standards, recorded in country pop arrangements. Many of the songs were associated with singer Bing Crosby. It was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2006 and Hip-O Records in 2009. William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann said that "Martin had no trouble negotiating such arrangements, though, and his familiarity with