The Rat Pack Direct From Las Vegas

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The Rat Pack is best known as a group of major entertainers that included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop who often hung out together in the early 1960s. The term was originally used in the mid-1950s for a gang of famous friends that included Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland, David Niven, Sinatra and others.

The early '60s Rat Pack appeared in Las Vegas and in various combinations made movies including the original Oceans 11 and Robin And The Seven Hoods. But most importantly, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. recorded on a regular basis for those three were major entertainers for decades.

Although their style of music declined in popularity with the rise of late 1960s rock, it has been revived many times since the mid-1980s though the originals cannot be topped.

The four-CD set The Rat Pack, which is an import from Europe, features some of the best recordings of the big three. Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin each have a full CD and share the fourth disc. Despite all of the fooling around onstage, all three were serious and influential singers who enjoyed performing high quality standards. They are each heard at their prime throughout this delightful reissue.

-Scott Yanow

Contents

Imported from Europe!

Sammy Davis Jr.: Inka Dinka; Laura; Azure; Here Lies Love; Wagon Wheels; Yours is My Heart Alone; Dedicated to You; Smile, Darn Ya, Smile; We're Gonna Roll; Got a Great Big Shovel; What Can I Do; I Don't Care Who Knows; The Way You Look Tonight; Dreamy Blues; Can't You See I've Got the Blues; You Are My Lucky Star; I'm Sorry Dear; I Ain't Got Nobody; Be-bop the Beguine; When I'm Gone; Frank Sinatra: Oh, What a Beautiful Morning; All or Nothing At All; Swinging on a Star; Long Ago and Far Away; I Only Have Eyes for You; These Foolish Things; Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are; No Love, No Nothin'; Shake Down the Stars; The Night is Young and You Are So Beautiful; I'll Be Seeing You; The Trolley Song; Porgy and Bess Medley; My Heart Tells Me; Sweet Lorraine; Begin the Beguine; That Old Black Magic; It Could Happen to You; It Had to Be You; As Time Goes By; Dean Martin: All of Me; The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi; Hold Me; Memory Lane; Louise; One Foot in Heaven; Smile, Smile, Smile; For Somebody Else; Johnny, Get Your Girl; Three Wishes; Just for Fun; My Own, My Only, My All; Rain; I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine; Be Honest With Me; Baby, Obey Me; Day After Day; I'm in Love With You; Tonda Wanda Hoy; You're the Right One; Davis Jr./Sinatra/Martin: Close to You; The One I Love; In the Morning; The One I Love; Bella Bimba; Night and Day; Night Train to Memphis; Imagination; If; Blue Skies; Santa Lucia; Stardust; What I've Got in Mind; Beside You; Sentimental Baby; Oh, Marie; Mood Indigo; Pennies From Heaven; This Love of Mine; Bonne Nuit.