Live And Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack

Full performer name: Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin/Sammy Davis Jr. This release includes a bonus DVD. Personnel includes: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. (vocals). Producers: Robert Finkelstein, Charles Pignone, Elliot Mazer. Recorded live at The Villa VeniceNight Club, Chicago, Illinois between November 26 & December 2, 1962. Includes liner notes by Bill Zehme. In 2001, THE RAT PACK LIVE AT THE SANDS was released, a live album from the early 1960s capturing the onstage antics of notorious cohorts Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. , and Dean Martin. Two years later, THE ULTIMATE RAT PACK COLLECTION picks up where its predecessor left off. Disc One features a different live recording from the same era, capturing the trio in all their martini-swilling glory. The second disc is a DVD of another performance froma few years later. Even though the videofinds the Rat Pack nearing the end of its tether in 1965, the chemistry and onstage dynamism is just as remarkable. Both discs feature the three singers performing both alone and together, and engaging in plenty of clowning around with each other. The DVD is heavier on classicSinatra tunes, but the first disc has even more Dean-and-Frank schtick. That said, the footage of Sammy running through "One for My Baby" in the styles of abouta dozen different singers is an uproarious moment, and to see the three men in action together is to truly understand the nature of both their artistic powers and their personal appeal.

Track Listing

• Disc 1
• • 1 fanfare & introduction
  • 2 medley: drink to me only with thine eyes
  • 3 i left my heart in san francisco
  • 4 i'm gonna sit right down (and write myse
  • 5 medley: volare/on an evening in roma
  • 6 goody goody
  • 7 chicago
  • 8 when your lover has gone
  • 9 monologue
  • 10 please be kind
  • 11 you're nobody till somebody loves you
  • 12 what kind of fool am i?
  • 13 out of this world
  • 14 she's funny that way
  • 15 hey there
  • 16 comedy
  • 17 medley 1: brazil/you are too beautiful/c
  • 18 medley 2: i can't give you anything but
  • 19 impressions
  • 20 birth of the blues
  • 21 danny thomas introduction
  • 22 nancy (with the laughing face)
  • 23 me and my shadow
  • 24 sam's song
  • 25 birth of the blues (reprise)
• Disc 2
• • 1 johnny carson monologue [dvd]
  • 2 send me the pillow you dream on [dvd]
  • 3 king of the road [dvd]
  • 4 everybody loves somebody [dvd]
  • 5 medley: volare/on an evening in roma [dv
  • 6 you're nobody 'til somebody loves you
  • 7 my shining hour [dvd]
  • 8 who can i turn to (when nobody needs me)
  • 9 i've got you under my skin [dvd]
  • 10 you came a long way from st. louis [dvd]
  • 11 you are my sunshine [dvd]
  • 12 bee-bom [dvd]
  • 13 one for my baby [dvd]
  • 14 get me to the church on time [dvd]
  • 15 fly me to the moon [dvd]
  • 16 luck be a lady [dvd]
  • 17 i only have eyes for you [dvd]
  • 18 i've got you under my skin [dvd]
  • 19 please be kind [dvd]
  • 20 you make me feel so young [dvd]
  • 21 my kind of town [dvd]
  • 22 happy birthday [dvd]
  • 23 birth of the blues [dvd]