2003 compilation album by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
Live & Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection is a 2003 album compiling songs byFrank Sinatra ,Dean Martin , andSammy Davis Jr.
Disc one is a compact disc compiling live performances at a Chicago nightclub between November 26 and December 2, 1962 (over half of which was previously unreleased). Disc two is a 90-minute DVD featuring never-before-issued footage of aSt. Louis performance from the mid-1960s with a youngJohnny Carson emceeing .[ 1]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1]
AllMusic awarded the album four and a half stars and its review by Richie Unterberger stated, "How much you like this sort of thing depends almost as much on how much you like the celebrity sleaze-kitsch that the Rat Pack mythology was built upon as you do the trio's estimable vocal abilities," Unterberger states, "But both parts deliver all the all-around entertainment you'd expect."[ 1]
"Fanfare and Introduction", Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Medley: "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes "/"When You're Smiling "/"The Lady Is a Tramp ", Dean Martin "I Left My Heart in San Francisco ", Dean Martin "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter ", Dean Martin Medley: "Volare "/"On an Evening in Roma", Dean Martin "Goody Goody ", Frank Sinatra "Chicago ", Frank Sinatra "When Your Lover Has Gone ", Frank Sinatra Monologue, Frank Sinatra "Please Be Kind ", Frank Sinatra "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You ", Frank Sinatra "What Kind of Fool Am I? ", Sammy Davis Jr. "Out of This World ", Sammy Davis Jr. "She's Funny That Way ", Sammy Davis Jr. "Hey There ", Sammy Davis Jr. Comedy, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin Medley 1: "Brazil "/"You Are Too Beautiful "/"Cecilia (Does Your Mother ...) ", Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin Medley 2: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby "/"Too Marvelous for Words ", Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin "Impressions", Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. "The Birth of the Blues ", Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Danny Thomas Introduction, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr."Nancy (With the Laughing Face) ", Frank Sinatra "Me and My Shadow ", Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. "Sam's Song ", Sammy Davis Jr.and Dean Martin "The Birth of the Blues (Reprise)", Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Johnny Carson Monologue "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On ", Dean Martin "King of the Road ", Dean Martin "Everybody Loves Somebody ", Dean Martin Medley: "Volare"/"On an Evening in Roma", Dean Martin "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", Dean Martin "My Shining Hour ", Sammy Davis Jr. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) ", Sammy Davis Jr. "I've Got You Under My Skin ", Sammy Davis Jr. "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis ", Sammy Davis Jr. "You Are My Sunshine ", Sammy Davis Jr. "Bee-Bom", Sammy Davis Jr. "One for My Baby ", Sammy Davis Jr. "Get Me to the Church on Time ", Frank Sinatra "Fly Me to the Moon ", Frank Sinatra "Luck Be a Lady ", Frank Sinatra "I Only Have Eyes for You ", Frank Sinatra "I've Got You Under My Skin", Frank Sinatra "Please Be Kind", Frank Sinatra "You Make Me Feel So Young ", Frank Sinatra "My Kind of Town ", Frank Sinatra "Happy Birthday ", Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. "Birth of the Blues", Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. Sammy Davis Jr. – vocals Frank Sinatra – vocals Dean Martin – vocals Johnny Carson – emcee
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