Live & Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection
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Released | October 14, 2003 |
Recorded | Various Dates |
Genre | Vocal jazz, pop |
Length | 68:44 |
Label | Reprise Records |
Live & Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection is a 2003 album compiling songs by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy 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 a St. Louis performance from the mid-1960s with a young Johnny Carson emceeing.[1]
Reception
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The Allmusic review by Richie Unterberger awarded the album four and a half stars. "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]
Track listing (CD)
- "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.
Track listing (DVD)
- 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.
Personnel
- Sammy Davis Jr. - vocals
- Frank Sinatra - vocals
- Dean Martin - vocals
- Johnny Carson - emcee
References
- ^ a b c "Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection". Allmusic. Retrieved December 14, 2012.