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The Rat Pack was a group of actors and entertainers that consisted of Frank Sinatra , Sammy Davis Jr. , Dean Martin , Joey Bishop , Peter Lawford, and Shirley MacLaine . They became particularly popular on the occasion of their numerous concerts , which they gave mainly between 1959 and 1966 at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas .
background
Actress Lauren Bacall is credited with inventing the name The Rat Pack after watching Humphrey Bogart and friends (including Frank Sinatra) return to the hotel after four nights of partying . This original group The Holmby Hills Rat Pack consisted of Frank Sinatra ( pack master ), Judy Garland ( first vice-president ), Lauren Bacall ( den mother ), Sid Luft ( cage master ), Humphrey Bogart ( rat in charge of public relations ) , Irving Lazar (clerk and treasurer), Nathaniel Benchley (historian), David Niven and restaurant owner Mike Romanoff .
Translates as Rat Pack about rat pack , expressing rat is in this sense, but rather refers to a mysterious person or a villain.
Originally the performances of the friends were intended as solo shows, but these quickly developed into joint stage shows. They consisted of a mixture of cabaret dialogues between the entertainers and the audience as well as performances of songs that were already largely world-famous at that time, accompanied by excessive alcohol and jokes. These appearances were called The Summit and were among the most sought-after shows in Las Vegas at the time.
The company also made some films together, such as B. Frankie and his cronies (Ocean's Eleven) and Seven against Chicago (Robin and the Seven Hoods) . The former was in 2001 remade ( Ocean's Eleven ).
Sammy Davis Jr.
with fans
Tributes
- In January 2000 was London's beach-Theater eponymous Revival - Revue premiered that since en suite is played and now one of the most successful shows in London's West End is one. The German premiere took place on October 7, 2003 in the Berlin Schiller Theater . Today's Rat Pack only includes Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin , who are supported by musicians Chris Mann (Sinatra), Nigel Casey, Timothy Sell & Alex Bourne (Martin) and Michael Harris & David Hayes (Davis, Jr.).
- In 1998 the film The Rat Pack was released , u. a. with actors Ray Liotta , Joe Mantegna and Don Cheadle .
Awards for music sales
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| Country / Region |
 silver |
 gold |
 platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 United States (RIAA)
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3 × platinum3
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1,200,000 | riaa.com |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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2 × silver2
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8 × gold8th
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2 × platinum2
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1,120,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
2 × silver2
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8 × gold8th
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5 × platinum5
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See also
Web links
- rat-pack-live.com - London Rat Pack live show