Joey Bishop was listed on the original program, but had to bow out when he slipped a disk backing out of Franks presence, according to Carson, his replacement, who was only three years into his tenure as host of The Tonight Show. Sinatra said, Be there, and they were thereDean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Trini Lopez, Kaye Stevens, and an amalgamation of two different bands, including members of the Count Basie Orchestra, conducted by a lean cat named Quincy Jones. The year is 1965 the event, billed as a Frank Sinatra Spectacular and broadcast on closed circuit to theaters across the country, is a benefit for Father Dismas Clarks Half-Way House for excons. With these words of mock homage, an astonishingly young and lanky Johnny Carson introduces Frank Sinatra to the stage of the Kiel Opera House in St. They had this great group of people, love and friendship.īack in the days when Vegas was dangerous and everybody smoked and drank, the Rat Pack ruled.Ĭontemporary pop culture is still under their influencein movies, clothes, and music.īut as a recently discovered kinescope (and the only known existing video of the boys performing live) demonstrates, no one can touch the sharkskinned cool of Frank, Dean, and Sammy. High Hopes Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen) Performed by Michael Dees, Gunnar Madsen, Warren Wiebe and Angus Macfadyen.
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