Frank, Sammy, and Dean - We Open in Venice
by 
Lara on November 18th, 2007
This one’s from “The Ratpack - Boys Night Out
I simply love this collection!
Amazon Review:
Boys Night Out suggests the accompaniment to a PG-13-rated bachelor party, with an implied narrative arc and a stack of appreciative tunes about, er, dames. Frank, Dean and Sammy are heard mostly in solo settings, but the upbeat mood and brassy arrangements make for a cohesive Three Musketeers atmosphere. The 19-track disc offers some real nuggets for Sinatra fans (the little-heard near-title track, two visits to Guys and Dolls from the Reprise Repertory Theater set on which the Rat Pack’s leader took the Nathan Detroit role he’d lost to Marlon Brando on film), while bearing reminders of how one-of-a-kind each of his two pals sounded. Listeners who are planning on staying in for the evening will also dig this thoughtfully compiled album. –Rickey Wright
We Open In Venice
| 2.8 |
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2 opinions for Frank, Sammy, and Dean - We Open in Venice
Mar 21, 2008 at 7:41 am
A truly great and clever performance. Some slight amendments to Cole Porter’s original lyrics interlaced with New York sidelines, (Something of Guys and Dolls meets Kiss Me Kate?). The only debit on the account is Sammy Davis Jnr’s obsession with using the cotton plantation drawl.
Great voices, great timing, great enunciation. We shall never again see or hear the like of them!
Mar 21, 2008 at 8:03 am
I agree, Phil, but you have to think on timing and era here regarding SDJ. It “fit” him at the time to do that I think.
But you’re right too, that never will there be another Rat Pack!
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