Keeping Up With the Rat Pack
A stunning new book is giving the public a look at some never-before-seen photos of Frank Sinatra and members of the Rat Pack partying with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
Sinatra and pals Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford are seen with Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and Muhammad Ali in the pictures.
There is even a shot of Sinatra enjoying dinner with President John F. Kennedy in the book – called The Rat Pack.
The book’s publisher, Reel Art Press, writes: ‘Frank Sinatra’s legendary clique defined life in the fast lane throughout the late fifties and early sixties, dominating American culture and epitomizing a life of cocktails, love affairs and Hollywood glamour.
‘A select group of photographers, including Sid Avery and Bob Willoughby, captured the Rat Pack in their heyday.
‘Many of the images they produced have been largely stored away, many even undeveloped. For the first time, access to these shots has been made possible to produce one deluxe, collector’s edition.’
There has been renewed interest among the general public in Sinatra this year as he would have celebrated his 100th birthday this December.
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants on December 12, 1915, Sinatra would go on to sell over 150million albums worldwide, win 11 Grammys and become widely heralded as one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century.
He passed away in 1998 at the aged 82 after suffering a heart attack.
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