While Sinatra reportedly despised the name, it stuck. LIZA MINNELLI became an honorary Rat Pack member in 1988, when Sinatra, Martin and Davis reunited for for one last live performance tour. The original Rat Pack, led by the Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, also featured fellow stars Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr, Joey Bishop, Shirley Maclaine. The outlet also noted that the press would call the performers the "Rat Pack," a name originally coined by Lauren Bacall to describe her husband Humphrey Bogart and his Hollywood retinue, which included Sinatra. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford formed the core of the Rat Pack, and they appeared together in several movies. The Rat Pack was not originally the group name of the Rat Pack, and never did any member of the group use the name to represent themselves. Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland made special appearances. The members of the Rat Pack liked to be called The Clan or The Summit. According to the outlet, The Sands, which had 2,800 rooms, received a whopping 35,000 reservation requests that month. Sinatra came up with a plan: The group would shoot "Ocean’s 11" in the casino by day and do two shows at night in February, an event titled "The Summit," the New York Post reported. Frank saw it as an opportunity to reinvent himself as a performer during this time in music that was changing." The second Rat Pack was made up of superstars Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford.
Lawford asked Sinatra if he would have Kennedy as a guest at his Palm Springs house in March 1962 and Sinatra went to great lengths to accommodate the President, including the construction of a. "It was close to Los Angeles, in comparison to New York City or Miami. Eventually, the group transformed into the Rat Pack that is remembered to this day. Rat Pack members played a role in campaigning for Kennedy and the Democrats, appearing at the July 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. "People were becoming interested in Las Vegas as a destination site," Lertzman explained. (Al Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Lertzman and Lon Davis recently teamed up to release a new book titled 'Deconstructing The Rat Pack: Joey, The Mob and the Summit.'