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Index
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Academy Awards, 9, 23, 51, 76
Adonis, Joe, 96, 142
Aldrich, Robert, 265, 266–269
Alo, Vincent (“Jimmy Blue Eyes”), 103
Andress, Ursula, 266
Armstrong, Louis, 96, 168
Arnaz, Desi, 46, 123, 157
Around the World in 80 Days, 49
Bacall, Lauren
affair with Sinatra, 29, 34–37, 224
coins “Rat Pack” name, 31–32
marriage to Bogart, 29–30, 34–35
Bailey, Pearl, 165
Bankhead, Tallulah, 96
Barbara, Joseph, Sr., 106
Beatles, the, 297, 303
Belafonte, Harry, 167, 170, 192
Benchley, Nathaniel, 32
Benny, Jack, 125, 319
Berle, Milton, 96, 119, 125, 181, 207, 320
Big band era, 19, 25–26, 57
Bishop, Joey
career decline, 330
character, 85–87
childhood, 88–89
denies Rat Pack’s existence, 205
expulsion from Rat Pack, 287–288
JFK inaugural gala, 192–196
Mafia and, 147–148, 254, 256–258
movie career, 6, 120, 131, 199, 262, 313–314
murder trial testimony, 255–258
Dean Martin roast, 81
Sinatra’s friendship with, 86–87, 90, 112, 113, 313
solo nightclub career, 88–90, 102, 313
Summit performances, 125–128, 159
television career, 91, 160, 311–313 See also Rat Pack
Bishop, Sylvia Ruzga (Mrs. Joey), 89
Bobby-soxers, 19, 22
Bogart, Humphrey, 24, 28–35
Bowes, Major, 18
Brando, Marlon, 47, 130
Britt, May
courtship by Sammy Davis, Jr., 123–124, 183–184
marriage to Sammy Davis, Jr., 114, 183–188, 193, 303–307
Brown, Harry, 118
Burton, Richard, 30–31
Caesar’s Palace (Las Vegas), 108, 325–326, 328–329
Cahn, Sammy, 81
as lyricist, 128, 173, 203, 230
Sinatra’s friendship with, 26, 156, 228, 229–232
Cal-Neva Lodge (Lake Tahoe), 201, 232, 271–281
Campbell, Judith (“Judy”)
affair with Giancana, 222–223, 284
affair with JFK, 122–123, 177, 180, 182, 243
background, 180
on Rat Pack women, 216
Cannonball Run II, The, 338
Capitol Records, Sinatra with, 21–22, 133, 188, 201–202, 212–214
Capone, Al, 141, 158, 245
Carson, Johnny, 314, 330
Castro, Fidel, 107, 153, 158, 241–242
Charisse, Cyd, 125
Chicago Outfit. See Giancana, Sam
Chitlin Circuit, 55
CIA
Castro assassination plans of, 153
Ciro’s (nightclub), 61, 63
Civil rights protests
integrating Las Vegas, 163–170
Sammy Davis, Jr., in Alabama, 170
Clan, the. See Rat Pack
Clark, Wilbur, 78, 95
Clift, Montgomery, 47
Cohan, George M., Jr., 58
Cohen, Carl
background, 99–101
fight with Sinatra, 327–329
as Sands Hotel casino manager, 4, 101–102, 167
Cohen, Mickey, 147–148
murder charges against, 256–258
Sinatra’s friendship with, 28
Cohen, Mike, 99, 103
Cohn, Harry, 23
Colbert, Claudette, 32
Cole, Nat King, 96, 124, 167, 192, 351
Collins, Victor LaCroix, 275, 276, 280
Columbia Pictures, 23
Columbia Records, 20
Condon, Richard, 235, 288
Conte, Richard, 85, 119, 228
Copacabana Nightclub (New York City), 95
Joey Bishop at, 88, 91
Sammy Davis, Jr., at, 61, 146
Mafia ownership of, 96, 145
Sinatra at, 21, 91
Costello, Frank, 80, 96, 105, 142, 147
Coward, Noel, 31
Crocetti, Angela Barra, 42
Crocetti, Dino. See Martin, Dean
Crocetti, Guy, 42
Crosby, Bing, 9, 238, 239, 288, 298, 351
Curtis, Tony
friendship with Sammy Davis, Jr., 63
in JFK campaign, 173, 181
in Rat Pack activities, 81, 119, 131, 228
Cu
shing, Cardinal Richard, 178
Daley, Richard, 189
Dalitz, Moe, 97, 100, 245
D’Amato, Skinny, 179, 272, 273, 278, 279
Davis, Altovise Gore (Mrs. Sammy), 319, 344
Davis, Elvera Sanchez (mother), 54, 55, 307
Davis, Rosa (grandmother), 54
Davis, Sam (“Big Sam”) (father), 54, 55, 56, 63, 308, 344 See also Will Mastin Trio
Davis, Sammy, Jr.
automobile accident, 62–63
career begins, 56–62
career decline, 297, 298, 318–319, 337–340
childhood, 54–55
death, 344–345
denies Rat Pack’s existence, 205
drug use and overextension, 307–310, 338
earnings, 60, 62, 119, 308
Golden Boy, 305, 306, 308
on JFK campaign cash, 122
JFK campaign and inauguration, 171–172, 173, 181, 185–187, 193–194
Judaism of, 62, 63–64
Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign, 318
Mafia and, 146, 252–254
marriage to Altovise Gore, 319, 344
marriage to May Britt, 114, 123–124, 184–188, 193, 303–307
marriage to Loray White, 162
movie career, 63, 84, 198, 263
Mr. Wonderful, 63
nicknames, 114
in Ocean’s Eleven, 5–6, 119, 120, 131
performance style, 112–113, 137–139, 202–203
racial humor directed at, 6, 126–128
racism impacting, 53–54, 58–60, 61–62, 124, 147, 160–163, 183–185
on relationships with women, 217–218
Sands Hotel performer, 101–102, 167, 328
segregation in Las Vegas and, 59–60, 124, 164–167, 169–170
Sinatra criticized by, 282
on Sinatra’s career low point, 27–28
Sinatra’s feud and reconciliation with, 83–84
Sinatra’s friendship with, 54–55, 57, 60–61, 112–113, 185–187, 228, 229, 304–305
Summit performances, 125–128
Wham of Sam, The, 202–203 See also Rat Pack
DeCarlo, Joseph, 257
DePalma, Gregory, 336
Desert Inn (Las Vegas), 95, 97, 120, 241, 263
Dexter, Brad, 298
Dickinson, Angie, 32, 173, 181
DiMaggio, Joe, 274
Dorchester Productions, 118, 119
Dorsey, Tommy, 18, 19
Douglas, Gordon, 288
Douglas, Kirk, 125, 174, 199, 328
Durante, Jimmy, 81, 192
nightclub act with Peter Lawford, 128, 147, 262–263, 290–291
Ebbins, Milt
on feud between Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr., 84
as Peter Lawford’s manager, 114, 120, 212, 219, 240, 260, 261–262
on Peter Lawford’s relations with Kennedys, 191
Ekberg, Anita, 265, 266
El Rancho Vegas Hotel (Las Vegas), 94, 100, 101, 102
Entratter, Jack, 123, 128, 157
as Sands Hotel manager, 95–97, 98–100, 101–103, 167, 170, 325
Essex Productions, 197, 201–202, 267
Evans, George, 19, 20, 22
Execution of Private Slovik, The, 174
Exner, Judith Campbell. See Campbell, Judith (“Judy”)
Farrow, Mia
marriage to Sinatra, 157, 300–303, 323–324, 325
on Rat Pack women, 216, 225
FBI
kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr., 292–293
report on Peter Lawford, 218
surveillance of Mafia members, 241–248, 252, 253, 272, 334–335
Top Hoodlum Program, 106
Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 143
Fischetti, Charlie (“Trigger-Happy”), 141, 142, 143, 150
Fischetti, Joe, 147
Mafia ties, 142, 158, 253
Sinatra’s friendship with, 123, 141, 147
Fischetti, Rocco, 141, 142
Fisher, Eddie
nightclub act, 206, 207
Sinatra’s friendship with, 228, 239, 251, 252
Flamingo Hotel (Las Vegas), 93–94, 120, 142, 165
Flood, Sam. See Giancana, Sam
Fontainebleau Hotel (Miami), 147, 155, 158
Formosa, Johnny, 248, 250
Four for Texas, 265–269
Frankenheimer, John, 235, 236
Freedman, Jakey, 99–100, 101
Friars Club, 81, 90, 333
From Here to Eternity, 9, 23, 31
Garavante, Natalie (“Dolly”). See
Sinatra, Natalie Garavante
(“Dolly”) (mother)
Gardner, Ava, 217
marriage to Sinatra, 22–23, 27, 35, 78, 223–224, 231
Garland, Judy
JFK assassination, 290
in JFK campaign, 173, 181
in Rat Pack group, 32, 81, 306
Garrison, Jim, 102
Gehman, Richard, 36, 208
Giancana, Sam, 146, 147
affair with Judith Campbell, 123, 179, 243, 244
affair with Phyllis McGuire, 151–152, 241–242, 245, 275, 317
background, 149–152
Cal-Neva Lodge ownership, 272, 273, 275–276, 280
death of, 334, 336
FBI surveillance of, 241–249, 252, 253, 272, 334–335
JFK and, 80, 148, 149, 177–179, 189, 244, 246, 248
Sinatra pressures Kennedys for, 248–249
Sinatra’s friendship with, 49, 151–153, 157–158, 178, 251, 281–282
Villa Venice gambling scheme, 251–254
Gleason, Jackie, 119, 208, 352
Goodman, Benny, 19
Gottlieb, Jacob, 88–89
Gray, Mack, 120, 130, 228, 233, 266
Grober, Bert (“Wingy”), 272
Hackett, Buddy, 88
Hancock, Newell, 277–278, 279
Havana, Cuba, Mafia in, 94, 107, 141–143
Hoboken (N.J.), 15–17, 66–67
Hoffa, Jimmy, 108, 272
Hollywood Ten, 76, 174
Hoover, J. Edgar, 73, 243–244, 246
Home, Lena, 96, 165
House I Live In, The, 76, 174
Hughes, Howard, 100, 101, 324
Humphrey, Hubert, 173, 177, 179
Humphries, Murray, 335
Hyams, Joe, 33, 36, 204
Hyer, Martha, 31, 48
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. See Teamsters Union
Jacobs, George, 81, 227, 229, 276
James, Harry, 18, 25
Jobim, Antonio Carlos, 300
Johnson, Van, 71, 96
Katelman, Beldon, 100, 102
Kaye, Danny, 102, 131
Kefauver, Estes, 77, 105, 173
Kelly, Gene, 192, 286, 287
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, 191, 196, 210, 244, 331
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 157, 235
affair with Judith Campbell, 122–123, 177, 180, 181–182, 243
affair with Marilyn Monroe, 181–182, 183, 261, 284
assassination, 289
Giancana and, 80, 148, 149, 177–179, 189, 244, 247, 248
inaugural gala, 192–196
presidential campaign, 171–176, 177–183, 188, 189–190
on Senate racketeering committee, 105
Sinatra dropped by, 236–240, 243–244, 248
Sinatra’s friendship with, 80–81, 122, 196, 204, 209, 210–211, 224, 260
vice-presidential bid, 77
White House adulteries, 210
Kennedy, Joseph P.
JFK presidential campaign, 175–176, 178, 181–183, 189
Peter Lawford’s marriage to daughter, 73
Mafia connections, 80, 105, 178, 181–183, 193
Sinatra’s friendship with, 80–81, 209, 211, 239
Kennedy, Patricia. See Lawford, Patricia Kennedy (Mrs. Peter)
Kennedy, Robert
JFK campaign and inauguration, 78, 172, 182–183, 193
JFK and Sinatra friendship ended by, 237, 238, 240, 243–244, 248
kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr., and, 291–292
Mafia investigations, 147, 178, 240, 243–244, 247
presidential campaign of, 318
Kennedy, Ted, 122, 173, 209
Kilgallen, Dorothy, 204, 206
King, Sonny, 197, 206
Koch, Howard, W., 199, 267
Lansky, Meyer, 97, 98, 103, 142, 150, 224
Las Vegas
development of, 93–95
Howard Hughes’s holdings, 324
JFK with Sinatra in, 122, 173
Mafia involvement in, 93–95, 97–100, 102, 103–108, 245, 328
Ocean’s Eleven and, 5–6, 84–85, 119–121, 129–130
racial segregation, 59–60, 124, 162–170
Sinatra’s holdings, 99, 101, 102, 103
theme parks, 343–344 See also Caesar’s Palace
Desert Inn
Moulin Rouge Hotel
Nevada Gaming Commission
Riviera Hotel; Sands Hotel
Summit (Rat Pack nightclub act)
Lawford, May (mother), 66–70, 72
Lawford, Patricia Kennedy (Mrs. Peter)
divorce, 262, 331
marriage, 73, 79, 191–192, 209, 261–262
Lawford, Peter
Judith Campbell and, 123
childhood, 69–70
decline and death, 239–240, 263, 330–333
denies Rat Pack’s existence, 205
divorce from Patricia Kennedy, 262, 331
FBI report on, 218
homosexuality rumors, 71
JFK assassination, 290–291
JFK inaugural gala, 192, 193, 195–196, 209
JFK political campaigns, 78, 173, 181, 188
Kennedy family relations with, 182–183, 190–191, 259–262
kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr., and, 291–292
Mafia and, 147, 152
marriages following Kennedy divorce, 317–318, 331
marriage to Patricia Kennedy, 73, 79, 191, 209, 261–262
Marilyn Monroe and, 71, 261, 274, 284, 285
movie career, 71–72, 79, 83, 130, 198–199, 259–260, 307, 309
nicknames, 114–115
nightclub act, 127–128, 147, 263, 290–291
Ocean’s Eleven and, 6, 117–118, 119, 120, 130–131
Sinatra breaks relations with, 238–240, 332
on Sinatra’s acting career, 129
Sinatra’s friendship with, 79–81, 83, 113, 211–212, 228, 236, 261
Summit performances, 125–129
television career, 79, 190, 317
