The Rat Pack (film) become a big success despite the breakup of his partnership with Jerry Lewis; Sinatra's career is at its peak; Sammy Davis, Jr., is making a comeback after a near fatal car crash, and standup comic Joey Bishop is gaining exposure as an opening act for the other three. The Pack becomes complete when Sinatra reconciles with actor Peter Lawford, who has been ostracized since being seen out publicly with Sinatra's ex-wife, Ava Gardner. Lawford has married Patricia Kennedy. Abandoning a notion to seduce Pat for his own amusement, Sinatra becomes more interested in her brother John F. Kennedy's political ambitions.
Son of the Velvet Rat Son of the Velvet Rat Son of the Velvet Rat is an Austrian band. As well as founders singer Georg Altziebler and accordionist Heike Binder, the band includes Albrecht Klinger (bass), Michael Willmann (drums) and Kolja Radenkovic (git, trump). Son of the Velvet Rat was founded in 2003 by European songwriter Georg Altziebler and his wife, organist and accordionist Heike Binder. The band started out with sparsely instrumented releases such as "Spare some sugar [for the rat]" and "By my Side" on Starfish Records, a small California-based label. In 2006 they were signed by Vienna-based indie label "monkey." The same