Rags to Riches (song) recordings by Sunny & the Sunliners (#45 in 1963) and Elvis Presley (#33 in 1971) also made the Billboard charts. Tony Bennett's version was used at the beginning of the film "Goodfellas", just after Henry Hill closes the trunk of the car and says in voice-over, "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." The song was also used in an episode of "Columbo". The opening line of the song was sung regularly and exuberantly by the character Carmine Ragusa on the television series "Laverne & Shirley", typically when he had good news. "Rags
Road to the Riches (song) Road to the Riches (song) "Road to the Riches" is the second single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's 1989 debut album "Road to the Riches". It was released as a single with "Butcher Shop" as a B-side and later also featured on the compilation albums "Killer Kuts" (1994), "The Best of Cold Chillin'" (2000), "Greatest Hits" (2002) and "" (2013). The song is semi-autobiographic, rags-to-riches tale, with the first two verses detailing Kool G Rap's youth living in poverty and his life before becoming a successful rapper. The third and final verse warns of