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
Rags to Riches (horse) season. If she successfully conceived and carried to term, the resulting foal would have been the first to have both parents be Belmont Stakes winners. However, the pairing was not successful. She was instead bred to Uncle Mo and produced a colt in 2017. She was bred to three-time leading sire Tapit for a 2018 foal. Her progeny to date include: In 2016, the New York Racing Association created a new race in her honor, the Rags to Riches Invitational Stakes. It is run on the Friday before the Belmont Stakes at 1½ miles. It is the only dirt race