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
Tony Bennett (sociologist) Media Field in Contemporary Britain, London: British Film Institute. Bennett, T. 2002, Differing Diversities: Culture, Policy, Citizenship and Diversity, Strasbourg: Council of Europe Policy Note. Bennett, T. 2001, Differing Diversities: Cultural Policy and Cultural Diversity, Strasbourg: Council of Europe. A repository of research publications and other research outputs can be viewed at The Open University's Open Research Online. Tony Bennett (sociologist) Tony Bennett is an English academic who has also worked in Australia. Bennett is an important figure in the development of the Australian approach to cultural studies known as "cultural policy studies." His works include "The Birth of the