The Mid-50's and Mid-60's was a happening time. These cats were called the Rat Pack and they weren't a part of the "in" crowd, they WERE the "in crowd". They don't make 'em this cool today.

What most people don't know is that even though this line up is the most recognized:

I have found through my research that it was actually this lineup that made the group a house-hold name:

Seems that trouble maker (second from left) was just a little bit cooler than all the other cats. He sang better, got more girls, and told society to stick it by growing his hair long. On a brief trip to Australia, he was stopped for some out of control drunken scooter riding incident and was immediately kicked out of the... group. No surprise really. The others had started to act in movies and this guy, clearly a better actor than most real actors out there, refused to appear in motion pictures.