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Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn • 1964

A swaggering comic number from the 1964 Rat Pack film Robin and the 7 Hoods, performed by Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Dean Martin as a three-way declaration of effortless cool. The song is essentially a manifesto — style isn’t something you learn, it’s something you are.

Watching three of the most naturally stylish performers in American entertainment sing about having style is either the most self-aware or most self-evident moment in the entire Rat Pack catalog — probably both.

Notable Recordings

  • Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby & Dean Martin
    1964