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Rags To Riches

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Number-one singles in the United States Songs written by Richard Adler David Whitfield songs Songs written by Jerry Ross (composer) Tony Bennett songs 1953 songs

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%22Rags to Riches%22 is a 1953 popular song by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The best-known version of the song, recorded by Tony Bennett with Percy Faith and his orchestra, was number one for eight weeks on the Billboard chart in 1953 and became a gold record. In the same year, a version by David Whitfield reached number three in the British charts and one by Billy Ward and his Dominoes with Jackie Wilson singing lead made number two on Billboard's R&B chart. Later recordings by Sunny & the Sunliners (#45 in 1963) and Elvis Presley (#33 in 1971) also made the Billboard charts.A recording by Les Howard with orchestra conducted by Frank Cordell was made in London on November 14, 1953. It was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10610.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, %22As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.%22 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.%22Rags to Riches%22 provided the basis for an unusual moment late in Elvis Presley's career. Near the end of a New Year's Eve concert on December 31, 1976, Elvis announced he would sing the song—which his band evidently had not rehearsed and did not know. Playing piano, and giving chord instructions to his surprised band members, Elvis sang a surprisingly strong version, especially considering he had not recorded it since 1971, five years earlier. This rendition earned a loud ovation from the audience in Pittsburgh's Civic Arena. This was the only time Elvis sang the song in live performance. An audience member captured the moment on a recording that was later bootlegged.In 2006 Barry Manilow included %22Rags to Riches%22 on the album The Greatest Songs of the Fifties.The song is featured in the 2010 video game Mafia II.

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