Artist:Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine
Song:Let's Do It
Album:Can-Can: Original Soundtrack Album
Though they were close friends, the 1960 film Can-Can was the only time Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine performed together in a movie. They may have performed together on TV. In the 60s Shirley was an unofficial Rat Pack member. They had appeared together in the 1958 film Some Came Running. The 1960 film Can-Can was loosely based on a play. But it was really a tribute to Cole Porter. It didn't have much of a story. The film did not do well as critics hated it. But at least there is a great soundtrack album. Sinatra agreed to do Can-Can as a contractual obligation to 20th Century Fox for walking off the set of Carousel. So he owed them one. So he couldn't have been too thrilled about it. But at least he got to work with Shirley, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdain and legendary choreographer Hermes Pan. Plus he brought in his good buddy Nelson Riddle to arrange and conduct the songs. One of the criticisms of the 1953 play was the songs weren't as good as Porter's earlier songs. So the film producers replaced the songs from the play with older songs like Let's Do It. The soundtrack is available as a budget CD. The film was not a high point in either performer's career. But as I said, this was the only time they sang together in a film. Here's Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine performing Let's Do It from the 1960 film Can-Can.
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