The Music Building’s Boutell Memorial Concert Hall was transformed back in time to a 1960s Las Vegas hotel this weekend.

Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop haunted the audience with their oozing charm, flowing wit and crooning voices in “The Rat Pack,” which was sponsored by the American Choral Directors Association.

Chad Sheridan, Jimmy Sartino, Saalik Ziyad and Kyle Varnold played the legends in bow-tie tuxedos with cigarettes in their mouths, drinks in one hand and microphones in the other.

They were accompanied by Jeff Little on piano, Ted Croisant on bass guitar and Kristi Keif on percussion.

Sheridan, Sartino and Ziyad did most of the singing and Vernold played the comedian.

The performers belted out 18 melodies including hits like “Strangers in the Night,” “Mr. Bojangles” and “My Kind of Town.”

During “Candyman,” Varnold and Sheridan hit the audience with candy.

As Sartino played Martin, he sang “Everybody Loves Somebody” while the rest of the pack romped across the stage in boxer shorts and trousers draped across their arms.

Ziyad while playing the versatile Davis Jr., he also tap danced and impersonated Ed Sullivan, Tony Bennett, Edward G. Robinson and Sinatra.

“[Playing Davis Jr.] was difficult because of the range of his talents,” said Ziyad, a senior music major. “I did a lot of research, listened to records and a read a book about him.”

During the songs, jokes about broads, the group’s alcohol dependence and minorities flowed freely.

“I’m just here to add color to the show,” said Ziyad as he portrayed Davis Jr., a black and a convert to Judaism.

“Abraham Lincoln was a Jew,” said Jimmy Sartino portraying Dean Martin. “He got shot in the temple.”

A disclaimer at the opening of the show announced that the jokes, inappropriate for current times, were not the views of the performers and were meant to poke fun at bigotry rather than endorse it.

“Laughter is the best medicine,” Ziyad said. “The Rat Pack made fun of themselves.”

The audience members cheered and applauded throughout the performance. Some of them got their programs signed by the performers at the end of the show.

“It was really funny,” said Liz Roth, a sophomore music major who attended the show. “Something like this hasn’t been done before.”