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Date: 13 January 1949
Location: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (arr, con, ts), Shirley Goedike, Mickey Mangano (t), Lloyd Elliott, Ed Kusby, Lloyd Ulyate, Si Zentner (tb), Jack Crowley (bar), Robert Bain, Wesley Nellermoe (g), John Simmons (b), Gerald Wiggins (p), Jesse Price (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 3861-1 | I Don't Care Who Knows - 2:40(Buddy Johnson) |
| b. | 3862-2 | The Way You Look Tonight - 3:10(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) |
| c. | 3863-5 | Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - 2:36(Sam Stept, Sidney Clare) |
| d. | 3864-2 | I'm Sorry Dear - 2:42(Anson Weeks, Harry Tobias, Johnnie Scott) |
Date: 22 February 1949
Location: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (arr, con, ts), Shirley Goedike, Mickey Mangano (t), Red Benson, Lloyd Elliott, Ed Kusby (tb), Joe Koch (bar), Jack Marshall (g), John Simmons (b), Gerald Wiggins (p), Alvin Stoller (d), Karl Kiffe (bo), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 3995-3 | I Ain't Got Nobody - 2:22(Roger Graham, Spencer Williams) |
| b. | 3996-5 | Be-Bop The Beguine - 2:45(Richard Hazard, B. Jordan) |
| c. | 3997-2 | You Are My Lucky Star - 2:33(Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) |
| d. | 3998-3 | Can't You See I've Got The Blues - 2:45(Sammy Davis, Jr., J. Dane) |
Date: 22 July 1949
Location: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), members of The Woody Herman Orchestra (acc), Dave Cavanaugh (arr, con, ts), Gerald Wiggins (p), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 4691-1 | Dreamy Blues - 2:55(Bobby Black) |
| b. | 4692-1 | What Can I Do - 2:48(Sammy Davis, Jr.) |
| c. | 4693-2 | Got A Great Big Shovel - 2:37(Richard Elliot) |
| d. | 4694-3 | We're Gonna Roll - 2:07(Bobby Black) |
"Dreamy Blues" and "What Can I Do" recorded under the name 'Charlie Green'.
"Got A Great Big Shovel" and "We're Gonna Roll" recorded under the name 'Shorty Muggins'.
Date: 29 July 1949
Location: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (arr, con, ts), Mickey Mangano (t), Gus Bivona (as), Art Hulette (bar), Mike Rubin (b), Gerald Wiggins (p), Don Lamond (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)
| a. | 4740-2 | Smile, Darn Ya, Smile - 2:33(Max Rich, Charles O'Flynn, Jack Meskill) |
| b. | 4741-2 | Dedicated To You - 3:05(Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) |
| c. | 4742-2 | Azure - 2:21(Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) |
| d. | 4743-2 | Inka Dinka Doo - 3:01(Jimmy Durante, Ben Ryan) |
Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on a.
Date: 9 December 1949
Location: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (arr, con, ts), Mickey Mangano (t), Red Benson, Lloyd Elliott, Bill Shaffer (tb), Joe Koch (bar), Mike Rubin (b), Gerald Wiggins (p), Lee Young (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 5264-6 | Yours Is My Heart Alone - 2:23(Harry Bache Smith, Franz Lehar) |
| b. | 5265-2 | Wagon Wheels - 2:15(Peter DeRose, Billy Hill) |
| c. | 5266-2 | Laura - 2:29(Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) |
| d. | 5267-2 | Here Lies Love - 2:41(Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) |
Date: 14 April 1953
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 101 | Who Needs Spring? - 2:50(Morris Charlap, Berl Rotfeld) |
| b. | 102 | The Gypsy In My Soul - 2:34(Clay A. Boland, Moe Jaffe) |
| c. | 103 | Chloe - 2:23(Gus Kahn, Charles Daniels, Neil Moret) |
| d. | 104 | Why Do I Worry? - 2:59(Fishman) |
These four recordings were made during the period between Sammy's Capitol and Decca recording contracts, probably due to Sammy's burgeoning popularity. A single was released on an independent label called DDR, but all four performances did not see the light of day until they were released on a Design LP in 1957 alongside six songs by Joya Sherrill. This was not a duet album and Sherrill's recordings were made seperately.
Date: 26 May 1954
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Peggy Lee (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Peggy Lee (v), Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap)
| a. | L 7715 | The Gypsy With Fire In His Shoes - 2:52(Peggy Lee, Laurindo Almeida) |
Davis was brought in to add heel dancing to this recording when the initial recordings using Dan Dailey didn't work out. It is unlikely the grumbled asides in Spanish heard are also Davis. He does not sing.
Date: 7 June 1954
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sy Oliver, Morty Stevens (dir), Sam Taylor (ts), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 86370 | Hey There - 2:46(Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) |
| b. | 86371 | And This Is My Beloved - 2:53(Robert Craig Wright, George Forrest, Alexander Borodin) |
| c. | 86372 | Lonesome Road - 2:09(Nathaniel Shilkrat, Gene Austin) |
| d. | 86373/4 | Because Of You - 5:26(Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson) |
| e. | 86375 | September Song - 2:51(Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) |
Sy Oliver (dir) on a-b, e; Morty Stevens (dir) on c-d; Sam Taylor (ts) on e.
Date: 16 September 1954
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sy Oliver, Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 86787 | Glad To Be Unhappy - 3:05(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| b. | 86788 | The Red Grapes - 2:49(Ross Bagdasarian, Frank Cady) |
| c. | 86789 | Love (Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere) - 2:10(Edmund Goulding, Elsie Janis) |
| d. | 86790 | The Birth Of The Blues - 3:16(Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) |
Sy Oliver (dir) on a-b; Morty Stevens (dir) on c-d.
Date: 22 December 1954
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Joseph Gershenson (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 8065 | Six Bridges To Cross - 3:00(Henry Mancini, Jeff Chandler) |
| b. | L 8066 | All Of You - 2:41(Cole Porter) |
| c. | L 8067 | Spoken For - 2:57(Mickey Rooney) |
Date: 26 January 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 8150 | Easy To Love - 2:23(Cole Porter) |
| b. | L 8151 | Stan' Up An' Fight - 4:06(Oscar Hammerstein II, George Bizet) |
| c. | L 8152 | The Birth Of The Blues - 5:11(Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) |
| d. | L 8153 | My Funny Valentine - 3:06(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
This recording of "The Birth Of The Blues" supposedly contains audience applause. It is more likely this is, in fact, a studio recording with 'canned' applause added later.
Date: 10 March 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sam Taylor (ts), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 87521 | That Old Black Magic - 3:17(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| b. | 87522 | Don't Let Her Go - 2:58(Dean Reed) |
| c. | 87523 | Something's Gotta Give - 2:03(Johnny Mercer) |
| d. | 87524 | It Started All Over Again - 2:46(Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) |
| e. | 87525 | Give A Fool A Chance - 3:04(Jerry Stevens) |
| f. | 87526 | Love Me Or Leave Me - 2:56(Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson) |
Three of the recordings from this session made the Billboard Charts. "Something's Gotta Give" peaked at #9 and was on the charts for 11 weeks; "Love Me Or Leave Me" peaked at #12 and was on the charts for 12 weeks; "That Old Black Magic" peaked at #13 and was on the charts for 6 weeks.
Date: 2 May 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis, Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)
| a. | 87848 | A Man With A Dream - 2:52(Stella Unger, Victor Young) |
| b. | 87849 | In A Persian Market - 2:30(Albert W. Ketelbey, Hal David) |
| c. | 87850 | A Fine Romance - 2:56(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) |
| d. | 87851 | I Go For You - 2:58(Hal David, Leon Carr) |
Jack Pleis (dir) on c-d; Morty Stevens (dir) on a-b; Carmen McRae (v) on c-d.
Date: 13 July 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 8555 | When Your Lover Has Gone - 3:14(Einar A. Swan) |
| b. | L 8556 | It's The Talk Of The Town(Marty Symes, Al J. Neiburg, Jerry Livingston) |
| c. | L 8557 | The Nearness Of You - 3:40(Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) |
| d. | L 8558 | These Foolish Things - 4:06(Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell) |
Date: 14 July 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 8559 | You Do Something To Me - 2:19(Cole Porter) |
| b. | L 8560 | You're My Girl - 3:32(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) |
| c. | L 8561 | Tenderly - 3:45(Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) |
| d. | L 8562 | It's Bigger Than You And Me - 2:21(Jule Styne, Leo Robin) |
| e. | L 8563 | A Foggy Day - 3:47(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Date: 18 July 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 8564 | Back Track! - 2:27(Lynn Russel, Gilbert Becaud, Lee Wilson) |
| b. | L 8565 | The Clown - 3:19(Paul Frees, Ruby Raksin) |
| c. | L 8566 | Circus - 3:02(Bob Russell, Louis Alter) |
| d. | L 8567 | Body And Soul - 3:45(Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) |
Date: 25 July 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 8572 | Happy Ending - 2:37(Sylvia Fine) |
| b. | L 8573 | The Thrill Is Gone - 4:21(Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) |
| c. | L 8574 | It's All Right With Me - 6:09(Cole Porter) |
| d. | L 8575 | Come Rain Or Come Shine - 3:45(Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
Date: 29 July 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 8596 | Wait Till You See Her - 3:32(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| b. | L 8597 | Get Out Of Town - 2:55(Cole Porter) |
Date: 10 August 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 8638 | Dangerous - 2:49(Unknown) |
| b. | L 8639 | Just One Of Those Things - 2:52(Cole Porter) |
| c. | L 8640 | She Always Knows - 2:31(Lenny Adelson, Imogen Carpenter) |
| d. | L 8641 | Blues To End The Blues - 3:16(Williams) |
Date: 16 August 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Gary Crosby, Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Gary Crosby, Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L8642 | Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive - 3:30(Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| b. | L8643 | Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar - 3:01(Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Eleanor Sheehy) |
Date: 18 August 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 88530 | Luck Be A Lady - 3:18(Frank Loesser) |
| b. | 88531 | Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat - 3:19(Frank Loesser) |
| c. | 88532 | Adelaide - 2:51(Frank Loesser) |
| d. | 88533 | I'll Know - 3:05(Frank Loesser) |
Date: 19 August 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 88538/9 | It's All Right With Me(Cole Porter) |
It is assumed this is an edited version of L8574 for inclusion on a 45 release.
Date: 10 November 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 8786 | The Man With The Golden Arm - 3:08(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| b. | L 8787 | Frankie And Johnnie - 3:17(Johnny Green, Sammy Cahn) |
Date: 23 January 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Will Mastin Trio (tap)
| a. | 89241 | Too Close For Comfort - 2:18(Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss) |
| b. | 89242 | The World Is Mine (Tonight) - 3:13(George Posford, Andrew Marvel) |
| c. | 89243 | Jacques D'Iraque - 2:25(Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss) |
| d. | 89244 | Without You I'm Nothing - 2:55(George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener) |
The Will Mastin Trio (tap) on c.
Date: 24 January 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (con), Jack Carter, Olga James, Pat Marshall (v), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)
| a. | Too Close For Comfort - 1:34(Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss) | |
| b. | Jacques D'Iraque - 3:15(Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss) | |
| c. | Ethel, Baby - 2:18(Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Lawrence Holofcener) | |
| d. | I've Been Too Busy - 2:56(Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Lawrence Holofcener) | |
| e. | Without You I'm Nothing - 3:46(George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener) | |
| f. | Sing You Sinners - 2:04(Sam Coslow, W. F. Harling) | |
| g. | Mr. Wonderful - 1:57(Lawrence Holofcener, Jerry Bock, George David Weiss) |
Jack Carter (v) on d-e, g; Olga James (v) on c-d, g; Pat Marshall (v) on d, g; Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on a.
Date: 24 January 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (con), Sam Taylor (sax), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 89253 | Get Out Of The Car (Uh, Oh!) - 2:56(Claude Trenier, Cliff Trenier) |
| b. | 89254 | There - 2:45(Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss, Jerry Bock) |
Sam Taylor (sax) on a.
Date: 8 May 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 89928 | The Hurt That Time Won't Heal(Barry R. Laporte) |
| b. | 89929 | Five - 2:22(Billy Martin, Larry Martin) |
| c. | 89930 | Never Like This(Robert Wells, Mark W. McIntyre) |
| d. | 89931 | Specially For Little Girls - 2:58(Peter Cadby) |
Date: 29 May 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sy Oliver, Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 100043 | The Lady's In Love With You - 2:39(Frank Loesser, Burton Lane) |
| b. | 100044 | You're Sensational - 3:00(Cole Porter) |
| c. | 100045 | Goodbye, So Long, I'm Gone - 2:53(Robbie Kirk) |
| d. | 100046 | French Fried Potatoes And Ketchup - 2:11(Ben L. Trace, Clem Watts, Jack Fascinato) |
Sy Oliver (dir) on c-d; Jack Pleis (dir) on a-b.
Date: 3 August 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 100380 | The Gypsy In My Soul - 2:57(Clay A. Boland, Moe Jaffe) |
| b. | 100381 | Never Like This - 2:22(Robert Wells, Mark W. McIntyre) |
| c. | 100382 | Earthbound - 3:12(Clive Richardson, Bob Musel, Jack Taylor) |
| d. | 100383 | The White Witch of Jamaica(June Carroll, Arthur Siegel) |
| e. | 100384 | All Dressed Up And No Place To Go - 2:48(Frank Reardon, Ernest Schweikert) |
Date: 2 October 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 100689 | New York's My Home - 3:11(Gordon Jenkins) |
| b. | 100690 | The Golden Key - 2:55(Abner Spector, Don Marcotte) |
| c. | 100691 | Signed, Sealed and Delivered(Cowboy Copas) |
| d. | 100692 | Moment Of Madness - 3:05(Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) |
Date: 30 November 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Paul Cohen, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Charlie Shavers (t), Robert Alexander, Frank Rehak, Frank Sorraco (tb), Tom Mitchell (tu), Sid Cooper, Dave McRae (as), Cy Lewitt, Rudy Tanza, Sam Taylor (ts), George Barnes (g), Dave Martin (p), Jimmy Crawford (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 101113 | Begin The Beguine - 3:24(Cole Porter) |
| b. | 101114 | All About Love - 2:32(Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) |
| c. | 101115 | Perdido - 2:31(Juan Tizol, Hans Lengsfelder, Ervin Drake) |
| d. | 101116 | Temptation - 2:56(Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) |
Date: 7 December 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sy Oliver (dir), Ernie Royal, Charlie Shavers, Paul Webster (t), Robert Alexander, Ward Silloway, Frank Sorraco (tb), Sid Cooper, Rudy Tanza (as), Sam Taylor, Lucky Thompson (ts), Dave McRae (bar), George Barnes (g), Sandy Block (b), Dave Martin (p), Jimmy Crawford (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 101132 | Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 3:27(Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) |
| b. | 101133 | Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 2:44(Joe Carroll, Billy Graham) |
| c. | 101134 | By Myself - 2:57(Arthur Schwartz, Harold Dietz) |
| d. | 101135 | Signed, Sealed and Delivered(Cowboy Copas) |
Date: 17 December 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 101206 | Don'cha Go 'Way Mad - 2:45(Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman, Illinois Jacquet) |
| b. | 101207 | Long Before I Knew You - 2:59(Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| c. | 101208 | Will You Still Be Mine? - 2:47(Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) |
| d. | 101209 | Comes Love - 2:45(Lew Brown, Sam Stept, Charles Tobias) |
Date: 18 February 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)
| a. | 101700 | Tea For Two - 2:34(Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) |
| b. | 101701 | Cheek To Cheek - 3:58(Irving Berlin) |
| c. | 101702 | The Things We Did Last Summer - 3:06(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| d. | 101703 | They Didn't Believe Me - 2:54(Jerome Kern, Anne Caldwell) |
| e. | 101704 | Baby, It's Cold Outside - 3:11(Frank Loesser) |
| f. | 101705 | There's A Small Hotel - 3:27(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Date: 19 February 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)
| a. | 101706 | People Will Say We're In Love - 3:16(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| b. | 101707 | Happy To Make Your Acquaintance - 3:11(Frank Loesser) |
| c. | 101708 | Two Sleepy People - 2:50(Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael) |
| d. | 101709 | Who Cares - 2:35(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| e. | 101710 | You're The Top - 3:02(Cole Porter) |
Date: 20 February 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 101742 | They Can't Take That Away From Me - 2:03(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| b. | 101743 | Fascinating Rhythm(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| c. | 101744 | The House I Live In - 2:45(Earl Robinson, Lewis Allen) |
| d. | 101745 | That Old Black Magic - 2:37(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| e. | 101766 | Black And White - 3:08(Earl Robinson, David Arkin) |
Date: 15 May 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 102543 | Mad Ball - 2:01(Frederick M. Karger, Richard H. Quine) |
| b. | 102544 | I Never Got Out Of Paris - 2:40(Abner Silver, Roy Alfred) |
| c. | 102545 | No Fool Like An Old Fool - 2:36(Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Meyer) |
| d. | 102546 | I Push My Heart Through A Horn(Joel S. Herron) |
| e. | 102547 | Fascinating Rhythm - 2:09(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| f. | 102548 | Talihi(Unknown) |
Date: 1 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (dir), Harry Edison, Virgil Evans, Conrad Gozzo (t), Milt Bernhardt, Frank Howard, George Roberts (tb), Harry Klein, Ronnie Lang (as), Don Raffell, Babe Russin (ts), Bob Lawson (bar), Robert Bain (g), Joe Comfort (b), Roger Renner (p), Alvin Stoller (d, bo), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)
| a. | L 10331 | Better Luck Next Time - 2:43(Irving Berlin) |
| b. | L 10332 | Can't Help Lovin' Dat Gal - 4:53(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| c. | L 10333 | I Cover The Waterfront - 3:19(Edward Heyman, Johnny Green) |
| d. | L 10334 | Traps And Taps - 2:12(Sammy Davis, Jr., Alvin Stoller) |
Alvin Stoller (bo) on d; Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on d.
The final recording here, "Traps and Taps", features only Sammy and Alvin Stoller (drums, bongos).
Date: 2 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (dir), Babe Russin (ts), Harry Klee (f), Dan Lube, Marshall Sosson (vn), Alvin Dinken (vl), Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Robert Bain (g), Joe Comfort (b), Roger Renner (p), Alvin Stoller (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10335 | Where's That Rainbow - 3:27(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| b. | L 10336 | But Not For Me - 3:24(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| c. | L 10337 | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry - 4:43(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
Date: 9 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis (dir), Harry Edison, Virgil Evans, Conrad Gozzo (t), Milt Bernhardt, Frank Howard, George Roberts (tb), Harry Klein, Ronnie Lang (as), Don Raffell, Babe Russin (ts), Bob Lawson (bar), Robert Bain (g), Joe Comfort (b), Roger Renner (p), Irv Cottler (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10351 | Someone To Watch Over Me - 3:23(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| b. | L 10352 | I Can't Get Started - 3:29(Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) |
| c. | L 10353 | Just In Time - 3:26(Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| d. | L 10354 | Come Runnin'(Roc Hillman) |
| e. | L 10355 | Don't Blame Me - 2:52(Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) |
Date: 10 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis (dir), Manny Klein (t), Babe Russin (ts), Harry Klee (f), Dan Lube, Marshall Sosson (vn), Paul Robyn (vl), Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Tony Rizzi (g), Mort Cobb (b), Roger Renner (p), Alvin Stoller (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10356 | It Never Entered My Mind - 4:05(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| b. | L 10357 | I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - 2:47(Frederick Loewe, Alan Lerner) |
| c. | L 10358 | Spring Is Here - 4:03(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Date: 6 September 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103224 | This Is The Night(Lewis Bellin, Redd Evans) |
| b. | 103225 | Cool Credo - 3:21(David Baker, David Craig) |
| c. | 103226 | Unspoken - 3:06(Marvin Fisher, Mack Discant) |
| d. | 103227 | I Concentrate On You - 2:48(Cole Porter) |
Date: 2 October 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103415 | Back In Your Own Back Yard(Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer) |
| b. | 103417 | Mister, You've Gone And Got The Blues(Billy Eckstine, Bob Russell) |
| c. | 103418 | The Blue Room(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| d. | 103419 | I Cried For You(Gus Arnheim, Abe Lymen, Arthur Freed) |
Date: 15 October 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103510 | What Is There To Say? - 3:41(Vernon Duke, Erwin "Yip" Harburg) |
| b. | 103511 | Why Shouldn't I? - 4:06(Cole Porter) |
| c. | 103512 | Love Me - 3:18(Ned Washington, Victor Young) |
| d. | 103513 | For All We Know - 3:53(Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots) |
| e. | 103514 | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - 4:37(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| f. | 103515 | I Could Have Told You - 3:55(Jimmy Van Heusen, Carl Sigman) |
| g. | 103516 | Deep In A Dream - 4:05(Jimmy Van Heusen, Ed DeLange) |
| h. | 103517 | Try A Little Tenderness - 4:11(Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) |
| i. | 103518 | I Get Along Without You Very Well - 3:28(Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson) |
| j. | 103519 | Mam'selle - 2:46(Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon) |
Date: 16 October 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103520 | This Love Of Mine - 3:31(Sol Parker, Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra) |
| b. | 103521 | I've Got A Crush On You - 3:01(Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
Date: 2 December 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103816 | I'm Comin' Home - 2:45(Frank C. Slay, Jr., Bob Crewe) |
| b. | 103817 | Hallelujah, I Love Her So - 2:39(Ray Charles) |
Date: 15 January 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 104055 | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
This is a master edited from matrix 103514 (see session 15 October, 1957), presumably to shorten it so it would fit on an EP with 3 other titles.
Date: 14 February 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10800 | Wonder Why - 2:46(Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodsky) |
| b. | L 10801 | When I Fall In Love - 3:29(Edward Heyman, Victor Young) |
| c. | L 10802 | My Heart Is So Full Of You - 3:47(Frank Loesser) |
| d. | L 10803 | The Way You Look Tonight(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) |
| e. | L 10804 | Look To Your Heart - 3:24(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
Date: 25 February 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Russell Garcia, Dick Stabile (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10833 | All The Things You Are - 3:03(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| b. | L 10834 | We'll Meet Again - 2:50(Ross Parker Clarke, Hugh Charles) |
| c. | L 10835 | In The Still Of The Night - 3:25(Cole Porter) |
| d. | L 10836 | On A Slow Boat To China - 2:40(Frank Loesser) |
Russell Garcia (dir) on c-d; Dick Stabile (dir) on a-b.
Date: 26 February 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sonny Burke (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10837 | Stay As Sweet As You Are - 3:53(Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) |
| b. | L 10838 | My Gypsy Heart(Jerry Reed) |
| c. | L 10839 | That Old Feeling(Lew Brown, Sammy Fain) |
| d. | L 10840 | Night And Day - 2:28(Cole Porter) |
Date: 10 April 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)
| a. | 104747 | It Might As Well Rain - 2:25(Mack Discant, Dave Mann) |
| b. | 104748 | I Ain't Gonna Change (The Way I Feel About You) - 2:13(Johnny Lange, Phil J. Tuminello) |
| c. | 104749 | Song And Dance Man - 3:07(Barry Mann, Bob Hilliard) |
Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on c.
Date: 5 May 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 104934 | All The Way - 2:59(Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) |
| b. | 104935 | Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With A Dixie Melody)(Jean Schwartz, Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis) |
| c. | 104936 | Mountain Greenery - 1:53(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
Date: 9 October 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (arr, con), Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn (t), Marshall Cram, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate (tb), George Roberts (btb), James Decker, Vincent DeRosa (frh), Buddy Collette, Ted Nash (cl, ts, f), Willie Schwartz, Bud Shank (cl, as, f), Chuck Gentry (bcl, bar), Julie Jacob (o), Gene Cipriano, Harry Klee (wdw), Israel Baker, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Jacques Gasselin, Joseph Livoti, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Eunice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin (vn), Stanley Harris, Stanley Kievman, Virginia Majewski, David Sterkin (vl), Armand Kaproff, Robert La Marchina, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Corky Hale (hrp), Al Hendrickson (g), Whitey Mitchell (b), George Rhodes (p), Mel Lewis (d), Milt Holland, Lou Singer (per), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 11196 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now - 4:49(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| b. | L 11197 | Oh, Bess, Oh Where Is My Bess - 3:28(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| c. | L 11198 | I Got Plenty O' Nuttin - 3:24(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| d. | L 11199 | That's Anna - 3:15(Elmer Bernstein, Sammy Cahn) |
Buddy Bregman (arr) on a-b, (con) on a-b; Morty Stevens (arr) on c-d, (con) on c-d.
Date: 28 October 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (arr, con), Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn (t), Marshall Cram, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate (tb), George Roberts (btb), James Decker, Vincent DeRosa (frh), Buddy Collette, Ted Nash (cl, ts, f), Willie Schwartz, Bud Shank (cl, as, f), Chuck Gentry (bcl, bar), Julie Jacob (o), Gene Cipriano, Harry Klee (wdw), Israel Baker, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Jacques Gasselin, Joseph Livoti, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Eunice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin (vn), Stanley Harris, Stanley Kievman, Virginia Majewski, David Sterkin (vl), Armand Kaproff, Robert La Marchina, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Corky Hale (hrp), Al Hendrickson (g), Whitey Mitchell (b), George Rhodes (p), Mel Lewis (d), Milt Holland, Lou Singer (per), Sammy Davis, Jr., The Bill Thompson Singers (v), Alice Armbruster, Ralph Brewster, Tom Kenny, Sue Lyttle, Bill Thompson (bkv)
| a. | L 11224 | It Ain't Necessarily So - 3:59(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| b. | L 11225 | Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way - 2:44(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| c. | L 11226 | A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - 3:42(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| d. | L 11227 | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - 4:00(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| e. | L 11228 | Crazy(Unknown) |
Buddy Bregman (arr) on a, c, (con) on a, c; Morty Stevens (arr) on b, d-e, (con) on b, d-e; The Bill Thompson Singers (v) on a-c; Alice Armbruster (bkv) on a-c; Ralph Brewster (bkv) on a-c; Tom Kenny (bkv) on a-c; Sue Lyttle (bkv) on a-c; Bill Thompson (bkv) on a-c.
It is somewhat unlikely that the personnel listing for both the 9th October session and the 28th October session be identical. However, this is the best listing available.
Doubtless the entire orchestra did not remain for the as yet unissued recording of "Crazy".
Date: 8 December 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (ldr), Buddy Bregman (arr), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)
| a. | L 11270 | I Loves You Porgy - 3:48(Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| b. | L 11271 | Buenas Noches, Mi Amor(Alexandre Schwab, Hubert Giraud) |
Buddy Bregman (arr) on a.
Date: 11 December 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Buddy Bregman Orchestra (acc), Buddy Bregman (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 11274 | How Are Things In Glocca Morra - 3:03(Erwin "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane) |
| b. | L 11275 | Let's Face The Music And Dance - 2:29(Irving Berlin) |
| c. | L 11276 | Time After Time - 3:33(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| d. | L 11277 | Crazy(Unknown) |
| e. | L 11278 | When You Love Someone(Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) |
Date: 15 March 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 106824 | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
This is a master edited from matrix L 11227 (see session 28 October, 1958), presumably to shorten it so it would fit on an EP with 3 other titles.
Date: 26 March 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 106916 | You'll Never Get Away From Me - 2:40(Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim) |
| b. | 106917 | Fair Warning - 2:25(Harold Rome) |
Date: 31 March 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 106963 | I Got Plenty O' Nuttin(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
This is a master edited from matrix L 11198 (see session 9 October, 1958), presumably to alter it for release on a 45.
Date: 5 June 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 107511 | I've Heard That Song Before - 3:40(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| b. | 107512 | Pennies From Heaven - 4:24(Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) |
| c. | 107513 | You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - 3:08(Cole Porter) |
| d. | 107514 | Lovely To Look At - 3:23(Jerome Kern) |
Buddy Bregman (dir) on a-b, d; Morty Stevens (dir) on c.
Date: 6 June 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (dir), Mundell Lowe (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 107515 | It's Magic - 3:26(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) |
| b. | 107516 | For Every Man There's A Woman - 4:04(Leo Robin, Harold Arlen) |
| c. | 107517 | The Gal That Got Away - 3:38(Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) |
| d. | 107518 | Blues In The Night - 4:12(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| e. | 107519 | Change Partners - 2:48(Irving Berlin) |
| f. | 107520 | Too Late Now - 3:09(Burton Lane, Alan Lerner) |
| g. | 107521 | Love Letters - 4:18(Edward Heyman, Victor Young) |
| h. | 107522 | I Fall In Love Too Easily - 2:41(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
Buddy Bregman (dir) on b, d, g; Morty Stevens (dir) on a, c, e-f; Mundell Lowe (g) on h.
Date: 4 January 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Count Basie Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (arr, con), John Anderson, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Eugene "Snooky" Young (t), Henderson Chambers, Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal, Frank Wess (as), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), George Rhodes (p), Sonny Payne (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 108523 | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - 3:05(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) |
| b. | 108524 | The Lady Is A Tramp - 4:23(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| c. | 108525 | I Got A Woman - 4:32(Ahmet Nugetre, Ray Charles) |
| d. | 108526 | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 3:20(Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) |
Date: 6 January 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Count Basie Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (arr, con), John Anderson, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Eugene "Snooky" Young (t), Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal, Frank Wess (as), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), George Rhodes (p), Sonny Payne (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 108527 | Till Then - 3:23(Guy Wood, Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus) |
| b. | 108528 | Get On The Right Track, Baby - 2:47(Titus Turner) |
| c. | 108529 | Face To Face - 3:06(Bob Ralske, Ben Weisman) |
Date: 7 January 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Count Basie Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (arr, con), John Anderson, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Eugene "Snooky" Young (t), Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Eric Dolphy, Marshall Royal (as), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), George Rhodes (p), Sonny Payne (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 108554 | There Is No Greater Love - 2:37(Marty Symes, Isham Jones) |
| b. | 108555 | This Little Girl Of Mine - 2:01(Ray Charles) |
| c. | 108556 | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 3:52(Don Redman, Andy Razaf) |
| d. | 108557 | Mess Around - 2:46(Ahmet Nugetre) |
Date: 15 March 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Buddy Bregman Orchestra (acc), Buddy Bregman (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 11987 | Soliloquy - 9:42(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| b. | L 11988 | Where Is The Life That Late I Led? - 5:01(Cole Porter) |
| c. | L 11989 | Ya Got Trouble(Meredith Wilson) |
| d. | L 11990 | Gesticulate - 4:44(Robert Craig Wright, George Forrest) |
Date: ca. May 1960
Location: New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 26674 | Eee-O Eleven - 2:46(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| b. | 26675 | Ain't That A Kick In The Head - 2:33(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
Date: 20 July 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 109390 | I Got A Woman(Ahmet Nugetre, Ray Charles) |
This is a master edited from matrix 108525 (see session 4 January, 1960), presumably to alter it for release on a 45.
Date: 11 October 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Buddy Bregman Orchestra (acc), Buddy Bregman (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 109722 | Ya Got Trouble - 3:23(Meredith Wilson) |
Date: 6 February 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (arr, con), Frank Beach, Don Fagerquist, Ollie Mitchell, Uan Rasey (t), Frank Howard, Dick Nash, Dick Noel, Kenny Shroyer, Lloyd Ulyate (tb), Bill Green, Ronnie Lang (as), Buddy Collette, Dave Pell (ts), Chuck Gentry (bar), Sam Freed, Anatol Kaminsky, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman (vn), Armand Kaproff, Raphael Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher (vc), Tony Rizzi (g), Red Mitchell (b), Jimmy Rowles (p), Shelly Manne (d), Larry Bunker (per), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 141 | Out Of This World - 3:19(Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| b. | 142 | I'm A Fool To Want You - 3:29(Jack Wolf, Joel S. Herron, Frank Sinatra) |
| c. | 143 | Lush Life - 3:45(Billy Strayhorn) |
| d. | 144 | Back In Your Own Back Yard - 2:49(Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer) |
| e. | 145 | (Love Is) The Tender Trap - 2:35(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| f. | 146 | I'm Gonna Live Till I Die - 3:09(Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Mann Curtis) |
Date: 7 February 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Marty Paich Dek-Tette (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon (t), Stu Williamson (tb), Vincent DeRosa (frh), Red Callender (tu), Bud Shank (as), Bill Perkins (ts), Bill Hood (bar), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 147 | Let There Be Love - 2:49(Ian Grant, Lionel Rand) |
| b. | 148 | Bye Bye Blackbird - 2:47(Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) |
| c. | 149 | Blame It On My Youth - 4:14(Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman) |
| d. | 150 | Can't We Be Friends? - 2:53(Kay Swift, Paul James) |
| e. | 151 | Thou Swell - 2:59(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| f. | 152 | Soon - 2:48(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Date: ca. 19 June 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Neal Hefti, Marty Paich, Morty Stevens (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 356 | Step Out Of That Dream - 2:30(Phil J. Tuminello, Florence Parker) |
| b. | 357 | There Was A Tavern In The Town - 2:15(William H. Hills) |
| c. | 358 | If You Are But A Dream - 2:32(Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton, Nat Bonx) |
| d. | 359 | One More Time - 2:07(Sammy Davis, Jr.) |
Neal Hefti (arr) on b-c; Marty Paich (arr) on a; Morty Stevens (arr) on d.
Date: ca. 20 June 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 377 | Be My Love - 3:26(Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodsky) |
| b. | 378 | Stranger In Paradise - 2:38(Robert Craig Wright, George Forrest, Alexander Borodin) |
| c. | 379 | That Lucky Old Sun - 3:59(Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) |
| d. | 380 | Ballerina - 2:55(Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) |
Date: ca. 6 July 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich, Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 440 | You Can't Love 'Em All - 3:08(Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) |
| b. | 441 | 'Deed I Do - 2:12(Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) |
| c. | 442 | Lulu's Back In Town - 2:55(Harry Warren, Al Dubin) |
| d. | 443 | Sonny Boy - 3:59(Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, Al Jolson) |
| e. | 444 | Gonna Build A Mountain - 2:22(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| f. | 445 | What Kind Of Fool Am I - 3:21(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| g. | 446 | That's For Me - 3:11(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
Marty Paich (arr) on e-g, (con) on e-g; Morty Stevens (arr) on a-d, (con) on a-d.
"What Kind Of Fool Am I" was on the Billboard Charts for 15 weeks, peaking at #17.
Date: ca. 18 July 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Marty Paich Dek-Tette, Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 452 | A Lot Of Livin' To Do - 2:44(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
| b. | 453 | That Great Come-And-Get-It Day - 2:42(Burton Lane, Erwin "Yip" Harburg) |
| c. | 454 | Make Someone Happy - 3:00(Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) |
| d. | 455 | Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree - 3:01(Truman Capote, Harold Arlen) |
The Marty Paich Dek-Tette (acc) on a; Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc) on b-d.
Date: ca. 19 July 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 456 | Guys And Dolls - 2:09(Frank Loesser) |
| b. | 457 | Something's Coming - 2:49(Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) |
| c. | 458 | There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - 2:37(Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) |
| d. | 459 | The Party's Over - 4:17(Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
Date: ca. 26 July 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), Unknown (bkv)
| a. | 460 | Climb Ev'ry Mountain - 3:21(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| b. | 461 | If I Loved You - 3:56(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| c. | 462 | We Kiss In A Shadow - 3:19(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| d. | 463 | Lost In The Stars - 4:24(Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) |
Date: 15 January 1962
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Marty Paich Dek-Tette, Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 708 | Too Close For Comfort - 3:01(Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss) |
| b. | 709 | My Romance - 3:31(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| c. | 710 | Falling In Love With Love - 2:26(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) |
| d. | 711 | Begin The Beguine - 4:28(Cole Porter) |
The Marty Paich Dek-Tette (acc) on a-b; Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc) on c-d.
Date: 22 June 1962
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jimmy Haskell, George Rhodes, Chuck Sagle, Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 1105 | I Married An Angel - 1:58(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| b. | 1106 | Without A Song - 3:37(Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose) |
| c. | 1107 | Falling In Love Again - 3:25(Frederick Hollaender, Sammy Lerner, Reg Connelly) |
| d. | 1108 | Bee-Bom - 2:18(Les Van Dyke) |
Jimmy Haskell (arr) on d, (con) on d; George Rhodes (arr) on b-c, (con) on b-c; Chuck Sagle (arr) on d, (con) on d; Morty Stevens (arr) on a, (con) on a.
Date: ca. 23 June 1962
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | How About You?(Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) |
An LP supposedly released in support of the Democratic National Committee.
Date: 26 June 1962
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Eugene Page, Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 1036 | Someone Nice Like You - 2:23(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| b. | 1037 | Once In A Lifetime - 2:09(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| c. | 1038 | The Fool I Used To Be - 2:48(Kent J. Westberry, Wayne Gray) |
| d. | 1039 | Everybody Calls Me Joe - 2:09(Paul Anka) |
Eugene Page (arr) on c-d, (con) on c-d; Marty Paich (arr) on a-b, (con) on a-b.
Date: 22 October 1962
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (ldr), Billy May (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (v)
| a. | 1509 | Me And My Shadow - 3:06(Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) |
| b. | 1510 | Sam's Song - 2:44(Jack Elliot, Lew Quadling) |
Dean Martin (v) on b; Frank Sinatra (v) on a.
Date: 14 November 1962
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 1534 | As Long As She Needs Me - 3:04(Lionel Bart) |
| b. | 1535 | Song from "Two For The See-Saw" (A Second Chance) - 2:57(Andre Previn, Dory Langdon) |
| c. | 1536 | Come On Strong - 2:37(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| d. | 1537 | A Man With A Dream - 2:57(Stella Unger, Victor Young) |
Marty Paich (arr) on a-b, (con) on a-b.
Date: 19 November 1962
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 1550 | Here's A Kiss For Christmas - 2:55(Don George) |
A little-known Christmas recording, which was circulated only to disc jockeys in 1963. The single promoted a 'Christmas Seals' charity.
Date: 25 February 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | The Ballad Of Johnny Cool - 3:01(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) | |
| b. | Three Billion Millionaires - 4:02(Peter Farrow, Robert Allen, Diane Lampert) |
Ray Ellis (arr) on b, (con) on b.
Two titles recorded (almost certainly seperately) at some point in 1963. The first was the title song for the motion picture "Johnny Cool", a film in which Sammy also had a minor role.
The second was recorded as the title song for an album commissioned as a fundraiser for the United Nations. "Three Billion Millionaires" was an all-original music comedy celebrating diversity, written specifically for LP. Possible recording date around August, 1963.
Date: 8 March 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | Katherine's Love Theme - 2:10(Ronald Stein) |
Date: 18 April 1963
Location: Pye Records' Studios, London
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Johnny Keating, Peter Knight (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2238 | My Kind Of Girl - 4:03(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | 2239 | Sophisticated Lady - 4:00(Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish, Duke Ellington) |
| c. | 2240 | Ballin' The Jack - 2:16(James Henry Burris, Chris Smith) |
| d. | 2241 | Over The Rainbow - 4:10(Harold Arlen, Erwin "Yip" Harburg) |
Recordings at this session also included master number 2237, a spoken introduction to the LP being recorded.
Date: 22 April 1963
Location: Pye Records' Studios, London
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Johnny Keating, Peter Knight (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2242 | Brokenhearted (Here Am I) - 3:30(Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) |
| b. | 2243 | Jalousie - 4:35(Winifred May, Vera Bloom, Jacob Gade) |
| c. | 2244 | Smile - 3:10(Charles Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons) |
Peter Knight (arr) on a-b, (con) on a-b.
Date: 23 April 1963
Location: Pye Records' Studios, London
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Johnny Keating, Peter Knight (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2245 | This Was My Love - 4:21(Jim Harbert) |
| b. | 2246 | Lazy River - 2:52(Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin) |
| c. | 2247 | Give Me The Moonlight - 2:19(Albert von Tilzer, Lew Brown) |
| d. | 2248 | Tenement Symphony - 5:26(Hal Borne, Ray Golden, Sid Kuller) |
Recordings at this session also included master number 2249, an alternate ending to "Give Me The Moonlight" for the USA. While the USA ending was not used for the 2004 Collectors' Choice reissue on CD, it was released as a bonus track on the 2005 Warner Jazz CD reissue.
Date: 24 June 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2108 | The Shelter Of Your Arms - 2:50(Jerry Samuels) |
"The Shelter Of Your Arms" was on the Billboard Charts for 17 weeks, peaking at #17.
Date: 10 July 1963
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Billy May (arr), Morris Stoloff (con), Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (v)
| a. | 2149 | We Open In Venice - 2:10(Cole Porter) |
Date: 12 July 1963
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Warren Barker, George Rhodes (arr), Morris Stoloff (con), Terry Rosen (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2152 | Too Darn Hot - 2:28(Cole Porter) |
| b. | 2163 | Necessity - 3:25(Burton Lane, Erwin "Yip" Harburg) |
| c. | 2179 | Carefully Taught - 1:46(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| d. | 2195 | Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat - 3:30(Frank Loesser) |
Warren Barker (arr) on d; George Rhodes (arr) on a-b; Terry Rosen (g) on c.
Recordings for a suite of four LPs making up the "Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre".
"That Great Come-And-Get-It Day" also has a Reprise master number of 2167 from during this period. However, the performance used in the "Finian's Rainbow" release is simply Davis' recording from July 1961 (master 453).
Date: 13 August 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2197 | The Birth Of The Blues - 4:33(Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) |
| b. | 2198 | That Old Black Magic(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Date: 14 August 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2199 | It's All Right With Me - 5:56(Cole Porter) |
| b. | 2200 | In A Persian Market - 2:30(Albert W. Ketelbey, Hal David) |
| c. | 2201 | Hey There - 2:54(Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) |
| d. | 2202 | They Can't Take That Away From Me - 3:01(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
Date: 15 August 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2203 | That Old Black Magic - 1:54(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
| b. | 2204 | Without You I'm Nothing - 2:08(George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener) |
Date: 16 August 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2205 | Spoken For - 3:07(Mickey Rooney) |
| b. | 2206 | And This Is My Beloved - 2:50(Robert Craig Wright, George Forrest, Alexander Borodin) |
| c. | 2207 | Oh, Bess, Oh Where Is My Bess - 3:24(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
| d. | 2208 | Stan' Up An' Fight - 3:55(Oscar Hammerstein II, George Bizet) |
Date: 17 September 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2213 | Jingle Bells - 2:25(James S. Pierpont) |
Date: 30 September 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2262 | Flash, Bang, Wallop! - 2:39(Dave Heneker) |
| b. | 2263 | If I Ruled The World - 2:33(Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel) |
Marty Paich (arr) on a, (con) on a.
Date: 21 November 1963
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2427 | A Stranger In Town - 3:45(Mel Torme) |
| b. | 2428 | Born To Be Blue - 3:14(Mel Torme, Robert Wells) |
| c. | 2429 | Willow Road - 3:44(Mel Torme, Robert Wells) |
| d. | 2430 | The Christmas Song - 3:20(Mel Torme, Robert Wells) |
Date: 22 November 1963
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2431 | Welcome To The Club - 3:28(Mel Torme) |
| b. | 2432 | California Suite - 24:21(Mel Torme) |
Date: 29 January 1964
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2549 | Some Days Everything Goes Wrong - 2:50(Ervin Drake) |
| b. | 2550 | Fools Rush In - 2:44(Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer) |
| c. | 2551 | I Wanna Be Around - 2:34(Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt) |
| d. | 2552 | I Left My Heart In San Francisco - 2:20(Douglass Cross, George Cory) |
| e. | 2553 | Days Of Wine And Roses - 2:35(Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) |
Date: 30 January 1964
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2554 | Blue Velvet - 2:44 |
| b. | 2555 | It's All In The Game - 2:56(Carl Sigman, Charles G. Dawes) |
| c. | 2556 | Deep Purple - 3:06(Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) |
| d. | 2557 | Tracey - 3:19(Jule Styne) |
| e. | 2558 | Walk Right In - 2:43(Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods) |
Date: 31 January 1964
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2559 | Beautiful Things(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | 2560 | Kansas City - 2:46(Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber) |
| c. | 2562 | A Stranger Called The Blues - 3:59(Mel Torme, Robert Wells) |
Marty Paich (arr) on c, (con) on c.
Date: 10 April 1964
Location: Los Angeles
Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (ldr), Nelson Riddle (arr, con), Conte Candoli, Dick Nash, George Roberts, Clarence "Shorty" Sherock (br), Harry Klee (f), Al Viola (g), Joe Comfort (b), Irv Cottler (d), Emil Richards (per), Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (v)
| a. | 2627 | Bang! Bang! - 3:46(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| b. | 2632 | Mister Booze - 5:14(Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) |
| c. | 2633 | Don't Be A Do-Badder - 1:15(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
Bing Crosby (v) on b-c; Dean Martin (v) on b-c; Frank Sinatra (v) on b-c.
Date: 13 April 1964
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Perry Botkin, Jr., Jimmy Haskell (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2638 | Choose - 2:50(Lionel Bart) |
| b. | 2639 | Don't Shut Me Out - 2:27(Stephanie Louis) |
| c. | 2640 | Not For Me - 2:30(Bobby Darin) |
Perry Botkin, Jr. (arr) on b, (con) on b; Jimmy Haskell (arr) on c, (con) on c.
There was also a master number 2641, unhelpfully only titled “Once” recorded at this session.
Date: 20 April 1964
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2701 | Ten Out Of Ten - 3:00(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | 2702 | Another Spring - 2:40(Robin Beaumont, Leslie Bricusse) |
Date: 22 April 1964
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2707 | Night Song - 2:37(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
| b. | 2708 | Yes I Can - 2:15(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
| c. | 2709 | There's A Party Goin' On - 3:16(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
Date: 27 April 1964
Location: United Recordings, Las Vegas
Sam Butera, Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sam Butera and The Witnesses (acc), Sam Butera (arr, con, ts), James Blount (tb), Jack Marshall (g), Amato Rodrigues (b), Willie McCumber (p), Bobby Morris (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2720 | My Kind Of Town(Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) |
| b. | 2721 | L'Amour, Toujours L'Amour - 1:53(Roger Casini, Rudolph Friml, Chisholm Cushing) |
| c. | 2722 | This Is Always - 3:39(Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) |
| d. | 2723 | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 2:58(Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) |
| e. | 2724 | There Will Never Be Another You - 2:41(Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) |
| f. | 2725 | April In Paris - 2:41(Vernon Duke, Erwin "Yip" Harburg) |
| g. | 2726 | These Foolish Things - 3:54(Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell) |
Date: 28 April 1964
Location: United Recordings, Las Vegas
Sam Butera, Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sam Butera and The Witnesses (acc), Sam Butera (arr, con, ts), James Blount (tb), Jack Marshall (g), Amato Rodrigues (b), Willie McCumber (p), Bobby Morris (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2727 | I Should Care - 2:51(Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) |
| b. | 2728 | Cry Me A River - 3:25(Arthur Hamilton) |
| c. | 2729 | Don't Cry Joe - 2:47(Al Piantados, Joe Marsala) |
| d. | 2730 | When The Feeling Hits You - 2:50(Bobby Doyle) |
Date: ca. mid 1964
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2751 | The Dodger Song(Traditional) |
Date: ca. June 1964
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ralph Burns (arr), Elliot Lawrence (con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | Night Song(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| b. | There's A Party Goin' On(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) | |
| c. | Yes I Can(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) | |
| d. | I Want To Be With You(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
These performances can be found only on a demonstration record put out by Capitol ahead of the tryout run of "Golden Boy" on the road through Philadelphia, Boston and Detroit from June to September, 1964.
One side featured 4 of Davis' numbers in the show. Two of the songs, "There's A Party Goin' On" and "Yes I Can" were cut from the production by the time it opened on Broadway on Tuesday, 20th October. The flip side featured 6 other numbers from the show (including 3 by Paula Wayne).
Date: 2 to 5 September 1964
Location: New York
Count Basie, Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Count Basie and His Orchestra (acc), Quincy Jones (arr, con), George Rhodes (arr), Al Aarons, George "Sonny" Cohn, Wallace Davenport, Joe Newman, Eugene "Snooky" Young (t), Henderson Chambers, Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Grover Mitchell (tb), Marshall Royal (cl, as), Eric Dixon, Salvatore "Sal" Nestico (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Frank Wess (sax), Freddie Green (g), Ray Brown (b), Count Basie (p), Sonny Payne (d), Emil Richards (per), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)
| a. | 64VK65 | April In Paris - 2:45(Vernon Duke, Erwin "Yip" Harburg) |
| b. | 64VK66 | You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You - 2:58(Larry Stock, Russ Morgan, James Cavanaugh) |
| c. | 64VK67 | Teach Me Tonight - 3:05(Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul) |
| d. | 64VK68 | The Girl From Ipanema - 4:07(Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel) |
| e. | 64VK69 | My Shining Hour - 2:10(Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| f. | 64VK70 | New York City Blues - 2:51(Peggy Lee, Quincy Jones) |
| g. | 64VK71 | Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - 2:51(Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) |
| h. | 64VK72 | Blues For Mr. Charlie - 3:42(Bobby Sharp) |
| i. | 64VK73 | Why Try To Change Me Now - 3:24(Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy) |
| j. | 64VK74 | She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N) - 2:21(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) |
| k. | 64VK75 | Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home - 2:38(Quincy Jones, Sammy Davis, Jr., Count Basie) |
| l. | 64VK76 | Work Song - 2:12(Oscar Brown, Jr., Nat Adderley) |
Quincy Jones (arr) on a-c, e-l; George Rhodes (arr) on d; Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on k.
Other discographies note that alternate takes from this session were released as MGM SE-4825 "Sammy Davis, Jr. and Count Basie" in 1973. This is correct, but many of the vocals for that album were re-recorded in 1973. The takes for which Sammy recorded new vocals have been listed under a session in 1973.
Date: 3 October 1964
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sonny Burke (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 2974 | The Disorderly Orderly - 2:40(Earl S. Shuman, Leon Carr) |
| b. | 2975 | Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) - 2:55(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
Sonny Burke (arr) on a, (con) on a.
Date: 25 October 1964
Location: New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ralph Burns (arr), Elliot Lawrence (con), Johnny Brown, Billy Daniels, Sammy Davis, Jr., Paula Wayne (v), "Golden Boy" Company (bkv)
| a. | 26056 | While The City Sleeps - 3:00(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
| b. | 26057 | This Is The Life - 3:41(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
| c. | 26058 | No More - 6:30(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
| d. | 26060 | Workout - 1:37(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
| e. | 26061 | Stick Around - 1:38(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
| f. | 26062 | Don't Forget 127th Street - 5:43(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr) on b-c, e-f, (v) on b-c, e-f; Johnny Brown (v) on f; Billy Daniels (v) on a-b; Paula Wayne (v) on b; "Golden Boy" Company (bkv) on b-d, f.
According to the liner notes for the 1993 Angel CD reissue, the recording date for this album was 16th November. However, Michel Ruppli's more recent Capitol discography lists the dates used here. It could be that the November date featured the outstanding songs that did not feature Davis.
While recording the cast album for "Golden Boy" over this and the following session, Davis was suffering from severe laryngitis. His voice was hoarse and husky and he could barely hit any of the notes, but the recording session went ahead regardless. Capitol later re-released the album in 1965 using newly-recorded versions of 4 songs with Davis in (slightly) better voice. (See session dated 1st April, 1965).
Date: 26 October 1964
Location: New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ralph Burns (arr), Elliot Lawrence (con), Sammy Davis, Jr., Terrin Miles, Paula Wayne (v)
| a. | 26059 | I Want To Be With You - 3:48(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
| b. | 26063 | Can't You See It - 2:20(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
| c. | 26064 | Gimme Some (Whiskey And Beer) - 1:52(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
| d. | 26065 | Night Song - 3:39(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
| e. | 26066 | Colourful - 2:39(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
| f. | Gimme Some (Whiskey And Beer) - 1:48(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
Terrin Miles (v) on c; Paula Wayne (v) on a.
Assumed also recorded during this session is a reprise of “Gimme Some”, which was used to close the original LP. For the 1965 re-issue, Capitol instead included the orchestral accompaniment to the finale of the show, a boxing bout.
Date: 28 March 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Billy May (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | H-5084 | Walkin' My Baby Back Home - 2:32(Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) |
| b. | H-5085 | Pretend - 3:07(Cliff Parman, Frank LaVere, Lew Douglas, Dan Belloc) |
| c. | H-5086 | Send For Me - 2:23(Ollie Jones) |
Date: 30 March 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Billy May (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | H-5087 | Ramblin' Rose - 2:23(Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman) |
| b. | H-5088 | It's Only A Paper Moon - 2:19(Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, Erwin "Yip" Harburg) |
Date: 1 April 1965
Location: New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ralph Burns (arr), Elliot Lawrence (con), Sammy Davis, Jr., Paula Wayne (v)
| a. | 27067 | Stick Around - 1:30(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
| b. | 27069 | Can't You See It - 2:24(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
| c. | 27070 | Night Song - 4:04(Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) |
| d. | 27071 | I Want To Be With You - 4:34(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
Paula Wayne (v) on d.
These recordings were used in a re-release of Capitol's cast album recording of "Golden Boy" (see session dated 25 October 1964).
Date: 12 April 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Claus Ogerman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | H-5105 | (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - 2:42(Bobby Troup) |
| b. | H-5106 | L.O.V.E.(Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler) |
| c. | H-5107 | Look At That Face - 2:23(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| d. | H-5108 | Take The Moment - 2:40(Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim) |
| e. | H-5109 | People - 2:56(Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) |
| f. | H-5110 | A Married Man - 2:22(Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel) |
Date: 13 April 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Claus Ogerman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | H-5111 | A Room Without Windows - 3:15(Ervin Drake) |
| b. | H-5112 | Do I Hear A Waltz? - 2:44(Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim) |
Date: 14 April 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Claus Ogerman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | H-5113 | The Joker - 2:07(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| b. | H-5114 | A Wonderful Day Like Today - 2:24(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| c. | H-5115 | Hello, Dolly - 2:37(Jerry Herman) |
| d. | H-5116 | Sunrise, Sunset - 3:48(Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) |
| e. | H-5117 | The Other Half Of Me - 2:45(Stan Freeman, Jack Lawrence) |
Date: 15 April 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Claus Ogerman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | H-5118 | I Want To Be With You - 3:06(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
| b. | H-5119 | Sweet Lorraine - 2:56(Mitchell Parish, Cliff Burwell) |
| c. | H-5120 | Straighten Up And Fly Right - 2:42(Irving Mills, Nat 'King' Cole) |
Date: 16 April 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Claus Ogerman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | H-5121 | For Sentimental Reasons - 2:11(Deek Watson, William Best) |
| b. | H-5122 | Ballerina - 2:20(Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) |
| c. | H-5123 | Unforgettable - 2:30(Irving Gordon) |
| d. | H-5124 | Mona Lisa - 5:00(Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) |
| e. | H-5124 | Too Young - 5:00(Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman) |
| f. | H-5124 | Nature Boy - 5:00(Eden Ahbez) |
d, e, f performed as medley.
Date: 12 June 1965
Location: New York
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | H-5199 | Lonely Weekends - 2:10(Charlie Rich) |
| b. | H-5200 | You Can't Shake It Off(Unknown) |
| c. | H-5201 | My Mother The Car - 2:02(Paul Hampton) |
Date: 13 June 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | H-5203 | This Dream - 2:52(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| b. | H-5204 | More Than One Way - 3:11(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
Date: 8 August 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | HX-5125 | Courage - 2:34(Jerry Samuels) |
| b. | HX-5126 | No One Can Live Forever - 2:37(Charles Tobias) |
| c. | HX-5127 | Love At Last You Have Found Me - 2:56(Charles Aznavour, Worth) |
Date: 9 August 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | HX-5128 | When I Look In Your Eyes(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | HX-5129 | It's Christmas Time All Over The World - 2:34(Hugh Martin) |
Date: 10 August 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | HX-5130 | I Wanna Be In Love Again(Johnny Mercer) |
| b. | HX-5131 | Jingle Bells - 1:11(James S. Pierpont) |
Date: 11 August 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | HX-5132 | Paris Is At Her Best In May - 2:52(Gene Lees, Charles Aznavour, Roche) |
| b. | HX-5133 | Sweet Beginning(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| c. | HX-5134 | The Golden Rule(Unknown) |
| d. | HX-5135 | The Joker(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
Date: 12 August 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | HX-5136 | Feeling Good - 2:51(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
Date: 15 October 1965
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Claus Ogerman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | HX-5184 | The Second Best Secret Agent In The Whole Wide World - 1:50(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| b. | HX-5185 | If You Want This Love Of Mine - 2:42(Baker Knight) |
| c. | HX-5186 | Your Other Love - 2:39(Baker Knight) |
HX-5184 recorded for the 1966 Bond-spoof film "License To Kill" (aka "The Second Best Secret Agent In The Whole Wide World"). An alternate take of this recording is available for download on iTunes.
Date: 11 June 1966
Location: United Recordings, Las Vegas
Laurindo Almeida, Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Laurindo Almeida (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | J-4328 | Joey, Joey, Joey - 4:16(Frank Loesser) |
| b. | J-4329 | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 4:01(Cole Porter) |
| c. | J-4330 | I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - 2:20(Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy) |
| d. | J-4331 | Speak Low - 3:32(Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) |
| e. | J-4332 | Where Is Love? - 3:00(Lionel Bart) |
| f. | J-4333 | Here's That Rainy Day - 2:15(Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) |
| g. | J-4334 | Misty - 2:19(Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) |
Date: 23 June 1966
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | J-4380 | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 2:31(Cole Porter) |
| b. | J-4381 | Whisper To One - 2:30(Benny Carter) |
| c. | J-4382 | All That Jazz - 2:10(Benny Carter, Al Stillman) |
Date: 9 August 1966
Laurindo Almeida, Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Laurindo Almeida (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | J-4447 | We'll Be Together Again - 3:14(Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) |
| b. | J-4448 | The Folks Who Live On The Hill - 3:40(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| c. | J-4449 | Two Different Worlds - 3:21(Sid Wayne, Al Frisch) |
| d. | J-4450 | The Shadow Of Your Smile - 4:12(Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) |
Date: 10 August 1966
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ernie Freeman (arr, con), Jimmy Bowen (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | J-4453 | We'll Be Together Again - 2:47(Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) |
| b. | J-4454 | The Good Life - 2:40(Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) |
| c. | J-4455 | Shake! Shake! Shake! - 3:02(Bobby Adams, Bobby Stevenson) |
Ernie Freeman (arr) on a, (con) on a; Jimmy Bowen (pdr) on a.
Date: 7 February 1967
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), H. B. Barnum (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, spk)
| a. | K-4819 | Children, Children - 3:22(Ronald F. Rose, Kenneth Kahn) |
| b. | K-4820 | Don't Blame The Children - 3:31(H. B. Barnum, Reeve) |
| c. | K-4821 | She Believes In Me - 2:50(Baker Knight) |
Sammy Davis, Jr. (v) on a, c, (spk) on b.
Date: 14 April 1967
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), J. J. Johnson (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | K-4926 | I've Got You Under My Skin - 2:22(Cole Porter) |
| b. | K-4927 | I'm Glad There Is You - 2:27(Paul Madeira, Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz) |
| c. | K-4928 | The Impossible Dream(Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion) |
| d. | K-4929 | Uptight - 3:04(Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Silvia Moy) |
| e. | K-4929 | You've Got Your Troubles - 3:04(Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway) |
| f. | K-4930 | The More I See You - 4:36(Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) |
| g. | K-4930 | The Second Time Around - 4:36(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
d, e; f, g performed as medleys.
J. J. Johnson (arr) on a-b.
Date: 28 June 1967
Location: Olympic Studios, South London
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | KA-6064 | Beautiful Things - 4:46(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | KA-6065 | When I Look In Your Eyes - 3:10(Leslie Bricusse) |
| c. | KA-6066 | My Friend, The Doctor - 2:53(Leslie Bricusse) |
| d. | KA-6067 | At The Crossroads - 2:16(Leslie Bricusse) |
| e. | KA-6068 | Doctor Dolittle - 2:00(Leslie Bricusse) |
| f. | KA-6069 | Something In Your Smile - 4:08(Leslie Bricusse) |
| g. | KA-6070 | I Think I Like You - 2:53(Leslie Bricusse) |
Date: 29 June 1967
Location: Olympic Studios, South London
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | KA-6071 | After Today - 2:22(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | KA-6072 | Talk To The Animals - 2:55(Leslie Bricusse) |
| c. | KA-6073 | Fabulous Places - 2:30(Leslie Bricusse) |
| d. | KA-6074 | I've Never Seen Anything Like It - 2:04(Leslie Bricusse) |
| e. | KA-6075 | Where Are The Words - 2:52(Leslie Bricusse) |
Date: 1 February 1968
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L-6418 | Lonely Is The Name - 3:15(Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein) |
| b. | L-6419 | Up, Up And Away - 3:28(Jimmy Webb) |
Date: 5 February 1968
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Richard Wess (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L-6454 | If My Friends Could See Me Now - 2:36(Dorothy Fields, Cy Coleman) |
| b. | L-6455 | I'm A Brass Band - 1:34(Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) |
| c. | L-6456 | Here I'll Stay - 3:06(Alan Lerner, Kurt Weill) |
| d. | L-6457 | My Personal Property - 2:22(Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) |
| e. | L-6458 | Don't Take Your Time - 2:37(Roger Nichols, Tony Asher) |
Richard Wess (arr) on a-d.
Date: 4 March 1968
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Al Capps, Mike Post, Richard Wess (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L-6460 | Bein' Natural Bein' Me - 2:38(Walt Meskell, Mike Post) |
| b. | L-6461 | Break My Mind - 2:45(John D. Loudermilk) |
| c. | L-6462 | Please Don't Go - 2:37(David Cohen) |
| d. | L-6463 | I've Gotta Be Me - 2:54(Walter Marks) |
| e. | L-6464 | Sweet November - 2:40(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| f. | L-6465 | Somebody - 2:23(Sid Wayne, Ben Weisman) |
Al Capps (arr) on a; Mike Post (arr) on b; Richard Wess (arr) on d-f.
One of the recordings from this session made the Billboard Charts. "I've Gotta Be Me" peaked at #11, and was on the charts for 16 weeks.
Date: 19 June 1968
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L-6643 | Times Ain't What They Used To Be(Unknown) |
| b. | L-6644 | Another Strange Town(Jesse Colin Young) |
| c. | L-6645 | It's A Happening World - 2:28(Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) |
| d. | L-6646 | Love Is Just A Meaningless Word - 2:50(Jimmy Webb, Mike Post, Waite) |
Date: 24 June 1968
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Al Capps (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L-6647 | A Man Without A Dream(Carole King, Gerry Goffin) |
| b. | L-6648 | Do What You Gotta Do - 2:34(Jimmy Webb) |
| c. | L-6649 | Turnaround - 2:37(Mike Post) |
| d. | L-6650 | She Is Today - 2:45(Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) |
| e. | L-6664 | The Goin's Great(Sammy Cahn, Stanley Applebaum) |
Al Capps (arr) on c.
Date: 30 October 1968
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | LA-6911 | Tomorrow With Me - 2:49(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | LA-6912 | MacArthur Park - 6:59(Jimmy Webb) |
| c. | LA-6913 | This Guy's In Love With You - 3:26(Burt Bacharach, Hal David) |
The Pazzazz release only contains a 3-minute excerpt of "Macarthur Park". Curiously, this release also contains the previous unreleased recording of "This Guy's In Love With You" despite being an otherwise cut-price, poor quality collection.
Date: 3 March 1969
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ernie Freeman, Richard Wess (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | M-7246 | I Have But One Life To Live - 2:39(Dick Monda, Richard Burns) |
| b. | M-7247 | All This World And The Seven Seas(Cindy Walker) |
| c. | M-7248 | Take It From One Who Knows - 2:54(Leo Friedman, Edward Heyman) |
| d. | M-7249 | The Goin's Great - 2:24(Sammy Cahn, Stanley Applebaum) |
| e. | M-7250 | In This Crowded World - 3:49(Johnny Mandel, Aaron Sachs) |
| f. | M-7251 | The Impossible Dream - 2:39(Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion) |
Ernie Freeman (arr) on a-c; Richard Wess (arr) on d-f.
Date: 6 March 1969
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), George Rhodes (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | M-7253 | I Have Dreamed - 3:00(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| b. | M-7254 | This Guy's In Love With You - 3:26(Burt Bacharach, Hal David) |
| c. | M-7255 | What Became Of Me? - 2:54(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) |
Date: 1 April 1969
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Ralph Burns (arr), Joseph Gershenson (con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 121379 | Rhythm Of Life - 3:00(Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) |
This is a master edited from matrix L 15076 (see the session date 16 January, 1969 on the Film and TV Appearances page of this discography), to alter it for release on a 45.
Date: 22 October 1969
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), George Rhodes, Billy Strange (arr), Jimmy Bowen (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | M-17757 | Wichita Lineman - 3:04(Jimmy Webb) |
| b. | M-17758 | For Once In My Life - 3:20(Ronald Miller, Orlando Murden) |
| c. | M-17759 | You'd Better Sit Down, Kids - 3:45(Sonny Bono) |
| d. | M-17760 | My Way - 3:26(Claude Francois, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault, Paul Anka) |
| e. | M-17761 | Hi-Heel Sneakers - 4:17(Robert Higginbotham) |
When Davis left Reprise for Motown in 1970, he took with him the masters of his last two Reprise recording sessions. This material was used in his first Motown album.
There is some thought that Davis' backing band for these two Reprise sessions was "Blood, Sweat and Tears". Some reasons for this include Davis' thanking of B,S&T on record at the end of 'Spinning Wheel', plus the fact that many of the titles recorded were tunes made popular by, or written by members of, B,S&T. However, there is no official recognition of the band, and listenings of the album have determined it is highly unlikely B,S&T were involved.
Date: 18 November 1969
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), George Rhodes, Billy Strange (arr), Jimmy Bowen (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | M-17840 | Spinning Wheel - 3:18(David Clayton-Thomas) |
| b. | M-17841 | You've Made Me So Very Happy - 4:37(Berry Gordy, Jr., Frank Wilson, Brenda Hollaway, Patrice Hollaway) |
| c. | M-17842 | And When I Die - 4:42(Laura Nyro) |
| d. | M-17843 | In The Ghetto - 3:50(Scott Davis) |
Date: 25 November 1970
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Perry Botkin, Jr. (arr), Jimmy Bowen (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | (71L 2769) | I Want To Be Happy - 2:47(Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach) |
| b. | (72L 3200) | Have A Little Talk With Myself - 3:28(Ray Stevens) |
| c. | (72L 3201) | Willoughby Grove - 3:55(Bobby Scott, Danny Meehan) |
| d. | Bad Water(Jimmy Holiday, Jackie DeShannon, Randy Myers) |
These performances are studio recordings bought by MGM from Motown in August 1971. The master numbers listed are those given to the recordings by MGM.
Date: 26 November 1970
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | Fire And Rain(James Taylor) | |
| b. | Aquarius(Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) |
Date: 27 November 1970
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ernie Freeman (arr), Jimmy Bowen (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | Honest Queen(Peter Allen) | |
| b. | (71L 3925) | In My Own Lifetime - 2:35(Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) |
Ernie Freeman (arr) on b.
Despite the fact that Sammy signed with Motown in April of 1970, this session is dated to late 1970 or early 1971 by the content - "In My Own Lifetime" was from the Broadway musical "The Rothschilds" which opened in October 1970, and "I'll Begin Again" was from the movie musical "Scrooge" which opened in November 1970.
The single from this session (the only release on Sammy's Motown label Ecology) was released in March 1971. Once these recordings were bought by MGM, they were given the new master numbers 71L 3925 and 72L 3203 respectively.
Date: 18 January 1971
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Perry Botkin, Jr., Ernie Freeman (arr), Jimmy Bowen (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | (72L 3202) | Put Your Hand In The Hand - 2:13(Gene MacLellan) |
| b. | (72L 3203) | I'll Begin Again - 2:30(Leslie Bricusse) |
Perry Botkin, Jr. (arr) on a; Ernie Freeman (arr) on b.
Date: 7 April 1971
Location: Las Vegas
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | (71L 2768) | Mr. Bojangles(Jerry Jeff Walker) |
Date: 19 August 1971
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv)
| a. | 71L 2691 | I Am Over 25 (But You Can Trust Me) - 3:00(Mike Curb, Mack David) |
| b. | 71L 2692 | The Candy Man - 3:10(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| c. | 71L 2693 | Time To Ride - 2:19(Mack David, Mike Curb) |
| d. | 71L 2694 | I Have Watched You(Unknown) |
The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv) on a-b.
"The Candy Man" was on the Billboard Charts for 21 weeks, peaking at #1 (where it remained for three weeks). This was Davis' only US #1 hit. The release, MGM 14320, went Gold, selling over a million copies.
Date: 23 October 1971
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 71L 2841 | MacArthur Park - 7:14(Jimmy Webb) |
| b. | 71L 2842 | When The Wind Was Green - 3:10(Don Hunt, Henry Stinson) |
| c. | 71L 2843 | This Is My Life - 3:13(Bruno Canfora, Norman Newell, A. Amurri) |
| d. | 71L 2844 | Let My People Go(Unknown) |
Date: 16 January 1972
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Isaac Hayes, Onzie Horne (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 72L 3151 | John Shaft (Theme From "Shaft") - 3:59(Issac Hayes, Bettye Crutcher) |
This recording was placed on a 45, MGM K14370, but the single was never released.
Date: 18 February 1972
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Perry Botkin, Jr. (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 72L 3234 | Take My Hand - 4:22(Jack O'Brien, Bob James) |
| b. | Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most(Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) | |
| c. | Because You're Mine(Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodsky) | |
| d. | Don't Believe The Laughter(Perry Botkin, Jr.) |
Perry Botkin, Jr. (arr) on a, (con) on a.
Date: 28 April 1972
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 72L 3534 | You Can Have Her (I Don't Want Her) - 7:01(Bill Cook) |
Date: 14 June 1972
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv)
| a. | 72L 2768 | Mr. Bojangles - 5:43(Jerry Jeff Walker) |
| b. | 72L 3664 | All The Good Things In Life - 5:25(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| c. | 72L 3665 | The People Tree - 2:25(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv) on c.
Date: 16 June 1972
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv)
| a. | 72L 3702 | Tomorrow - 2:57(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | 72L 3703 | I Do Not Love You - 4:11(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| c. | 72L 3704 | Sweet Gingerbread Man - 2:44(Michel LeGrand, Alan Bergman) |
| d. | 72L 3705 | It's A Musical World - 3:11(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv) on c-d.
Date: 14 July 1972
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 72L 3792 | Love Is All Around (Theme From "Mary Tyler-Moore Show") - 2:28(Sonny Curtis) |
| b. | 72L 3793 | Somethin' Comin' On(Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton) |
Date: 7 September 1972
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Michael Viner (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 64VK69-1 | My Shining Hour - 2:13(Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) |
| b. | 64VK67-1 | Teach Me Tonight - 3:09(Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul) |
| c. | 64VK76-1 | Work Song - 2:14(Oscar Brown, Jr., Nat Adderley) |
| d. | 64VK73-1 | Why Try To Change Me Now - 3:28(Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy) |
| e. | 64VK65-1 | April In Paris - 2:48(Vernon Duke, Erwin "Yip" Harburg) |
These recordings do not appear in any listings of MGM masters. MGM dipped into its Verve reservoir and took some alternate takes from Sammy's early Semptember 1964 session with Count Basie and His Orchestra, and re-recorded new vocals (complete with 70s-era affectations) over the top of most tracks. The resulting MGM album was listed as a "repackage" of the Verve album, although only 3 tracks survived unchanged from 1964.
Date: 8 September 1972
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Michael Viner (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 64VK70-1 | New York City Blues - 2:56(Peggy Lee, Quincy Jones) |
| b. | 64VK66-1 | You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You - 3:06(Larry Stock, Russ Morgan, James Cavanaugh) |
| c. | 64VK68-1 | The Girl From Ipanema - 4:09(Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel) |
| d. | 64VK71-1 | Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - 2:56(Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) |
Date: 23 January 1973
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa, Mike Curb, Johnny Harris (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 73L 4745 | A Legend In My Time (I'd Be) - 2:40(Don Gibson) |
| b. | 73L 4746 | I'm Not Anyone - 4:08(Paul Anka, Johnny Harris) |
| c. | 73L 4747 | Soul Song(Unknown) |
Mike Curb (pdr) on a; Johnny Harris (pdr) on b.
Date: 20 June 1973
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 73L 5303 | London Is London(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | 73L 5304 | Fill The World With Love(Leslie Bricusse) |
| c. | 73L 5305 | You And I(Leslie Bricusse) |
Date: 21 June 1973
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 73L 5306 | If I Ruled The World(Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel) |
| b. | 73L 5307 | Good Old Bad Old Days(Richard Chase, Marcus Flynn) |
| c. | 73L 5308 | Feelin' No Pain(Fud Livingston) |
Date: 22 June 1973
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 73L 5310 | Hello, Los Angeles(Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | 73L 5311 | The Way That I Love You(Unknown) |
Session also included Matrix 73L 5309, which was a 6-part Leslie Bricusse medley (the specific songs included is unknown).
Date: 18 August 1973
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa, Lon Norman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv)
| a. | 73L 5563 | Singin' In The Rain - 2:50(Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) |
| b. | 73L 5564 | Chattanooga Choo-Choo - 2:30(Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) |
| c. | 73L 5565 | King Of Fools(Unknown) |
Don Costa (arr) on a; Lon Norman (arr) on b; The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv) on a-b.
Date: 30 September 1973
Location: Japan (?)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | Chi-ki Chi-ki Sammy - 1:01(Sammy Davis, Jr.) | |
| b. | Get With It - 1:05(Unknown) |
These songs recorded for a Japanese commercial for "Suntory" Whisky, and were released only on an MGM promotional EP. "Chi-ki Chi-ki Sammy" is barely a song, and is simply the audio track of a commercial which features Sammy bopping along as he pours himself a drink!
Date: 17 April 1974
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Nelson Riddle (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 74L 5818 | All The Things You Are - 3:30(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| b. | 74L 5819 | It Only Happens (When I Dance With You) - 4:09(Irving Berlin) |
| c. | 74L 5819 | They Can't Take That Away From Me - 4:09(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| d. | 74L 5819 | I Concentrate On You - 4:09(Cole Porter) |
| e. | 74L 5819 | I've Got You Under My Skin - 4:09(Cole Porter) |
| f. | 74L 5819 | I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan - 4:09(Arthur Schwartz, Harold Dietz) |
| g. | 74L 5819 | By Myself - 4:09(Arthur Schwartz, Harold Dietz) |
| h. | 74L 5820 | Lover, Come Back To Me - 2:55(Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) |
| i. | 74L 5821 | Sweet And Lovely(Unknown) |
b, c, d, e, f, g performed as medley.
Date: 18 April 1974
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Nelson Riddle (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 74L 6322 | Pass That Peace Pipe - 3:04(Roger Edens, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) |
| b. | 74L 6323 | Get Happy - 2:34(Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen) |
| c. | 74L 6324 | Be My Love - 3:03(Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodsky) |
| d. | 74L 6326 | That's Entertainment - 1:33(Arthur Schwartz, Harold Dietz) |
Date: 19 April 1974
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Nelson Riddle (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 74L 6325 | I Don't Know Why (I Just Do) - 3:10(Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert) |
| b. | 74L 6327 | I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - 2:04(Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| c. | 74L 6328 | A Shine On Your Shoes - 2:33(Arthur Schwartz, Harold Dietz) |
| d. | 74L 6387 | That's Entertainment - 0:46(Arthur Schwartz, Harold Dietz) |
Date: 24 August 1974
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa, Lon Norman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv)
| a. | 74L 6575 | Sing! - 2:38(Joe Raposo) |
| b. | 74L 6576 | This Is The House Of The People - 4:12(Sullivan, Gill) |
Don Costa (arr) on a; Lon Norman (arr) on a; The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv) on b.
Date: 25 October 1974
Location: Los Angeles
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Don Costa (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv)
| a. | 74L 6617 | Chico And The Man (Theme from "Chico And The Man") - 2:39(Jose Feliciano) |
| b. | 74L 6618 | Song And Dance Man - 2:44(Wilburn S. Rice, Jerry G. Foster) |
Don Costa (arr) on a; The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv) on b.
Date: 12 February 1976
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Al Capps (arr), Dave Grusin (arr, con), Mike Curb (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv)
| a. | VCA-7522 | I Can Do That - 2:15(Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban) |
| b. | VCA-7526 | Showtime (For Everyone) - 2:58(Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha) |
| c. | Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow (Theme From "Baretta") - 2:24(Morgan Ames, Dave Grusin) | |
| d. | Love Is All Around (Theme From "Mary Tyler-Moore Show") - 3:28(Sonny Curtis) | |
| e. | We'll Make It This Time (Theme From "Kojak") - 3:10(Billy Goldberg, Bill Dyer) |
Al Capps (arr) on a, e; Dave Grusin (arr) on c, (con) on c; Mike Curb (pdr) on c-e; The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv) on a-c.
"I Can Do That" is a studio recording inserted (with applause) into Warner Bros' release of live performances at the Sydney Opera House in August, 1977 (see the Live Recordings page on this discography). The back-up vocals from this studio recording of "Showtime" were also included on that album over the top of Sammy's live performance of the song.
Date: 13 February 1976
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Al Capps (arr), Mike Curb, Michael Lloyd, Jim Vienneau (pdr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv)
| a. | I Heard A Song - 2:49(Marty Cooper) | |
| b. | Snap Your Fingers - 2:51(Grady Martin, Alex Zanetis) | |
| c. | You Can Count On Me (Theme From "Hawaii 5-O") - 2:08(Morty Stevens, Hermine Hilton) | |
| d. | Those Were The Days (Theme From "All In The Family") - 2:58(Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) | |
| e. | Movin' On Up (Theme From "The Jeffersons") - 3:01(Ja'net DuBois) | |
| f. | Mary Hartman (Theme From "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman") - 3:16(Wally Holmes) | |
| g. | And Then There's Maude (Theme From "Maude") - 3:28(Dave Grusin, Andrew Bergman) |
Al Capps (arr) on c, f; Michael Lloyd (pdr) on a; Jim Vienneau (pdr) on b; The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv) on d-e.
"I Heard A Song" is a tribute to great figures of then-recent American history, recorded for a special double LP featuring multiple artists which was released to celebrate the United States' bicentennary in 1976.
Date: 2 March 1978
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz - 2:36(Miles Laboratories, Inc.) | |
| b. | Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz - 2:38(Miles Laboratories, Inc.) |
Two versions of the Alka Seltzer advertising jingle "Plop Plop, Fizz Fizz" were recorded, one a 'Rock Version' and the other a 'Big Band Version'. Each contained a verse of the song that the other version did not have.
Date: 24 April 1978
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | VCA-7555 | Life Is A Woman - 3:36(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | VCA-7556 | It's Not Easy(Unknown) |
| c. | VCA-7557 | When You Start Believing(Unknown) |
This performance of "Life Is A Woman" sees Sammy doing impressions. Its only release so far has been on on a Curb Records 'live' album, and so has had audience applause added.
Date: 4 May 1978
Location: Either Burbank or San Diego
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Billy Byers, Joe Lippman (arr), Ian Fraser (arr, con), George Rhodes (con, dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Marian Mercer (v)
| a. | WCA-7930 | I Wanna Be Rich - 3:01(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| b. | WCA-7931 | What Kind Of Fool Am I - 4:04(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| c. | WCA-7932 | Life Is A Woman - 4:12(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| d. | WCA-7933 | Lumbered - 3:19(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
Marian Mercer (v) on a.
Sources indicate that the cast album for "Stop The World - I Want To Get Off" was recorded during the show's tour on the road in May. From May to July, the show toured San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago and Toronto, before opening on Broadway on 3rd August, 1978.
Date: 5 May 1978
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Billy Byers, Joe Lippman (arr), Ian Fraser (arr, con), George Rhodes (con, dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | WCA-7934 | Once In A Lifetime - 2:56(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
Date: 6 May 1978
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Billy Byers, Joe Lippman (arr), Ian Fraser (arr, con), George Rhodes (con, dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Marian Mercer (v)
| a. | WCA-7935 | Someone Nice Like You - 4:00(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
| b. | WCA-7936 | Meilinki Meilchik - 4:15(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
Date: 7 May 1978
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Billy Byers, Joe Lippman (arr), Ian Fraser (arr, con), George Rhodes (con, dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Marian Mercer (v)
| a. | WCA-7937 | Typically English - 5:30(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| b. | WCA-8006 | Gonna Build A Mountain - 4:35(Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse) |
| c. | WCA-8010 | Mumbo Jumbo - 3:50(Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) |
Marian Mercer (v) on a.
Date: 5 February 1979
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), John D'Andrea (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Mike Curb Congregation (bkv)
| a. | XCA 8963 | That Old Black Magic - 3:29(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) |
Date: 22 July 1981
Location: Sound Emporium, Nashville
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sheldon Kurland Strings (acc), Bill Justin (arr), Larry Butler (pdr, p), James Capps, Steve Chapman, Ray Edenton, Leon Rhodes, Billy Sanford, Jerry Shook (g), Bob "King" Moore (b), Hargus "Pig" Robbins (p), Jerry Carrigan (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), James "Buzz" Cason, Don Gane, Sherlyn Huffman, Lisa Silver, Dianne Tidwell, Bergen White (bkv)
| a. | Oh, Lonesome Me - 2:38(Don Gibson) | |
| b. | Hey, Won't You Play (Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song) - 3:23(Chips Moman, Larry Butler) | |
| c. | We Could Have Been The Closest Of Friends - 3:14(John Slate, Stevan Pippin) | |
| d. | The River's Too Wide - 2:44(Bob Morrison) |
A (somewhat) hideous collection of Country and Western songs. These 10 titles have been released in countless bargain-basement CDs and cheap (and misleading) 'Rat Pack' collections.
Date: 29 July 1981
Location: Sound Emporium, Nashville
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sheldon Kurland Strings (acc), Bill Justin (arr), Larry Butler (pdr, p), James Capps, Steve Chapman, Ray Edenton, Leon Rhodes, Billy Sanford, Jerry Shook (g), Bob "King" Moore (b), Hargus "Pig" Robbins (p), Jerry Carrigan (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), James "Buzz" Cason, Don Gane, Sherlyn Huffman, Lisa Silver, Dianne Tidwell, Bergen White (bkv)
| a. | Come Sundown - 3:20(Kris Kristofferson) | |
| b. | You're Gonna Love Yourself (In The Morning) - 3:12(Donnie Fritts) | |
| c. | What I've Got In Mind - 2:46(Kenny O'Dell) | |
| d. | Mention A Mansion - 2:20(Deborah K. Hupp, Bob Morrison) | |
| e. | Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) - 3:02(Merle Travis, Tex Williams) | |
| f. | Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends - 3:26(Kris Kristofferson) |
Date: 17 August 1984
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Willie Hutch (arr, pdr), Gene Page (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | Hello, Detroit - 4:57(Berry Gordy, Jr., Willie Hutch) |
Motown 1738 features an instumental version of "Hello, Detroit" on flip side of Sammy Davis, Jr.'s vocal "Hello, Detroit". This was Davis' last hit record, being a chart-topper in Belgium in 1984.
Date: 5 February 1988
Lena Horne (ldr), Mike Renzi (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr., Lena Horne (v)
| a. | I Wish I'd Met You - 4:20(Johnny Mandel, Richard R. Bennett, Frank Underwood) |
Sammy Davis, Jr.'s final studio recording.