Sammy Davis, Jr. Studio Recordings 1957-1960



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Date: 18 February 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)

a.101700Tea For Two  (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
     Decca EP: ED-2510 (1957)
     Big Artist Album CD: EX-3084 - It's Magic (1991)
     MCA CD: 35XD-509 - Best 20 Songs (1996)
b.101701Cheek To Cheek - 04:04  (Irving Berlin)
     Decca EP: ED-2511 (1957)
     Big Artist Album CD: EX-3084 - It's Magic (1991)
c.101702The Things We Did Last Summer  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
     Decca EP: ED-2513 (1957)
d.101703They Didn't Believe Me  (Jerome Kern, Anne Caldwell)
     Decca EP: ED-2510 (1957)
e.101704Baby, It's Cold Outside  (Frank Loesser)
     Decca 78: 30400 (1957)
     Decca 45: 9-30400 (1957)
     Brunswick 45: 05830 (1960)
     Decca EP: ED-2511 (1957)
f.101705There's A Small Hotel - 03:27  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Decca EP: ED-2511 (1957)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     MCA CD: MCAD-10101 - The Decca Years (1990)
     Rainbow CD: 031 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 1) (1990)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8490 - Boy Meets Girl (1957)
-     MCA CD: 25P2-2827 - Boy Meets Girl (1993)
-     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)

Date: 19 February 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)

a.101706People Will Say We're In Love  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Decca EP: ED-2511 (1957)
b.101707Happy To Make Your Acquaintance - 03:13  (Frank Loesser)
     Decca 78: 30400 (1957)
     Decca 45: 9-30400 (1957)
     Brunswick 45: 05830 (1960)
     Decca EP: ED-2510 (1957)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
c.101708Two Sleepy People  (Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael)
     Decca EP: ED-2513 (1957)
d.101709Who Cares - 02:36  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Decca EP: ED-2513 (1957)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 031 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 1) (1990)
e.101710You're The Top - 03:06  (Cole Porter)
     Decca EP: ED-2510 (1957)
     Music Club CD: MCCD-140 - The Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr. (1993)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8490 - Boy Meets Girl (1957)
-     MCA CD: 25P2-2827 - Boy Meets Girl (1993)
-     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)

Date: 20 February 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.101742They Can't Take That Away From Me  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Decca LP: DL-8779 - All The Way And Then Some (1958)
b.101743Fascinating Rhythm  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     unissued
c.101744The House I Live In  (Earl Robinson, Lewis Allen)
     Decca 45: - Songs For Americans To Live By (1957)
d.101745That Old Black Magic - 02:37  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
     Decca EP: ED-2508 - The Swingin' Heart (1957)
     Decca LP: DXSB-7192 - The Best Of Sammy Davis, Jr.
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 031 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 1) (1990)
     MCA CD: MCAD-18354 - My Greatest Songs (1991)
     Music Club CD: MCCD-140 - The Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr. (1993)
     Starlite CD: CDS-51119 - Rat Pack Is Back (1996)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
     Universal CD: 5-84916-2 - The Candy Man Swings (2002)
     Golden Stars CD: GSS-5459 CD1 - Classic Album Collection - Starring Sammy Davis, Jr. (2007)
e.101766Black And White  (Earl Robinson, David Arkin)
     Decca 45: - Songs For Americans To Live By (1957)

Date: 15 May 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.102543Mad Ball  (Frederick M. Karger, Richard H. Quine)
     Decca 45: 30441 (1957)
     Brunswick 45: 05717 (1957)
b.102544I Never Got Out Of Paris  (Abner Silver, Roy Alfred)
     Decca 45: 30769 (1958)
     Brunswick 45: 05778 (1959)
c.102545There's No Fool Like An Old Fool  (Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Meyer)
     Decca 45: 30611 (1958)
     Brunswick 45: 05747 (1958)
d.102546I Push My Heart Through A Horn  (Unknown)
     unissued
e.102547Fascinating Rhythm - 02:09  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Decca LP: DL-4381 - Forget-Me-Nots For First Nighters (1963)
f.102548Talihi  (Unknown)
     unissued

Date: 1 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

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), Roger Renner (p), Joe Comfort (b), Alvin Stoller (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 10331Better Luck Next Time - 02:43  (Irving Berlin)
     Decca LP: DL-8641 - It's All Over But The Swingin' (1957)
     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)
b.L 10332Can't Help Lovin' Dat Gal - 04:53  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Decca LP: DL-8641 - It's All Over But The Swingin' (1957)
     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)
c.L 10333I Cover The Waterfront - 03:19  (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green)
     Decca EP: ED-2557 (1958)
     Decca LP: DL-8641 - It's All Over But The Swingin' (1957)
     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)
d.L 10334Traps And Taps  (Unknown)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)

Date: 2 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (dir), Babe Russin (ts), Harry Klee (f), Robert Bain (g), Dan Lube, Marshall Sosson (vn), Alvin Dinken (vl), Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Roger Renner (p), Joe Comfort (b), Alvin Stoller (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 10335Where's That Rainbow - 03:27  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Decca LP: DXSB-7192 - The Best Of Sammy Davis, Jr.
b.L 10336But Not For Me - 03:24  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Decca EP: ED-2557 (1958)
     Decca LP: DXSB-7192 - The Best Of Sammy Davis, Jr.
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
c.L 10337Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry - 04:43  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
     Decca EP: ED-2557 (1958)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8641 - It's All Over But The Swingin' (1957)
-     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)

Date: 9 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

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), Roger Renner (p), Joe Comfort (b), Irv Cottler (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 10351Someone To Watch Over Me - 03:23  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Decca LP: DL-8641 - It's All Over But The Swingin' (1957)
     MCA CD: MCAD-18354 - My Greatest Songs (1991)
     MCA CD: 35XD-509 - Best 20 Songs (1996)
     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
     Universal CD: 5-84916-2 - The Candy Man Swings (2002)
b.L 10352I Can't Get Started - 03:29  (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
     Decca LP: DL-8641 - It's All Over But The Swingin' (1957)
     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)
c.L 10353Just In Time - 03:26  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)
     Music Club CD: MCCD-140 - The Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr. (1993)
d.L 10354Come Runnin'  (Roc Hillman)
     unissued
e.L 10355Don't Blame Me - 02:52  (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
     Decca LP: DL-8641 - It's All Over But The Swingin' (1957)
     Music Club CD: MCCD-140 - The Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr. (1993)
     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)

Date: 10 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis (dir), Manny Klein (t), Babe Russin (ts), Harry Klee (f), Tony Rizzi (g), Dan Lube, Marshall Sosson (vn), Paul Robyn (vl), Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Roger Renner (p), Mort Cobb (b), Alvin Stoller (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 10356It Never Entered My Mind - 04:05  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b.L 10357I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - 02:47  (Frederick Loewe, Alan Lerner)
c.L 10358Spring Is Here - 04:03  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Decca EP: ED-2557 (1958)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8641 - It's All Over But The Swingin' (1957)
-     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)

Date: 6 September 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.103224This Is The Night  (Lewis Bellin, Redd Evans)
     unissued
b.103225Cool Credo  (David Baker, David Craig)
     Decca 45: 30441 (1957)
c.103226Unspoken  (Marvin Fisher, Mack Discant)
     Decca 45: 30611 (1958)
     Brunswick 45: 05747 (1958)
d.103227I Concentrate On You - 02:48  (Cole Porter)
     Decca LP: DL-8779 - All The Way And Then Some (1958)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 032 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 2) (1990)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)

Date: 2 October 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.103415Back In Your Own Back Yard  (Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer)
b.103417Mister, You've Gone And Got The Blues  (Billy Eckstine, Bob Russell)
c.103418The Blue Room  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
d.103419I Cried For You  (Gus Arnheim, Abe Lymen, Arthur Freed)
All titles unissued 

Date: 15 October 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.103510What Is There To Say? - 03:41  (Vernon Duke, Erwin "Yip" Harburg)
     Decca EP: ED-2562 (1958)
b.103511Why Shouldn't I? - 04:06  (Cole Porter)
     Decca EP: ED-2562 (1958)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 032 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 2) (1990)
c.103512Love Me - 03:18  (Ned Washington, Victor Young)
d.103513For All We Know - 03:53  (Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 032 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 2) (1990)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
e.103514Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - 04:37  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
f.103515I Could Have Told You - 03:55  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Carl Sigman)
     Decca EP: ED-2562 (1958)
g.103516Deep In A Dream - 04:05  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Ed DeLange)
h.103517Try A Little Tenderness - 04:11  (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods)
i.103518I Get Along Without You Very Well - 03:28  (Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson)
j.103519Mam'selle - 02:46  (Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 032 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 2) (1990)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8676 - Mood To Be Wooed (1958)
-     Decca LP: DL-4582 - Try A Little Tenderness (1965)
-     MCA CD: MVCM-293 - Mood To Be Wooed (1990)

Date: 16 October 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.103520This Love Of Mine - 03:31  (Sol Parker, Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra)
b.103521I've Got A Crush On You - 03:01  (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin)
Both titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8676 - Mood To Be Wooed (1958)
-     Decca LP: DL-4582 - Try A Little Tenderness (1965)
-     MCA CD: MVCM-293 - Mood To Be Wooed (1990)

Date: 2 December 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.103816I'm Comin' Home  (Frank C. Slay, Jr., Bob Crewe)
     Decca EP: ED-2608 (1958)
b.103817Hallelujah, I Love Her So  (Ray Charles)
Both titles on: -     Decca 45: 30536 (1958)
-     Brunswick 45: 05732 (1958)

Date: 15 January 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.104055Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Decca EP: ED-2562 (1958)

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
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 10800Wonder Why  (Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodsky)
     Decca LP: DL-8779 - All The Way And Then Some (1958)
b.L 10801When I Fall In Love - 03:29  (Edward Heyman, Victor Young)
     Decca LP: DXSB-7192 - The Best Of Sammy Davis, Jr.
     Decca LP: DL-8779 - All The Way And Then Some (1958)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
c.L 10802My Heart Is So Full Of You  (Frank Loesser)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)
d.L 10803The Way You Look Tonight  (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
     unissued
e.L 10804Look To Your Heart  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
     Decca EP: ED-2621 (1958)
     Decca LP: DXSB-7192 - The Best Of Sammy Davis, Jr.
     Decca LP: DL-8779 - All The Way And Then Some (1958)

Date: 25 February 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Russell Garcia, Dick Stabile (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 10833All The Things You Are  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.L 10834We'll Meet Again  (Ross Parker Clarke, Hugh Charles)
     Decca EP: ED-2621 (1958)
     MCA CD: 35XD-509 - Best 20 Songs (1996)
c.L 10835In The Still Of The Night  (Cole Porter)
     Decca EP: ED-2621 (1958)
d.L 10836On A Slow Boat To China - 02:40  (Frank Loesser)
     MCA CD: 35XD-509 - Best 20 Songs (1996)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8779 - All The Way And Then Some (1958)

Omit Russell Garcia (dir) on a, b. Omit Dick Stabile (dir) on c, d.


Date: 26 February 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sonny Burke (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 10837Stay As Sweet As You Are  (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel)
     Decca LP: DL-8779 - All The Way And Then Some (1958)
b.L 10838My Gypsy Heart  (Jerry Reed)
     unissued
c.L 10839That Old Feeling  (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain)
     unissued
d.L 10840Night And Day - 02:28  (Cole Porter)
     Decca LP: DL-8779 - All The Way And Then Some (1958)
     Decca LP: DL-4381 - Forget-Me-Nots For First Nighters (1963)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 032 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 2) (1990)
     Big Artist Album CD: EX-3084 - It's Magic (1991)
     MCA CD: 35XD-509 - Best 20 Songs (1996)
     Starlite CD: CDS-51119 - Rat Pack Is Back (1996)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)

Date: 10 April 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)

a.104747It Might As Well Rain  (Mack Discant, Dave Mann)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 032 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 2) (1990)
b.104748I Ain't Gonna Change (The Way I Feel About You)  (Johnny Lange, Phil J. Tuminello)
     Decca 45: 30679 (1958)
     Brunswick 45: 05763 (1958)
c.104749Song And Dance Man - 03:07  (Barry Mann, Bob Hilliard)
     Decca 45: 30679 (1958)
     Brunswick 45: 05763 (1958)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)
     MCA CD: MCAD-18354 - My Greatest Songs (1991)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
     Universal CD: 5-84916-2 - The Candy Man Swings (2002)

Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on c only.


Date: 5 May 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.104934All The Way - 02:59  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)
     Decca EP: ED-2621 (1958)
     Decca LP: DL-8779 - All The Way And Then Some (1958)
b.104935Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With A Dixie Melody)  (Jean Schwartz, Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis)
     unissued
c.104936Mountain Greenery - 01:53  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     Decca LP: DL-4381 - Forget-Me-Nots For First Nighters (1963)

Date: 9 October 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 11196Bess, You Is My Woman Now - 04:49  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Decca LP: DL-8854 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 031 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 1) (1990)
     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)
b.L 11197Oh, Bess, Oh Where Is My Bess - 03:28  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Decca LP: DL-8854 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)
c.L 11198I Got Plenty O' Nuttin - 03:24  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Brunswick EP: 10173 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Decca EP: ED-2647 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Decca LP: DL-8854 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 031 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 1) (1990)
     MCA CD: MCAD-18354 - My Greatest Songs (1991)
     MCA CD: MCAD-11816 - S'Wonderful: The Great Gershwin Decca Songbook (1998)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
     Universal CD: 5-84916-2 - The Candy Man Swings (2002)
     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)
d.L 11199That's Anna  (Elmer Bernstein)
     Decca 45: 30769 (1958)
     Brunswick 45: 05778 (1959)

Omit Buddy Bregman (dir) on c, d. Omit Morty Stevens (dir) on a, b.


Date: 28 October 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), The Bill Thompson Singers (bkv)

a.L 11224It Ain't Necessarily So - 03:59  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Brunswick EP: 10173 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Decca EP: ED-2647 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Decca LP: DL-8854 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Rhino CD: R2-71503 - George and Ira Gershwin ("Great American Songwriters" Series, Volume 1) (1993)
     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)
b.L 11225Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way - 02:44  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Decca LP: DL-8854 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)
c.L 11226A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - 03:42  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Brunswick EP: 10173 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Decca EP: ED-2647 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Decca LP: DL-8854 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)
d.L 11227There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - 04:00  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Decca 45: 30915 (1959)
     Decca LP: DXSB-7192 - The Best Of Sammy Davis, Jr.
     Decca LP: DL-8854 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 031 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 1) (1990)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)
     Hip-O CD: B-0005378-02 - The Definitive Collection (2006)
e.L 11228Crazy  (Unknown)
     unissued

Omit Buddy Bregman (dir) on d, e. Morty Stevens (dir) on d, e only. Omit The Bill Thompson Singers (bkv) on d, e.


Date: 8 December 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (ldr), Buddy Bregman (arr), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)

a.L 11270I Loves You Porgy - 03:48  (Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
     Decca LP: DL-8854 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 031 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 1) (1990)
     Verve CD: 9-82005-4 - It Takes Two (Spiegel Edition, Vol. 10) (2004)
     Verve CD: 314 589 546-2 - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae on Decca (2005)
b.L 11271Buenas Noches, Mi Amor  (Alexandre Schwab, Hubert Giraud)
     unissued

Omit Buddy Bregman (arr) on b.


Date: 11 December 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Buddy Bregman Orchestra (acc), Buddy Bregman (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 11274How Are Things In Glocca Morra  (Erwin "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane)
     Decca LP: DXSB-7192 - The Best Of Sammy Davis, Jr.
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)
b.L 11275Let's Face The Music And Dance - 02:29  (Irving Berlin)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)
     Music Club CD: MCCD-140 - The Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr. (1993)
c.L 11276Time After Time  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)
d.L 11277Crazy  (Unknown)
     unissued
e.L 11278When You Love Someone  (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
     unissued

Date: 15 March 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.106824There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Brunswick EP: 10173 - Porgy And Bess (1959)
     Decca EP: ED-2647 - Porgy And Bess (1959)

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
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.106916You'll Never Get Away From Me - 02:40  (Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim)
b.106917Fair Warning - 02:25  (Harold Rome)
Both titles on: -     Decca 45: 30898 (1959)

Date: 31 March 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.106963I Got Plenty O' Nuttin  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
     Decca 45: 30915 (1959)

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
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.107511I've Heard That Song Before  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
     Big Artist Album CD: EX-3084 - It's Magic (1991)
b.107512Pennies From Heaven  (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke)
c.107513You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To  (Cole Porter)
     Big Artist Album CD: EX-3084 - It's Magic (1991)
     MCA CD: 35XD-509 - Best 20 Songs (1996)
d.107514Lovely To Look At  (Jerome Kern)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8921 - Sammy Awards (1960)

Omit Buddy Bregman (dir) on c. Morty Stevens (dir) on c only.


Date: 6 June 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (dir), Mundell Lowe (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.107515It's Magic  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
     Decca 78: 89214 (1959)
     Big Artist Album CD: EX-3084 - It's Magic (1991)
b.107516For Every Man There's A Woman  (Leo Robin, Harold Arlen)
c.107517The Man That Got Away  (Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin)
d.107518Blues In The Night - 04:12  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
e.107519Change Partners - 02:48  (Irving Berlin)
     MCA CD: MCAD-10101 - The Decca Years (1990)
     Big Artist Album CD: EX-3084 - It's Magic (1991)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
f.107520Too Late Now  (Burton Lane, Alan Lerner)
g.107521Love Letters  (Edward Heyman, Victor Young)
     Decca 78: 89214 (1959)
     Big Artist Album CD: EX-3084 - It's Magic (1991)
     MCA CD: 35XD-509 - Best 20 Songs (1996)
h.107522I Fall In Love Too Easily  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8921 - Sammy Awards (1960)

Buddy Bregman (dir) on b, d, g only. Omit Morty Stevens (dir) on b, d, g, h. Mundell Lowe (g) on h only.


Date: 4 January 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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), George Rhodes (p), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.108523I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - 03:05  (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
b.108524The Lady Is A Tramp - 04:23  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
     MCA CD: MCAD-18354 - My Greatest Songs (1991)
     Music Club CD: MCCD-140 - The Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr. (1993)
     MCA CD: 35XD-509 - Best 20 Songs (1996)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
     Universal CD: 5-84916-2 - The Candy Man Swings (2002)
     Hip-O CD: B-0005378-02 - The Definitive Collection (2006)
c.108525I Got A Woman - 04:32  (Ahmet Nugetre, Ray Charles)
     Music Club CD: MCCD-140 - The Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr. (1993)
d.108526Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 03:20  (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8981 - I Gotta Right To Swing! (1960)
-     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)

Date: 6 January 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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), George Rhodes (p), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.108527Till Then - 03:23  (Guy Wood, Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus)
b.108528Get On The Right Track, Baby - 02:47  (Titus Turner)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
c.108529Face To Face - 03:06  (Bob Ralske, Ben Weisman)
     Decca 45: 31177 (1960)
     Decca LP: DXD-166 - Face To Face - Pete Martin (1957)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8981 - I Gotta Right To Swing! (1960)
-     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)

Date: 7 January 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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), George Rhodes (p), Eddie Jones (b), Sonny Payne (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.108554There Is No Greater Love - 02:37  (Marty Symes, Isham Jones)
b.108555This Little Girl Of Mine - 02:01  (Ray Charles)
     Decca 45: 31177 (1960)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 032 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 2) (1990)
c.108556Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 03:52  (Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
     MCA LP: MCA2-4109 - Hey There! It's Sammy Davis, Jr. At His Dynamite Greatest (1977)
     MCA LP: 082.052-2 - Star Gold (1977)
     Rainbow CD: 032 - The Very Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr (Vol 2) (1990)
     Music Club CD: MCCD-140 - The Best Of Sammy Davis Jnr. (1993)
     Half Moon CD: HMNCD-045 - The Song And Dance Man (1999)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
d.108557Mess Around - 02:46  (Ahmet Nugetre)
     Decca 45: 31136 (1960)
All titles on: -     Decca LP: DL-8981 - I Gotta Right To Swing! (1960)
-     MCA CD: MCLD-19384 - It's All Over But The Swingin'/I Gotta Right To Swing! (1998)

Date: 15 March 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Buddy Bregman Orchestra (acc), Buddy Bregman (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 11987Soliloquy - 09:42  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)
     Rhino CD: R2-75972 - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story (1999)
b.L 11988Where Is The Life That Late I Led?  (Cole Porter)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)
c.L 11989Ya Got Trouble  (Meredith Wilson)
     unissued
d.L 11990Gesticulate  (Robert Craig Wright, George Forrest)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)

Date: ca. May 1960
Location: New York
Label: Verve

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.26674Eee-O Eleven - 02:46  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
     Capitol CD: 5-36452-2 - Eee-O Eleven: The Best Of The Rat Pack (2001)
b.26675Ain't That A Kick In The Head - 02:33  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
     Capitol CD: 5-39937-2 - Vegas, Baby! ("Ultra Lounge" Series) (2002)
Both titles on: -     Verve 45: 10219 (1960)
-     HMV 45: 45-POP 777 (1960)
-     Rhino CD: R2-75934 - Sammy & Friends (2000)

Date: 20 July 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.109390I Got A Woman  (Ahmet Nugetre, Ray Charles)
     Decca 45: 31136 (1960)

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
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Buddy Bregman Orchestra (acc), Buddy Bregman (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.109722Ya Got Trouble  (Meredith Wilson)
     Decca LP: DL-4153 - Mr. Entertainment (1958)
     MCA CD: MVCM-291 - Mr. Entertainment (1990)

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