Sammy Davis, Jr. Sessionography



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Date: 13 January 1949
Location: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Label: Capitol

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), Gerald Wiggins (p), John Simmons (b), Jesse Price (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.3861-1I Don't Care Who Knows - 02:40  (Buddy Johnson)
b.3862-2The Way You Look Tonight - 03:10  (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
c.3863-5Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - 02:36  (Sam Stept, Sidney Clare)
d.3864-2I'm Sorry Dear - 02:42  (Anson Weeks, Harry Tobias, Johnnie Scott)

Date: 22 February 1949
Location: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Label: Capitol

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), Gerald Wiggins (p), John Simmons (b), Alvin Stoller (d), Karl Kiffe (bo), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.3995-3I Ain't Got Nobody - 02:22  (Roger Graham, Spencer Williams)
b.3996-5Be-Bop The Beguine - 02:45  (Richard Hazard, B. Jordan)
c.3997-2You Are My Lucky Star - 02:33  (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown)
d.3998-3Can't You See I've Got The Blues - 02:45  (Sammy Davis, Jr., J. Dane)

Date: 22 July 1949
Location: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Label: Capitol

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), members of The Woody Herman Orchestra (acc), Dave Cavanaugh (arr, con, ts), Gerald Wiggins (p), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.4691-1Dreamy Blues - 02:55  (Bobby Black)
b.4692-1What Can I Do - 02:48  (Sammy Davis, Jr.)
c.4693-2Got A Great Big Shovel - 02:37  (Richard Elliot)
d.4694-3We're Gonna Roll - 02:07  (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
Label: Capitol

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (arr, con, ts), Mickey Mangano (t), Gus Bivona (as), Art Hulette (bar), Gerald Wiggins (p), Mike Rubin (b), Don Lamond (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)

a.4740-2Smile, Darn Ya, Smile - 02:33  (Max Rich, Charles O'Flynn, Jack Meskill)
b.4741-2Dedicated To You - 03:05  (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret)
c.4742-2Azure - 02:21  (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills)
d.4743-2Inka Dinka Doo - 03:01  (Jimmy Durante, Ben Ryan)

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


Date: 9 December 1949
Location: Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood
Label: Capitol

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Dave Cavanaugh (arr, con, ts), Mickey Mangano (t), Red Benson, Lloyd Elliott, Bill Shaffer (tb), Joe Koch (bar), Gerald Wiggins (p), Mike Rubin (b), Lee Young (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.5264-6Yours Is My Heart Alone - 02:23  (Harry Bache Smith, Franz Lehar)
b.5265-2Wagon Wheels - 02:15  (Peter DeRose, Billy Hill)
c.5266-2Laura - 02:29  (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin)
d.5267-2Here Lies Love - 02:41  (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger)

Date: ca. 1953

Label: DDR

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

a.101Who Needs Spring? - 02:50  (Ruth Allen)
b.102The Gypsy In My Soul - 02:09  (Clay A. Boland, Moe Jaffe)
c.Chloe - 02:23  (Gus Kahn, Charles Daniels, Neil Moret)
d.Why Do I Worry? - 02:59  (Unknown)

Date: 26 May 1954
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Peggy Lee (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Peggy Lee (v), Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap, spk)

a.L 7715The Gypsy With Fire In His Shoes - 02:52  (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 probable the grumbled asides in Spanish heard are also Davis. He does not sing.


Date: 7 June 1954
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.86370Hey There - 02:46  (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross)
b.86371And This Is My Beloved  (Robert Craig Wright, George Forrest)
c.86372Lonesome Road - 02:09  (Nathaniel Shilkrat, Gene Austin)
d.86373/4Because Of You - 05:26  (Arthur Hammerstein, Dudley Wilkinson)
e.86375September Song - 02:51  (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)

Date: 16 September 1954
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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

a.86787Glad To Be Unhappy  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b.86788The Red Grapes  (Ross Bagdasarian, Frank Cady)
c.86789Love (Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere)  (Edmund Goulding, Elsie Janis)
d.86790The Birth Of The Blues - 03:16  (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)

Date: 22 December 1954
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Joseph Gershenson (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 8065Six Bridges To Cross - 03:00  (Henry Mancini, Jeff Chandler)
b.L 8066All Of You - 02:41  (Cole Porter)
c.L 8067Spoken For  (Mickey Rooney)

Date: 26 January 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Joseph Gershenson (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 8150Easy To Love - 02:23  (Cole Porter)
b.L 8151Stan' Up An' Fight - 04:06  (Oscar Hammerstein II, George Bizet)
c.L 8152The Birth Of The Blues - 05:11  (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
d.L 8153My Funny Valentine - 03:06  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)

This recording of "The Birth Of The Blues" contains audience applause. Although there is some mention of a one-off live recording of "The Birth Of The Blues" from a performance at the Copacabana Club in New York pre-1958, 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
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sam Taylor (ts), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.87521That Old Black Magic - 03:17  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
b.87522Don't Let Her Go  (Dean Reed)
c.87523Something's Gotta Give - 02:03  (Johnny Mercer)
d.87524It Started All Over Again  (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer)
e.87525Give A Fool A Chance  (Jerry Stevens)
f.87526Love Me Or Leave Me - 02:56  (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
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis, Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)

a.87848A Man With A Dream - 02:52  (Stella Unger, Victor Young)
b.87849In A Persian Market - 02:30  (Albert W. Ketelbey, Hal David)
c.87850A Fine Romance  (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
d.87851I Go For You  (Hal David, Leon Carr)

Omit Jack Pleis (dir) on a, b. Omit Morty Stevens (dir) on c, d. Omit Carmen McRae (v) on a, b.


Date: 13 July 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 8555When Your Lover Has Gone  (Einar A. Swan)
b.L 8556It's The Talk Of The Town  (Marty Symes, Al J. Neiburg, Jerry Livingston)
c.L 8557The Nearness Of You  (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington)
d.L 8558These Foolish Things - 04:06  (Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell)

Date: 14 July 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 8559You Do Something To Me - 02:19  (Cole Porter)
b.L 8560You're My Girl  (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
c.L 8561Tenderly  (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence)
d.L 8562It's Bigger Than You And Me - 02:21  (Jule Styne, Leo Robin)
e.L 8563A Foggy Day  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)

Date: 18 July 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.L 8564Back Track! - 02:20  (Lynn Russel, Gilbert Becaud, Lee Wilson)
b.L 8565The Clown  (Paul Frees, Ruby Raksin)
c.L 8566Circus  (Bob Russell, Louis Alter)
d.L 8567Body And Soul  (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green)

Date: 25 July 1955
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 8572Happy Ending  (Ben Weisman, Sid Wayne)
b.L 8573The Thrill Is Gone  (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
c.L 8574It's All Right With Me  (Cole Porter)
d.L 8575Come Rain Or Come Shine  (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)

Date: 29 July 1955
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 8596Wait Till You See Her - 03:32  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b.L 8597Get Out Of Town - 02:55  (Cole Porter)

Date: 10 August 1955
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 8638Dangerous  (Unknown)
b.L 8639Just One Of Those Things - 02:52  (Cole Porter)
c.L 8640She Always Knows  (Lenny Adelson, Imogen Carpenter)
d.L 8641Blues To End The Blues  (Williams)

Date: 16 August 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca

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

a.L8642Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive - 03:30  (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)
b.L8643Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar - 03:01  (Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Eleanor Sheehy)

Date: 18 August 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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

a.88530Luck Be A Lady - 03:18  (Frank Loesser)
b.88531Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat - 03:19  (Frank Loesser)
c.88532Adelaide  (Frank Loesser)
d.88533I'll Know - 03:05  (Frank Loesser)

Date: 19 August 1955
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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

a.88538/9It's All Right With Me - 06:08  (Cole Porter)

Date: 10 November 1955
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 8786The Man With The Golden Arm - 03:08  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
b.L 8787Frankie And Johnnie - 03:17  (Johnny Green, Sammy Cahn)

Date: 23 January 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap), The Will Mastin Trio (tap)

a.89241Too Close For Comfort - 02:18  (Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss)
b.Too Close For Comfort - 01:34  (Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss)
c.89242The World Is Mine (Tonight)  (George Posford, Andrew Marvel)
d.89243Jacques D'Iraque  (Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss)
e.89244Without You I'm Nothing - 02:55  (George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener)

Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on b only. The Will Mastin Trio (tap) on d only.


Date: 24 January 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (con), Jack Carter, Sammy Davis, Jr., Olga James, Pat Marshall (v)

a.89253Get Out Of The Car (Uh, Oh!) - 02:56  (Claude Trenier, Cliff Trenier)
b.89254There - 02:45  (Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss, Jerry Bock)
c.Ethel, Baby - 02:18  (Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Lawrence Holofcener)
d.Without You I'm Nothing - 03:46  (George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener)
e.Sing You Sinners - 02:04  (Sam Coslow, W. F. Harling)
f.I've Been Too Busy - 02:56  (Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Lawrence Holofcener)
g.Mr. Wonderful - 01:57  (Lawrence Holofcener, Jerry Bock, George David Weiss)

Jack Carter (v) on d, f, g only. Olga James (v) on c, f, g only. Pat Marshall (v) on f, g only.


Date: 8 May 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Sy Oliver Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.89928The Hurt That Time Won't Heal  (Barry R. Laporte)
b.89929Five - 02:22  (Billy Martin, Larry Martin)
c.89930Never Like This  (Robert Wells, Mark W. McIntyre)
d.89931Specially For Little Girls  (Peter Cadby)

Date: 29 May 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sy Oliver, Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.100043The Lady's In Love With You  (Frank Loesser, Burton Lane)
b.100044You're Sensational - 03:00  (Cole Porter)
c.100045Goodbye, So Long, I'm Gone - 02:53  (Robbie Kirk)
d.100046French Fried Potatoes And Ketchup - 02:11  (Ben L. Trace, Clem Watts, Jack Fascinato)

Omit Sy Oliver (dir) on a, b. Omit Jack Pleis (dir) on c, d.


Date: 3 August 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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

a.100380The Gypsy In My Soul  (Clay A. Boland, Moe Jaffe)
b.100381Never Like This  (Robert Wells, Mark W. McIntyre)
c.100382Earthbound - 03:12  (Clive Richardson, Bob Musel, Jack Taylor)
d.100383The White Witch  (Unknown)
e.100384All Dressed Up And No Place To Go - 02:48  (Frank Reardon, Ernest Schweikert)

Date: 2 October 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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

a.100689New York's My Home - 03:11  (Gordon Jenkins)
b.100690The Golden Key - 02:55  (Abner Spector, Don Marcotte)
c.100691Signed, Sealed and Delivered  (Unknown)
d.100692Moment Of Madness  (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)

Date: 30 November 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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.101113Begin The Beguine - 03:24  (Cole Porter)
b.101114All About Love  (Bill Dana, Robert Arthur)
c.101115Perdido - 02:31  (Juan Tizol, Hans Lengsfelder, Ervin Drake)
d.101116Temptation  (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed)

Date: 7 December 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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), Dave Martin (p), Sandy Block (b), Jimmy Crawford (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.101132Don't Get Around Much Anymore - 03:27  (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
b.101133Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be - 02:44  (Joe Carroll, Billy Graham)
c.101134By Myself - 02:57  (Arthur Schwartz, Harold Dietz)
d.101135Signed, Sealed and Delivered  (Unknown)

Date: 17 December 1956
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca

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

a.101206Don'cha Go 'Way Mad - 02:45  (Jimmy Mundy, Al Stillman, Illinois Jacquet)
b.101207Long Before I Knew You - 02:59  (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
c.101208Will You Still Be Mine?  (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis)
d.101209Comes Love  (Lew Brown, Sam Stept, Charles Tobias)

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)
b.101701Cheek To Cheek - 04:04  (Irving Berlin)
c.101702The Things We Did Last Summer  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
d.101703They Didn't Believe Me  (Jerome Kern, Anne Caldwell)
e.101704Baby, It's Cold Outside  (Frank Loesser)
f.101705There's A Small Hotel - 03:27  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)

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)
b.101707Happy To Make Your Acquaintance - 03:13  (Frank Loesser)
c.101708Two Sleepy People  (Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael)
d.101709Who Cares - 02:36  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
e.101710You're The Top - 03:06  (Cole Porter)

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)
b.101743Fascinating Rhythm  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
c.101744The House I Live In  (Earl Robinson, Lewis Allen)
d.101745That Old Black Magic - 02:37  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
e.101766Black And White  (Earl Robinson, David Arkin)

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)
b.102544I Never Got Out Of Paris  (Abner Silver, Roy Alfred)
c.102545There's No Fool Like An Old Fool  (Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Meyer)
d.102546I Push My Heart Through A Horn  (Unknown)
e.102547Fascinating Rhythm - 02:09  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
f.102548Talihi  (Unknown)

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)
b.L 10332Can't Help Lovin' Dat Gal - 04:53  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.L 10333I Cover The Waterfront - 03:19  (Edward Heyman, Johnny Green)
d.L 10334Traps And Taps  (Unknown)

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)
b.L 10336But Not For Me - 03:24  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
c.L 10337Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry - 04:43  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)

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)
b.L 10352I Can't Get Started - 03:29  (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
c.L 10353Just In Time - 03:26  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)
d.L 10354Come Runnin'  (Roc Hillman)
e.L 10355Don't Blame Me - 02:52  (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)

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)

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)
b.103225Cool Credo  (David Baker, David Craig)
c.103226Unspoken  (Marvin Fisher, Mack Discant)
d.103227I Concentrate On You - 02:48  (Cole Porter)

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)

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)
b.103511Why Shouldn't I? - 04:06  (Cole Porter)
c.103512Love Me - 03:18  (Ned Washington, Victor Young)
d.103513For All We Know - 03:53  (Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots)
e.103514Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - 04:37  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
f.103515I Could Have Told You - 03:55  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Carl Sigman)
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)

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)

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)
b.103817Hallelujah, I Love Her So  (Ray Charles)

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)

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)
b.L 10801When I Fall In Love - 03:29  (Edward Heyman, Victor Young)
c.L 10802My Heart Is So Full Of You  (Frank Loesser)
d.L 10803The Way You Look Tonight  (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
e.L 10804Look To Your Heart  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)

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)
c.L 10835In The Still Of The Night  (Cole Porter)
d.L 10836On A Slow Boat To China - 02:40  (Frank Loesser)

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)
b.L 10838My Gypsy Heart  (Jerry Reed)
c.L 10839That Old Feeling  (Lew Brown, Sammy Fain)
d.L 10840Night And Day - 02:28  (Cole Porter)

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)
b.104748I Ain't Gonna Change (The Way I Feel About You)  (Johnny Lange, Phil J. Tuminello)
c.104749Song And Dance Man - 03:07  (Barry Mann, Bob Hilliard)

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)
b.104935Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With A Dixie Melody)  (Jean Schwartz, Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis)
c.104936Mountain Greenery - 01:53  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)

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)
b.L 11197Oh, Bess, Oh Where Is My Bess - 03:28  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
c.L 11198I Got Plenty O' Nuttin - 03:24  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
d.L 11199That's Anna  (Elmer Bernstein)

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)
b.L 11225Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way - 02:44  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
c.L 11226A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - 03:42  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
d.L 11227There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - 04:00  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
e.L 11228Crazy  (Unknown)

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)
b.L 11271Buenas Noches, Mi Amor  (Alexandre Schwab, Hubert Giraud)

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)
b.L 11275Let's Face The Music And Dance - 02:29  (Irving Berlin)
c.L 11276Time After Time  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
d.L 11277Crazy  (Unknown)
e.L 11278When You Love Someone  (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)

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)

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)

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)

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)
b.107512Pennies From Heaven  (Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke)
c.107513You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To  (Cole Porter)
d.107514Lovely To Look At  (Jerome Kern)

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)
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)
e.107519Change Partners - 02:48  (Irving Berlin)
f.107520Too Late Now  (Burton Lane, Alan Lerner)
g.107521Love Letters  (Edward Heyman, Victor Young)
h.107522I Fall In Love Too Easily  (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)

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)
c.108525I Got A Woman - 04:32  (Ahmet Nugetre, Ray Charles)
d.108526Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 03:20  (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)

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)
c.108529Face To Face - 03:06  (Bob Ralske, Ben Weisman)

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)
c.108556Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 03:52  (Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
d.108557Mess Around - 02:46  (Ahmet Nugetre)

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)
b.L 11988Where Is The Life That Late I Led?  (Cole Porter)
c.L 11989Ya Got Trouble  (Meredith Wilson)
d.L 11990Gesticulate  (Robert Craig Wright, George Forrest)

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)
b.26675Ain't That A Kick In The Head - 02:33  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)

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)

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)

Date: 6 February 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Label: Reprise

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), Tony Rizzi (g), Sam Freed, Anatol Kaminsky, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman (vn), Armand Kaproff, Raphael Kramer, Edgar Lustgarten, Kurt Reher (vc), Jimmy Rowles (p), Red Mitchell (b), Shelly Manne (d), Larry Bunker (per), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.141Out Of This World - 03:19  (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)
b.142I'm A Fool To Want You  (Jack Wolf, Joel S. Herron, Frank Sinatra)
c.143Lush Life - 03:45  (Billy Strayhorn)
d.144Back In Your Own Back Yard - 02:49  (Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer)
e.145(Love Is) The Tender Trap - 02:35  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
f.146I'm Gonna Live Till I Die  (Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Mann Curtis)

Date: 7 February 1961
Location: Los Angeles
Label: Reprise

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.147Let There Be Love - 02:49  (Ian Grant, Lionel Rand)
b.148Bye Bye Blackbird - 02:47  (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson)
c.149Blame It On My Youth - 04:14  (Oscar Levant, Edward Heyman)
d.150Can't We Be Friends? - 02:53  (Kay Swift, Paul James)
e.151Thou Swell - 02:59  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
f.152Soon - 02:48  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)

Date: ca. June, 1961

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Neal Hefti, Marty Paich (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.356Step Out Of That Dream - 02:30  (Phil J. Tuminello, Florence Parker)
b.357There Was A Tavern In The Town - 02:15  (William H. Hills)
c.358If You Are But A Dream - 02:32  (Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton, Nat Bonx)
d.359One More Time  (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)

Omit Neal Hefti (arr) on a, d. Marty Paich (arr) on a only.


Date: ca. June 20, 1961

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.377Be My Love - 03:26  (Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodsky)
b.378Stranger In Paradise - 02:38  (Bob Wright, Chet Forrest, Alexander Borodin)
c.379That Lucky Old Sun - 03:59  (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith)
d.380Ballerina - 02:55  (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman)

Date: early July, 1961

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich, Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.440You Can't Love 'Em All - 03:08  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)
b.441'Deed I Do - 02:12  (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose)
c.442Lulu's Back In Town - 02:55  (Harry Warren, Al Dubin)
d.443Sonny Boy - 03:59  (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, Al Jolson)
e.444Gonna Build A Mountain - 02:22  (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse)
f.445What Kind Of Fool Am I - 03:21  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
g.446That's For Me - 03:11  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)

Marty Paich (arr) on e, f, g only. Omit Morty Stevens (arr) on e, f, g. Marty Paich (con) on e, f, g only. Omit Morty Stevens (con) on e, f, g.

"What Kind Of Fool Am I" was on the Billboard Charts for 15 weeks, peaking at #17.


Date: ca. 18 July 1961

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Marty Paich Dek-Tette, Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.452A Lot Of Livin' To Do - 02:44  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
b.453That Great Come-And-Get-It Day  (Burton Lane, Erwin "Yip" Harburg)
c.454Make Someone Happy - 03:00  (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne)
d.455Two Ladies In De Shade Of De Banana Tree  (Truman Capote, Harold Arlen)

The Marty Paich Dek-Tette (acc) on a only. Omit Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc) on a.


Date: ca. 19 July 1961

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.456Guys And Dolls - 02:09  (Frank Loesser)
b.457Something's Coming - 02:49  (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim)
c.458There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - 02:37  (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers)
d.459The Party's Over - 04:17  (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green)

Date: ca. July 24-26, 1961

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), Unknown (bkv)

a.460Climb Ev'ry Mountain - 03:21  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
b.461If I Loved You - 03:56  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.462We Kiss In A Shadow - 03:19  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
d.463Lost In The Stars - 04:24  (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson)

Date: early January, 1962
Location: Los Angeles
Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Marty Paich Dek-Tette, Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.708Too Close For Comfort - 03:01  (Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener, George David Weiss)
b.709My Romance - 03:31  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
c.710Falling In Love With Love - 02:26  (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
d.711Begin The Beguine - 04:28  (Cole Porter)

Omit The Marty Paich Dek-Tette (acc) on c, d. Omit Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc) on a, b.


Date: ca. 1962
Location: Democratic National Convention
Label: Reprise

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

a.How About You?  (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed)

Date: mid June, 1962

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Eugene Page, Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.1036Someone Nice Like You - 02:23  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
b.1037Once In A Lifetime - 02:09  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
c.1038The Fool I Used To Be - 02:48  (Kent J. Westberry, Wayne Gray)
d.1039Everybody Calls Me Joe  (Paul Anka)

Omit Eugene Page (arr) on a, b. Omit Marty Paich (arr) on c, d. Omit Eugene Page (con) on a, b. Omit Marty Paich (con) on c, d.


Date: late June, 1962
Location: Los Angeles
Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jimmy Haskell, George Rhodes, Chuck Sagle, Morty Stevens (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.1105I Married An Angel - 01:58  (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
b.1106Without A Song - 03:37  (Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose)
c.1107Falling In Love Again - 03:25  (Frederick Hollaender, Sammy Lerner, Reg Connelly)
d.1108Bee-Bom - 02:18  (Les Van Dyke)

Jimmy Haskell (arr) on d only. Omit George Rhodes (arr) on a, d. Chuck Sagle (arr) on d only. Morty Stevens (arr) on a only. Jimmy Haskell (con) on d only. Omit George Rhodes (con) on a, d. Chuck Sagle (con) on d only. Morty Stevens (con) on a only.


Date: 22 October 1962
Location: Los Angeles
Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (ldr), Billy May (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (v)

a.1509Me And My Shadow - 03:06  (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose)
b.1510Sam's Song - 02:44  (Jack Elliot, Lew Quadling)

Omit Dean Martin (v) on a. Omit Frank Sinatra (v) on b.


Date: ca. November 1962

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.1534As Long As She Needs Me - 03:04  (Lionel Bart)
b.1535Song from "Two For The See-Saw" (A Second Chance) - 02:57  (Andre Previn, Dory Langdon)
c.1536Come On Strong - 02:37  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
d.1537A Man With A Dream - 02:57  (Stella Unger, Victor Young)

Omit Marty Paich (arr) on c, d. Omit Marty Paich (con) on c, d.


Date: mid November, 1962

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.1550Here's A Kiss For Christmas - 02:58  (Don George)

A little-known Christmas recording, which was circulated only to disc jockeys in 1962. The single promoted a 'Christmas Seals' charity.


Date: ca. 1963

Label: United Artists

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ray Ellis (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.The Ballad Of Johnny Cool - 03:01  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
b.Three Billion Millionaires - 04:02  (Peter Farrow, Robert Allen, Diane Lampert)

Omit Ray Ellis (arr) on a. Omit Ray Ellis (con) on a.

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: ca. March 1963

Label: 20th Century-Fox

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

a.Katherine's Theme  (Ronald Stein)

Date: ca. May 1963
Location: Pye Records' Studios, London
Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Johnny Keating, Peter Knight (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.2238My Kind Of Girl - 04:03  (Leslie Bricusse)
b.2239Sophisticated Lady - 04:00  (Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish, Duke Ellington)
c.2240Ballin' The Jack - 02:16  (James Henry Burris, Chris Smith)
d.2241Over The Rainbow - 04:10  (Harold Arlen, Erwin "Yip" Harburg)
e.2242Brokenhearted (Here Am I) - 03:30  (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
f.2243Jalousie - 04:35  (Winifred May, Vera Bloom, Jacob Gade)
g.2244Smile - 03:10  (Charles Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons)
h.2245This Was My Love - 04:21  (Jim Harbert)
i.2246Lazy River - 02:52  (Hoagy Carmichael, Sidney Arodin)
j.2247Give Me The Moonlight - 02:19  (Albert von Tilzer, Lew Brown)
k.2248Tenement Symphony - 05:26  (Hal Borne, Ray Golden, Sid Kuller)

Omit Peter Knight (arr) on g. Omit Peter Knight (con) on g.

Recordings at this session also included master number 2237, a spoken introduction to the LP being recorded, and 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: ca. June 1963

Label: Reprise

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

a.2108The Shelter Of Your Arms - 02:50  (Jerry Samuels)

"The Shelter Of Your Arms" was on the Billboard Charts for 17 weeks, peaking at #17.


Date: ca. July 1963
Location: Los Angeles
Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Warren Barker, Billy May, Marty Paich, George Rhodes (arr), Morris Stoloff (con), Terry Rosen (g), Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (v)

a.2149We Open In Venice - 02:10  (Cole Porter)
b.2152Too Darn Hot - 02:28  (Cole Porter)
c.2163Necessity  (Burton Lane, Erwin "Yip" Harburg)
d.2167That Great Come-And-Get-It Day  (Burton Lane, Erwin "Yip" Harburg)
e.2179Carefully Taught  (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
f.2195Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat - 03:30  (Frank Loesser)

Warren Barker (arr) on f only. Billy May (arr) on a only. Marty Paich (arr) on d only. George Rhodes (arr) on b, c only. Terry Rosen (g) on e only. Dean Martin (v) on a only. Frank Sinatra (v) on a only.

"We Open In Venice" recorded on 10th July. Dates for other titles unknown, although presumably they would have been in July. Master numbers appear to have not been assigned according to recording date for much of this period.


Date: ca. August 1963

Label: Reprise

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

a.2197The Birth Of The Blues - 04:32  (Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson)
b.2198That Old Black Magic  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
c.2199It's All Right With Me  (Cole Porter)
d.2200In A Persian Market  (Albert W. Ketelbey, Hal David)
e.2201Hey There - 02:53  (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross)
f.2202They Can't Take That Away From Me - 03:01  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
g.2203That Old Black Magic - 01:54  (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
h.2204Without You I'm Nothing  (George David Weiss, Jerry Bock, Lawrence Holofcener)
i.2205Spoken For  (Mickey Rooney)
j.2206And This Is My Beloved  (Robert Craig Wright, George Forrest)
k.2207Oh, Bess, Oh Where Is My Bess  (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
l.2208Stan' Up An' Fight  (Oscar Hammerstein II, George Bizet)

Date: ca. September 1963

Label: Reprise

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

a.2213Jingle Bells - 02:25  (James S. Pierpont)

Date: ca. September, 1963

Label: Reprise

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

a.2262Flash, Bang, Wallop! - 02:39  (Dave Heneker)
b.2263If I Ruled The World - 02:33  (Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel)

Date: late 1963
Location: Los Angeles
Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich's Orchestra (acc), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.2427A Stranger In Town - 03:45  (Mel Torme)
b.2428Born To Be Blue - 03:14  (Mel Torme, Robert Wells)
c.2429Willow Road - 03:44  (Mel Torme, Robert Wells)
d.2430The Christmas Song - 03:20  (Mel Torme, Robert Wells)
e.2431Welcome To The Club - 03:28  (Mel Torme)
f.2432California Suite - 24:21  (Mel Torme)

Date: ca. 1964

Label: RCA Victor

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Samuel Matlovsky (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.Mack The Knife - 03:41  (Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht)
b.Solomon Song - 02:38  (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein)
c.How To Survive - 01:35  (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill)
d.Happy Ending - 01:01  (Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein)

Some sources note that an alternate version of "Mack The Knife" was also recorded, in Bobby Darin-esque fashion, for the US release of the German film "The Threepenny Opera". If this is so, this would be in addition to the version noted here, which was recorded with the same style music as the rest of the soundtrack, and was at some point released in the US.


Date: early 1964

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.2549Some Days Everything Goes Wrong - 02:50  (Ervin Drake)
b.2550Fools Rush In - 02:44  (Rube Bloom, Johnny Mercer)
c.2551I Wanna Be Around - 02:34  (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt)
d.2552I Left My Heart In San Francisco - 02:20  (Douglass Cross, George Cory)
e.2553Days Of Wine And Roses - 02:35  (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer)
f.2554Blue Velvet - 02:44
g.2555It's All In The Game - 02:56  (Carl Sigman, Charles G. Dawes)
h.2556Deep Purple - 03:06  (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish)
i.2557Tracey - 03:19  (Jule Styne)
j.2558Walk Right In - 02:43  (Gus Cannon, Hosea Woods)
k.2559Beautiful Things  (Leslie Bricusse)
l.2560Kansas City - 02:46  (Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber)
m.2562A Stranger Called The Blues - 03:59  (Mel Torme, Robert Wells)

Marty Paich (arr) on m only. Marty Paich (con) on m only.


Date: 10 April 1964
Location: Los Angeles
Label: Reprise

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.2627Bang! Bang! - 03:46  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
b.2632Mister Booze - 05:14  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)
c.2633Don't Be A Do-Badder - 01:15  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)

Omit Bing Crosby (v) on a. Omit Dean Martin (v) on a. Omit Frank Sinatra (v) on a.

"Bang! Bang!" possibly recorded earlier than April 10.


Date: ca. mid April, 1964

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Perry Botkin, Jr., Jimmy Haskell (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.2638Choose - 02:50  (Lionel Bart)
b.2639Don't Shut Me Out - 02:27  (Stephanie Louis)
c.2640Not For Me - 02:30  (Bobby Darin)
d.2641Once  (Unknown)

Perry Botkin, Jr. (arr) on b only. Jimmy Haskell (arr) on c only. Perry Botkin, Jr. (con) on b only. Jimmy Haskell (con) on c only.


Date: ca. mid April, 1964

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.2701Ten Out Of Ten - 03:00  (Leslie Bricusse)
b.2702Another Spring - 02:40  (Robin Beaumont, Leslie Bricusse)

Date: ca. mid April, 1964

Label: Reprise

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

a.2707Night Song - 02:37  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
b.2708Yes I Can - 02:15  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
c.2709There's A Party Goin' On - 03:16  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)

Date: ca. late April, 1964
Location: United Recordings, Las Vegas
Label: Reprise

Sam Butera, Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sam Butera and The Witnesses (acc), Sam Butera (arr, con, ts), James Blount (tb), Jack Marshall (g), Willie McCumber (p), Amato Rodrigues (b), Bobby Morris (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.2720My Kind Of Town  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)
b.2721L'Amour, Toujours L'Amour - 01:53  (Roger Casini, Rudolph Friml, Chisholm Cushing)
c.2722This Is Always - 03:39  (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)
d.2723Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 02:58  (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
e.2724There Will Never Be Another You - 02:41  (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)
f.2725April In Paris - 02:41  (Vernon Duke, Erwin "Yip" Harburg)
g.2726These Foolish Things - 03:54  (Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Holt Marvell)
h.2727I Should Care - 02:51  (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston)
i.2728Cry Me A River - 03:25  (Arthur Hamilton)
j.2729Don't Cry Joe - 02:47  (Al Piantados, Joe Marsala)
k.2730When The Feeling Hits You - 02:50  (Bobby Doyle)

Date: mid 1964

Label: Reprise

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

a.2751The Dodger Song  (Traditional)

Date: September 2-5, 1964
Location: New York
Label: Verve

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), Count Basie (p), Ray Brown (b), Sonny Payne (d), Emil Richards (per), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)

a.64VK65April In Paris - 02:45  (Vernon Duke, Erwin "Yip" Harburg)
b.64VK66You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You - 02:58  (Larry Stock, Russ Morgan, James Cavanaugh)
c.64VK67Teach Me Tonight - 03:05  (Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul)
d.64VK68The Girl From Ipanema - 04:07  (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius DeMoraes, Norman Gimbel)
e.64VK69My Shining Hour - 02:10  (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)
f.64VK70New York City Blues - 02:51  (Peggy Lee, Quincy Jones)
g.64VK71Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now - 02:51  (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf)
h.64VK72Blues For Mr. Charlie - 03:42  (Bobby Sharp)
i.64VK73Why Try To Change Me Now - 03:24  (Cy Coleman, Joseph McCarthy)
j.64VK74She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N) - 02:21  (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
k.64VK75Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home - 02:38  (Quincy Jones, Sammy Davis, Jr., Count Basie)
l.64VK76Work Song - 02:12  (Oscar Brown, Jr., Nat Adderley)

Omit Quincy Jones (arr) on d. George Rhodes (arr) on d only. Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on k only.

Other discographies note that alternate takes from this session were released as MGM SE-4825 "Sammy Davis, Jr. and Count Basie" in 1972. This is correct, but the vocals for that album were re-recorded in 1972, so these recordings have been listed under a session in 1972.


Date: late 1964

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sonny Burke (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.2974The Disorderly Orderly - 02:40  (Earl S. Shuman, Leon Carr)
b.2975Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) - 02:55  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)

Omit Sonny Burke (arr) on b. Omit Sonny Burke (con) on b.


Date: 25 October 1964
Location: New York
Label: Capitol

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ralph Burns (arr), Elliot Lawrence (con), Johnny Brown, Billy Daniels, Sammy Davis, Jr. (v), "Golden Boy" Company (bkv)

a.26056While The City Sleeps - 03:00  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
b.26057This Is The Life - 03:41  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
c.26058No More - 06:30  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
d.26060Workout - 01:37  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
e.26061Stick Around  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
f.26062Don't Forget 127th Street - 05:43  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)

Omit Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr) on a, d. Johnny Brown (v) on f only. Billy Daniels (v) on a, b only. Omit Sammy Davis, Jr. (v) on a, d. Omit "Golden Boy" Company (bkv) on a, e.

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 re-released the album in 1965 using newly-recorded versions of 4 songs with Davis in better voice (see session 1st April, 1965).


Date: 26 October 1964
Location: New York
Label: Capitol

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ralph Burns (arr), Elliot Lawrence (con), Sammy Davis, Jr., Terrin Miles, Paula Wayne (v)

a.26059I Want To Be With You  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
b.26063Can't You See It  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
c.26064Gimme Some (Whiskey And Beer) - 01:52  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
d.26065Night Song  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
e.26066Colourful - 02:39  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)

Terrin Miles (v) on c only. Paula Wayne (v) on a only.


Date: ca. April 1965

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Billy May (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.H-5084Walkin' My Baby Back Home - 02:32  (Roy Turk, Fred E. Ahlert)
b.H-5085Pretend - 03:07  (Cliff Parman, Frank LaVere, Lew Douglas, Dan Belloc)
c.H-5086Send For Me - 02:23  (Ollie Jones)
d.H-5087Ramblin' Rose - 02:23  (Noel Sherman, Joe Sherman)
e.H-5088It's Only A Paper Moon - 02:19  (Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, Erwin "Yip" Harburg)

Date: 1 April 1965
Location: New York
Label: Capitol

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Ralph Burns (arr), Elliot Lawrence (con), Sammy Davis, Jr., Paula Wayne (v)

a.27067Stick Around - 01:30  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
b.26069Can't You See It - 02:24  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
c.27070Night Song - 04:04  (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
d.27071I Want To Be With You - 04:34  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)

Paula Wayne (v) on d only.

These recordings were used in a re-release of Capitol's cast album recording of "Golden Boy" (see session dated 25 October 1964).


Date: ca. April 1965

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Claus Ogerman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.H-5105(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - 02:42  (Bobby Troup)
b.H-5106L.O.V.E.  (Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler)
c.H-5107Look At That Face - 02:23  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
d.H-5108Take The Moment - 02:40  (Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim)
e.H-5109People - 02:56  (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill)
f.H-5110A Married Man - 02:22  (Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel)
g.H-5111A Room Without Windows - 03:15  (Ervin Drake)
h.H-5112Do I Hear A Waltz? - 02:44  (Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim)
i.H-5113The Joker - 02:07  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
j.H-5114A Wonderful Day Like Today - 02:24  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
k.H-5115Hello, Dolly - 02:37  (Jerry Herman)
l.H-5116Sunrise, Sunset - 03:48  (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick)
m.H-5117The Other Half Of Me - 02:45  (Stan Freeman, Jack Lawrence)
n.H-5118I Want To Be With You - 03:06  (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams)
o.H-5119Sweet Lorraine - 02:56  (Mitchell Parish, Cliff Burwell)
p.H-5120Straighten Up And Fly Right - 02:42  (Irving Mills, Nat 'King' Cole)
q.H-5121For Sentimental Reasons - 02:11  (Deek Watson, William Best)
r.H-5122Ballerina - 02:20  (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman)
s.H-5123Unforgettable - 02:30  (Irving Gordon)
t.H-5124Mona Lisa - 05:00  (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
u.H-5124Too Young - 05:00  (Sylvia Dee, Sidney Lippman)
v.H-5124Nature Boy - 05:00  (Eden Ahbez)

t, u, v performed as medley.


Date: mid-1965
Location: New York
Label: Reprise

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

a.H-5199Lonely Weekends  (Charlie Rich)
b.H-5200You Can't Shake It Off  (Unknown)
c.H-5201My Mother The Car - 02:02  (Paul Hampton)
d.H-5203This Dream - 02:52  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
e.H-5204More Than One Way - 03:11  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)

Date: ca. August 1965

Label: Reprise

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

a.HX-5125Courage  (Jerry Samuels)
b.HX-5126No One Can Live Forever - 02:37  (Charles Tobias)
c.HX-5127Love At Last You Have Found Me - 02:56  (Charles Aznavour, Worth)
d.HX-5128In Your Eyes  (Unknown)
e.HX-5129It's Christmas Time All Over The World - 02:34  (Hugh Martin)
f.HX-5130I Wanna Be In Love Again  (Johnny Mercer)
g.HX-5131Jingle Bells  (James S. Pierpont)
h.HX-5132Paris Is At Her Best In May - 02:52  (Gene Lees, Charles Aznavour, Roche)
i.HX-5133Sweet Beginning  (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse)
j.HX-5134The Golden Rule  (Unknown)
k.HX-5135The Joker  (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
l.HX-5136Feeling Good - 02:51  (Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse)

Date: 15 October 1965

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Claus Ogerman (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.HX-5184The Second Best Secret Agent In The Whole Wide World - 01:50  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
b.HX-5185If You Want This Love Of Mine - 02:42  (Baker Knight)
c.HX-5186Your Other Love  (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").


Date: early 1966

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Benny Carter (arr, con), Nat Adderley (t), Kai Winding (tb), Junior Mance (p), Aaron Bell (b), Herb Lovelle (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.Whisper To One - 03:20  (Benny Carter)
b.I Want To Be Wanted - 03:23  (Kim Gannon, Alberto Testa, Giuseppe Spotti)

These two recordings were made for the motion picture "A Man Called Adam", which was released in August, 1966. Even though Reprise released the soundtrack album, curiously the titles do not appear in Reprise's official listing of Davis masters. Davis later re-recorded "Whisper To One", which remained unissued until 2005.


Date: 11 June 1966
Location: United Recordings, Las Vegas
Label: Reprise

Laurindo Almeida, Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Laurindo Almeida (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.J-4328Joey, Joey, Joey - 04:16  (Frank Loesser)
b.J-4329Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 04:01  (Cole Porter)
c.J-4330I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - 02:20  (Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy)
d.J-4331Speak Low - 03:32  (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash)
e.J-4332Where Is Love? - 03:00  (Lionel Bart)
f.J-4333Here's That Rainy Day - 02:15  (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
g.J-4334Misty - 02:19  (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke)

Date: 23 June 1966

Label: Reprise

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

a.J-4380Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - 02:31  (Cole Porter)
b.J-4381Whisper To One - 02:30  (Benny Carter)
c.J-4382All That Jazz - 02:10  (Benny Carter, Al Stillman)

Date: 9 August 1966

Label: Reprise

Laurindo Almeida, Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Laurindo Almeida (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.J-4447We'll Be Together Again - 03:14  (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)
b.J-4448The Folks Who Live On The Hill - 03:40  (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
c.J-4449Two Different Worlds - 03:21  (Sid Wayne, Al Frisch)
d.J-4450The Shadow Of Your Smile - 04:12  (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster)

Date: 10 August 1966

Label: Reprise

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

a.J-4453We'll Be Together Again - 02:47  (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine)
b.J-4454The Good Life - 02:40  (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon)
c.J-4455Shake! Shake! Shake! - 03:02  (Bobby Adams, Bobby Stevenson)

Date: 7 February 1967

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), H. B. Barnum (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, spk)

a.K-4819Children, Children - 03:22  (Ronald F. Rose, Kenneth Kaganovitch)
b.K-4820Don't Blame The Children  (H. B. Barnum, Reeve)
c.K-4821She Believes In Me - 02:50  (Baker Knight)

Omit Sammy Davis, Jr. (v) on b. Sammy Davis, Jr. (spk) on b only.


Date: 14 April 1967

Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), J. J. Johnson (arr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.K-4926I've Got You Under My Skin - 02:22  (Cole Porter)
b.K-4927I'm Glad There Is You - 02:27  (Paul Madeira, Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Mertz)
c.K-4928The Impossible Dream  (Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion)
d.K-4929Uptight - 03:04  (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Silvia Moy)
e.K-4929You've Got Your Troubles - 03:04  (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway)
f.K-4930The More I See You - 04:36  (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
g.K-4930The Second Time Around - 04:36  (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)

d, e performed as medley.

f, g performed as medley.

J. J. Johnson (arr) on a, b only.


Date: ca. July 1967
Location: Olympic Studios, South London
Label: Reprise

Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Marty Paich (arr, con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)

a.KA-6064Beautiful Things - 04:46  (Leslie Bricusse)
b.KA-6065When I Look In Your Eyes - 03:10  (Leslie Bricusse)
c.KA-6066My Friend, The Doctor - 02:53  (Leslie Bricusse)
d.KA-6067At The Crossroads - 02:16  (Leslie Bricusse)
e.KA-6068Doctor Dolittle - 02:00  (Leslie Bricusse)
f.KA-6069Something In Your Smile - 04:08  (Leslie Bricusse)
g.KA-6070