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  • Starring Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Sings Just for Lovers
  • Mr. Wonderful [Original Broadway Cast]
  • Porgy and Bess
  • Sammy Davis, Jr. at Town Hall
  • I Gotta Right to Swing!
  • The Wham of Sam
  • What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers
  • All-Star Spectacular
  • At the Cocoanut Grove
  • As Long as She Needs Me
  • Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers
  • The Shelter of Your Arms
  • Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium
  • Golden Boy [Original Broadway Cast]
  • California Suite
  • When the Feeling Hits You
  • Our Shining Hour
  • Sammy's Back on Broadway
  • The Nat King Cole Songbook
  • If I Ruled the World
  • The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show
  • The Sounds of '66
  • Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays
  • Sings the Complete Dr. Doolittle
  • That's All!
  • Lonely Is the Name
  • I've Gotta Be Me
  • Sweet Charity [Motion Picture Soundtrack]
  • The Goin's Great

Release Date

1990

Duration

39:19

Genre

Styles

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Sammy Davis, Jr.

Greatest Songs

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Some of Sammy Davis, Jr.'s best-known songs are here, including the sappy "Candy Man," and Mike Curb's production values are, well, curbed in some respect, as you get to hear Davis swing a little bit. Jazz numbers like "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "The Lady Is a Tramp" were sung better by Frank Sinatra, but Davis does them well. More poppish pieces "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Mr. Bojangles," "I've Gotta Be Me," and "Talk to the Animals" are readily associated with Sammy D, and are included. Slightly better than the similar Curb best-of collection, it's probably still far short of his definitive work, or collaborations with the infamous Rat Pack.

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley
Sammy Davis, Jr.
3:18
2
Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley
Sammy Davis, Jr.
3:39 Amazon
3
Leslie Bricusse / Anthony Newley
Sammy Davis, Jr.
4:32 Amazon
4
Mort Dixon / Ray Henderson
Sammy Davis, Jr.
3:09 Amazon
5
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Sammy Davis, Jr.
3:21 SpotifyAmazon
6
Sam M. Lewis / Jean Schwartz / Joe Young
Sammy Davis, Jr.
8:08 Amazon
7
Jerry Jeff Walker
Sammy Davis, Jr.
3:50 Amazon
8
Walter Marks
Sammy Davis, Jr.
2:16 Amazon
9
Lew Brown / Buddy DeSylva / Ray Henderson
Sammy Davis, Jr.
4:22 Amazon
10
Leslie Bricusse
Sammy Davis, Jr.
2:44 Amazon
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