The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (album) explained

The Sammy Davis Jr. Show
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sammy Davis Jr.
Cover:	The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (album).jpeg
Border:	yes
Released:	February 1966
Recorded:	1961–1966
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	33:55
Label:	Reprise
Chronology:	Sammy Davis Jr.
Prev Title:	Sammy's Back on Broadway
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	The Sounds of '66
Next Year:	1966

The Sammy Davis Jr. Show is a 1966 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., released to coincide with his television show of the same name.

The album is collated from five studio sessions from 1961 to 1966. "We Open in Venice" had previously appeared on Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963).^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Lindsay Planer awarded the album four stars, and said that the album "emphasizes Davis' innate affinity and apt interpretations of show tunes from the small screen".^[1]

Track listing

1. "Hey There" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) - 2:56
2. "My Mother the Car" (Paul Hampton) - 2:03
3. "We Open in Venice" (Cole Porter) - 2:14 (with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin)
4. "More Than One Way" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 3:14
5. "Feeling Good" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) - 3:03
6. "Paris Is at Her Best in May" (Charles Aznavour, Gene Lees, Pierre Roche) - 2:56
7. "Love at Last You Have Found Me" (Aznavour, Johnny Worth) - 2:59
8. "Sam's Song" (Jack Elliott, Lew Quadling) - 2:45 (with Dean Martin)
9. "If You Want This Love of Mine" (Sonny Knight) - 2:41
10. "No One Can Live Forever" (Charles Tobias) - 2:39
11. "This Dream" (Bricusse, Newley) - 2:56
12. "What Kind of Fool Am I" (Bricusse, Newley) - 3:22

Personnel

• Sammy Davis Jr. – vocals
• Frank Sinatra
• Dean Martin

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=the-sammy-davis-jr-show-r718455|pure_url=yes}} The Sammy Davis Jr. Show]. Allmusic. February 8, 2011.