Sammy Davis Jr.

4 COMPLETE ALBUMS ON A 2-CD SET

INCLUDES 16 BONUS TRACKS

CONTAINS FOUR TRACKS APPEARING HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!!!

This 2-CD set presents Sammy Davis Jr.’s complete sessions with bands conducted and arranged by Marty Paich in 1961 and 1962 (and featuring such outstanding jazz musicians as Bud Shank, Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper, Jack Sheldon, Jimmy Rowles, and Mel Lewis, among many others). Twelve bonus tracks have been added consisting of songs from the same period that complete the sessions, on which Davis is backed by different arrangers and conductors.

This release includes the complete original LPs, "The Wham of Sam" (Reprise R9-2003), "Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway" (Reprise R9-2010), "Sammy Davis Jr. Sings What Kind of Fool Am I" and Other Show-Stoppers" (Reprise R9-6051), and "As Long as She Needs Me" (Reprise R9- 6082), plus several rare sides originally issued on singles. Four tracks, “Here’s a Kiss for Christmas”, “One More Time”, “The Fool I Used to Be”,
and “Everybody Calls Me Joe”, appear here on CD for the first time ever!!!

PERSONNEL:

SAMMY DAVIS JR., vocals
MARTY PAICH, arranger & conductor
On all tracks plus:

COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon (tp), Stu Williamson (tb), Vincent DeRosa (French horn),
Red Callender (tuba), Bob Enevoldsen (valve tb), Bud Shank (as &fl),
Bill Perkins, Bob Cooper (ts), Bill Hood (bar), Jimmy Rowles (p),
Al Hendrickson (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Mel Lewis (d), Larry Bunker (percussion),
among others.
Los Angeles, 1961-62.


(*) BONUS TRACKS (CD 2, 10-26):
Orchestras conducted & arranged by Morty Stevens,
Neal Hefti, Eugene Page, Jimmy Haskell & Chuck Sagle. Los Angeles, 1961-62.

INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 75:10 Min.

01 LET THERE BE LOVE
02 BYE BYE BLACKBIRD
03 BLAME IT ON MY YOUTH
04 CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS
05 THOU SWELL
06 SOON
07 STEP OUT OF THAT DREAM
08 GONNA BUILD A MOUNTAIN
09 WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I
10 THAT’S FOR ME
11 A LOT OF LIVIN’ TO DO
12 THE GREAT COME-AND-GET-IT DAY
13 MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY
14 TWO LADIES IN DE SHADE OF DE BANANA TREE
15 GUYS AND DOLLS
16 SOMETHING’S COMING
17 THERE IS NOTHIN’ LIKE A DAME
18 THE PARTY’S OVER
19 CLIMB EV’RY MOUNTAIN
20 IF I LOVED YOU
21 WE KISS IN A SHADOW
22 LOST IN THE STARS
23 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
24 MY ROMANCE

CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 73:48 Min.

01 BEGIN THE BEGUINE
02 FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE
03 SOMEONE NICE LIKE YOU
04 ONCE IN A LIFETIME
05 AS LONG AS SHE NEEDS ME
06 A SECOND CHANCE (SONG FROM “TWO FOR THE SEE-SAW”)
07 COME ON STRONG
08 A MAN WITH A DREAM
09 HERE’S A KISS FOR CHRISTMAS (**)
10 BACK IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD (*)
11 LUSH LIFE (*)
12 I’M GONNA LIVE TILL I DIE (*)
13 I’M A FOOL TO WANT YOU (*)
14 (LOVE IS) THE TENDER TRAP (*)
15 OUT OF THIS WORLD (*)
16 THERE WAS A TAVERN IN THE TOWN (*)
17 IF YOU ARE BUT A DREAM (*)
18 ONE MORE TIME (**)
19 YOU CAN’T LOVE THEM ALL (*)
20 DEED I DO (*)
21 THE FOOL I USED TO BE (**)
22 EVERYBODY CALLS ME JOE (**)
23 BEE-BOM (*)
24 I MARRIED AN ANGEL (*)
25 FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN (*)
26 WITHOUT A SONG (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS
(**) FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!!