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The definitive collection [sound recording] / Sammy Davis, Jr.

By: Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: B0005378-02 | Hip-O RecordsPublication details: Santa Monica, CA : Hip-O Records, p2006.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Sammy Davis, Jr., the definitive collection
Subject(s):
Contents:
Hey there -- The birth of the blues -- Something's gotta give -- Love me or leave me -- That old black magic -- Too close for comfort -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York -- The lady is a tramp -- What kind of fool am I? -- Gonna build a mountain -- The shelter of your arms -- Night song -- My shining hour -- Lonely is the name -- I've gotta be me -- The rhythm of life -- The candy man -- Mr. Bojangles -- The people tree -- Keep your eye on the sparrow (Baretta's theme).
Production credits:
  • Compilation produced by Harry Weinger.
Sammy Davis, Jr. vocals ; with assisting artists.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult CD Adult CD Main Library CD Adult Display - Second Floor POP/ROCK Davis, Sammy Black Music Month Available 33111007872415
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Sammy Davis, Jr. was an outsized talent. Whether dancing or singing or acting (or drumming, or doing impersonations), he spent more energy, carried more emotion, and involved himself more deeply in his performances than any other artist of his caliber. His earliest hit material -- "Something's Gotta Give," "Love Me or Leave Me," "That Old Black Magic" -- signalled the advent of a show-biz vocalist who could blow the roof off the joint like a blues shouter, and though Davis was impeccably refined, he was obviously channeling Broadway figures like Ethel Merman or Al Jolson rather than the mellowed, mellifluous sound of swing-influenced vocalists. (As such, he earned more fans in the showrooms of Las Vegas than the nightclubs of New York.) Hip-O's Definitive Collection is not only a fine compilation of Sammy Davis, Jr. highlights, it's the best single-disc overview of his career, beginning with his '50s Decca material and ending in the mid-'70s, when his hits petered out after a late chart-topper ("The Candy Man"). It features all of his hits and it's the first single-disc compilation to include songs from every one of his movie or Broadway hits -- "Too Close for Comfort" (Mr. Wonderful), "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" (Porgy and Bess), "Night Song" (Golden Boy), "The Rhythm of Life" (Sweet Charity), "The Candy Man" (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), even "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (Baretta's Theme)." It also includes a pair of well-chosen album tracks, "My Shining Hour" from his collaboration with the Count Basie Orchestra, and "Lonely Is the Name," the title song from a very good mid-'60s LP. ~ John Bush

All selections previously recorded 1954-1976.

Compact disc.

Insert in container (15 p. : col. ill., ports.) includes biographical notes by David Ritz inserted.

Hey there -- The birth of the blues -- Something's gotta give -- Love me or leave me -- That old black magic -- Too close for comfort -- There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York -- The lady is a tramp -- What kind of fool am I? -- Gonna build a mountain -- The shelter of your arms -- Night song -- My shining hour -- Lonely is the name -- I've gotta be me -- The rhythm of life -- The candy man -- Mr. Bojangles -- The people tree -- Keep your eye on the sparrow (Baretta's theme).

Compilation produced by Harry Weinger.

Sammy Davis, Jr. vocals ; with assisting artists.

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