The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (album)

The Sammy Davis Jr. Show
Studio album by Sammy Davis Jr.
Released	February 1966
Recorded	1961-1966
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	33:55
Label	Reprise
Sammy Davis Jr. chronology
Sammy's Back on Broadway (1965) The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (1966) The Sounds of '66 (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 1961-1966, "We Open in Venice" had previously appeared on Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963).^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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, Worth) - 2:59
8. "Sam's Song" (Jack Elliott, Lew Quadling) - 2:45 (with Dean Martin)
9. "If You Want This Love of Mine" (Baker 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

References