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The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular (1962) What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers (1962) As Long as She Needs Me (1963) Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium (1964) The Shelter of Your Arms (1964) Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite" (1964) Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers (1964)
In the 2005 film Madagascar, "The Candy Man" song by Sammy Davis Jr is played in Alex's hallucination when he is hit by a tranquilizer dart. Comedian Tim Hawkins released a parody of the song, "The Government Can", in 2009. [23] The video for the song went viral and has garnered over 7.6 million hits on YouTube. [24]
b/w "Love, At Last You Have Found Me" (from The Sammy Davis Jr. Show) — — — — Non-album tracks 1966 "Courage" b/w "Yes I Can" (from If I Ruled the World) — — — — "The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World" b/w "If You Want This Love of Mine" (from The Sammy Davis Jr. Show) — — — — "Lonely Weekends" b/w "More ...
Howard M. Colbert Jr. was the tap-dance teacher of Sammy Davis Jr., who treated him much as an uncle. Colbert left the Trio in December 1941 to join the United States Army when the United States declared war on Germany during World War II. Sammy Davis Jr. was 16 years old at this time and became part of the main vaudeville act, replacing Colbert.
Eugene Chadbourne of AllMusic rated Sammy Davis Jr.Now one-and-a-half out of five stars. He stated that "there are tracks enough on this album that are painful to sit through", but also said that "The Candy Man" "surely will retain its historical value simply for being about the closest music has ever come to being pure excrement."
The Nat King Cole Songbook is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., recorded in tribute to singer and pianist Nat King Cole, who had recently died. [ 3 ] Track listing
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).
"With a Song in My Heart" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:05 "Another Spring" (Robin Beaumont, Leslie Bricusse) – 2:57 "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:14 "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young) – 10:22; Comedy Monologue by Sammy Davis, Jr. – 9:52