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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]
Sammy Davis Jr. Now is a 1972 album by Sammy Davis Jr. The album features the number one hit "The Candy Man", a Grammy-nominated song. The rest of the album is made up of standards, big ballads and soul tracks.
His best remembered film role is in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, where he played the character of Bill, the owner of Bill's Candy Shop, singing "The Candy Man" near the beginning of the film; the single was later a hit for entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician. At age two, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally, and his film career began in 1933.
Despite the fact that such songs as "What Kind of Fool Am I?" and "The Candy Man" (a US Number One single for Sammy Davis Jr. and the Mike Curb Congregation in 1972) became international hits, Newley had less chart success in the United States as a recording artist, charting on the Billboard Hot 100 with four singles from 1960 to 1962, none ...
1966 The Sammy Davis Jr. Show; 1966 The Sounds of '66 (live, with Buddy Rich) 1966 Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (with Laurindo Almeida) 1967 That's All! (live) 1967 Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle" 1968 Sammy Davis Jr. 1968 Lonely Is the Name; 1968 I've Gotta Be Me; 1969 The Goin's Great; 1970 Sammy Steps Out
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I've Gotta Be Me is a 1968 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr. The album includes covers of three songs from the musical Sweet ... Sammy Davis Jr. – vocals; Richard Wess