Studio Recordings: 1957-60
This page lists studio recording sessions Sammy Davis, Jr. recorded between 1957 and 1960 for Decca. It represents some of his best work for the label. Visit Yes, I Can: Sammy’s Recording Career for background information to these sessions, and more information about Sammy on vinyl.
Date: 18 February 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)
| a. | 101700 | Tea For Two - 2:34(Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
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| b. | 101701 | Cheek To Cheek - 3:58(Irving Berlin) |
| c. | 101702 | The Things We Did Last Summer - 3:06(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
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| d. | 101703 | They Didn't Believe Me - 2:54(Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds)
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| e. | 101704 | Baby, It's Cold Outside - 3:11(Frank Loesser)
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| f. | 101705 | There's A Small Hotel - 3:27(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
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Date: 19 February 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)
| a. | 101706 | People Will Say We're In Love - 3:16(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
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| b. | 101707 | Happy To Make Your Acquaintance - 3:11(Frank Loesser)
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| c. | 101708 | Two Sleepy People - 2:50(Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael)
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| d. | 101709 | Who Cares? - 2:35(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| e. | 101710 | You're The Top - 3:02(Cole Porter) |
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Date: 20 February 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 101742 | They Can't Take That Away From Me - 2:03(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| b. | 101743 | Fascinating Rhythm(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
unissued
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| c. | 101744 | The House I Live In - 2:45(Earl Robinson, Lewis Allen) |
| d. | 101745 | That Old Black Magic - 2:37(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
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| e. | 101766 | Black And White - 3:08(Earl Robinson, David Arkin) |
Date: 15 May 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 102543 | Mad Ball - 2:01(Frederick M. Karger, Richard H. Quine) |
| b. | 102544 | I Never Got Out Of Paris - 2:40(Abner Silver, Roy Alfred)
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| c. | 102545 | No Fool Like An Old Fool - 2:36(Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Meyer)
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| d. | 102546 | I Push My Heart Through A Horn(Joel S. Herron)
unissued
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| e. | 102547 | Fascinating Rhythm - 2:09(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| f. | 102548 | Talihi(Unknown)
unissued
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Date: 1 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (dir), Harry Edison, Virgil Evans, Conrad Gozzo (t), Milt Bernhardt, Frank Howard, George Roberts (tb), Harry Klein, Ronnie Lang (as), Don Raffell, Babe Russin (ts), Bob Lawson (bar), Robert Bain (g), Joe Comfort (b), Roger Renner (p), Alvin Stoller (d, bo), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)
| a. | L 10331 | Better Luck Next Time - 2:43(Irving Berlin)
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| b. | L 10332 | Can't Help Lovin' Dat Gal - 4:53(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II)
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| c. | L 10333 | I Cover The Waterfront - 3:19(Edward Heyman, Johnny Green)
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| d. | L 10334 | Traps And Taps - 2:12(Sammy Davis, Jr., Alvin Stoller) |
Alvin Stoller (bo) on d; Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on d.
The final recording here, "Traps and Taps", features only Sammy and Alvin Stoller (drums, bongos).
Date: 2 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens (dir), Babe Russin (ts), Harry Klee (f), Dan Lube, Marshall Sosson (vn), Alvin Dinken (vl), Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Robert Bain (g), Joe Comfort (b), Roger Renner (p), Alvin Stoller (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10335 | Where's That Rainbow - 3:27(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
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| b. | L 10336 | But Not For Me - 3:24(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) |
| c. | L 10337 | Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry - 4:43(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
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Date: 9 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis (dir), Harry Edison, Virgil Evans, Conrad Gozzo (t), Milt Bernhardt, Frank Howard, George Roberts (tb), Harry Klein, Ronnie Lang (as), Don Raffell, Babe Russin (ts), Bob Lawson (bar), Robert Bain (g), Joe Comfort (b), Roger Renner (p), Irv Cottler (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10351 | Someone To Watch Over Me - 3:23(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
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| b. | L 10352 | I Can't Get Started - 3:29(Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
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| c. | L 10353 | Just In Time - 3:26(Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) |
| d. | L 10354 | Come Runnin'(Roc Hillman)
unissued
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| e. | L 10355 | Don't Blame Me - 2:52(Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)
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Date: 10 July 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis (dir), Manny Klein (t), Babe Russin (ts), Harry Klee (f), Dan Lube, Marshall Sosson (vn), Paul Robyn (vl), Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Tony Rizzi (g), Mort Cobb (b), Roger Renner (p), Alvin Stoller (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10356 | It Never Entered My Mind - 4:05(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| b. | L 10357 | I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face - 2:47(Frederick Loewe, Alan Lerner) |
| c. | L 10358 | Spring Is Here - 4:03(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
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Date: 6 September 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103224 | This Is The Night(Lewis Bellin, Redd Evans)
unissued
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| b. | 103225 | Cool Credo - 3:21(David Baker, David Craig) |
| c. | 103226 | Unspoken - 3:06(Marvin Fisher, Mack Discant)
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| d. | 103227 | I Concentrate On You - 2:48(Cole Porter)
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Date: 2 October 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103415 | Back In Your Own Back Yard(Al Jolson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer) |
| b. | 103417 | Mister, You've Gone And Got The Blues(Billy Eckstine, Bob Russell) |
| c. | 103418 | The Blue Room(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| d. | 103419 | I Cried For You(Gus Arnheim, Abe Lymen, Arthur Freed) |
| All titles unissued. |
Date: 15 October 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103510 | What Is There To Say? - 3:41(Vernon Duke, Erwin "Yip" Harburg)
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| b. | 103511 | Why Shouldn't I? - 4:06(Cole Porter) |
| c. | 103512 | Love Me - 3:18(Ned Washington, Victor Young) |
| d. | 103513 | For All We Know - 3:53(Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots) |
| e. | 103514 | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - 4:37(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
| f. | 103515 | I Could Have Told You - 3:55(Jimmy Van Heusen, Carl Sigman)
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| g. | 103516 | Deep In A Dream - 4:05(Jimmy Van Heusen, Ed DeLange) |
| h. | 103517 | Try A Little Tenderness - 4:11(Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Harry Woods) |
| i. | 103518 | I Get Along Without You Very Well - 3:28(Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson) |
| j. | 103519 | Mam'selle - 2:46(Edmund Goulding, Mack Gordon) |
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Date: 16 October 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Mundell Lowe (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103520 | This Love Of Mine - 3:31(Sol Parker, Hank Sanicola, Frank Sinatra) |
| b. | 103521 | I've Got A Crush On You - 3:01(Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) |
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Date: 2 December 1957
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 103816 | I'm Comin' Home - 2:45(Frank C. Slay, Jr., Bob Crewe)
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| b. | 103817 | Hallelujah, I Love Her So - 2:39(Ray Charles)
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Date: 15 January 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 104055 | Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) |
This is a master edited from matrix 103514 (see session 15 October, 1957), presumably to shorten it so it would fit on an EP with 3 other titles.
Date: 14 February 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10800 | Wonder Why - 2:46(Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodsky)
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| b. | L 10801 | When I Fall In Love - 3:29(Edward Heyman, Victor Young)
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| c. | L 10802 | My Heart Is So Full Of You - 3:47(Frank Loesser) |
| d. | L 10803 | The Way You Look Tonight(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields)
unissued
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| e. | L 10804 | Look To Your Heart - 3:24(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
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Date: 25 February 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Russell Garcia, Dick Stabile (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10833 | All The Things You Are - 3:03(Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) |
| b. | L 10834 | We'll Meet Again - 2:50(Ross Parker Clarke, Hugh Charles) |
| c. | L 10835 | In The Still Of The Night - 3:25(Cole Porter)
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| d. | L 10836 | On A Slow Boat To China - 2:40(Frank Loesser)
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Russell Garcia (dir) on c-d; Dick Stabile (dir) on a-b.
Date: 26 February 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Sonny Burke (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 10837 | Stay As Sweet As You Are - 3:53(Mack Gordon, Harry Revel)
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| b. | L 10838 | My Gypsy Heart(Jerry Reed)
unissued
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| c. | L 10839 | That Old Feeling(Lew Brown, Sammy Fain)
unissued
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| d. | L 10840 | Night And Day - 2:28(Cole Porter)
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Date: 10 April 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v, tap)
| a. | 104747 | It Might As Well Rain - 2:25(Mack Discant, Dave Mann) |
| b. | 104748 | I Ain't Gonna Change (The Way I Feel About You) - 2:13(Johnny Lange, Phil Tuminello)
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| c. | 104749 | Song And Dance Man - 3:07(Barry Mann, Bob Hilliard)
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Sammy Davis, Jr. (tap) on c.
Date: 5 May 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 104934 | All The Way - 2:59(Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn)
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| b. | 104935 | Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With A Dixie Melody)(Jean Schwartz, Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis)
unissued
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| c. | 104936 | Mountain Greenery - 1:53(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
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Date: 9 October 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (arr, con), Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn (t), Marshall Cram, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate (tb), George Roberts (btb), James Decker, Vincent DeRosa (frh), Buddy Collette, Ted Nash (cl, ts, f), Willie Schwartz, Bud Shank (cl, as, f), Chuck Gentry (bcl, bar), Julie Jacob (o), Gene Cipriano, Harry Klee (wdw), Israel Baker, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Jacques Gasselin, Joseph Livoti, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Eunice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin (vn), Stanley Harris, Stanley Kievman, Virginia Majewski, David Sterkin (vl), Armand Kaproff, Robert La Marchina, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Corky Hale (hrp), Al Hendrickson (g), Whitey Mitchell (b), George Rhodes (p), Mel Lewis (d), Milt Holland, Lou Singer (per), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 11196 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now - 4:49(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
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| b. | L 11197 | Oh, Bess, Oh Where Is My Bess - 3:28(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
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| c. | L 11198 | I Got Plenty O' Nuttin - 3:24(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
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| d. | L 11199 | That's Anna - 3:15(Elmer Bernstein, Sammy Cahn)
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Buddy Bregman (arr) on a-b, (con) on a-b; Morty Stevens (arr) on c-d, (con) on c-d.
Date: 28 October 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (arr, con), Pete Candoli, Maynard Ferguson, Conrad Gozzo, Ray Linn (t), Marshall Cram, Joe Howard, Lloyd Ulyate (tb), George Roberts (btb), James Decker, Vincent DeRosa (frh), Buddy Collette, Ted Nash (cl, ts, f), Willie Schwartz, Bud Shank (cl, as, f), Chuck Gentry (bcl, bar), Julie Jacob (o), Gene Cipriano, Harry Klee (wdw), Israel Baker, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Jacques Gasselin, Joseph Livoti, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman, Mischa Russell, Eunice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin (vn), Stanley Harris, Stanley Kievman, Virginia Majewski, David Sterkin (vl), Armand Kaproff, Robert La Marchina, Edgar Lustgarten, Eleanor Slatkin (vc), Corky Hale (hrp), Al Hendrickson (g), Whitey Mitchell (b), George Rhodes (p), Mel Lewis (d), Milt Holland, Lou Singer (per), Sammy Davis, Jr., The Bill Thompson Singers (v), Alice Armbruster, Ralph Brewster, Tom Kenny, Sue Lyttle, Bill Thompson (bkv)
| a. | L 11224 | It Ain't Necessarily So - 3:59(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
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| b. | L 11225 | Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way - 2:44(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
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| c. | L 11226 | A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - 3:42(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
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| d. | L 11227 | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - 4:00(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward)
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| e. | L 11228 | Crazy(Unknown)
unissued
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Buddy Bregman (arr) on a, c, (con) on a, c; Morty Stevens (arr) on b, d-e, (con) on b, d-e; The Bill Thompson Singers (v) on a-c; Alice Armbruster (bkv) on a-c; Ralph Brewster (bkv) on a-c; Tom Kenny (bkv) on a-c; Sue Lyttle (bkv) on a-c; Bill Thompson (bkv) on a-c.
It is somewhat unlikely that the personnel listing for both the 9th October session and the 28th October session be identical. However, this is the best listing available.
Doubtless the entire orchestra did not remain for the as yet unissued recording of "Crazy".
Date: 8 December 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (ldr), Buddy Bregman (arr), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr., Carmen McRae (v)
| a. | L 11270 | I Loves You Porgy - 3:48(Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
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| b. | L 11271 | Buenas Noches, Mi Amor(Alexandre Schwab, Hubert Giraud)
unissued
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Buddy Bregman (arr) on a.
Date: 11 December 1958
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Buddy Bregman Orchestra (acc), Buddy Bregman (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 11274 | How Are Things In Glocca Morra - 3:03(Erwin "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane) |
| b. | L 11275 | Let's Face The Music And Dance - 2:29(Irving Berlin)
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| c. | L 11276 | Time After Time - 3:33(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
| d. | L 11277 | Crazy(Unknown)
unissued
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| e. | L 11278 | When You Love Someone(Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
unissued
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Date: 15 March 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 106824 | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
This is a master edited from matrix L 11227 (see session 28 October, 1958), presumably to shorten it so it would fit on an EP with 3 other titles.
Date: 26 March 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Jack Pleis' Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 106916 | You'll Never Get Away From Me - 2:40(Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim) |
| b. | 106917 | Fair Warning - 2:25(Harold Rome) |
| Both titles on: |
Date: 31 March 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 106963 | I Got Plenty O' Nuttin(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward) |
This is a master edited from matrix L 11198 (see session 9 October, 1958), presumably to alter it for release on a 45.
Date: 5 June 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 107511 | I've Heard That Song Before - 3:40(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
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| b. | 107512 | Pennies From Heaven - 4:24(Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke) |
| c. | 107513 | You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To - 3:08(Cole Porter) |
| d. | 107514 | Lovely To Look At - 3:23(Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) |
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Buddy Bregman (dir) on a-b, d; Morty Stevens (dir) on c.
Date: 6 June 1959
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Buddy Bregman, Morty Stevens (dir), Mundell Lowe (g), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 107515 | It's Magic - 3:26(Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) |
| b. | 107516 | For Every Man There's A Woman - 4:04(Leo Robin, Harold Arlen) |
| c. | 107517 | The Gal That Got Away - 3:38(Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin) |
| d. | 107518 | Blues In The Night - 4:12(Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
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| e. | 107519 | Change Partners - 2:48(Irving Berlin)
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| f. | 107520 | Too Late Now - 3:09(Burton Lane, Alan Lerner) |
| g. | 107521 | Love Letters - 4:18(Edward Heyman, Victor Young) |
| h. | 107522 | I Fall In Love Too Easily - 2:41(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) |
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Buddy Bregman (dir) on b, d, g; Morty Stevens (dir) on a, c, e-f; Mundell Lowe (g) on h.
Date: 4 January 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Count Basie Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (arr, con), John Anderson, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Eugene "Snooky" Young (t), Henderson Chambers, Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal, Frank Wess (as), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), George Rhodes (p), Sonny Payne (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 108523 | I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - 3:05(Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
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| b. | 108524 | The Lady Is A Tramp - 4:23(Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
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| c. | 108525 | I Got A Woman - 4:32(Ahmet Nugetre, Ray Charles) |
| d. | 108526 | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - 3:20(Duke Ellington, Bob Russell)
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Date: 6 January 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Count Basie Orchestra (acc), Jack Pleis (arr, con), John Anderson, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Eugene "Snooky" Young (t), Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Marshall Royal, Frank Wess (as), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), George Rhodes (p), Sonny Payne (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 108527 | Till Then - 3:23(Guy Wood, Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus)
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| b. | 108528 | Get On The Right Track, Baby - 2:47(Titus Turner) |
| c. | 108529 | Face To Face - 3:06(Bob Ralske, Ben Weisman) |
| All titles on: |
Date: 7 January 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Count Basie Orchestra (acc), Sy Oliver (arr, con), John Anderson, Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Eugene "Snooky" Young (t), Henry Coker, Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Eric Dolphy, Marshall Royal (as), Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell (ts), Charles Fowlkes (bar), Freddie Green (g), Eddie Jones (b), George Rhodes (p), Sonny Payne (d), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 108554 | There Is No Greater Love - 2:37(Marty Symes, Isham Jones) |
| b. | 108555 | This Little Girl Of Mine - 2:01(Ray Charles) |
| c. | 108556 | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - 3:52(Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
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| d. | 108557 | Mess Around - 2:46(Ahmet Nugetre) |
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Date: 15 March 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), The Buddy Bregman Orchestra (acc), Buddy Bregman (dir), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | L 11987 | Soliloquy - 9:42(Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
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| b. | L 11988 | Where Is The Life That Late I Led? - 5:01(Cole Porter) |
| c. | (109722) | Ya Got Trouble - 3:23(Meredith Wilson) |
| d. | L 11990 | Gesticulate - 4:44(Robert Craig Wright, George Forrest) |
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Matrix number L 11989 “Ya Got Trouble”, was subsequently edited on 11 October 1960 and given the new matrix number 109722. It was this edit which was released on LP.
Date: ca. May 1960
Location: New York
Label: Verve
Sammy Davis, Jr. (ldr), Morty Stevens' Orchestra (acc), Morty Stevens (con), Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 26674 | Eee-O Eleven - 2:46(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) |
| b. | 26675 | Ain't That A Kick In The Head - 2:33(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
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| Both titles on: |
Date: 20 July 1960
Location: Decca Recording Studios, New York
Label: Decca
Sammy Davis, Jr. (v)
| a. | 109390 | I Got A Woman(Ahmet Nugetre, Ray Charles) |
This is a master edited from matrix 108525 (see session 4 January, 1960), presumably to alter it for release on a 45.
