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SAMMY DAVIS JR.

SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE
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Harlem born Sammy Davis Jr. 1925 1990 truly was 'Mr. Entertainment'. Mimic, dancer, multi instrumentalist and declamatory singer, he was a dynamic and versatile all round trouper in the old fashioned tradition. On stage almost from birth he joined his father and uncle in the Will Mastin Trio before going solo in 1949. He lost his left eye in a 1954 car accident, yet that year made his great breakthrough as a singer with the No.1 album "Starring Sammy Davis Jr." He was one of the first popular American black performers to be acceptable to both black and white audiences. Famously, he was a founder member of Sinatra's "Rat Pack". Something’s Gotta Give delivers it all. Here is all his most characteristic material from 1949 11 fine Capitol recordings such as Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone and You Are My Lucky Star through to 1955 Deccas, ending with his barnstorming Frankie And Johnny. The hits are there of course, the title track, Hey There, Love Me Or Leave Me, That Old Black Magic and so on, but there are also several examples of his brilliant impersonations of fellow singers and actors: The Way You Look Tonight, Just One Of Those Things, Can't You See I've Got The Blues? and the 5:28 of Because Of You. Sammy the tap dancer is heard on Smile Darn Ya Smile. Among several tracks from his smash hit 1954 album are September Song, Easy To Love and that great career favourite Birth Of The Blues.
Songs: Personnel Details:
 Something's Gotta Give
 I Don't Care Who Knows
 The Way You Look Tonight
 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
 You Are My Lucky Star
 I Ain't Got Nobody
 Can't You See I've Got The Blues?
 Smile, Darn Ya, Smile
 Azure
 Yours Is My Heart Alone (Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz!)
 'V'
 Here Lies Love
 The Gypsy In My Soul
 Hey, There!
 Lonesome Road
 Because Of You
 September Song
 The Birth Of The Blues
 All Of You
 Easy To Love
 My Funny Valentine
 That Old Black Magic
 Love Me Or Leave Me
 In A Persian Market
 Just One Of Those Things
 I'll Know
 Frankie And Johnny		 Personnel: Dave Cavanaugh, Sy Oliver And HIs Orchestra, Red Benson, Lloyd Elliott, Ed Kusby, Bill Shaffer, Si Zentner, more
Label: ASV
Number: 5646
Item Code: 60178
Format: CD
Genre: VOCALS - JAZZ & POP
Dates: (1949-1955)
Price: $13.00  
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