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Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove

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Released
  
1963

Artist
  
Sammy Davis Jr.

Producer
  
Jimmy Bowen

Length
  
42:42

Release date
  
1963

Label
  
Broken Audio

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Recorded
  
December 1962, Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles

Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove (1963)
  
Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium (1964)

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz, Traditional pop music

Similar
  
Sammy Davis Jr albums, Vocal jazz albums

Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove is a 1963 live album by Sammy Davis Jr., recorded at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Introduction – 0:45
  2. "Once in a Lifetime" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 2:23
  3. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 3:46
  4. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Bricusse, Newley) – 3:11
  5. Talk – 1:38
  6. "Falling in Love Again" (Frederick Hollander, Sammy Lerner) – 4:00
  7. Medley: "I've Got You Under My Skin"/"Big Bad John"/"Night and Day" (Porter)/(Jimmy Dean, Dean Acuff, Roy Acuff)/(Porter) – 6:32
  8. Meeting the President – 3:07
  9. West Side Story Medley: "Jet Song"/"Something's Coming"/"Cool"/"Tonight"/"America"/"Gee, Office Krupke!"/"Maria" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 4:58
  10. Frank Talk – 1:11
  11. "River, Stay 'Way from My Door" (Mort Dixon, Harry M. Woods) – 2:30
  12. "Me and My Shadow" (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) – 2:37
  13. Medley: "Hound Dog"/"What'd I Say" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller/Ray Charles) – 3:39
  14. "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young) – 10:22
  15. Sammy Looks at Old Movies – 4:45
  16. Finale: Jam Session ("Sam, by George") (Sammy Davis Jr., George Rhodes) – 10:30
  17. Sammy Says Goodnight – 2:15
  18. "The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 1:31

Personnel

  • Sammy Davis Jr.: vocals
  • George Rhodes: conductor, arranger
  • Terry Rosen: guitar
  • Songs

    1Introduction (Live)0:45
    2Once in a Lifetime (Live)2:23
    3In the Still of the Night (Live)3:43

    References

    Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove Wikipedia