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Released
  
1966

Length
  
29:42

Artist
  
Sammy Davis Jr.

Producer
  
Jimmy Bowen

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz

Recorded
  
December 1966

The Sounds of '66 (1966)
  
Big Swing Face (1967)

Release date
  
1966

Label
  
Reprise Records

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The Sounds of '66 (1966)
  
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (1966)

Similar
  
Buddy Rich albums, Jazz albums

Sammy davis jr buddy rich come back to me


The Sounds of '66 is a 1966 live album by Sammy Davis, Jr., accompanied by the Buddy Rich Big Band.

Contents

The album was recorded at the Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

Original LP

Side A:

  1. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:56
  2. "I Know a Place" (Tony Hatch) – 2:27
  3. "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" (Lane, Lerner) – 3:43
  4. "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:05
  5. "Once in Love With Amy" (Frank Loesser) – 2:45

Side B:

  1. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 1:49
  2. "What Now My Love?" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman) – 3:08
  3. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:07
  4. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:24
  5. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 3:18

CD re-issue

  1. Introduction by Sammy Davis, Jr.
  2. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 4:12
  3. "The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – CD bonus track
  4. "I Know a Place" (Tony Hatch) – 2:27
  5. "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" (Lane, Lerner) – 3:43
  6. "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:04
  7. "Once in Love With Amy" (Frank Loesser) – 2:45
  8. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 1:48
  9. "What Now My Love?" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman) – 3:07
  10. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:07
  11. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:24
  12. Closing remarks by Sammy Davis, Jr.
  13. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 3:26

Personnel

  • Sammy Davis, Jr. – vocal
  • Buddy Rich – drums
  • The Buddy Rich Big Band
  • Gerry Walters – bass
  • John Bunch – piano
  • Barry Zweig – guitar
  • Bob Faust – trumpet
  • Chuck Foster – trumpet
  • Tony Scodwell – trumpet
  • John Sottile – trumpet
  • John Boice – trombone
  • Bob Braun – trombone
  • Jim Trimble – trombone
  • Jay Corre – saxophone
  • Marty Flax – saxophone
  • Tom Hall – saxophone
  • Sam Most – saxophone
  • Steve Perlow – saxophone
  • Ernie Freeman – arranger
  • George Rhodes – arranger

    • Songs

    1Sammy's IntroductionBuddy Rich1:08
    2Come Back to MeBuddy Rich2:55
    3The Birth of the BluesBuddy Rich3:35

    References

    The Sounds of '66 Wikipedia
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