The Very Best of Sammy Davis Jr.

~ Release by Sammy Davis Jr. (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Spoken For
2:56
2Hey There
vocals:
Sammy Davis Jr.
cover recording of:
Hey There (The Pajama Game)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) and Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
publisher:
Frank Music (from 1954 until 2010), J & J Ross Co. (from 2011 to present) and Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd. (from 2011 to present)
part of:
The Pajama Game (musical)
2:49
3It Started All Over Again
2:47
4Get Out of Town
cover recording of:
Get Out of Town
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1938)
part of:
Leave It to Me!
2:47
5Lonesome Road
cover recording of:
Lonesome Road
lyricist:
Gene Austin
composer:
Nathaniel Shilkret
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell’s • Sydney, Nathaniel Shilkret Music Corp., Paramount Music Corporation and Spier & Coslow Inc.
2:10
6Don’t Let Her Go
2:56
7Body & Soul
cover recording of:
Body and Soul
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:43
8And This Is My Beloved
cover recording of:
And This Is My Beloved (from the musical “Kismet”)
additional composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
composer:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
St. Lawrence Music, Inc.
is based on:
String Quartet no. 2 in D major: III. Notturno. Andante
part of:
Kismet (full musical)
2:52
9September Song
cover recording of:
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song
lyricist:
Maxwell Anderson
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Hampshire House Publishing Corp., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Chappell & Co. (in 1938), TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. (in 1938) and Crawford Music Corp. (on 1938-09-24)
part of:
Knickerbocker Holiday (Kurt Weill musical)
2:51
10Love (Your Magic Spell)
2:10
11Because of You
cover recording of:
Because of You
writer:
Arthur Hammerstein and Dudley Wilkinson
publisher:
Julian Stearns Arena Music, Inc
5:30
12Easy to Love
cover recording of:
Easy to Love
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1936)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Anything Goes
part of:
Born to Dance
2:27
13She Always Knows
2:31
14Glad to Be Unhappy
cover recording of:
Glad to Be Unhappy
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Williamson Music Company
part of:
On Your Toes
3:04
15Stan’ Up and Fight
4:11
16My Funny Valentine
cover recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
3:10
17Just One of Those Things
cover recording of:
Just One of Those Things (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1929)
part of:
Can‐Can (1960 musical film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
part of:
Jubilee
part of:
Panama Hattie (1942 film)
2:52
18The Birth of the Blues
recording of:
Birth of the Blues
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
3:19
19The World Is Mine
cover recording of:
The World Is Mine Tonight
lyricist:
Holt Marvell
composer:
George Posford (English Composer)
3:01
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