Greatest Songs (1990)

Product Summary Label: Wea/atlantic/curb UPC: 00715187727229 Release Date: 5/6/2008 Buy.com Sku: 60048355 Item#: MV9KRX Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Candy Man, The ~ Sammy Davis Jr. 2. What Kind Of Fool Am I ~ Sammy Davis Jr. 3. Gonna Build A Mountain ~ Sammy Davis Jr. 4. Bye Bye Blackbird ~ Sammy Davis Jr. 5. Lady Is A Tramp, The ~ Sammy Davis Jr. 6. Rock A Bye Your Baby ~ Sammy Davis Jr. 7. Mr. Bojangles ~ Sammy Davis Jr. 8. I've Gotta Be Me ~ Sammy Davis Jr. 9. Birth Of The Blues, The ~ Sammy Davis Jr. 10. Talk To The Animals ~ Sammy Davis Jr.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info This eclectic gathering of Sammy Davis Jr's recordings finds him performing movie melodies and gospel songs, as well as Tin Pan Alley favorites. The young Sammy Davis Jr. had a energizing vocal range and a cornucopia of techniques. Throughout his career he sang and reprised songs like "Lady Is a Tramp," "Bye Bye Blackbird," and "The Birth of the Blues," versions of which are included here. These tracks date mainly from the '70s, when his voice had lost some of its range; yet he possesses a freewheeling sense of rhythm, and a guttural and passionate wail. "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby" features a live demonstration of his prowess as an impersonator as well as an all-round entertainer. The incarnation of hip, Davis was an individual in all aspects of his existence--one of his signature tunes was, after all, "I've Gotta Be Me."   Compilation Appearances Vol. 8-Have A Nice Day! Vol. 1-70's Hits Vol. 1-Great Gentlemen Of Song Vol. 5-Wild Cool & Swingin' Vol. 2-Christmas Cocktails Have A Nice Decade: The '70s Pop Culture Box Hal Jackson's Sunday Classics- Pepe Broadway's Greatest Leading Me Carmen Mcrae's Finest Hour Best Of Best Of Eee-O Eleven: Best Of Rat Pack All Time Crooners Ultra Lounge: Vegas Baby! (Limited Edition) Ultra Lounge: vegas Baby! Classic Duets Ultimate Gospel Hits Vol. 1 Classic Cocktail 54 Cool Cuts (Limited Edition) Stars Of Las Vegas Cocktails With Cole Porter Millennium Collection: 20th Century Ma Mob Hits Classic Love Songs: 22 Beautiful Balads / Var Ultimate Christmas Cocktails Boys Night Out (Bonus Tracks) Casey Kasem: All-Time Christmas Favorites Broadway: The American Musical Couple Of Song & Dance Men: 27 Origina Billy Crystal Presents: milt Gabler St (w/ Bonus DVD) High Rollers Live From Las Vegas Music For Lounging Best Of Ultimate Vegas All That Lounge Christmas Cocktails Part 3 Fabulous 50'S Crooners Sings Hard-to-find / V Rat Pack Christmas Album Night On The Town With The Rat Pack Am Gold 2:easy Hits Cocktails With The Crooners Forever Crooners-3cd Tin My Name Is Earl Lifetime Of Romance 70S Music Explosion   Associated Artists and Works Basie, Count Our Shining Hour ~ Basie, Count Basie, Count Martin, Dean Martin, Dean Martin, Dean Martin, Dean Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Rat Pack: The Early Years ~ Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Rat Pack: Live In Chicago ~ Sinatra, Frank Ratpack: From Vegas To St Louis ~ Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Frank   Technical Info Release Date : 04/17/1990 Original Release Date : 1990 Catalog ID : 77272 Label : Curb Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00715187727229   Product Image