| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/rhino | | UPC: 00081227597221 | | Release Date: 11/2/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60365554 | | Item#: MLWLHK | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile - (with Dave Cavanaugh's Music) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. |  | | 2. Gypsy In My Soul, The ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 3. Hey There ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 4. Birth Of The Blues, The ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 5. Easy To Love ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 6. My Funny Valentine ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 7. That Old Black Magic ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 8. Love Me Or Leave Me ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 9. Something's Gotta Give ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 10. Too Close For Comfort ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 11. There's A Small Hotel - (with Carmen McRae) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 12. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 13. But Not For Me ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 14. Bewitched - (with Mundell Lowe) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 15. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 16. There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 17. Soliloquy ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 18. Change Partners ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 19. Lady Is A Tramp, The ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 20. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 21. Get On The Right Track, Baby ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Lot Of Livin' To Do, A ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 2. Begin The Beguine ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 3. My Romance ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 4. Falling In Love With Love ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 5. Soon ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 6. Thou Swell ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 7. Let There Be Love ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 8. Guys And Dolls ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 9. Bye Bye Blackbird ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 10. Blame It On My Youth ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 11. Here's That Rainy Day - (with Laurindo Almeida) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 12. Lush Life ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 13. Stranger In Town, A ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 14. What Kind Of Fool Am I ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 15. Once In A Lifetime ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 16. Someone Nice Like You ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 17. As Long As She Needs Me ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 18. I Married An Angel ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 19. Falling In Love Again ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 20. Me And My Shadow - (with Frank Sinatra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 21. Teach Me Tonight - (with Count Basie) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 22. April In Paris - (with Count Basie) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 23. Night Song ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 24. I Want To Be With You - (with Paula Wayne) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. I've Gotta Be Me ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 2. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 3. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - (with Laurindo Almeida) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 4. This Was My Love ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 5. If I Ruled The World ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 6. Shelter Of Your Arms, The ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 7. Yes I Can ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 8. Gonna Build A Mountain ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 9. Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 10. Deed I Do ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 11. Walkin' My Baby Back Home ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 12. Party's Over, The ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 13. Unforgettable ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 14. People ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 15. Here I'll Stay ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 16. I Think I Like You ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 17. At The Crossroads ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 18. I'll Begin Again ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 19. Candy Man, The - (with The Mike Curb Congregation) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 20. Mr. Bojangles ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 21. Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow (Baretta's Theme) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 22. I'm Not Anyone ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 23. Life Is A Woman ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 24. Lover, Come Back To Me ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | Disc 4
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Something's Gotta Give ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 2. And This Is My Beloved ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 3. Hey There ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 4. It's All Right With Me ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 5. Ethel, Baby ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 6. Too Close For Comfort ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 7. Once In A Lifetime - (with The Dick Stabile Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 8. What Kind Of Fool Am I? - (with The Dick Stabile Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 9. West Side Story Medley: Jet Song / Something's Coming / Cool / Tonight / America / Gee, Officer Krupke! / Maria ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 10. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody - (with The Dick Stabile Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 11. Come Back To Me - (with Buddy Rich Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 12. Birth Of The Blues - (with Buddy Rich Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 13. Once In Love With Amy - (with Buddy Rich Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 14. If It's The Last Thing I Do - (with Buddy Rich Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 15. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - (with Buddy Rich Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 16. With A Song In My Heart - (with The Antonio Morelli Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 17. As Long As She Needs Me - (with The Antonio Morelli Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 18. Bye Bye Blackbird - (with The Antonio Morelli Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 19. Where Or When - (with The Antonio Morelli Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 20. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You - (with The Antonio Morelli Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 21. Without A Song - (with The Antonio Morelli Orchestra) ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | | | 22. I've Gotta Be Me ~ Sammy Davis Jr. | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Sammy Davis Jr., Carmen McRae, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Sy Oliver, Morty Stevens, Jack Pleis, Buddy Bregman, Marty Paich, George Rhodes, Billy May, Quincy Jones, Elliot Lawrence, Perry Botkin Jr., Morris Stoloff, Claus Ogerman, Ian Fraser, Ernie Freeman (conductor); Mundell Lowe (guitar); Laurindo Almeida, Count Basie, Paula Wayne, The Dick Stabile Orchestra, The Buddy Rich Orchestra, The Antonio Morelli Orchestra. | | Producers include: Dave Dexter Jr., Jimmy Bowen, Sonny Burke, Dick Jones, Lee Cooley. | | Compilation producer: Gregg Geller. | | Includes a 98 page book with liner notes by Gerald Early, Will Friedwald, Gregory Hines, Berry Gordy and Tina Sinatra. | | Digitally remastered by Lee Herschberg. | | YES I CAN was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes. | | Liner Note Author: Arthur Levy . | | It's hard to believe that a Sammy Davis Jr. box set retrospective was not released until 1999. One simple reason for the delay is that Davis' discography is a licensing nightmare, so the initial triumph of Warner Archives/Reprise/Rhino's four-disc Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story is that it brings together material controlled by Time Warner, EMI-Capitol, Universal, and the Davis estate. But another reason why a Sammy Davis, Jr. box set may not have been an immediate priority is that recording was never his primary medium. Davis was first and foremost a live performer with an act that included singing, dancing, and impressions; everything else -- Broadway shows, films, television, record-making -- was secondary. Despite being possessed of a clear, powerful baritone and precise diction, Davis was always more a performer than a singer. His repertoire as presented here is dominated by songs written for stage and movie musicals by the cream of the interwar pop songwriters. Davis renders this material well, but the lyrics rarely mean much to him beyond being vehicles for his own self-expression (vocal effects, comic interjections, etc.). When this began to change in 1961, it was because a highly self-referential performer found a songwriter, Leslie Bricusse, whose subject was self-absorption. Writing for musicals, Bricusse secondarily provides Davis with material he sings with unprecedented conviction, because it allows him to explore his own dreams and doubts. The claims for Sammy Davis, Jr.'s importance as an all-around entertainer cannot be disputed by anyone who has seen him perform in any medium, and strictly as a recording artist, much of that appeal comes across. Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story is more the statement of a magnetic personality than it is a collection of meaningfully sung songs, but it is no less impressive for that. ~ William Ruhlmann |
Musical Guests | | Frank Sinatra | | Claus Ogerman | | Carmen McRae | | Mundell Lowe | | Count Basie | | Laurindo Almeida | | Buddy Rich | | Quincy Jones |
| | Artist Overview | | A true renaissance man, Sammy Davis Jr. was a gifted singer, dancer, and actor. He's best known as a member of Sinatra's Vegas Rat Pack clique, with whom he made films and appeared in concert. On his own, he was one of the foremost singers/showmen of the '50s and '60s, and recorded countless fine albums that occasionally bore a jazzier touch than his peers. His big '70s pop hit "The Candyman" and show-bizzy image sometimes overshadow the bulk of a substantive career on par with those of his Rat Pack buddies. |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Our Shining Hour ~ Basie, Count | | Basie, Count | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Martin, Dean | | Original Cast | | Golden Boy [Original Broadway Cast] ~ Original Cast | | Golden Boy [Original Broadway Cast] [Revised Versi ~ Original Cast | | Rat Pack (The) | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Sinatra, Frank | | Various Artists |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/09/1999 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 75972 | | Label : Warner Archives | | Number of Discs : 4 | | Runtime : 299m : 36s | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227597221 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Mojo (Publisher)
(2/00, pp.100-1)
- "...Many of his talents are displayed on this 91-track selection, culled from the vaults of 7 labels....there's more Sam than ham and in toto, YES I CAN proves a fitting tribute." |
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