Sammy Davis Jr - Sammy & Friends
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Artist: Sammy Davis JrEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2000-01-18
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
- Ain't That A Kick In The Head?
- Birth Of The Blues
- Eee-O Eleven
- The Ballad Of Johnny Cool
- Me And My Shadow
- Salt And Pepper
- Sam's Song
- Don't Be A Do-Badder (Finale)
- Bang! Bang!
- Too Close For Comfort
- What Kind Of Fool Am I? (Live)
- Ain't That A Kick In The Head
- I Want To Be Wanted
- Too Darn Hot
- Straighten Up And Fly Right
- Bee-Bom
- The Goin's Great
- Begin The Beguine
- I Should Care
- The Birth Of The Blues (Live)
Music reviews of Sammy & Friends
Music Review: An incredible CD with many rare Sammy tracks
Rating: 5 Stars
Sammy and Friends is a CD more than capable of making a Sammy Davis, Jr., fan jump up and down with glee. Rat Pack fans in general will love the collaborative efforts with Frank and Dean featured here. This is Sammy at his coolest and hippest, swinging as only he could swing. Some of these titles will be familiar to Sammy enthusiasts, but the versions included here are much different from those included on the great number of Sammy CDs I own; notwithstanding this, the real riches among this bounty are the rare, long-unavailable tracks from some of Sammy's movies, the most significant of which is the song Ee-O Eleven from the Rat Pack classic film Ocean's Eleven. You also get two versions of Ain't That a Kick in the Head? from the same film, one from Sammy and one from Dean Martin. Other songs from classic Sammy films include The Ballad of Johnny Cool from Johnny Cool, Salt and Pepper from Salt & Pepper, I Want to Be Wanted (the only slow song on this album) from A Man Called Adam, and the rare and amazing song Bang! Bang! from Robin and the 7 Hoods. Frank Sinatra makes an appearance here with Sammy in the amazingly crystal-clear, fun-filled duet Me and My Shadow. Frank, Dean Martin, and Bing Crosby join Sammy for Don't Be a Do-Badder (Finale). As a big fan of both Sammy and Dino, my favorite track is easily Sam's Song, which features a lot of friendly banter between the two kings of cool. I was delighted with the live version of What Kind of Fool Am I? found on this album; this collaboration with Buddy Rich features an up-tempo performance quite unlike any version of the song I have heard Sammy sing elsewhere. Most of these songs are just plain fun, songs such as Too Darn Hot, Bee-Bom, and I Should Care (from Sammy's still frustratingly obscure collaboration with Sam Butera and The Witnesses). I just can't convey how truly amazing this album is. Even the packaging of the whole CD case is impressive. The cover leaves something to be desired, but the back of the liner notes sports a vintage picture of The Sands with a billboard prominently advertising Sammy's headlining appearance in the Copa Room, the back of the case features a shot of a young, patch-wearing Sammy dancing, and the area underneath the CD has a great picture of Sammy performing at The Hollywood Palace. Rhino has really outdone themselves with this collection. I think I speak for all Sammy fans when I express my gratitude to them and to Sammy's widow Altovise, who worked with Rhino to put this CD together, for this incredibly enjoyable and immensely valuable contribution to Sammy's legacy as the greatest entertainer of all time.
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Designed in part to tap into year-2000 hipsters' Rat Pack loyalties, Sammy & Friends indeed plays like a well-informed collector's mix tape. Swinging through 20 tracks unencumbered by the likes of "The Candy Man" and "I've Gotta Be Me," the CD captures a number of kickin' solo performances as well as collaborations with Frank, Dean, Bing, and others. (By the way, how about a full reissue of the 1965 LP Davis cut with Louis Prima sidekick Sam Butera and his Witnesses?) Note that "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" is included in full versions by both Sammy and Dino--and that it and "Eee-O Eleven" are among the few really good things to emerge from the Pack's undernourished cult flick Ocean's 11. --Rickey Wright
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