The American jazz singer Sammy Davis Jr. recorded extensively throughout his career and most recordings remain in the catalogs as various reissues. The following is a selected list of albums in chronological order by date of release.
Albums
editDecca Records
edit- 1955 Starring Sammy Davis Jr.
- 1955 Just for Lovers
- 1956 Mr. Wonderful
- 1956 Here's Lookin' at You
- 1957 Sammy Swings
- 1957 It's All Over but the Swingin'
- 1957 Boy Meets Girl (with Carmen McRae)
- 1958 Mood to Be Wooed
- 1958 All The Way... and Then Some!
- 1959 Sammy Davis, Jr. at Town Hall
- 1959 Porgy and Bess (with Carmen McRae)
- 1960 Sammy Awards
- 1960 I Gotta Right to Swing
- 1961 Mr. Entertainment
- 1963 Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters
Reprise Records
edit- 1961 The Wham of Sam
- 1961 As Long as She Needs Me
- 1962 Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway
- 1962 The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular
- 1962 What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers
- 1963 Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove (live)
- 1964 Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium
- 1964 The Shelter of Your Arms
- 1964 Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite"
- 1964 Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers
- 1965 When the Feeling Hits You! (with Sam Butera and the Witnesses)
- 1965 If I Ruled the World
- 1965 The Nat King Cole Songbook
- 1965 Sammy's Back on Broadway
- 1966 The Sammy Davis Jr. Show
- 1966 The Sounds of '66 (live, with Buddy Rich)
- 1966 Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (with Laurindo Almeida)
- 1967 That's All! (live)
- 1967 Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle"
- 1968 Sammy Davis Jr.
- 1968 Lonely Is the Name
- 1968 I've Gotta Be Me
- 1969 The Goin's Great
- 1970 Sammy Steps Out
Verve Records
edit- 1965 Our Shining Hour (with The Count Basie Orchestra)
Motown Records
edit- 1970 Something for Everyone
- 1984 Hello Detroit (Single)
MGM Records
edit- 1972 Sammy Davis Jr. Now
- 1972 Portrait of Sammy Davis Jr.
- 1974 That's Entertainment!
20th Century Records
editApplause Records
edit- 1982 Closest of Friends
Guest appearances
editWith Lena Horne
- "I Wish I'd Met You" on The Men in My Life (1988, Three Cherries Records)
With various artists
- Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963, Reprise)
- "The Great Come-and-Get It Day" - Finian's Rainbow
- "We Open in Venice", "Too Darn Hot" - Kiss Me Kate
- "There Is Nothing Like a Dame", "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" - South Pacific
- "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" - Guys and Dolls
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Pop [1] |
US AC [1] |
US Country [1] |
UK [2] | |||||
| 1950 | "Inka Dinka Doo" b/w "Laura" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Dedicated to You" b/w "I'm Sorry Dear" |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| 1954 | "Hey There" / | 16 | — | — | 19 | Starring Sammy Davis Jr. | ||
| "And This Is My Beloved" | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Because of You - Part 1" b/w "Because of You - Part 2" |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Red Grapes" b/w "Glad to Be Unhappy" (from Starring Sammy Davis Jr.) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album track | |||
| "Love (Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere)" / | — | — | — | — | Here's Lookin' at You | |||
| "The Birth of the Blues" | — | — | — | — | Starring Sammy Davis Jr. | |||
| 1955 | "Something's Gotta Give" / | 9 | — | — | 11 | Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters | ||
| "Love Me or Leave Me" | 12 | — | — | 8 | Sammy Davis Jr. | |||
| "That Old Black Magic" b/w "A Man with a Dream" (Non-album track) |
13 | — | — | 16 | Sammy Swings | |||
| "A Fine Romance" b/w "I Go for You" (Non-album track) (Both sides with Carmen McRae) |
— | — | — | — | Boy Meets Girl | |||
| "It's Bigger Than You or Me" b/w "Back Track!" (from Sammy Davis Jr.) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" b/w "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (Both sides with Gary Crosby) |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| "I'll Know" | 87 | — | — | — | Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters | |||
| "Adelaide" | — | — | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. | |||
| 1956 | "Five" b/w "You're Sensational" |
71 | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Earthbound" b/w "Just One of Those Things" (from Here's Lookin' at You) |
46 | — | — | — | ||||
| "New York's My Home" b/w "Never Like This" (Non-album track) |
59 | — | — | — | Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters | |||
| "In a Persian Market" b/w "The Man with the Golden Arm" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | 28 | Here's Lookin' at You | |||
| "Frankie and Johnny" b/w "Circus" |
— | — | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. | |||
| "Jacques D'Iraque" / | — | — | — | — | Mr. Wonderful -- Original Cast recording | |||
| "Too Close for Comfort" | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Without You I'm Nothing" b/w "Get Out of the Car" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| "Dangerous" b/w "All About Love" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. | |||
| "All of You" b/w "Six Bridges to Cross" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | 28 | Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters | |||
| 1957 | "Long Before I Knew You" b/w "The Golden Key" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "French Fried Potatoes and Ketchup" b/w "Goodbye, So Long, I'm Gone" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| "Don'cha Go 'Way Mad" b/w "Specially for Little Girls" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | Sammy Swings | |||
| "Mad Ball" b/w "Cool Credo" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| "All Dressed Up and No Place to Go" b/w "Moment of Madness" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters | |||
| 1958 | "I'm Comin' Home" b/w "Hallelujah I Love Her So" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| "No Fool Like an Old Fool" b/w "Unspoken" |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Ain't Gonna Change (The Way I Feel About You)" b/w "Song and Dance Man" (from Mr. Entertainment) |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Never Got Out of Paris" b/w "That's Anna" |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| 1959 | "You'll Never Get Away from Me" b/w "Fair Warning" |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin''" b/w "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York" |
— | — | — | — | Porgy and Bess -- soundtrack | |||
| 1960 | "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance" b/w "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Both sides with Carmen McRae) |
— | — | — | 46 | Boy Meets Girl | ||
| "I Got a Woman" b/w "Mess Around" |
— | — | — | — | I Gotta Right to Swing! | |||
| "This Little Girl of Mine" b/w "Face to Face" |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| "Eee-O-Eleven" b/w "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1961 | "Back in Your Own Backyard" b/w "I'm a Fool to Want You" (from The Wham Of Sam) |
— | — | — | — | As Long As She Needs Me | ||
| "There Was a Tavern in the Town" b/w "One More Time (A Tribute to Ray Charles)" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| 1962 | "Bye Bye Blackbird" b/w "We Kiss in a Shadow" |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "What Kind of Fool Am I" / | 17 | 6 | — | 26 | "What Kind of Fool Am I" and Other Show-Stoppers | |||
| "Gonna Build a Mountain" | — | — | — | |||||
| "The Fool I Used to Be" b/w "Everybody Calls Me Joe" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| "Someone Nice Like You" b/w "Once in a Lifetime" |
— | — | — | — | "What Kind of Fool Am I" and Other Show-Stoppers | |||
| "Me and My Shadow" (with Frank Sinatra) / | 64 | 18 | — | 20 | At the Cocoanut Grove | |||
| "Sam's Song" (with Dean Martin) | 94 | — | — | — | The Sammy Davis Jr. Show | |||
| 1963 | "As Long As She Needs Me" b/w "Song from 'Two for the Seesaw' (A Second Chance)" |
59 | 19 | — | — | As Long as She Needs Me | ||
| "The Shelter of Your Arms" b/w "This Was My Love" (Non-album track) |
17 | 6 | — | — | The Shelter of Your Arms | |||
| 1964 | "Choose" / | 112 | — | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers | ||
| "Bee-Bom" | 135 | — | — | — | The Shelter of Your Arms | |||
| "Not for Me" b/w "Night Song" (from If I Ruled the World) |
— | — | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers | |||
| "Don't Shut Me Out" b/w "The Disorderly Orderly" (Non-album track) |
106 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1965 | "If I Ruled the World" b/w "Flash, Bang, Wallop!" |
135 | — | — | — | If I Ruled the World | ||
| "Hello, Dolly!" b/w "Take the Moment" |
— | — | — | — | Sammy's Back on Broadway | |||
| "No One Can Live Forever" b/w "Unforgettable" (from The Nat King Cole Song Book by Sammy) |
117 | 33 | — | — | The Sammy Davis Jr. Show | |||
| "Courage" b/w "Love, At Last You Have Found Me" (from The Sammy Davis Jr. Show) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1966 | "Courage" b/w "Yes I Can" (from If I Ruled the World) |
— | — | — | — | |||
| "The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World" b/w "If You Want This Love of Mine" (from The Sammy Davis Jr. Show) |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| "Lonely Weekends" b/w "More Than One Way" (from The Sammy Davis Jr. Show) |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" b/w "All That Jazz" (from "A Man Called Adam" soundtrack) |
— | — | — | — | Lonely Is the Name | |||
| "We'll Be Together Again" b/w "The Good Life" |
— | — | — | — | ||||
| 1967 | "The Birth of the Blues" b/w "With a Song in My Heart" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Don't Blame the Children" b/w "She Believes in Me" (from I've Gotta Be Me) |
37 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Talk to the Animals" b/w "Something in Your Smile" |
— | — | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle" | |||
| 1968 | "Lonely Is the Name" b/w "Flash, Bang, Wallop!" |
93 | 12 | — | — | Lonely Is the Name | ||
| "Break My Mind" b/w "Children, Children" (from Lonely Is the Name) |
106 | — | — | — | The Goin's Great | |||
| "I've Gotta Be Me" b/w "Natural Bein' Me" (from The Goin's Great) |
11 | 1 | — | — | I've Gotta Be Me | |||
| "Salt and Pepper" b/w "I Like the Way You Dance" |
— | — | — | — | "Salt and Pepper" soundtrack | |||
| 1969 | "Rhythm of Life" b/w "The Pompeii Club" (Orchestra instrumental) |
124 | — | — | — | "Sweet Charity" soundtrack | ||
| "I Have But One Life to Live" b/w "The Goin's Great" |
119 | — | — | — | The Goin's Great | |||
| 1970 | "Where Do I Go from Here" b/w "One More Time" |
— | — | — | — | "One More Time" soundtrack | ||
| 1971 | "Runaround" b/w "She Is Today" |
— | — | — | — | Sammy Steps Out | ||
| "In My Own Lifetime" b/w "I'll Begin Again" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1972 | "The Candy Man" b/w "I Want to Be Happy" |
1 | 1 | — | — | Sammy Davis Jr. Now | ||
| "The People Tree" b/w "Mr. Bojangles" |
92 | 16 | — | — | Portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. | |||
| 1973 | "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" b/w "I'm Not Anyone" (from "Sammy"-The Original Television Soundtrack) |
116 | 29 | — | — | Non-album track | ||
| 1974 | "Singin' in the Rain" b/w "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (Non-album track) |
— | 16 | — | — | That's Entertainment | ||
| "That's Entertainment!" b/w "Singin' in the Rain" |
— | 41 | — | — | ||||
| "Sing" b/w "This Is the House of the People" |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1975 | "Chico and the Man" b/w "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" |
— | 24 | — | — | The Song and Dance Man | ||
| "Song and Dance Man" b/w "Snap Your Fingers" |
— | 32 | — | — | ||||
| 1976 | "Baretta's Theme" b/w "I Heard a Song" |
101 | 42 | — | — | |||
| 1982 | "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke" b/w "We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends" |
— | — | 89 | — | Closest Of Friends | ||
| 1984 | "Hello, Detroit" b/w "Hello Detroit" (Long version) |
— | — | — | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Sammy Davis Jr. Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "SAMMY DAVIS JR - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 10, 2022.