As Long as She Needs Me (album)

As Long as She Needs Me
Studio album by Sammy Davis Jr.
Released	1963
Recorded	1963
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:19
Label	Reprise
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Sammy Davis Jr. chronology
I Gotta Right To Swing (1960) As Long as She Needs Me (1963) Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove (1963)

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Allmusic	[1]

As Long as She Needs Me is a 1963 studio album by American singer Sammy Davis Jr., arranged by Marty Paich and Morty Stevens.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated May 25, 1963, peaking at No. 73 during a fifteen-week run on the chart. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "As Long as She Needs Me" (Lionel Bart) – 3:07
2. "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (from The Sound of Music ) (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 3:23
3. "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:38
4. "We Kiss in a Shadow" (from The King and I ) (Rodgers, Hammerstein II) – 3:21
5. "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" (from South Pacific ) (Rodgers, Hammerstein II) – 2:39
6. "Song from Two for the Seesaw (A Second Chance)" (Dory Langdon, André Previn) – 2:59
7. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:21
8. "Back in Your Own Back Yard" (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) – 2:52
9. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) – 2:49
10. "Falling in Love With Love" (from The Boys from Syracuse ) (Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:29
11. "Step Out of That Dream" (Phil J. Tuminello, Florence Parker) – 2:32
12. "There Was a Tavern in the Town" (Willam H. Hills) – 2:17

Personnel

Recorded June, 1961:

Tracks 1–12

• Sammy Davis Jr. – vocals
• Marty Paich – arranger
• Morty Stevens – arranger

Charts

Chart (1963)	Peak position
US Billboard Best Selling Monoraul LP's [2]	73

References

1. Planer, Lindsay. As Long as She Needs Me at AllMusic
2. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 42. Retrieved November 2, 2025.