Our Shining Hour

Our Shining Hour
Studio album by Sammy Davis Jr.
Released	1965
Recorded	September 2–5, 1964, New York City
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	35:49
Label	Verve
Producer	Jim Davis
Sammy Davis Jr. chronology
The Nat King Cole Songbook (1964) Our Shining Hour (1965) Sammy's Back on Broadway (1965)
Count Basie chronology
It Might as Well Be Swing (1964) Our Shining Hour (1964) Pop Goes the Basie (1965)

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AllMusic	[1]

Our Shining Hour is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Quincy Jones. ^[1]

In 1973, MGM Records released Sammy Davis Jr. and Count Basie with an identical track listing created using alternate takes from the Our Shining Hour recording sessions in 1964 with newly recorded vocals. ^[2]

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 27, 1965, peaking at No. 141 during a four-week run on the chart. ^[3]

Track listing

1. "My Shining Hour" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:10
2. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul) – 3:05
3. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown Jr.) – 2:12
4. "Why Try to Change Me Now?" (Cy Coleman, Joseph Allan McCarthy) – 3:24
5. "Blues for Mr. Charlie" (Bobby Sharp) – 3:43
6. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 2:45
7. "New York City Blues" (Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee) – 2:51
8. "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" (James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan, Larry Stock) – 2:58
9. "She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N)" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) – 2:21
10. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Vinícius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel) – 4:07
11. "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:51
12. "Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home" (Count Basie, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jones) – 2:38

Personnel

• Sammy Davis Jr. - vocals, tap

The Count Basie Orchestra

• Count Basie - piano, bandleader
• Quincy Jones - arranger, conductor
• George Rhodes - arranger
• Al Aarons - trumpet
• Sonny Cohn
• Wallace Davenport
• Joe Newman
• Snooky Young
• Henderson Chambers - trombone
• Henry Coker
• Bill Hughes
• Grover Mitchell
• Marshal Royal - clarinet, alto saxophone
• Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
• Sal Nistico
• Charles Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
• Frank Wess - saxophone
• Freddie Green - guitar
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Sonny Payne - drums
• Emil Richards - percussion

References

1. Our Shining Hour at AllMusic
2. "Sammy Davis, Jr. Studio Recordings 1970-1988". November 26, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
3. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 42. Retrieved November 2, 2025.