| Sammy's Back on Broadway | ||||
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| Released | August 1965 | |||
| Recorded | April 1965 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 33:44 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Sonny Burke | |||
| Sammy Davis, Jr. chronology | ||||
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Sammy's Back on Broadway is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis, Jr. [2]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1962.
Anthony Newley was an English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker. He achieved success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting. As a recording artist, his recordings reached the Top 40 chart on a dozen occasions between 1959 and 1962, including two number one hits. With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, he wrote "Feeling Good", which was covered by Nina Simone and other artists, as well as the lyrics for the title song of the 1964 film Goldfinger. Bricusse and Newley received an Academy Award nomination for the film score of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).
Leslie Bricusse OBE was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on theatre musicals and wrote theme music for films. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films Doctor Dolittle, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Scrooge, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, the songs "Goldfinger", "You Only Live Twice", "Can You Read My Mind " from Superman, and "Le Jazz Hot!" with Henry Mancini from Victor/Victoria.
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a 1961 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" is a popular song written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1962. It was introduced by Anthony Newley in the musical Stop The World - I Want To Get Off. It comes at the end of Act Two to close the show. Bricusse and Newley received the 1961 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. At the 1963 Grammy Awards, it won the award for Song of the Year and was the first by Britons to do so.
The Sounds of '66 is a 1966 live album by Sammy Davis, Jr., accompanied by Buddy Rich and a big band.
That's All! is a 1967 live album by Sammy Davis, Jr., recorded at the Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.
Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove is a 1963 live album by Sammy Davis Jr., recorded at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles.
Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway is a 1962 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., arranged by Marty Paich.
Sammy Davis, Jr. Now is a 1972 album by Sammy Davis, Jr. The album features the number one hit "The Candy Man", a Grammy-nominated song. The rest of the album is made up of standards, big ballads and soul tracks.
"The Joker" is a song by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, from the 1964 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd.
Shirley Bassey at the Pigalle is Shirley Bassey's first live album, recorded on the opening night of an eight-week engagement at the Pigalle, a nightclub in the West End of London. This performance, on 12 September 1965, earned Bassey outstanding reviews. The album was released that same year. It was Bassey's final album for EMI's Columbia label.
Shirley Stops the Shows is the seventh Shirley Bassey studio album, her 5th and final studio album recorded for the EMI/Columbia label in the UK. Released in 1965, this album is a mix of standards and showtunes. Shirley Bassey was at a high point in her career, with worldwide success of her single "Goldfinger", but the album failed to chart in the UK, a first for her Columbia albums. The album met with more success in the US, reaching number 85 in the US Pop charts. For the US market it was issued with an alternative running order, retitled Shirley Bassey Belts the Best! and "The Lady Is a Tramp" was replaced by "Goldfinger". Original release was in mono and stereo, both mono versions feature an alternative studio recording of "People" which has not yet been re-issued on CD. The stereo version, remastered, was issued on CD in 2008 together with 12 of Those Songs by BGO Records.
If I Ruled the World is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis, Jr. The album was produced by Warner Brothers.
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show is a 1966 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., released to coincide with his television show of the same name.
Pure Imagination is a 1998 album by jazz pianist Eric Reed released through Impulse! Records. This album contains reinterpretations (remakes) of traditional pop songs from classic Broadway and Hollywood productions such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Porgy and Bess, A Little Night Music among others. Pure Imagination has peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top Jazz Album charts. All songs are written by famous songwriters of said productions except for the opening and closing tracks composed by Reed himself.
From Broadway with Love is a 1966 studio album by singer Nancy Wilson arranged by Sid Feller and produced by Dave Cavanaugh.
Broadway Express is an album by jazz trombonist and arranger J.J. Johnson and Orchestra featuring jazz version of Broadway musical songs conducted and arranged by Mundell Lowe and recorded in late 1965 for the RCA Victor label.
Mr. Lucky: A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr. is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2012 and released in the same year by HighNote Records.
The Three Sounds Play Jazz on Broadway is an album by The Three Sounds performing jazz versions of Broadway show tunes from No Strings, Stop the World – I Want to Get Off, Camelot, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Oliver! and The Sound of Music which was recorded in Los Angeles in late 1962 and released on the Mercury label.
