The Sounds of '66

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The Sounds of '66
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Live album by
Released1966
Recorded1966
Genre Vocal jazz
Length29:42
Label Reprise
Producer Jimmy Bowen
Sammy Davis Jr. chronology
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show
(1966)
The Sounds of '66
(1966)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays
(1966)
Buddy Rich chronology
Swingin' New Big Band
(1966)
The Sounds of '66
(1966)
Big Swing Face
(1967)
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The Sounds of '66 is a 1966 live album by Sammy Davis Jr., accompanied by Buddy Rich and a big band.

Contents

The album was recorded at the Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

Track listing

Original LP

Side A
  1. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:56
  2. "I Know a Place" (Tony Hatch) – 2:27
  3. "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" (Lane, Lerner) – 3:43
  4. "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:05
  5. "Once in Love With Amy" (Frank Loesser) – 2:45
Side B
  1. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 1:49
  2. "What Now My Love?" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman) – 3:08
  3. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:07
  4. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:24
  5. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 3:18

CD re-issue

  1. Introduction by Sammy Davis Jr.
  2. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 4:12
  3. "The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – CD bonus track
  4. "I Know a Place" (Tony Hatch) – 2:27
  5. "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" (Lane, Lerner) – 3:43
  6. "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:04
  7. "Once in Love With Amy" (Frank Loesser) – 2:45
  8. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 1:48
  9. "What Now My Love?" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman) – 3:07
  10. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:07
  11. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:24
  12. Closing remarks by Sammy Davis, Jr.
  13. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 3:26

Personnel

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References

  1. "Sammy Davis Jr. Live Recordings 1949-1988" discography [link)