Sammy Davis Jr. discography

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

Decca Records

Reprise Records

Verve Records

Motown Records

  • 1970 Something for Everyone
  • 1984 Hello Detroit (Single)

MGM Records

20th Century Records

  • 1976 The Song and Dance Man
  • 1977 Sings the Great TV-Tunes

RCA Victor

  • 1977 In Person: Australia '77
  • 1979 Hearin' is Believin'

Applause Records

Guest appearances

With Lena Horne

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

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

  1. ^ a b c "Sammy Davis Jr. Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "SAMMY DAVIS JR - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
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