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Eugene Chadbourne of AllMusic rated Sammy Davis Jr.Now one-and-a-half out of five stars. He stated that "there are tracks enough on this album that are painful to sit through", but also said that "The Candy Man" "surely will retain its historical value simply for being about the closest music has ever come to being pure excrement."
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (1966) Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (with Laurindo Almeida) (1966) Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle" (1967) Lonely Is the Name (1968) I've Gotta Be Me (1968) The Goin's Great (1969) Something for Everyone (1970) Sammy Steps Out (1970) Now (1972) Portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. (1972 ...
In the 2005 film Madagascar, "The Candy Man" song by Sammy Davis Jr is played in Alex's hallucination when he is hit by a tranquilizer dart. Comedian Tim Hawkins released a parody of the song, "The Government Can", in 2009. [23] The video for the song went viral and has garnered over 7.6 million hits on YouTube. [24]
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 ...
Jaime Juan Rogers (May 13, 1940 [6] – January 4, 2024 [7]) (pronounced and sometimes credited as Hymie Rogers [8] [9]) was an American dancer, choreographer, and director.. Nominated for an Emmy in 1976, and perhaps best known for his work with Sammy Davis Jr. in the Broadway musical Golden Boy, [8] for choreographing the TV series Fame and his part in the film West Side Story, [10] his ...
It peaked at No. 14, staying on the chart for 22 weeks, the last of which was the week Davis' 1963 live album Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove entered the Top LPs chart. [ 4 ] Lindsay Planer on AllMusic praised the album for "accentuating [Davis'] undeniable talent and presence," and noted that it was one of the most well-received albums ...
"With a Song in My Heart" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:05 "Another Spring" (Robin Beaumont, Leslie Bricusse) – 2:57 "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 4:14 "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young) – 10:22; Comedy Monologue by Sammy Davis, Jr. – 9:52
The Allmusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album three stars, stating that "most of the 12 songs on the album are second-drawer material at best, and Davis, performing before a horn-filled swing band, turns in professional, but not characteristic performances." [1]