Sammy Davis, Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove

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Sammy Davis, Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove
Sammy Davis, Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove cover
Live album by Sammy Davis, Jr.
Released 1963
Recorded 1962
Genre Jazz
Length 42:42
Label Reprise Records
Producer Jimmy Bowen
Professional reviews
Sammy Davis, Jr. chronology
As Long as She Needs Me
(1963)		 Sammy Davis, Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove
(1963)		 Sammy Davis, Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium
(1964)

Sammy Davis, Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove is a 1963 (see 1963 in music) live album by Sammy Davis, Jr., recorded at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles.

[edit] Track listing

  1. Introduction – 0:45
  2. "Once in a Lifetime" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 2:23
  3. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 3:46
  4. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Bricusse, Newley) – 3:11
  5. Talk – 1:38
  6. "Falling in Love Again" (Frederick Hollander, Sammy Lerner) – 4:00
  7. Medley: "I've Got You Under My Skin"/"Big Bad John"/"Night and Day" (Porter)/(Dean Acuff, Roy Acuff)/(Porter) – 6:32
  8. Meeting the President – 3:07
  9. West Side Story Medley: "Jet Song"/"Something's Coming"/"Cool"/"Tonight"/"America"/"Gee, Office Krupke!"/"Maria" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 4:58
  10. Frank Talk – 1:11
  11. "River, Stay 'Way from My Door" (Mort Dixon, Harry M. Woods) – 2:30
  12. "Me and My Shadow" (Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose) – 2:37
  13. Medley: "Hound Dog"/"What'd I Say" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller/Ray Charles) – 3:39
  14. "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" (Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young) – 10:22
  15. Sammy Looks at Old Movies – 4:45
  16. Finale: Jam Session ("Sam, by George") (Sammy Davis, Jr., George Rhodes) – 10:30
  17. Sammy Says Goodnight – 2:15
  18. "Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 1:31

[edit] Personnel

Recorded December 1962, Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles:

Tracks 1-18