{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Just for Lovers | type = studio | artist = Sammy Davis Jr. | cover = forlovers.jpg | alt = | released = 1955 | recorded = August 15, 1955 | venue = | studio = | genre = Vocal jazz | length = 40:10 | label = Decca | producer = | chronology = Sammy Davis Jr. | prev_title = Starring Sammy Davis Jr. | prev_year = 1955 | next_title = Here's Lookin' at You | next_year = 1956 }} '''''Just for Lovers''''' is the second studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., released in 1955.
An album of romantic ballads, ''Just for Lovers'' eschews the comedic impressions of featured on Davis' previous album but ends with Danny Kaye's upbeat song "Happy Ending".<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last=|first=|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=sarah-vaughan-with-michel-legrand-bonus-tracks-r1490821|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|title=Just for Lovers|accessdate=February 8, 2011}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }} The AllMusic review by William Ruhlmann said that Davis's performance on the album showed him "as a ballad singer, he revealed the powerful influence of Billy Eckstine." "Davis broke out at the end with a bravura reading of 'Happy Ending,' here, at least for a couple of minutes, Davis threw in the kind of dynamic elements he so enjoyed showing off in his live performances. Otherwise, this was a surprisingly subdued recording for him."<ref name="Allmusic"/>
== Chart performance == The album debuted on ''Billboard'' magazine's Best-Selling Popular Albums chart in the issue dated October 15, 1955, peaking at No. 5 during a five-week run on the chart.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | title = Top LPs, 1955–1972 | year = 1973 | publisher = Record Research | page = 42 | url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/42/mode/2up | access-date = November 2, 2025}}</ref>
==Track listing== # "You Do Something to Me" (Cole Porter) - 2:18 # "You're My Girl" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:31 # "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:44 # "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) - 3:44 # "It's All Right with Me" (Porter) - 6:06 # "Get Out of Town" (Porter) - 2:47 # "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 4:06 # "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 3:13 # "The Thrill Is Gone" (Lew Brown, Ray Henderson) - 4:20 # "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 3:44 # "Happy Ending" (Sylvia Fine) - 2:37
==Personnel== *Sammy Davis Jr. – vocals *Sy Oliver – arranger, conductor *Morty Stevens
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1955) ! Peak<br />position |- | US Best-Selling Popular Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="Whitburn" /> | align="center"|5 |}
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Category:1955 albums Category:Sammy Davis Jr. albums Category:Albums arranged by Sy Oliver Category:Albums conducted by Sy Oliver Category:Decca Records albums