# Sammy Davis Jr. discography

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The American [jazz](/source/Jazz) singer [Sammy Davis Jr.](/source/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

- 1955 *[Starring Sammy Davis Jr.](/source/Starring_Sammy_Davis_Jr.)*
- 1955 *[Just for Lovers](/source/Just_for_Lovers)*
- 1956 *[Mr. Wonderful](/source/Mr._Wonderful_(musical))*
- 1956 *[Here's Lookin' at You](/source/Here's_Lookin'_at_You_(album))*
- 1957 *[Sammy Swings](/source/Sammy_Swings)*
- 1957 *[It's All Over but the Swingin'](/source/It's_All_Over_but_the_Swingin')*
- 1957 *[Boy Meets Girl](/source/Boy_Meets_Girl_(Sammy_Davis,_Jr._and_Carmen_McRae_album))* (with [Carmen McRae](/source/Carmen_McRae))
- 1958 *[Mood to Be Wooed](/source/Mood_to_Be_Wooed)*
- 1958 *[All The Way... and Then Some!](/source/All_The_Way..._and_Then_Some!)*
- 1959 *[Sammy Davis, Jr. at Town Hall](/source/Sammy_Davis,_Jr._at_Town_Hall)*
- 1959 *[Porgy and Bess](/source/Porgy_and_Bess_(Sammy_Davis_Jr._and_Carmen_McRae_album))* (with [Carmen McRae](/source/Carmen_McRae))
- 1960 *Sammy Awards*
- 1960 *[I Gotta Right to Swing](/source/I_Gotta_Right_to_Swing)*
- 1961 *[Mr. Entertainment](/source/Mr._Entertainment_(album))*
- 1963 *[Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters](/source/Forget-Me-Nots_for_First_Nighters)*

### Reprise Records

- 1961 *[The Wham of Sam](/source/The_Wham_of_Sam)*
- 1961 *[As Long as She Needs Me](/source/As_Long_as_She_Needs_Me_(album))*
- 1962 *[Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Belts_the_Best_of_Broadway)*
- 1962 *[The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular](/source/The_Sammy_Davis_Jr._All-Star_Spectacular)*
- 1962 *[What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers](/source/What_Kind_of_Fool_Am_I_and_Other_Show-Stoppers)*
- 1963 *[Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr._at_the_Cocoanut_Grove)* (live)
- 1964 *[Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Salutes_the_Stars_of_the_London_Palladium)*
- 1964 *[The Shelter of Your Arms](/source/The_Shelter_of_Your_Arms)*
- 1964 *[Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite"](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_Mel_Torm%C3%A9's_%22California_Suite%22)*
- 1964 *[Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_the_Big_Ones_for_Young_Lovers)*
- 1965 *[When the Feeling Hits You!](/source/When_the_Feeling_Hits_You!)* (with [Sam Butera](/source/Sam_Butera) and the Witnesses)
- 1965 *[If I Ruled the World](/source/If_I_Ruled_the_World_(album))*
- 1965 *[The Nat King Cole Songbook](/source/The_Nat_King_Cole_Songbook)*
- 1965 *[Sammy's Back on Broadway](/source/Sammy's_Back_on_Broadway)*
- 1966 *[The Sammy Davis Jr. Show](/source/The_Sammy_Davis_Jr._Show_(album))*
- 1966 *[The Sounds of '66](/source/The_Sounds_of_'66)* (live, with [Buddy Rich](/source/Buddy_Rich))
- 1966 *[Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays](/source/Sammy_Davis,_Jr._Sings_and_Laurindo_Almeida_Plays)* (with [Laurindo Almeida](/source/Laurindo_Almeida))
- 1967 *[That's All!](/source/That's_All!)* (live)
- 1967 *[Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle"](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_the_Complete_%22Dr._Dolittle%22)*
- 1968 *[Sammy Davis Jr.](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr._(album))*
- 1968 *[Lonely Is the Name](/source/Lonely_Is_the_Name)*
- 1968 *[I've Gotta Be Me](/source/I've_Gotta_Be_Me_(Sammy_Davis,_Jr._album))*
- 1969 *[The Goin's Great](/source/The_Goin's_Great)*
- 1970 *Sammy Steps Out*

### Verve Records

- 1965 *[Our Shining Hour](/source/Our_Shining_Hour)* (with [The Count Basie Orchestra](/source/The_Count_Basie_Orchestra))

### Motown Records

- 1970 *[Something for Everyone](/source/Something_for_Everyone_(album))*
- 1984 *[Hello Detroit](/source/Hello_Detroit)* (Single)

### MGM Records

- 1972 *[Sammy Davis Jr. Now](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Now)*
- 1972 *[Portrait of Sammy Davis Jr.](/source/Portrait_of_Sammy_Davis_Jr.)*
- 1974 *[That's Entertainment!](/source/That's_Entertainment!_(Sammy_Davis_Jr._album))*

### 20th Century Records

- 1976 *[The Song and Dance Man](/source/The_Song_and_Dance_Man_(album))*
- 1977 *[Sings the Great TV-Tunes](/source/Sings_the_Great_TV-Tunes)*

### RCA Victor

- 1977 *[In Person: Australia '77](/source/In_Person:_Australia_'77)*
- 1979 *[Hearin' is Believin'](/source/Hearin'_is_Believin')*

### Applause Records

- 1982 *[Closest of Friends](/source/Closest_of_Friends_(album))*

## Guest appearances

**With [Lena Horne](/source/Lena_Horne)**

- "I Wish I'd Met You" on *[The Men in My Life](/source/The_Men_in_My_Life)* (1988, Three Cherries Records)

**With various artists**

- *[Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre](/source/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. ["Sammy Davis Jr. Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography"](https://www.musicvf.com/Sammy+Davis+Jr..art). *Music VF*. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

1. ["SAMMY DAVIS JR - full Official Chart History"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2463/sammy-davis-jr/). *[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)*. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

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