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Sammy Davis, Jr.
That's All! [Reprise]
Release Date: 2001 06 19
Label: Reprise
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That's All (1967) captures the irrepressible Sammy Davis, Jr. (vocals) at the Copa Room of the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, June 1966. This marks Davis' return to the casinos after a two-year stint in the play +Golden Boy had made him a fixture on Broadway. However, it is safe to say that judging by the strength of his performance, it was just as if he had never been gone. During his absence rock & roll had taken much of the attention away from the Rat Pack-era artists, yet there is still an effervescence and enduring quality to Davis' comparatively "old school" one-man show. Under the direction of George Rhodes (conductor/piano) and joined by the Antonio Morelli Orchestra, Davis turns in exceptional readings of familiar favorites such as "The Lady Is a Tramp," "As Long as She Needs Me," "Birth of the Blues," "Where or When," and "What Kind of Fool Am I." These are offered alongside the freshly arranged and jam-packed medleys stringing together the pop standards "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "On the Road to Mandalay" with an infusion of newer selections. Among them are covers ranging from Roger Miller's "Dang Me," the scintillating "Girl From Impanena," a rousing rendition of Brother Ray Charles' "What'd I Say," and Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" -- the latter having actually been a part of Davis' live repertoire for several years at this point. One of the nonmusical highlights is the nearly ten-minute "Monologue" reinforcing the political incorrectness of the period and proving beyond reproach the essence of Davis' superior timing and seemingly effortless rapport with his audience. In 2001 That's All was expanded onto a double-CD set that included the previously unavailable "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" and the theme song to "My Mother the Car." Collectors and earnest enthusiasts should also note The Sounds of '66 (1966), a companion release with the Buddy Rich Big Band combo backing Davis during the same June of 1966 run. Either or both titles should be considered mandatory for interested parties. Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Ain't I	Rhodes
2	With a Song in My Heart	Hart, Rodgers
3	Another Spring	Bricusse, Beaumont
4	Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home	Arlen, Mercer
5	Monologue
6	I've Got You Under My Skin	Porter
7	What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This
8	Dang Me	Miller
9	Big Bad John	Dean, Acuff
10	Girl from Ipanema	DeMoraes, Gimbel, Jobim
11	Ugly Chile
12	On the Road to Mandalay	Speaks, Kipling
13	What'd I Say	Charles
14	Hello, Dolly!	Herman
15	I've Got You Under My Skin	Porter
16	Lady Is a Tramp	Hart, Rodgers
17	Lonesome Road	Austin, Shilkret
18	Gonna Build a Mountain	Newley, Bricusse
19	Yes I Can	Strouse, Adams
20	I Want to Be With You	Strouse, Adams
21	Too Close for Comfort	Holofcener, Bock, Weiss
22	Something's Gotta Give	Mercer
23	Hey There	Adler, Ross
24	On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)	Lerner, Lane
25	Birth of the Blues	Brown, DeSylva, Henderson
26	As Long as She Needs Me	Bart
27	Bye Bye Blackbird	Dixon, Henderson
28	One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)	Arlen, Mercer
29	Where or When	Rodgers, Hart
30	Chicago	Fisher
31	You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You	Morgan, Stock, Cavanaugh
32	Without a Song	Rose, Youmans, Eliscu
33	What Kind of Fool Am I?	Bricusse, Newley
34	Let's Keep Swinging
35	Sweet Beginning	Bricusse, Newley

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