Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Smile, Darn Ya, Smile
  2:34
• 2
  The Gypsy in My Soul
  2:34
• 3
  Hey There
  2:48
• 4
  The Birth of the Blues
  3:17
• 5
  Easy to Love
  2:24
• 6
  My Funny Valentine
  3:08
• 7
  That Old Black Magic
  3:19
• 8
  Love Me or Leave Me
  2:57
• 9
  Something’s Gotta Give
  2:04
• 10
  Too Close for Comfort
  2:22
• 11
  There’s a Small Hotel

  feat. Carmen McRae
  3:29
• 12
  I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
  4:41
• 13
  But Not for Me
  3:23
• 14
  Bewitched

  feat. Mundell Lowe
  4:26
• 15
  I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
  3:29
• 16
  There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
  4:00
• 17
  Soliloquy
  9:44
• 18
  Change Partners
  2:51
• 19
  The Lady Is a Tramp
  4:23
• 20
  Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You
  3:50
• 21
  Get on the Right Track, Baby
  2:44
• CD 2
• 1
  A Lot of Livin’ to Do
  2:45
• 2
  Begin the Beguine
  4:30
• 3
  My Romance
  3:32
• 4
  Falling in Love With Love
  2:27
• 5
  Soon
  2:49
• 6
  Thou Swell
  3:00
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Let There Be Love
  2:51
• 8
  Guys and Dolls
  2:09
• 9
  Bye Bye Blackbird
  2:49
• 10
  Blame It on My Youth
  4:16
• 11
  Here’s That Rainy Day

  feat. Laurindo Almeida
  2:19
• 12
  Lush Life
  3:47
• 13
  A Stranger in Town
  3:46
• 14
  What Kind of Fool Am I?
  3:24
• 15
  Once in a Lifetime
  2:10
• 16
  Someone Nice Like You
  2:24
• 17
  As Long as She Needs Me
  3:06
• 18
  I Married an Angel
  1:59
• 19
  Falling in Love Again
  3:26
• 20
  Me and My Shadow

  feat. Frank Sinatra
  3:07
• 21
  Teach Me Tonight

  feat. Count Basie
  3:06
• 22
  April in Paris

  feat. Count Basie
  2:46
• 23
  Night Song
  4:05
• 24
  I Want to Be With You

  feat. Paula Wayne
  4:34
• CD 3
• 1
  I’ve Gotta Be Me
  2:55
• 2
  Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
  3:00
• 3
  Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye

  feat. Laurindo Almeida
  4:06
• 4
  This Was My Love
  4:23
• 5
  If I Ruled the World
  2:35
• 6
  The Shelter of Your Arms
  2:52
• 7
  Yes I Can
  2:17
• 8
  Gonna Build a Mountain
  2:23
• 9
  Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat
  3:32
• 10
  ’Deed I Do
  2:12
• 11
  Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
  2:36
• 12
  The Party’s Over
  4:13
• 13
  Unforgettable
  2:32
• 14
  People
  2:57
• 15
  Here I’ll Stay
  3:08
• 16
  I Think I Like You
  2:57
• 17
  At the Crossroads
  2:17
• 18
  I’ll Begin Again
  2:33
• 19
  The Candy Man

  feat. Mike Curb Congregation
  3:12
• 20
  Mr. Bojangles
  5:47
• 21
  Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow (Baretta’s Theme)
  2:25
• 22
  I’m Not Anyone
  4:08
• 23
  Life Is a Woman
  4:14
• 24
  Lover, Come Back to Me!
  2:55
• CD 4
• 1
  Something’s Gotta Give (live)
  2:17
• 2
  And This Is My Beloved (live)
  2:41
• 3
  Hey There (live)
  1:36
• 4
  It’s All Right With Me (live)
  5:53
• 5
  Ethel, Baby (live)
  2:48
• 6
  Too Close for Comfort (live)
  1:25
• 7
  Once in a Lifetime (live)
  2:20
• 8
  What Kind of Fool Am I? (live)
  3:19
• 9
  West Side Story Medley (live)
  4:47
• 10
  Rock‐a‐Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody (live)
  10:26
• 11
  Come Back to Me (live)
  2:55
• 12
  The Birth of the Blues (live)
  3:33
• 13
  Once in Love With Amy (live)
  2:42
• 14
  If It’s the Last Thing I Do (live)
  3:20
• 15
  Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (live)
  2:38
• 16
  With a Song in My Heart (live)
  2:09
• 17
  As Long as She Needs Me (live)
  2:30
• 18
  Bye Bye Blackbird (live)
  2:53
• 19
  Where or When (live)
  3:27
• 20
  You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (live)
  3:22
• 21
  Without a Song (live)
  3:50
• 22
  I’ve Gotta Be Me (live)
  3:02

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Release credits

• Alan Freeman
  producer [16]
• Billy May
  arranger [3.11, 2.20]
• Carmen McRae
  additional [11], lead vocals [11]
• Count Basie
  performer [21-22]
• Don Costa
  producer [20]
• Frank Sinatra
  vocal [20]
• Jimmy Bowen
  producer [3.1, 3.15, 2.11]
• Keith Grant
  engineer [16]
• Lowell Frank
  engineer [11]
• Marty Paich
  arranger [2.6, 3.6, 3.16-17], conductor [3.16-17, 2.6], producer [6]
• Mike Curb
  producer [20]
• Mike Curb Congregation
  performer [19]
• Morton Stevens
  arranger [18], conductor [18]
• Mundell Lowe
  guitar [14]
• Paula Wayne
  additional [24], lead vocals [24]
• Richard Wess
  arranger [1]
• Sammy Davis Jr.
  lead vocals [16-17], vocal [2.18, 2.20, 3.1, 3.11, 1.7]
• Sonny Burke
  producer [11]
• Sy Oliver and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [7]
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  Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story

  4x CD
  9 November 1999