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The Sounds of '66

{{Infobox album

| name = The Sounds of '66{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sounds-of-66-mw0000025034|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=March 20, 2025}}

| type = live

| artist = Sammy Davis Jr. / Buddy Rich

| cover = soundsof66.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1966

| recorded = 1966

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length = 29:42

| label = Reprise

| producer = Jimmy Bowen

| chronology = Sammy Davis Jr.

| prev_title = The Sammy Davis Jr. Show

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays

| next_year = 1966

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Buddy Rich

| type = live

| prev_title = Swingin' New Big Band

| prev_year = 1966

| title = The Sounds of '66

| year = 1966

| next_title = Big Swing Face

| next_year = 1967

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r68853|pure_url=yes}} link]

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev2 =

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The Sounds of '66 is a 1966 live album by Sammy Davis Jr., accompanied by Buddy Rich and a big band.

The album was recorded at the Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in the early hours of two successive nights, 18th and 19th June 1966, after both artists had already performed shows earlier.

Track listing

=Original [[LP album|LP]]=

;Side A:

  1. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:56
  2. "I Know a Place" (Tony Hatch) – 2:27
  3. "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" (Lane, Lerner) – 3:43
  4. "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:05
  5. "Once in Love With Amy" (Frank Loesser) – 2:45

;Side B:

  1. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 1:49
  2. "What Now My Love?" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman) – 3:08
  3. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:07
  4. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:24
  5. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 3:18

=CD re-issue=

  1. Introduction by Sammy Davis Jr.
  2. "Come Back to Me" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 4:12
  3. "The Birth of the Blues" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – CD bonus track
  4. "I Know a Place" (Tony Hatch) – 2:27
  5. "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" (Lane, Lerner) – 3:43
  6. "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:04
  7. "Once in Love With Amy" (Frank Loesser) – 2:45
  8. "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 1:48
  9. "What Now My Love?" (Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman) – 3:07
  10. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:07
  11. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin) – 3:24
  12. Closing remarks by Sammy Davis, Jr.
  13. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 3:26

Personnel

  • Sammy Davis Jr. – vocal
  • Buddy Rich – drums
  • The Buddy Rich Big Band"Sammy Davis Jr. Live Recordings 1949-1988" discography [http://sammydavisjr.info/music/session-based-discography/live-performances/ [link)]
  • Gary Walters – bass
  • John Bunch – piano
  • Barry Zweig – guitar
  • Bob Faust – trumpet
  • Chuck Foster – trumpet
  • Tony Scodwell – trumpet
  • John Sottile – trumpet
  • John Boice – trombone
  • Bob Braun – trombone
  • Jim Trimble – trombone
  • Jay Corre – saxophone
  • Marty Flax – saxophone
  • Tom Hall – saxophone
  • Sam Most – saxophone
  • Steve Perlow – saxophone
  • Ernie Freeman – arranger
  • George Rhodes – arranger

References

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{{Buddy Rich}}

{{Sammy Davis Jr.}}

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Category:Sammy Davis Jr. live albums

Category:Buddy Rich live albums

Category:albums arranged by Ernie Freeman

Category:Albums produced by Jimmy Bowen

Category:1966 live albums

Category:1966 collaborative albums

Category:Albums recorded at the Sands Hotel

Category:Reprise Records live albums