What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers
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{{Infobox album
| name = What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers
| type = studio
| artist = Sammy Davis Jr.
| cover = What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Showstoppers album.jpg
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| released = {{Start date|1962|10}}
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| genre = {{hlist|Show tunes|Vocal jazz}}
| length = 37:43
| label = Reprise
| producer =
| prev_title = The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove
| next_year = 1963
| misc = {{Singles
| name = What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers
| type = Studio
| single1 = What Kind of Fool Am I?
| single1date = August 19, 1962
| single2 = Someone Nice Like You
| single2date = May 18, 1962
}}
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What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers is a 1962 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=what-kind-of-fool-am-i-and-other-show-stoppers-mw0000207198|label=What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
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| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=what-kind-of-fool-am-i-and-other-show-stoppers-mw0000207198|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
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Riding off the success of the title single which was at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 after 8 weeks on the chart, the album entered the Billboard Top LPs chart at No. 82 in the end of October 1962.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3|title=Billboard|date=1962-10-20|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|language=en}} It peaked at No. 14, staying on the chart for 22 weeks, the last of which was the week Davis' 1963 live album Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove entered the Top LPs chart.{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66|title=Billboard Top LP's|date=March 16, 1963|work=Billboard|access-date=February 16, 2018}}
Lindsay Planer on AllMusic praised the album for "accentuating [Davis'] undeniable talent and presence," and noted that it was one of the most well-received albums he released during the 1960s.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mood-to-be-wooed-mw0000873363|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
Track listing
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| title1 = What Kind of Fool Am I?
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| length1 = 3:24
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 = from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
| title2 = Once in a Lifetime
| note2 =
| length2 = 2:11
| lyrics2 =
| music2 =
| extra2 = from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
| title3 = A Lot of Livin' to Do
| note3 =
| length3 = 2:47
| lyrics3 =
| music3 =
| writer3 = Charles Strouse, Lee Adams
| extra3 = from Bye Bye Birdie
| title4 = Begin the Beguine
| note4 =
| length4 = 4:32
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| writer4 = Cole Porter
| extra4 = from Jubilee
| title5 = Can't We Be Friends?
| note5 =
| length5 = 3:00
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| writer5 = Kay Smith, Paul James
| extra5 = from The Little Show
| title6 = Something's Coming
| note6 =
| length6 = 2:51
| lyrics6 =
| music6 =
| writer6 = Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
| extra6 = from West Side Story
| title7 = Gonna Build a Mountain
| note7 =
| length7 = 2:25
| lyrics7 =
| music7 =
| extra7 = from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
| title8 = Someone Nice Like You
| note8 =
| length8 = 2:26
| lyrics8 =
| music8 =
| extra8 = from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
| title9 = Too Close for Comfort
| note9 =
| length9 = 3:03
| lyrics9 =
| music9 =
| writer9 = Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener
| extra9 = from Mr. Wonderful
| title10 = My Romance
| note10 =
| length10 = 3:34
| lyrics10 =
| music10 =
| writer10 = Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
| extra10 = from Jumbo
| title11 = Thou Swell
| note11 =
| length11 = 3:04
| lyrics11 =
| music11 =
| extra11 = from A Connecticut Yankee
| title12 = Lost in the Stars
| note12 =
| length12 = 4:26
| lyrics12 =
| music12 =
| writer12 = Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
| extra12 = from Lost in the Stars
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| title_width = 27%
| writing_width = 35%
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Personnel
- Sammy Davis Jr. – vocals
- Marty Paich – arranger, conductor