What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers
What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers is a 1962 studio album by Sammy Davis, Jr.[1]
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| Released | October 1962 | |||
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| Length | 37:43 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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Reception
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Riding off the success of the title single which was at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 after 8 weeks on the chart, the album entered the Billboard Top LPs chart at #82 in the end of October 1962.[3] It peaked at #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.[4]
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.[5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Musical | Length |
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| 1. | "What Kind of Fool Am I?" | Newley, Bricusse | from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Once in a Lifetime" | Newley, Bricusse | from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off | 2:11 |
| 3. | "A Lot of Livin' to Do" | Charles Strouse, Lee Adams | from Bye Bye Birdie | 2:47 |
| 4. | "Begin the Beguine" | Cole Porter | from Jubilee | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Can't We Be Friends?" | Kay Smith, Paul James | from The Little Show | 3:00 |
| 6. | "Something's Coming" | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | from West Side Story | 2:51 |
| 7. | "Gonna Build a Mountain" | Newley, Bricusse | from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off | 2:25 |
| 8. | "Someone Nice Like You" | Newley, Bricusse | from Stop the World - I Want to Get Off | 2:26 |
| 9. | "Too Close for Comfort" | Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, Larry Holofcener | from Mr. Wonderful | 3:03 |
| 10. | "My Romance" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | from Jumbo | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Thou Swell" | Rodgers, Hart | from A Connecticut Yankee | 3:04 |
| 12. | "Lost in the Stars" | Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson | from Lost in the Stars | 4:26 |
Personnel
- Sammy Davis Jr. – vocals
- Marty Paich - director
References
- What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers at AllMusic
- Allmusic review
- Inc, Nielsen Business Media (1962-10-20). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
- "Billboard Top LP's". Billboard. March 16, 1963. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- Allmusic review
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