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Samuel George Davis Jr. (8 December 1925 - 16 May 1990)
Years Active: 1928 - 1990
Vocal Range: G♯1 - B♭5
Significant High Notes:
B♭5 ("For Once in My Life" live Las Vegas 1987)
G♯5 ("For Once in My Life" live unknown venue)
G5 ("Baretta's Theme" live Australia 1979, "You Can Have Her", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" live MDA Telethon 1983)
F5 ("Bad" live, "Satin Doll" live Boston 1988)
E♭5 ("The Singing Cowboys" live with Andy Williams 1963)
D5 ("Back in Your Own Back Yard")
C♯5 ("And When I Die" live with Tom Jones, "The Good Life", "I Know a Place" live Sands 1966, "I've Never Seen Anything Like It", "Mr. Booze", "Take My Hand", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" live with Bill Medley)
C5 ("For Once in My Life", "I Got a Woman", "Light My Fire" live with Tom Jones, "Lover, Come Back to Me!", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "My Friend the Doctor", "My Way", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" live Sands 1966, "Uptight / You've Got Your Troubles", "Who Cares")
B4 ("And When I Die", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" 1965 version, "I Got a Woman", "Just One of Those Things", "Kansas City", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "Shake, Shake, Shake", "Spinning Wheel", "Talk to the Animals", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Wichita Lineman", "You've Made Me So Very Happy")
B♭4 ("And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)" live, "Back in Your Own Back Yard", "Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar", "Break My Mind", "The Candy Man", "Circus", "'Deed I Do", "Falling in Love Again", "For Once in My Life", "Happy Ending", "Hello, Dolly", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "I Know a Place" live Sands 1966, "I'm Over 25 (But You Can Trust Me)", "Lover, Come Back to Me!", "Mr. Bojangles" live, "Not for Me", "The Oldest Established (Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York)" live with Frank Sinatra and Jerry Lewis 1987, "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" live Sands 1966, "Shake, Shake, Shake", "Take My Hand", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York", "That Great Come-And-Get-It-Day", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Up, Up, and Away", "Rambling Rose", "Somebody", "You Better Sit Down, Kids", "You Can Have Her")
A4 ("After Today", "And When I Die", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Be My Love", "Begin the Beguine" 1957 version, "Bess, You Is My Woman", "Birth of the Blues", "Circus", "Come Back to Me" live Sands 1966, "Come on Strong", "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" live Sands 1966, "Fools Rush In", "Hello Detroit", "I Can't Get Started (With You)", "I Have but One Life to Live", "I Have Dreamed", "I Wanna Be Around", "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "I'll Begin Again", "I'm a Brass Band" part 1, "In a Persian Market", "It's a Musical World", "It's All Right With Me", "It's Bigger Than You and Me", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Just One of Those Things", "The Lady Is a Tramp" live, "The Lonesome Road", "Love Me or Leave Me", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "Me and My Shadow", "My Kind of Girl", "My Romance", "My Way", "Not for Me", "Once in Love With Amy" live Sands 1966, "Paris Is at Her Best in May", "The People Tree", "Perdido (Lost)", "Rhythm of Life", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" live with Jerry Lewis, "A Room Without Windows", "Shake, Shake, Shake", "Take My Hand", "Talk to the Animals", "This Is My Life", "This Little Girl of Mine", "Up, Up, and Away", "Uptight / You've Got Your Troubles", "Walk Right In", "What Kind of Fool Am I?" live, "What Now My Love" live Sands 1966, "When the Feeling Hits You", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Yes I Can", "You Better Sit Down, Kids", "You've Made Me So Very Happy")
G♯4 ("All the Things You Are", "As Long as She Needs Me", "Ballin' the Jack", "Baretta's Theme" live, "California Suite", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Gal", "Come Back to Me" live Sands 1966, "'Deed I Do", "Falling in Love Again", "Falling in Love With Love", "Feeling Good", "Get Happy", "Get on the Right Track Baby", "The Goin's Great", "The Good Life", "The Gypsy in My Soul", "Happy Ending", "I Concentrate on You", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I Want to Be With You", "If It's the Last Thing I Do" live Sands 1966, "If You Are but a Dream", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "I've Gotta Be Me", "Kansas City", "Lonely Is the Name", "Lulu's Back in Town", "Mess Around", "More Than One Way", "Mr. Bojangles" live, "My Friend the Doctor", "My Personal Property", "New York City Blues", "New York, New York" live, "New York's My Home", "Night and Day", "Ol' Man River" live, "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" live improvisation, Oakland 1988, "Once in a Lifetime" live, "Once in Love With Amy" live Sands 1966, "Send for Me", "That Old Black Magic", "There Was a Tavern in the Town", "Where or When" live, "Wichita Lineman", "Without a Song", "You Can't Love 'Em All", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" live)
G4 ("Adelaide", "All That Jazz", "And This Is My Beloved", "April in Paris" 1965 version, "As Time Goes By" live Australia 1979, "At the Crossroads", "Back in Your Own Back Yard", "Backtrack", "Bang! Bang!", "Be My Love", "Because of You", "Begin the Beguine" 1957 version, "Bein' Natural Bein' Me", "Birth of the Blues", "Blues for Mr. Charlie", "Break My Mind", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "California Suite", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Gal", "Change Partners", "Cheek to Cheek", "Comes Love", "Day in, Day Out" live improvisation, Oakland 1988, "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me" 1965 version, "Don't Cry Joe", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Don't Shut Me Out", "Easy to Love", "Fabulous Places", "Face to Face", "Five", "Flash, Bang, Wallop!", "A Foggy Day (In London Town)", "Fools Rush In", "For Every Man There's a Woman", "For Once in My Life", "Get Happy", "Get on the Right Track Baby", "Give a Fool a Chance", "Glad to Be Unhappy", "Gonna Build a Mountain" live, "The Gypsy in My Soul", "Happy Ending", "Have a Little Talk With Myself", "Hello Detroit", "(Here Am I) Broken Hearted", "Hey There", "Hi-Heel Sneakers", "I Can't Get Started (With You)", "I Concentrate on You", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "I Have but One Life to Live", "I Have Dreamed", "I Know a Place" live Sands 1966, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "I Wanna Be Around", "I Want to Be Happy", "If I Ruled the World", "If It's the Last Thing I Do" live Sands 1966, "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "I'll Know", "I'm a Brass Band", "I'm Over 25 (But You Can Trust Me)", "In This Crowded World", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "It Only Takes a Moment" live Boston 1988, "It's a Musical World", "It's All Right With Me", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "I've Never Seen Anything Like It", "Jacques D'Iraque", "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "L'Amour, Toujours l'Amour", "Lazy River", "Light My Fire" live with Tom Jones, "The Lonesome Road", "(Love Is) the Tender Trap", "Lover, Come Back to Me!", "Lulu's Back in Town", "MacArthur Park", "Mountain Greenery", "Mr. Bojangles", "Music of the Night" live MDA Telethon 1988, "My Way", "Oh Bess, Where's My Bess", "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way", "Ol' Man River" live, "Once in a Lifetime", "Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be", "The Other Half of Me", "Out of This World", "Perdido (Lost)", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" live Sands 1966, "The Red Grapes", "River Stay 'Way from My Door" live Coconut Grove 1963, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" live, "The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World", "Scatting" live MDA Telethon 1983, "She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N)", "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat", "Soliloquy", "Some Days Everything Goes Wrong", "Somebody", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Something's Coming", "Something's Gotta Give", "Spinning Wheel", "Stan' Up an' Fight", "Stranger in Paradise", "That Great Come-And-Get-It-Day", "That Old Black Magic", "There Is Nothing Like a Dame", "There Was a Tavern in the Town", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York", "This Guy's in Love With You", "This Is My Life", "This Little Girl of Mine", "Thou Swell", "The Thrill Is Gone", "Time to Ride", "Too Close for Comfort", "Two Ladies in De Shade of De Banana Tree", "Walk Right In", "What Became of Me?", "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" live Sands 1966, "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "What the World Needs Now Is Love" live Sands 1966, "When the Feeling Hits You", "Where or When" live, "Wichita Lineman", "Will You Still Be Mine", "Without a Song", "You Better Sit Down, Kids", "You Can Have Her", "You Do Something to Me", "You've Made Me So Very Happy")
F♯4 ("After Today", "Another Spring", "Bang! Bang!", "Begin the Beguine", "Blues for Mr. Charlie", "The Candy Man", "Chico and the Man", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Dangerous", "Do I Hear a Waltz", "Don't Take Your Time", "Earthbound", "Fugue for Tinhorns" live with Frank Sinatra 1988, "Hello, Dolly", "(Here Am I) Broken Hearted", "I Cover the Waterfront", "I Heard a Song", "I Married an Angel", "I Should Care", "I Want to Be Happy", "I Want to Be With You", "I Write the Songs" live, "If I Loved You", "If You Are but a Dream", "If You Want This Love of Mine", "In a Persian Market", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "I've Never Seen Anything Like It", "Jalousie", "Lonely Is the Name", "Love Me or Leave Me", "Me and My Shadow", "More Than One Way", "My Personal Property", "New York's My Home", "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" live improvisation, Oakland 1988, "Paris Is at Her Best in May", "The Red Grapes", "The Shelter of Your Arms", "Singin' in the Rain", "Smile", "Someone Nice Like You", "Soon", "Step Out of That Dream", "Take It from One Who Knows", "Teach Me Tonight", "Temptation", "Ten Out of Ten", "Tenderly", "Tenement Symphony", "There Is No Greater Love", "Tomorrow Is Another Day", "Up, Up, and Away", "We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends", "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" live Sands 1966, "When the Feeling Hits You", "Where Are the Words", "Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)", "A Wonderful Day Like Today", "The World Is Mine (Tonight)", "Yes I Can")
F4 ("All Dressed Up and No Place to Go", "All That Jazz", "All the Things You Are", "All the Way", "And This Is My Beloved", "Another Spring", "April in Paris", "As Long as She Needs Me", "As Time Goes By" live, "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Bad" live, "Baretta's Theme", "Beautiful Things", "Because of You", "Blue Velvet", "But Not for Me", "California Suite", "The Candy Man", "Choose", "The Christmas Song", "Come Fly With Me" live, "Come on Strong", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Cry Me a River", "Dangerous", "Deep Purple", "Doctor Dolittle", "Don't Shut Me Out", "Earthbound", "Easy to Love", "Fabulous Places", "Face to Face", "Five", "For Every Man There's a Woman", "For Sentimental Reasons", "Frankie and Johnny", "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "Get Out of Town", "The Girl from Ipanema", "Gonna Build a Mountain", "The Good Life", "Guys and Dolls", "The Gypsy in My Soul", "Hello Detroit", "Hey There", "Hi-Heel Sneakers", "I Can Do That" live, "I Concentrate on You", "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry", "I Have Dreamed", "I Heard a Song", "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "I Loves You Porgy", "I Married an Angel", "I Think I Like You", "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time", "I'll Begin Again", "If I Loved You", "If I Ruled the World", "I'm a Brass Band" part 2, "I'm a Fool to Want You", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "In My Own Lifetime", "In the Still of the Night", "In This Crowded World", "It Never Entered My Mind", "It Started All Over Again", "It's Bigger Than You and Me", "It's Only a Paper Moon", "I've Gotta Be Me", "Jacques D'Iraque", "Jalousie", "Just One of Those Things", "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "L'Amour, Toujours l'Amour", "Lazy River", "Let There Be Love", "Look at That Face", "A Lot of Living to Do", "Love Is All Around (Theme from the Mary Tyler Moore Show)", "(Love Is) the Tender Trap", "A Man With a Dream", "Mention a Mansion", "My Funny Valentine", "My Kind of Girl", "My Mother the Car", "My Shining Hour", "The Nearness of You", "New York City Blues", "Night Song", "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way", "Once in a Lifetime", "Out of This World", "People", "Rambling Rose", "A Room Without Windows", "Satin Doll" live Boston 1988, "A Second Chance", "Send for Me", "September Song", "She Believes in Me", "She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N)", "Sing" live, "Singin' in the Rain", "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat", "Soliloquy", "Some Days Everything Goes Wrong", "Something's Coming", "Soon", "Spring Is Here", "Stan' Up An' Fight", "Step Out of That Dream", "Straighten Up and Fly Right", "A Stranger Called the Blues", "Stranger in Paradise", "Sweet Gingerbread Man", "Sweet Lorraine", "Take the Moment", "Temptation", "Tenement Symphony", "There Is No Greater Love", "There Will Never Be Another You", "This Dream", "This Guy's in Love With You", "This Is My Life", "Thou Swell", "The Thrill Is Gone", "Unforgettable", "Uptight / You've Got Your Troubles", "We'll Be Together Again" Lonely Is the Name version, "We'll Make It This Time", "What Became of Me?", "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "What Now My Love" live Sands 1966, "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Where Are the Words", "Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)", "Will You Still Be Mine", "Without You I'm Nothing", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "A Wonderful Day Like Today", "Work Song", "The World Is Mine (Tonight)", "You Can Count on Me", "You Can't Love 'Em All", "You Do Something to Me", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You")
E4 ("All the Things You Are", "Backtrack", "Ballin' the Jack", "Baretta's Theme", "Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar", "Begin the Beguine", "Bess, You Is My Woman", "Bewitched", "Blue Velvet", "Change Partners", "Cheek to Cheek", "Chico and the Man", "Children, Children", "Choose", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" live Sands 1966, "Do I Hear a Waltz", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me", "Doctor Dolittle", "Don't Cry Joe", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Don't Take Your Time", "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" Lonely Is the Name version, "Falling in Love With Love", "A Fine Romance", "Flash, Bang, Wallop!", "A Foggy Day (In London Town)", "For Sentimental Reasons", "Frankie and Johnny", "Get Happy", "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl", "Glad to Be Unhappy", "The Goin's Great", "Gonna Build a Mountain", "Have a Little Talk With Myself", "Hi-Heel Sneakers", "I Cover the Waterfront", "I Should Care", "I Write the Songs" live, "If You Want This Love of Mine", "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time", "I'll Know", "I'm a Fool to Want You", "I'm Glad There Is You", "I'm Over 25 (But You Can Trust Me)", "It Never Entered My Mind", "It Started All Over Again", "It's a Musical World", "It's Bigger Than You and Me", "It's Magic", "Jalousie", "Joey, Joey, Joey", "The Joker", "The Lady's in Love With You", "L'Amour, Toujours l'Amour", "Let There Be Love", "Lost in the Stars", "A Lot of Living to Do", "Love Is All Around (Theme from the Mary Tyler Moore Show)", "The Man With the Golden Arm", "Mess Around", "Mona Lisa / Too Young / Nature Boy (Medley)", "Mountain Greenery", "My Mother the Car", "My Shining Hour", "Night Song", "Oh Bess, Where's My Bess", "Oh Lonesome Me", "On a Slow Boat to China", "Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be", "The People Tree", "People Will Say We're in Love", "Rhythm of Life", "A Room Without Windows", "Route 66", "The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "Soliloquy", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Something's Gotta Give", "Song and Dance Man" 1976 version, "Spinning Wheel", "A Stranger Called the Blues", "A Stranger in Town", "Take It from One Who Knows", "Take the Moment", "Talk to the Animals", "Ten Out of Ten", "Tenderly", "That's Entertainment", "That's for Me", "There Is Nothing Like a Dame", "This Is Always", "This Was My Love", "Time to Ride", "Tomorrow Is Another Day", "Too Close for Comfort", "Tracey", "Two Different Worlds", "Two Ladies in De Shade of De Banana Tree", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "What the World Needs Now Is Love" live Sands 1966, "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Who Cares", "Wichita Lineman", "Willow Road", "Without You I'm Nothing", "You're Gonna Love Yourself (In the Morning)", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", "You're Sensational")
Significant Low Notes:
D3 ("After Today", "And This Is My Beloved", "And When I Die", "Another Spring", "Back in Your Own Back Yard", "Ballin' the Jack", "Blue Velvet", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "The Candy Man", "Change Partners", "Children, Children", "The Christmas Song", "Circus", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Comes Love", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Cry Me a River", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me", "Doctor Dolittle", "Don't Cry Joe", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Don't Take Your Time", "Fabulous Places", "Falling in Love Again", "Flash, Bang, Wallop!", "A Foggy Day (In London Town)", "For Once in My Life", "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "Get Out of Town", "Give a Fool a Chance", "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl", "Gonna Build a Mountain", "Have a Little Talk With Myself", "Hey There", "I Can Do That" live, "I Cover the Waterfront", "I Got a Woman", "I Know a Place" live Sands 1966, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "I Married an Angel", "I Should Care", "I Wanna Be Around", "I Write the Songs" live, "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time", "If I Loved You", "If I Ruled the World", "I'll Know", "I'm a Fool to Want You", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "I'm Glad There Is You", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "In My Own Lifetime", "In This Crowded World", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "It's All Right With Me", "It's Bigger Than You and Me", "John Shaft", "L'Amour, Toujours l'Amour", "A Lot of Living to Do", "Lulu's Back in Town", "The Man With the Golden Arm", "A Married Man", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "More Than One Way", "My Mother the Car", "My Personal Property", "My Way" live, "Oh Lonesome Me", "Ol' Man River" live, "Once in Love With Amy" live Sands 1966, "The Party's Over", "Perdido (Lost)", "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" live Sands 1966, "Rambling Rose", "Route 66", "Satin Doll" live Boston 1988, "The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World", "September Song", "Singin' in the Rain", "Some Days Everything Goes Wrong", "Someone Nice Like You", "Something's Coming", "Something's Gotta Give", "Song and Dance Man", "Stranger in Paradise", "Take the Moment", "Tea for Two", "That's Entertainment", "That's for Me", "There Is Nothing Like a Dame", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York", "Thou Swell", "The Thrill Is Gone", "Time to Ride", "Two Sleepy People", "Uptight / You've Got Your Troubles", "We'll Make It This Time", "What Became of Me?", "What Now My Love" live Sands 1966, "What the World Needs Now Is Love" live Sands 1966, "When the Feeling Hits You", "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Where's That Rainbow", "Will You Still Be Mine", "Willow Road", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "The World Is Mine (Tonight)", "You Better Sit Down, Kids", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", "You've Made Me So Very Happy")
C♯3 ("Bess, You Is My Woman", "The Candy Man" live, "Can't We Be Friends", "Chico and the Man", "'Deed I Do", "Do I Hear a Waltz", "Don't Take Your Time", "Earthbound", "Get on the Right Track Baby", "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl", "Happy Ending", "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance", "I Heard a Song", "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", "I Loves You Porgy", "I Married an Angel", "In the Ghetto", "I've Gotta Be Me", "Jalousie", "Kansas City", "Lonely Is the Name", "Love Me or Leave Me", "The Man With the Golden Arm", "New York's My Home", "Night and Day", "Out of This World", "Over the Rainbow", "Rhythm of Life", "River Stay 'Way from My Door" live Coconut Grove 1963, "Snap Your Fingers", "Soon", "Speak Low", Suntory whiskey commercial, "Take My Hand", "Teach Me Tonight", "Tenement Symphony", "Too Close for Comfort", "Tracey", "Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)")
C3 ("After Today", "All Dressed Up and No Place to Go", "All That Jazz", "And When I Die", "Another Spring", "As Long as She Needs Me", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Ballerina", "Baretta's Theme" live, "Be My Love", "Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar", "Beautiful Things", "Because of You", "Bee-Bom", "Bein' Natural Bein' Me", "Better Luck Next Time", "Blue Velvet", "Blues for Mr. Charlie", "But Not for Me", "California Suite", "The Candy Man" live, "Change Partners", "Cheek to Cheek", "Children, Children", "Circus", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Come Back to Me" live Sands 1966, "Cry Me a River", "Deep Purple", "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" live Sands 1966, "Do I Hear a Waltz", "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me", "Don't Cry Joe", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "Don't Let Her Go", "Don't Shut Me Out", "Easy to Love", "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", "Face to Face", "Falling in Love With Love", "Feeling Good", "A Fine Romance", "Flash, Bang, Wallop!", "A Foggy Day (In London Town)", "Fools Rush In", "For Every Man There's a Woman", "For Sentimental Reasons", "Frankie and Johnny", "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "The Good Life", "Happy Ending", "Hello Detroit", "Hello, Dolly", "Hey There", "Hi-Heel Sneakers", "I Can Do That" live, "I Can't Get Started (With You)", "I Have Dreamed", "I Loves You Porgy", "I Should Care", "I Wanna Be Around", "I Want to Be With You", "I Write the Songs" live, "I'd Go for You", "If I Loved You", "If I Ruled the World", "I'll Know", "I'm a Brass Band", "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "I'm Glad There Is You", "I'm Over 25 (But You Can Trust Me)", "In My Own Lifetime", "In the Still of the Night", "It Never Entered My Mind", "It Started All Over Again", "It's Magic", "It's Only a Paper Moon", "I've Gotta Be Me", "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face", "Jacques D'Iraque", "Jalousie", "The Joker", "Just One of Those Things", "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "The Lady's in Love With You", "Let There Be Love", "Lonely Is the Name", "The Lonesome Road", "Love at Last You Have Found Me", "(Love Is) the Tender Trap", "Lover, Come Back to Me!", "Lulu's Back in Town", "Make Someone Happy", "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "Mention a Mansion", "Mountain Greenery", "More Than One Way", "Music of the Night" live MDA Telethon 1988, "My Friend the Doctor", "My Funny Valentine", "My Personal Property", "My Romance", "My Kind of Girl", "The Nearness of You", "New York City Blues", "Not for Me", "Oh Bess, Where's My Bess", "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way", "Once in Love With Amy" live Sands 1966, "Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be", "The Other Half of Me", "The People Tree", "People Will Say We're in Love", "Pretend", "The River's Too Wide", "A Room Without Windows", "The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World", "Send for Me", "September Song", "She Believes in Me", "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat", "Smile", "Somebody", "Someone Nice Like You", "Something in Your Smile", "Something's Gotta Give", "Sophisticated Lady", "Spoken For", "Spring Is Here", "Stan' Up An' Fight", "Sunrise, Sunset", "Sweet November", "Take It from One Who Knows", "There Is No Greater Love", "There Will Never Be Another You", "There's a Small Hotel", "These Foolish Things", "They Didn't Believe Me", "This Guy's in Love With You", "This Is Always", "This Is My Life", "This Was My Love", "Till Then", "Too Close for Comfort", "Tracey", "Two Different Worlds", "Two Sleepy People", "Up, Up, and Away", "Uptight / You've Got Your Troubles", "Walk Right In", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "We Kiss in a Shadow", "We Open in Venice", "Welcome to the Club", "We'll Be Together Again", "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" live Sands 1966, "What Now My Love" live Sands 1966, "What the World Needs Now Is Love" live Sands 1966, "When Your Lover Has Gone", "Where Are the Words", "Where Is Love?", "Where or When" live, "Where's That Rainbow", "Wichita Lineman", "Without a Song", "Without You I'm Nothing", "A Wonderful Day Like Today", "Work Song", "Yes I Can", "You Can't Love 'Em All", "You Do Something to Me", "You're Gonna Love Yourself (In the Morning)")
B2 ("All the Things You Are", "Backtrack", "Bang! Bang!", "Born to Be Blue", "California Suite", "The Candy Man" live Boston 1988, "Cheek to Cheek", "Choose", "Come Sundown", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", "A Fine Romance", "The Folks Who Live on the Hill", "The Girl from Ipanema", "Give a Fool a Chance", "Glad to Be Unhappy", "Guys and Dolls", "(Here Am I) Broken Hearted", "Here's That Rainy Day", "Hey Won't You Play (Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song)", "I Can't Get Started (With You)", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "If You Are but a Dream", "I'll Begin Again", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "In a Persian Market", "In This Crowded World", "It's a Musical World", "Joey, Joey, Joey", "The Lady's in Love With You", "Misty", "My Shining Hour", "No One Can Live Forever", "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way", "Oh Lonesome Me", "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" live improvisation, Oakland 1988, "On a Slow Boat to China", "The People Tree", "People Will Say We're in Love", "The Red Grapes", "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" live with Jerry Lewis 1988, "A Second Chance", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "The Shelter of Your Arms", "Smile", "Soliloquy", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Sonny Boy", "Speak Low", "Step Out of That Dream", Suntory whiskey commercial, "Sweet Lorraine", "Tenderly", "There's a Party Going On", "There's a Small Hotel", "This Is Always", "Two Different Worlds", "We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends", "We Open in Venice", "What I've Got in Mind", "When I Look in Your Eyes", "Why Try to Change Me Now", "You're My Girl", "You're Sensational")
B♭2 ("Adelaide", "All the Way", "As Time Goes By" live, "Ballerina", "Because of You", "Bee-Bom", "Bess, You Is My Woman", "Blame It on Youth", "Blues for Mr. Charlie", "But Not for Me", "California Suite", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Gal", "Choose", "The Christmas Song", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Deep Purple", "Deep in a Dream", "Don't Blame Me", "Face to Face", "Feeling Good", "Five", "For Once in My Life", "For Sentimental Reasons", "Fugue for Tinhorns" live with Frank Sinatra 1988, "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You", "That Great Come-And-Get-It-Day", "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance", "(Here Am I) Broken Hearted", "Hi-Heel Sneakers", "I Concentrate on You", "I Have Dreamed", "I Heard a Song", "I Know a Place" live Sands 1966, "I Think I Like You", "I Want to Be With You", "I'd Go for You", "If It's the Last Thing I Do" live Sands 1966, "If You Want This Love of Mine", "In the Still of the Night", "It Never Entered My Mind", "It's All in the Game", "It's All Right With Me", "It's Magic", "I've Gotta Be Me" live, "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now", "Let There Be Love", "Look at That Face", "Lost in the Stars", "Love at Last You Have Found Me", "Lover, Come Back to Me!", "Make Someone Happy", "A Man With a Dream", "A Married Man", "Mr. Bojangles", "My Friend the Doctor", "My Funny Valentine", "My Kind of Girl", "My Shining Hour", "The Nearness of You", "New York, New York" live, "Oh Bess, Where's My Bess", "Ol' Man River" live, "Once in a Lifetime", "Over the Rainbow", "Paris Is at Her Best in May", "The Party's Over", "People", "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends", "Pretend", "Rambling Rose", "Rhythm of Life", "The River's Too Wide", "A Second Chance", "The Shadow of Your Smile", "She Believes in Me", "The Shelter of Your Arms", "She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N)", "Somebody", "Song and Dance Man", "Sonny Boy", "Stan' Up An' Fight", "Step Out of That Dream", "A Stranger Called the Blues", "Sweet November", "Take My Hand", "Teach Me Tonight", "Temptation", "That Old Black Magic", "There Was a Tavern in the Town", "There Will Never Be Another You", "These Foolish Things", "The Things We Did Last Summer", "This Dream", "This Guy's in Love With You", "Till Then", "Tomorrow Is Another Day", "Traps and Taps", "Unforgettable", "Welcome to the Club", "What Became of Me?", "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "When I Fall in Love", "Where Are the Words", "Where or When" live, "Without a Song", "A Wonderful Day Like Today", "Work Song", "You Better Sit Down, Kids", "You Can Count on Me", "You Can Have Her", "You're Sensational")
A2 ("All of You", "All the Way", "April in Paris", "At the Crossroads", "Beautiful Things", "Bee-Bom", "Bewitched", "Birth of the Blues", "Chico and the Man", "Come on Strong", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Come Sundown", "Don't Blame Me", "Falling in Love Again", "Frankie and Johnny", "Gonna Build a Mountain", "Hey Won't You Play (Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song)", "I Have but One Life to Live", "I'm a Fool to Want You", "In a Persian Market", "It's All in the Game", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Joey, Joey, Joey", "Just One of Those Things", "Look at That Face", "(Love Is) the Tender Trap", "Lush Life", "MacArthur Park", "Me and My Shadow", "Mona Lisa / Too Young / Nature Boy (Medley)", "My Romance", "My Way" live, "New York City Blues", "Night Song", "No One Can Live Forever", "On a Slow Boat to China", "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends", "Send for Me", "Soliloquy", "Sweet Lorraine", "Teach Me Tonight", "Ten Out of Ten", "Tenderly", "Tenement Symphony", "There's a Small Hotel", "The Things We Did Last Summer", "This Dream", "The Thrill Is Gone", "Time to Ride", "Two Ladies in De Shade of De Banana Tree", "Walk Right In", "We Could Have Been the Closest of Friends", "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "Why Try to Change Me Now", "Wichita Lineman", "Willow Road", "Without You I'm Nothing", "You Can Count on Me", "You're My Girl", "You're the Top")
G♯2 ("All of You", "Blame It on Youth", "Body and Soul", "Can't We Be Friends", "Doctor Dolittle", "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry", "If I Loved You", "If You Want This Love of Mine", Improvisation live Oakland 1988, "It Only Takes a Moment" live Boston 1988, "It's Only a Paper Moon", "The Joker", "Lush Life", "Once in a Lifetime", "Out of This World", "Over the Rainbow", "Paris Is at Her Best in May", "Satin Doll" live Boston 1988, "Snap Your Fingers", "Something in Your Smile", "Tomorrow Is Another Day", "Try a Little Tenderness", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)")
G2 ("Adelaide", "April in Paris", "As Long as She Needs Me", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Begin the Beguine", "Bewitched", "Birth of the Blues", "Blues for Mr. Charlie", "Body and Soul", "Born to Be Blue", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "California Suite", "Easy to Love", "The Folks Who Live on the Hill", "Fools Rush In", "For Every Man There's a Woman", "Glad to Be Unhappy", "Hello Detroit", "I Fall in Love Too Easily", "I Got a Woman", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry", "I'm a Brass Band", "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" live, "It Ain't Necessarily So", "I've Got You Under My Skin", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Lost in the Stars", "A Lot of Living to Do", "MacArthur Park", "Me and My Shadow" single version, "Misty", "Mona Lisa / Too Young / Nature Boy (Medley)", "Mountain Greenery", "Music of the Night" live MDA Telethon 1988, "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" live, "Night Song", "Ol' Man River" live Paris 1985, "Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be", "A Room Without Windows", "She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N)", "Sing" live, "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat", "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)", "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Spinning Wheel", "A Stranger Called the Blues", "A Stranger in Town", "That Lucky Old Sun", "That Old Black Magic", "There Is Nothing Like a Dame", "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York", "There's a Party Going On", "This Was My Love", "Unforgettable", "We'll Be Together Again", "What Did I Have That I Don't Have?" live Sands 1966, "What Kind of Fool Am I?" live, "Yes I Can", "You're Gonna Love Yourself (In the Morning)", "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You", "You're the Top")
F♯2 ("Begin the Beguine", "Better Luck Next Time", "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "New York, New York" live, "Sophisticated Lady", "Ten Out of Ten", "Try a Little Tenderness", "Two Ladies in De Shade of De Banana Tree")
F2 ("And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)" live, "As Long as She Needs Me" live, "As Time Goes By" live, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Gal", "Come on Strong", "Deep in a Dream", "Don't Let Her Go", "Fabulous Places", "Guys and Dolls", "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl", "Have a Little Talk With Myself", "I Fall in Love Too Easily", "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "I'm a Brass Band" part 2, "Lazy River", "Mention a Mansion", "Musical Collage" live, "People", "Soliloquy", "Spring Is Here", "A Stranger in Town", "Tenderly" live with Sarah Vaughan 1983, "We Kiss in a Shadow", "What Kind of Fool Am I?" live, "You Do Something to Me")
E2 ("Bewitched", "Can't We Be Friends" 1962 version, "That Great Come-And-Get-It-Day", "Lazy River", "Try a Little Tenderness", "What I've Got in Mind")
E♭2 ("The Christmas Song", "In the Ghetto", "The Nearness of You", "Scatting" live MDA Telethon 1983, "You Can Have Her")
D2 ("The Girl from Ipanema", "Have a Little Talk With Myself", "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)")
C2 ("Birth of the Blues" live, "Get Happy", "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)")
B1 ("The Girl from Ipanema")
A1 ("Rhythm of Life" Sweet Charity scene)
G♯1 ("The Girl from Ipanema" alternate take)
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*Blue marks clear falsetto notes.
*Green marks harsh/distorted notes.
*Grey marks growl notes.
*Italics mark non-melodic notes.
*Boldface marks notes that are considered impressive in relation to this person's vocal capabilities.
Arguably the best entertainer of the 20th century, Sammy Davis Jr. did it all. From dancing to comedy to acting to playing instruments to of course singing, he covered the mass majority of the entertainment landscape and did it with proficiency in every part. As a vocalist, Sammy was a high baritone with very powerful belting, prominent vibrato, and an astoundingly strong lower register. If one were to regard him as a crooner, he is very possibly the most versatile of the bunch, which is best exemplified in songs such as "That Old Black Magic". When putting on his final performances in the latest stages of his life, Sammy's vocals still remained more or less intact, being able to manage some of the most challenging songs of his career. Overall, Sammy Davis Jr. remains one of the most notable entertainment giants in history and a shining example of multitalent.
{Questionable Notes}G6 ("Oo-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be"[5])
E6 ("Hi-Heel Sneakers"[3])
C♯6 ("I've Never Seen Anything Like It"[3])
A5 ("The Candy Man" live Australia 1979[3])
G♯5 ("Baretta's Theme" live Australia 1979[5])
E2 ("I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"[1], "You Do Something to Me"[1])
E♭2 ("I Have Dreamed"[1])
C2 ("Born to Be Blue"[1], "That Lucky Old Sun"[1], "Walk Right In"[1])
Other random toneless shrieks[5] (if one finds any examples of these shrieks that contain any tone, they are welcome to contact me with them and I will add them.)
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
E6 ("Hi-Heel Sneakers"[3])
C♯6 ("I've Never Seen Anything Like It"[3])
A5 ("The Candy Man" live Australia 1979[3])
G♯5 ("Baretta's Theme" live Australia 1979[5])
E2 ("I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"[1], "You Do Something to Me"[1])
E♭2 ("I Have Dreamed"[1])
C2 ("Born to Be Blue"[1], "That Lucky Old Sun"[1], "Walk Right In"[1])
Other random toneless shrieks[5] (if one finds any examples of these shrieks that contain any tone, they are welcome to contact me with them and I will add them.)
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Album Ranges}Starring Sammy Davis Jr. (1955) (G2 - A4)
Just for Lovers (1955) (F2 - B♭4)
Here's Lookin' at You (1956) (E♭2 - A4 - B4) - Tracks 2, 3, 5, 12 unavailable
Sammy Swings (1957) (G2 - A4) - Tracks 8 and 11 unavailable
It's All Over but the Swingin' (1957) (F2 - A4)
Boy Meets Girl (1957) (G2 - A4 - C5)
Mood to Be Wooed (1958) (E2 - E4) - All tracks but 4, 7, 10 unavailable
All the Way… and Then Some! (1958) (A2 - G♯4) - Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 unavailable
Porgy and Bess (1959) (G2 - B♭4)
Sammy Awards (1960) (F2 - G4) - All tracks but 2, 5, 6, 10 unavailable
I Gotta Right to Swing (1960) (G2 - C5)
Mr. Entertainment (1961) (F2 - G4) - All tracks but 1, 5, 8 unavailable
The Wham of Sam (1961) (G2 - D5)
As Long as She Needs Me (1961) (F2 - D5)
Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway (1962) (E2 - B♭4)
The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular (1962) (G2 - B4)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings What Kind of Fool Am I - and Other Show-Stoppers (1962) (E2 - A4)
Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters (1963) (G2 - G♯4) - Tracks 2, 6, 9, 12 unavailable
Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium (1964) (E2 - A4)
The Shelter of Your Arms (1964) (F2 - A4)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite" (1964) (F2 - G♯4)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers (1964) (G2 - B4)
When the Feeling Hits You! (1965) (G2 - B4)
If I Ruled the World (1965) (F2 - A4)
The Nat King Cole Songbook (1965) (E♭2 - B♭4)
Sammy's Back on Broadway (1965) (F2 - B♭4)
Our Shining Hour (1965) (B1 - G♯4) - Platypus
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (1966) (G♯2 - A4)
The Sounds of '66 (1966) (G2 - C♯5)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (1966) (G2 - E4)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete 'Dr. Dolittle' (1967) (F2 - B4 - C♯5)
Lonely Is the Name (1968) (B2 - C♯5)
I've Gotta Be Me (1968) (F2 - B♭4)
The Goin's Great (1969) (A2 - B♭4) - Tracks 3, 6 unavailable
Something for Everyone (1970) (E♭2 - G2 - C5)
Sammy Davis Jr. Now (1972) (D2 - G2 - C♯5) - Track 5 unavailable
Portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. (1972) (E♭2 - G5) - Tracks 4, 8 unavailable
That's Entertainment! (1974) (C2 - B♭2 - C5) - All tracks but 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 unavailable
The Song and Dance Man (1976) (G♯2 - C5)
Hello Detroit (1984) (G2 - A4)
Closest of Friends (1984) (C2 - D2 - F♯4)
Just for Lovers (1955) (F2 - B♭4)
Here's Lookin' at You (1956) (E♭2 - A4 - B4) - Tracks 2, 3, 5, 12 unavailable
Sammy Swings (1957) (G2 - A4) - Tracks 8 and 11 unavailable
It's All Over but the Swingin' (1957) (F2 - A4)
Boy Meets Girl (1957) (G2 - A4 - C5)
Mood to Be Wooed (1958) (E2 - E4) - All tracks but 4, 7, 10 unavailable
All the Way… and Then Some! (1958) (A2 - G♯4) - Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 unavailable
Porgy and Bess (1959) (G2 - B♭4)
Sammy Awards (1960) (F2 - G4) - All tracks but 2, 5, 6, 10 unavailable
I Gotta Right to Swing (1960) (G2 - C5)
Mr. Entertainment (1961) (F2 - G4) - All tracks but 1, 5, 8 unavailable
The Wham of Sam (1961) (G2 - D5)
As Long as She Needs Me (1961) (F2 - D5)
Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway (1962) (E2 - B♭4)
The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular (1962) (G2 - B4)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings What Kind of Fool Am I - and Other Show-Stoppers (1962) (E2 - A4)
Forget-Me-Nots for First Nighters (1963) (G2 - G♯4) - Tracks 2, 6, 9, 12 unavailable
Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium (1964) (E2 - A4)
The Shelter of Your Arms (1964) (F2 - A4)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite" (1964) (F2 - G♯4)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers (1964) (G2 - B4)
When the Feeling Hits You! (1965) (G2 - B4)
If I Ruled the World (1965) (F2 - A4)
The Nat King Cole Songbook (1965) (E♭2 - B♭4)
Sammy's Back on Broadway (1965) (F2 - B♭4)
Our Shining Hour (1965) (B1 - G♯4) - Platypus
The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (1966) (G♯2 - A4)
The Sounds of '66 (1966) (G2 - C♯5)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (1966) (G2 - E4)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete 'Dr. Dolittle' (1967) (F2 - B4 - C♯5)
Lonely Is the Name (1968) (B2 - C♯5)
I've Gotta Be Me (1968) (F2 - B♭4)
The Goin's Great (1969) (A2 - B♭4) - Tracks 3, 6 unavailable
Something for Everyone (1970) (E♭2 - G2 - C5)
Sammy Davis Jr. Now (1972) (D2 - G2 - C♯5) - Track 5 unavailable
Portrait of Sammy Davis Jr. (1972) (E♭2 - G5) - Tracks 4, 8 unavailable
That's Entertainment! (1974) (C2 - B♭2 - C5) - All tracks but 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 unavailable
The Song and Dance Man (1976) (G♯2 - C5)
Hello Detroit (1984) (G2 - A4)
Closest of Friends (1984) (C2 - D2 - F♯4)
