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What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers

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As stated in the liner notes of this CD, there were two albums prior to this: "The Wham Of Sam", and "Sammy Davis Belts Out the Best Of Broadway", both from 1961. However this was the first commercially successful album that Davis had while at Reprise. Since the first two albums were virtually invisible to the record buying public by this time, they were quickly phased out of print, and the tracks (minus a few) were redistributed as filler in several later Sammy albums. This one was obviously a hasty attempt to cash in on the '62 hit "What Kind Of Fool Am I". The rest of the tracks are a 50/50 split of the previously mentioned albums. Because of this, Collector's Choice felt that Wham Of Sam, and Best Of Broadway weren't integral in representing Sammy's recording career at Reprise. Also missing from the CCM series is the "Golden Treasury Of Hits" from 1963, and "Sammy Steps Out" from 1970.

Few singers can match this man's voice. You can count 'em on two hands. This man is on the first set of five fingers. I regret never going to see him at The Palladium. But thank you Mr. Davis for recordings that are up there with the best in the business. Ron Shears.

We had heard selections from this album on the radio and just had to track it down. The music selection is great and sound is fine...we use mostly in the car. Felt the Amazon price was quite fair.