Lonely Is the Name is a 1968 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr. [1]

Lonely Is the Name
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1968
Recorded1968
GenreVocal jazz
Length37:02
LabelReprise
Sammy Davis Jr. chronology
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle"
(1967)
Lonely Is the Name
(1968)
I've Gotta Be Me
(1968)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]

The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer awarded the album three and a half stars and said that Davis "once again blended his interminable hipness with a batch of popular standards and fresh interpretations of selections that he had previously delivered in a distinctly different style".[1]

Track listing

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  1. "Lonely Is the Name" (Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman) — 3:15
  2. "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) — 3:28
  3. "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) — 2:43
  4. "Shake, Shake, Shake" (Clark, Resnick) — 3:02
  5. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) — 2:50
  6. "Don't Take Your Time" (Roger Nichols, Tony Asher) — 2:38
  7. "Children, Children" (Ken Kaganovitch, Ron Rose) — 3:26
  8. Medley: "Uptight (Everything's Alright)"/"You've Got Your Troubles" (Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby)/(Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) — 3:04
  9. "All That Jazz (From A Man Called Adam)" (Benny Carter, Al Stillman) — 2:16
  10. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) — 2:34

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lonely Is the Name". Allmusic. Retrieved February 11, 2011.