Lonely Is the Name

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

Reception

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".

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

Personnel Sammy Davis Jr. - vocals

References