Our Shining Hour

Our Shining Hour
Studio album by
Sammy Davis Jr.
Released1965
RecordedSeptember 2–5, 1964, New York City
GenreVocal jazz
Length35:49
LabelVerve
ProducerJim Davis
Sammy Davis Jr. chronology
The Nat King Cole Songbook
(1964) 		Our Shining Hour
(1965) 		Sammy's Back on Broadway
(1965)
Count Basie chronology
It Might as Well Be Swing
(1964) 		Our Shining Hour
(1964) 		Pop Goes the Basie
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Our Shining Hour is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Quincy Jones.[2]

In 1973, MGM Records released Sammy Davis Jr. and Count Basie with an identical track listing created using alternate takes from the Our Shining Hour recording sessions in 1964 with newly recorded vocals.[3]

Track listing

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  1. "My Shining Hour" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:10
  2. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene de Paul) – 3:05
  3. "Work Song" (Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown Jr.) – 2:12
  4. "Why Try to Change Me Now?" (Cy Coleman, Joseph Allan McCarthy) – 3:24
  5. "Blues for Mr. Charlie" (Bobby Sharp) – 3:43
  6. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 2:45
  7. "New York City Blues" (Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee) – 2:51
  8. "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" (James Cavanaugh, Russ Morgan, Larry Stock) – 2:58
  9. "She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N)" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) – 2:21
  10. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Vinícius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel) – 4:07
  11. "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:51
  12. "Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home" (Count Basie, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jones) – 2:38

Personnel

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The Count Basie Orchestra

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Our Shining Hour at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Sammy Davis, Jr. Studio Recordings 1970-1988". November 26, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
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