Recordings

May, 1963

Although no further proof is necessary to establish the incredible versatility of the man who is quite possibly the best performing talent in show business, Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove (Reprise) wraps it up on a two-LP album. Sammy does it all – from a smattering of stand-up comedy to a smidgen of soft shoe, to a nifty display of miming (Ted Lewis, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, the Kingfish, Al Jolson, Laurel & Hardy, Karloff, Lugosi, Walter Brennan, Robert Newton, Nat Cole, Billy Ecksti...