Sammy Davis, Jr. arrangements

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id: 11486
origination: Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990
date statement: 1953-1988
key date: 1953
identifier (local_mss): 29997
org unit: Music Division
call number: JPB 22-1
b-number: b22718192
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created: 2022-04-19 18:43:08 UTC
updated: 2022-04-19 18:46:35 UTC
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unitdate: {"value"=>"1953-1988", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1953/1988"}
unittitle: {"value"=>"Sammy Davis, Jr. arrangements"}
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abstract: {"value"=>"Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), a Black American singer, dancer, actor, musician, and comedian, was one of the most popular and versatile artists and entertainers of the 20th century. The Sammy Davis, Jr. arrangements (1953-1988) document the music Davis recorded for the Decca, Reprise, and other record labels, as well as the material he performed on a routine basis on tour and on television. The scores feature arrangements by Morton Stevens, George Rhodes, J.J. Johnson, Sy Oliver, Joe Lipman, Claus Ogerman, O.B. Masingill, and Marty Paich, among others."}
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origination: {"value"=>"Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist: {"value"=>"<p>Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), a Black American singer, dancer, actor, musician, and comedian, was one of the most popular and versatile artists and entertainers of the 20th century. A performer for over sixty years, Davis was born in Harlem, New York. He started his career in vaudeville at the age of four, performing with the Will Mastin Trio, a singing and dancing act that included his father and Mastin. Even after he began performing as an adult, Davis retained the Mastin trio as part of his stage act for many years.</p> <p>Davis began working solo in the early 1950s, and performed non-stop for much of his career in every possible venue and media: concert stages, nightclubs, film, television, Broadway, and recordings. He made most of his recordings for the Decca and Reprise labels in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1970s, he appeared on several labels, notably MGM records.</p> <p>In addition to his solo work, Davis often collaborated with other performers, such as Diahann Carroll and Lola Falana, and was a founding member of the \"Rat Pack\" (along with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford), through which he gained greater fame through appearances in Las Vegas, film, and on television.</p> <p>Davis remained a household name through the 1980s, and continued to work until he was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1989. He died the following year.</p>"}
custodhist: {"value"=>"<p>Donated by George Schlatter in 2020.</p>"}
scopecontent: {"value"=>"<p>The Sammy Davis, Jr. arrangements (1953-1988) document the music Davis recorded for the Decca, Reprise, and other record labels, as well as the material he performed on a routine basis on tour and in television studios.</p> <p>These arrangements feature work by some of the most in-demand composer/arrangers of the 1950s and 1960s. Most were written by Davis's musical directors Morton Stevens and George Rhodes, as well as a set of arrangers hired by Rhodes, such as J.J. Johnson, Joe Lipman, O.B. Masingill, and Marty Paich. Several other noted arrangers worked on Davis's recording projects; these include Sy Oliver, Claus Ogerman, Jack Pleis, Al Capps, Buddy Bregman, and Billy May. A host of other arrangers have only one arrangement each in the collection, including Frank Foster, Quincy Jones, Neil Hefti, Henry Mancini, Sammy Nestico, Nelson Riddle, and Torrie Zito. Arrangers are credited in the container list when known.</p> <p>Davis's repertoire consisted of American standard popular songs, songs from then-current films or television programs, and songs which were hits for other artists at the time of recording. Some instrumental numbers were dance features for Davis, or vehicles for his drum solos. The arrangements are mainly for either jazz big band, big band with strings, or full orchestra. A few are for small band combos.</p> <p>The arrangements consist of full scores, reduced conductor/production scores, and parts. Some arrangements have all of these components, while others have only some or one of them. Nearly all are manuscripts (the scores by the arrangers, and the parts produced usually by copyists). Many of the original folders for the arrangements held identification numbers which appear in the container list. There is no other information available regarding these numbers or what they signify.</p> <p>The collection holds many arrangements which were recorded and commercially released, with the remainder performed live or on television. Such details are included in the container list when known. Television programs or concert performances with arrangements present in the collection include <span class=\"title\">The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Swingin' World of Sammy Davis</span>, <span class=\"title\">Sammy Davis and the Wonderful World of Children</span>, the <span class=\"title\">Julie Andrews Hour</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Ultimate Event: Frank, Liza, and Sammy</span>, a 1988 tour featuring Davis, Frank Sinatra, and Liza Minelli.</p> <p>At the end of the container list are a set of Orphan Parts, Lead Sheets, and Score Pages; a set of published stock arrangements, some with annotations suggesting they were performed; and a folder from the office of Sammy Davis Jr. Productions containing setlists.</p> <p>The collection also includes George Rhodes's scores for the film <span class=\"title\">Gone With The West</span>, with which Sammy Davis, Jr. had no connection. These appear under the film's working title, <span class=\"title\">Man Without Mercy</span>.</p>"}
arrangement: {"value"=>"<p>The scores are arranged by title. Two sets of arrangements are grouped together: Those written for the television special <span class=\"title\">Sammy Davis and the Wonderful World of Children</span>, and those written for the Will Mastin Trio (though some arrangements for that act were not grouped accordingly and appear by title in the alphabetical list).</p>"}
processinfo: {"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Matthew Snyder</span> in <span class=\"date\">2022</span>. Much of the information in this finding aid was confirmed on or derived from the website http://sammydavisjr.info, which contains a detailed discography compiled by <span class=\"name\">Jamie McGregor</span>. McGregor lists there all published sources for their research.</p>"}
date_start: 1953
keydate: 1953
date_end: 1988
date_inclusive_start: 1953
date_inclusive_end: 1988
extent_statement: 23.62 linear feet (96 boxes)
prefercite: {"value"=>"Sammy Davis, Jr. arrangements, JPB 22-1. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}

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