Coolness Is Timeless: Sammy Davis Jr. Sings The Candy Man

Monday, September 29, 2008

Sammy Davis Jr. Sings The Candy Man

I always loved The Candy Man. It's one of my favorite tunes by Sammy. I hope you enjoy it.

18 comments:

Bill Dan Courtney said...: Keith

I am on the wrong post I know, but I miss those old Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin films. I live in China now if you do not know and getting movies is hard form me. I download everything and that is dependent on my connection and finding the stuff and then it being able to seed to me.

I just got in a batch of Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan flicks and maybe some old Jerry Lewis is next, even the stuff eh directed which a lot of people hate, but I always liked them.

I think I saw on your profile you are in maintenance or cleaning as a way of bread winning? Is this true? I was a "janitologist" myself for many years. I am teaching English in China now... or sort of teaching. I should do a blog about my adventures here in that area and give some pointers. we'll see.

http://uraniumcafe-the.com (forgive me if I blatantly advertise here:); September 29, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Keith said...: Hey Bill. Thanks for the comments. Did you see the graphic that I posted in my other post for today? It's of Dean and Jerry. I do love those old Martin-Lewis movies. Those were actually the first movies I ever saw that starred Dino. My intro to him was from hearing his records at my grandmother's house and watching those celebrity roasts.

I had gotten ready to ask you what you were doing in China, but I see that you are teaching English. That blog idea sounds fascinating. I know I would love to read that.

I'm sorry that it's so hard to get movies there. Those movies sound cool. Good luck with all that.

Yeah, I'm a maintenance/cleaning man. I've been doing it for almost 7 years now. It's not a glam job, but it pays the bills. I need like it better before a new boss took over. We've had a lot of problems with him. The economy is so bad that there's not exactly a lot of other jobs out there. I would love to do something else. It would be cool to have a job that I enjoyed and made a good living at.

Thanks as always for your comments. I appreciate them. Cheers!

P.S. I don't mind if you advertise your blog here.; September 29, 2008 at 10:14 AM
dino martin peters said...: Hey pallie Keith, likes what can I say but SWEET...but then our Dino is of course the SWEETEST...; September 29, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Keith said...: Hey pallie DMP. I love this song. One of the first songs I remember from Sammy. Yeah, maybe he was singing about Dino.; September 29, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Glenn Bishop "Bish The Magish" said...: Candy man was a great song. One of Sammy Davis Jr's. Best songs I often listen to on a CD - The best of Sammy Davis Jr.

Another great song on that CD is Birth of the Blues.

Thanks for the link Keith. It made my afternoon.

Glenn Bishop; September 29, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Scott (gotankgo) said...: Keith
Really enjoyed this clip. Sammy seems to be enjoying himself - great stuff.
Do you know where this clip is originally from?; September 29, 2008 at 9:57 PM
Keith said...: Hey Glenn. I love this song by Sammy. It's one of the first songs of his I can remember. My grandma listened to it a lot. I've always loved it. Yeah, I really love Birth of the Blues as well. Sammy had a lot of great tunes. Your welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your comments.; September 30, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Keith said...: Hey Scott. Thanks for the comments. Glad you enjoyed it. All I know is that this clip was from a performance in Germany. Yeah, Sammy does look like he's having fun. Cheers!; September 30, 2008 at 10:57 AM
ATOMIC GEM said...: THANKS FOR POSTING THIS KEITH! THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGS THAT SAMMY SANG. CHEERS! DINOGAL; September 30, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Keith said...: Hey pallie Terri. Thanks for the comments. It was great hearing from you. I'm glad to hear you're a fan of this song as well. Cheers!; September 30, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Unknown said...: I thank god that I got the chance to see Sammy in concert before he passed... I also worked the jerry lewis telethon and was like 10 feet from him but I was way to possessed with fear to say anything. Young and dumb ...; October 1, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Keith said...: Hey Anthony. Thanks for the comments. Wow! That is so cool. I would have loved to have seen Sammy. I would probably be in fear of Jerry Lewis myself. lol That's neat that you got to work the telethon.; October 1, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Diana Coronado said...: J'adore retro !!

♥ You are invited to my Tiffany party, so, come & take a Tiffany cupcake @ Glammy !! ♥; October 2, 2008 at 5:22 AM
Keith said...: Hey there. Thanks. I'll be sure to do that.; October 2, 2008 at 9:10 AM
Unknown said...: Brings me back to riding in the back seat of my parents car. Good times...; October 3, 2008 at 12:24 AM
Keith said...: Hey Sue. Does the same for me. Those were some good times.; October 3, 2008 at 12:31 AM
James Jean said...: My god, did you see the size of those cufflinks?! I love those rings as well. This is how real men dressed and should dress today. Also, what a beautiful voice that man had.....; July 13, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Keith said...: I love Sammy's style. The man could dress. I've love to dress like that. Besides having great style, the man had an incredible voice.; July 13, 2009 at 10:58 PM