Bee-Bom/Make Someone Happy/The Party’s Over/Some Days Everything Goes Wrong/The Shelter Of Your Arms/A Man With A Dream/That’s For Me/If I Loved You/Come On Strong/I Married An Angel/Guys & Dolls
Sammy Davis's The Shelter Of Your Arms featured the title track top twenty single. His album releases at this time were noticeably less commercially successful than his 'rat pack' chums, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. (US:26)
"Davis pulls out all the stops over the top of Marty Paich's energetic and otherwise perfectly matched arrangements, displaying the indescribable and undeniable magic that more often than not occurred between the two."
"Sammy Davis Jr. was always an excellent singer during his Decca years in the fifties but became a really great singer when he signed to close friend Frank Sinatra's Reprise Records. This great collection is one of the very finest from this awesome period and Sammy's recording career has been vastly underrated and sadly overlooked. It shows Sammy Davis Jr. as one of the finest of the great legendary singers over the past fifty or so years."
"Opening with the jazzy great rhythm cooker Bee-Bom, Sammy hits his stride with a loose vocal where he scats around and pulls the listener along for a great ride, every varied performance is winning and arrangements are first-rate. The Shelter Of Your Arms is one of Sammy's finest classic performances and this great vocal is full and passionate, making this a huge and well-deserved hit. Anyone who wants to experience Sammy at his peak, do not miss this masterpiece."
"A must for all his fans. Classic songs from a golden era, the young Sammy Davis is superb in this early collection of standards. Compositions from legendary songwriters enable Sammy to shine supreme. Unbelievably good."
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