Lonely Is the Name

Lonely Is the Name is a 1968 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr.

Lonely Is the Name
Studio album by Sammy Davis Jr.
Released	August 1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	37:02
Label	Reprise
Sammy Davis Jr. chronology
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle" (1967) Lonely Is the Name (1968) I've Gotta Be Me (1968)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

The Allmusic review by Lindsay Planer awarded the album three and a half stars and said that Davis "once again blended his interminable hipness with a batch of popular standards and fresh interpretations of selections that he had previously delivered in a distinctly different style"

Track listing

1. "Lonely Is the Name" (Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Carl Sigman) - 3:15
2. "Up, Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:28
3. "The Good Life" (Sacha Distel, Jack Reardon) - 2:43
4. "Shake, Shake, Shake" (Clark, Resnick) - 3:02
5. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 2:50
6. "Don't Take Your Time" (Roger Nichols, Tony Asher) - 2:38
7. "Children, Children" (Ken Kaganovitch, Ron Rose) - 3:26
8. Medley: "Uptight (Everything's Alright)"/"You've Got Your Troubles" (Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby)/(Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook) - 3:04
9. "All That Jazz (From A Man Called Adam)" (Benny Carter, Al Stillman) - 2:16
10. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) - 2:34

Personnel

• Sammy Davis Jr. - vocals