I Gotta Right to Swing

I Gotta Right to Swing
Studio album by Sammy Davis Jr.
Released	1960
Recorded	August 15, 1955
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	37:02
Label	Decca DL 78981[1]
Sammy Davis Jr. chronology
Sammy Awards (1960) I Gotta Right to Swing (1960) The Wham of Sam (1961)

I Gotta Right to Swing is a 1960

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Allmusic	[2]

The

1. "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:23
2. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:04
3. "Get On the Right Track Baby" (Titus Turner, Ray Charles) - 2:46
4. "
   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell
   ) - 3:19
5. "I Got a Woman" (Charles, Renald Richard) - 4:30
6. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) - 2:37
7. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 3:51
8. "This Little Girl of Mine" (Charles) - 2:01
9. "
   Till Then" (Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Guy Wood
   ) - 3:23
10. "Face to Face" (Bob Ralske, Ben Weisman) - 3:06
11. "
    Ahmet Ertegün
    ) - 2:49

Personnel

• Sammy Davis Jr. - vocals
• George Rhodes - piano
• Morty Stevens - arranger, conductor
• The Count Basie Orchestra:
  • John Anderson, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Thad Jones, Joe Newman - trumpet
  • Benny Powell, Al Grey, Henry Coker, Henderson Chambers - trombone
  • Marshall Royal, Frank Wess, Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone
  • Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell - tenor saxophone
  • Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
  • Freddie Green - guitar
  • Ed Jones - double bass
  • Sonny Payne - drums
• Personnel as listed in the liner notes.^[3]

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