Davis Jr., Sammy - The Girl From Ipanema Lyrics

Sammy's songs play even better today because of the times. Newer generations would love the upbeat and jazzy, swinging, sound. This is because everything is faster in music today. Though the voices are not nearly as good as this man's pipes!

Bela versão!🇧🇷

BRAVO SAMMY, ..INDIMENTICABILE, NON CI SARA UN ALTRO ARTISTA COME TE.🎤🎷🎷🎷👏👌💟💟😇

Y'all don't know nothing about this.

x1.25 <3

¡¡¡Gracias Sr Davis por tanto talento!!!

Just a little side comment here: The rest of this great performance is still available on DVD if one looks for it and you really get to see Sammy at his best in full color with a great band, singing his heart out. Seeing him do this particular great number in its entirety, Not as you see it here - is very rare. Believe it or not - the Only place I have seen Sammy do it on film or DVD was during a very special episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" where the producers brilliantly (and I'm sure very costly) set up a wonderful episode involving him simultaneously performing a special concert for the Air Force brass at Cape Kennedy and at a swanky Miami Beach nightclub at the same time, using typical "I Dream of Jeannie" special effects and editing! The results are hysterical as well as very entertaining because we see Sammy at his very peak and get to see that very very rare performance of "The Girl From Ipanema" in his made up "apartment" as he rehearses it for a show. It is episode 23 from Season 2, appropriately entitled: "The Greatest Entertainer in the World". Worth a look if your a true SD fan...

Well maybe she never looked his way because of the cat calling in the first verse

Tara Mg I wouldn’t call that cat calling. That right there is called singing the beat. Which Sammy was well known for doing and making up noises that fit into the beat.

Will smith got me here

this version more better.

Love this version...big band!

The candy man do it so gracefully!

Great performance

He epitomized the word "cool"

You're right. After Dean, Sammy's the man!

Uauuu Jazzzz/ Bosssa...

Now this version I like. Not the sped-up version from I Dream Of Jeannie, but still good.

Sammy's Latin roots come into play here

showing our ago ok im in :)

Que gran artista

Now this is music.

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Great piece by the great crooner!

this song has always given me chills! Franky, instrumentals, etc...

The girl from ipanima

+triz carreno Yes dear I agree:) ox

+triz carreno bonita/amor;)

pourquoi je n'ai pas ce soir T S F sur ma radio Etrechy Essonne

I love this version... unfortunately it's a little different from the version available on iTunes. How can I get this exact version?

+slawhead Sammy sings with the Count Basie Orchestra and Quincy Jones arrangements!

My eight year old son LOVES this song --- BUT he especially likes the way Sammy Davis Jr sings it ... 

já não e de hoje que mantemos nossos ídolos um pouco esquecidos , engraçado e que eles homenagearam a Praia mais famosa do mundo e no entanto há anos que não se houve aqueles que ajudaram a iluminar esta Cidade ,mais aqui vai uma para não se esquecer , dentre as vozes estão um grupo grande de músicos que ajudaram a manter esta Praia famosa mesmo com tanto contratempos ela ainda e a maior e mais linda do mundo

One of the most talented artists of the USA. He sang & danced a lot!!!

amazing version

nobody does anything better than Sammy

Carlton sang it better

Sad truth is because he was black. Same reason the genius of Ella Fitzgerald was never in the spotlight as much as other singer of the time. That's the 60's for ya....

I heard he was quick draw with a gun, one of best in hollywood

The greatest, all around entertainer, ever. And he was the best, at whatever he did.

FYI Sammy was cubano, not boricua. He claimed to be from puerto rico because of the anti-cuban sentiment in the 60s

I hear you Nigel...Man Sammy was a one man wrecking crew..this guy was the real deal..more than a triple threat..he could sing, dance, act, and was funny as hell. I've always been a Dean fan..but the more I watch these videos the more I realize his talent

I have the LP and the notes on the back say that this and Blues for Mr.Charlie were by Sammy's Pianist George Rhodes. The rest of the arrangements on the album are by Quincy Jones

Drew Karsanow do the liner notes say who the sax player is soloing on this track?

Back when I was a child, my parents were in Las Vegas, and my dad, in the hotel where they were staying, came round a hallway corner in a hurry and bumped right into Sammy who was also in a hurry! My dad was embarrased beyond measure but said that Mr. Davis was totally gracious and kind. I miss Sammy Davis Jr. They don't make em like that anymore!

what a splendid entainrer.....

Sammy was amazing.
His talent was great.
I miss him.
Sammy was class in every sense of the word.

George Vreeland Hill

I've only just investigated the genius that was Sammy D.Jr. (Thanks to YouTube). Why on earth did he never get the credit or legendary status that Frank and rat-pack also-rans achieved? Brilliant impressionist, could tap-dance up vertical walls, had perfect comic timing - and sang at least as well (dare I say better?) than any of them...

So true.

He is arguably the most talented of the bunch.

Because he’s black 🤷🏾‍♀️

America in his time...no other reason....not right but how it was.

Wonderful arrangement, but by who???

Sammy Davis will always be a show

excellent!!

I am brazilian and love the Saamy voice.

@jewelsthebarber Sammy was not half PR he was half cuban and was just afraid to say it because of the cuban backlash in those days

He has a very nice rich voice. Very nice - especially with the big band.

I wonder if they berried him with his glass eye. By now the coffin is just a skeleton and an eye rolling around.

Sammy has more class than a College

aaAAAH!!....from1:39 feels I like wonna dance like Fred Astaire..with tophat, of course...

Mr Bojangles ????
Speechless Jaw Drops to floor in awe !!!!
what a voice....
Pure CLASS

@lamb7 Ha ha . Damn right!!

Sammy and the Count's Orchestra.
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

I listened to almost all covers here on youtube to find out which version I grew up listening to. I don't even know who Sammy was but dang, I remember this version. An I loved it.

@caploveslockup Me too..I thought I was the only one.

i like tht everyone tht sings this song has there own version of it. all the songs i have heard are really great. :)

wow he sounds like a god lol. :)

You know what I love? How I can actually understand everything he says.

He was on Jeannie today. LOL One of my favorite episodes.

Sammy Davis was supremely talented. Could he crowd please. One of the most complete multi-talented entertainers of all time. The orchestral arrangement here is one of the best I have heard.

Ya GOTTA love that orchestration! Great pairing!

@mysteryMusician13 i was just about to ask if anyone if they knew when sammie sung this on a tv show, saved me the wait

wonderful version

he sang that beautifully
what a beautiful song

Muito legal essa versão de Garota de Ipanema, em inglês!
From Brasil

sammys so amazing

Sammy does have class. I agree.

Just watched that episode of Jeanie. Kept rewinding to hear/see him perform this song. KOOL BABY.

Sammy has class.

amava Sammy, amava Sinatra, amava Tom Jobim, e amo Garota de Ipanema...para sempre...

0:51Get it on(LOL)

I´m looking for this version.

I miss you Sammy...

Class! *****

One of the best versions of the song that I've heard. Love Count Basie and Sammy Davis Jr.