Our Shining Hour


Our Shining Hour is a 1965 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., accompanied by the Count Basie Orchestra, arranged by Quincy Jones.
In 1973, MGM Records released Sammy Davis Jr. and Count Basie with an identical track listing created using alternate takes from the Our Shining Hour recording sessions in 1964 with newly recorded vocals.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated March 27, 1965, peaking at No. 141 during a four-week run on the chart.

Track listing

  1. "My Shining Hour" – 2:10
  2. "Teach Me Tonight" – 3:05
  3. "Work Song" – 2:12
  4. "Why Try to Change Me Now?" – 3:24
  5. "Blues for Mr. Charlie" – 3:43
  6. "April in Paris" – 2:45
  7. "New York City Blues" – 2:51
  8. "You're [Nobody till Somebody Loves You]" – 2:58
  9. "I'm [a Woman |She's a Woman ]" – 2:21
  10. "The Girl from Ipanema" – 4:07
  11. "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" – 2:51
  12. "Bill Basie Won't You Please Come Home" – 2:38

    Personnel

;The Count Basie Orchestra: