About "Can't We Be Friend" by Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr. asks 'Can't We Be Friend' with a tenderness that feels both hopeful and resigned. The title's grammatical slip—'friend' for 'friends'—adds an intimate, unpolished plea. The emotional tension is between reaching out and bracing for rejection, all wrapped in a smooth, unhurried melody.
🎵 West Coast Vocalists 1953-1961
by Sammy Davis Jr.Something Cool
June Christy
I'll Take Romance
June Christy
Just The Way I Am
June Christy
Blue Moon
June Christy
A Hundred Years From Today
June Christy
All About Ronnie
Cris Connor
Swinging On A Star
Lucy Ann Polk
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Lucy Ann Polk
Memphis In June
Lucy Ann Polk
Treat Me Rough
Betty Bennett
More Than You Know
Thelma Gracen
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Fran Warren
Here I 'll Stay
Patti Page
Let's Begin
Margaret Whiting
So Blue
Peggy Lee
Too Late Now
Peggy Lee
Fever
Peggy Lee
Imagination
Jo Stafford
I've Got The World On A String
Jo Stafford
Close Your Eyes
Doris Day
Nobody's Heart
Doris Day
Yes Sir That's My Baby
Ann Richards
Hey Bellboy
Gloria Wood
Cry Me A River
Julie London
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Julie London
Everything Happens To Me
Julie London
Sentimental Journey
Julie London
I'M Gonna File My Claim
Marilyn Monroe
I Hadn't Anyone Till You
Jeri Southern
Isn't This A Lovely Day
Jeri Southern
Lazy Bones
Jeri Southern
September In The Rain
Frances Faye
Why Do I Love You
Helen Carr
Trav Lin Light
Peggy Connelly
Stars Didn't Fall
Jane Fielding
River Weep
Toni Harper
Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Ethel Azama
Just Squeeze Me
Joanie Sommers
Where Flamingos Fly
Linda Lawson
Soft Sounds
Lola Albright
My Old Flame
Cathy Hayes
Honeysuckle Rose
Mavis Rivers
Candy
Mavis Rivers
Aren't You Glad, You're You
Jackie Cain And Roy Kral
Shadrack
Ruth Price
Till The Clouds Roll By/Look For The Silver Lining
Ruth Price
My Funny Valentine
Chet Baker
The Thrill Is Gone
Chet Baker
That Old Feeling
Chet Baker
You Don't Know What Love Is
Chet Baker
A Foggy Day
Mel Tormé
Lullaby Of Birdland
Mel Tormé
Too Darn Hot
Mel Tormé
It Happened In Monterey
Mel Tormé
Love Is Here To Stay
The Four Freshmen
Two Sleepy People
Hoagy Carmichael
There Is A Small Hotel
Matt Dennis
Gone With The Wind
Don Nelson
Accidents Will Happen
Tony Perkins
Some Minor Changes
The Hi Lo's
Skylark
GARY CROSBY
Makin' Whoopee
Jesse Belvin
Dinah
Bobby Troup
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Bobby Troup
Witchcraft
Mark Murphy
Night And Morn
Bob Dorough
Dixie
Jackie Cain & Roy Kral