Sammy Davis Jr./Carmen McRae - Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. & Carmen McRae on Decca

Verve's Boy Meets Girl: Sammy Davis, Jr. & Carmen Mcrae On Decca documents the two late-'50s records featuring duets between Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen Mcrae. 1958's Boy Meets Girl has both singers on all the tracks, while 1959's Porgy And Bess is Sammy's show all the way as Mcrae is on only a couple of songs. Boy Meets Girl is the more pleasurable of the two albums as the duo tackles some of the best tunes big-time writers like Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, and Jerome Kern had to offer, classics like "You're the Top," "Cheek to Cheek," "A Fine Romance," and "Two Sleepy People." Swinging easily throughout, they sound like two pals who are having the time of their lives (the amazing photos in the CD booklet seem to bear this out). Read More