Sammy Davis jr. - Baretta's theme

[geeman856]

SAMMY KILLED THIS SONG. R.I.P. SAM AKA THE CANDYMAN

[anitadavideduo]

this is great!!!!

[1skullduggery]

what do you mean no blacks allowed. i'm a member of the group, i tell you! get dean out here, he'll tell you!

[1skullduggery]

"would you like cream with your eye?........A. Bunker

[rcboy52]

@1skullduggery great i lived it

[3llerTUBE]

Some kind o' VOICE, huh..?

[kattoholist]

Is this where the expression comes from? (if you can´t do the time...)

[voiceofelijah2012]

@kattoholist it's a long old street term that seems to have came out of the 70's.

[Funkyme4]

Music played by ElChicano



[romero8488]

buena serie la pasaba el canal cinco en lima, peru. y el tama buenazo

[richard10661066]

SD .

REAL CLASS AND I AGREE THE BEST TV THEME....

[metamorphosis67]

@richard10661066 No way, nothing beats "Mission Impossible," not even "Rockford Files" or "I Spy"

[PILPEZ]

Ahhh the 70s!!

[Avalon400]

"Don't roll the dice if U can't pay the price" Words of wisdom !

And thank U, Robert Blake, for writing them !

[vipmemphismagazine]

This is the Best TV theme song and 'Shaft' by Isaac hayes is the BEST Film Score.

peace lw

[thewaitingape]

Love this song! Never knew there was a longer version than the show intro. Now if you'll excuse me me I have to do some coke off of Angie Dickensons ass.

[metamorphosis67]

@thewaitingape What ass? They used a body-double in "Dressed to Kill"

[Deutschlieber]

Great song. This version is better than the abbreviated one used on the series. . .Too bad that Robert Blake couldn't follow the advice.

[metamorphosis67]

@Deutschlieber Whaddaya mean? Robert Blake was arrested but did no actual time for his wife's murder. He was acquitted and went home, albeit, broke, from all the legal costs.

[ecardon1]

I always loved the music at the end of Baretta's show when they were rolling the credits. Great song by a great singer

[davethedrummercancun]

COOL THEME SONG!!! This was and still is a bad ass tune. Thanks for posting this clip.

BTW, Sounds like Steve Gadd on drums!

CHEERS FROM CANCUN MEXICO

[biglongcadillac]

Just so much MACK here.... I'm a little speechless. GB Sammy

[anto8642]

That song reminds me when I was living in Yogyakarta, Indonesia....time goes by!

[lavernemariebutler]

Baby. That's Sammy Davis Jr.!

[lavernemariebutler]

Sammy we miss you. There are no other cool entertainers like you. (maybe Clooney) but nobody else is as cool as you!

[lavernemariebutler]

Robert Blake rocks!

[camaroman101]

@lavernemariebutler he's the man

[vawakamigudu]

I still have that single! The Netherlands

[tagalja]

AL CHICANO, YES

[WonderWomanFan4life]

this song ROCKS!!!

[dvdtrr]

Does he say "keep your eye on the sparrow" because he had a glass eye?

[klwewf]

@dvdtrr What is that? Some kind of a joke?

[unluckyfrank]

@dvdtrr Lmao. I was thinking the exact same thing. Don't Drive the 405. That's where Sammy lost his eye.

[betomax16]

..great times the 80s..!!!, I did not know until now that this theme was featured by Sammy Davis Jr..

[crobarus]

@betomax16 Baretta was the 70's. I think it started around 72. I was there.

[1viavero]

keeep your eye on this song.....awesome!

[MrTrackfreek]

AW HELL YEAH

[kariebeez]

Baretta was a one-man police force specializing in every crime committed. Used to love the theme song though.

[KF6LIL]

There was some cool ass times back in the 1970's i really do miss the decade a gallon of milk was super cheap gasoline too f=it the cost of living was really low back but how could a person live off of $1.35 to $2.35 an hour minimum wage back then

[63Brummie]

We are quite lucky with the Cop show themes of the 70's Streets of Sanfransisco was my big favourite.

Didn't John Guerin play the drums on that?

[kariebeez]

@63Brummie The Streets was one of my favorites too no less because those real musicians played their asses off in that theme song. I'm not familiar with the musician's names but if it was John he's an extraordinary drummer and that bassline can't be ignored either.

[PoppySandals]

CHEETOS® MYSTIC STORY TELLER Ted Nugent ROCK STAR DIRECTOR David Lee Roth ROCK STAR NAVY ADJUDICATOR BOARD (NAB) MEMBER Music Nugent OUT OF STATE SOCIAL WORKER Madonna Roth STATE OF MARYLAND PSYCH PATIENT HABITAT COUPLE TIMOTHY JOHN CASEY & MICHELLE ERNESTINE KARLE STATE OF MICHIGAN PSYCH PATIENT BREEDING COUPLE CARRIE LETO & MARTHA CLUMP SOUND Quentin Jerome Tarantino The Mod Squad's COLOR CoolBDown INC. LIGHT Robert Blake

[TheJavierm7]

Dont do it...

[16924fps]

I always thought this was a seriously cool opening. Never heard the full version until now. Thanks for posting. 

[jehritt80]

Baretta did that shit!!!!!!!!lol

[79RAYJAY]

@jehritt80 glad to see i'm not the only one who thought of that. LOL

[instybob]

Jam those violins. Love it!!

[ASSBANG6969]

Memory Lane....Nice....

[moorigs]

One of my favorite shows as a kid, loved the song too

[kewanw16]

@moorigs The first season is on dvd .

[duendeargentino]

Don´t do it !!! ..... Great Song

[competidor64]

igual Hanzi63 apenas me entero

y es una interpretacion maravillosa

[Hanzi63]

Yess !!

[senoritajd]

It was until now that I found out that Sammy Davis Jr. sings this song. I always liked him as a singer and now I appreciate him even more :)

[zipfreer]

GOT 2B COOLEST THEME SONG OF ALL TIME! ~~ DON"T DO IT!!

[Gnillob802]

There were a lot of great TV theme songs for crime shows, but what makes this unique is most of the others were instrumentals (Peter Gunn, Dragnet, Hawaii Five-O, Rockford Files, the Quinn-Martin shows, A-Team, Hillstreet Blues, etc.). Its really tough to pull off vocals for this genre (despite the influence of Shaft paving the way for the 70's). By the way Sammy followed up with Robert Blake's second series, HELLTOWN, but that song sadly was not as good.

[Hanzi63]

Top !!!!!!!

[blkchk]

Loved Baretta and Sammy!

[kleinkoerkampben]

best pinda song

[ELGORITHM]

Class

[YukonPhibes]

...hands down, the baddest-ass intro theme of all time. I watched Baretta every week when I was a kid. Sammy's song drew me in. I'm a fusion/session bassist & this is song is just so freakin' tight. Awesome. :)

[Modacolorist]

I remember being a little girl in my grandmama's living. She would let me stay up to hear this intro. I often feel asleep right after, "well, well, well" :-)

[edantes2008]

One of the greatest opening songs in TV history

[sniperlakes]

my dad love this song!

[mrstorms153]

the best theme song ever.

[Moosie50187]

Kris Kross-I Miss The Bus

[jnrClick]

the theme song is as good as the series, why have they never brought it back,

[flirtwd]

awesome!!!!!

Man those were the days!

[mrzip8]

@flirtwd The 70's were COOOOLLLLLL, MAN!!!!(LOL)

[nihowmache]

OMG George Lopez today has an uncanny resemblance to Baretta 35 years ago!

[xlxrapsodiaxlx]

que epocaaaaaaaaaaaaaa uffffff

[pallbearer718]

LOL Cheesy LOL But GOOD

[freedumb2003]

3rd best TV theme song ever -- but probably the top performer to do one.

(I am willing to see nominations for the other top 2 -- I have one and good reasons for my ratings...)

[trancosomarcus]

Dave Grusin was the arranger?

[rickames]

I once said 'Alexander Oneal' sounded like 'Sammy Davis Jr'.

[flipwiggins]

If it was "cheesy", then behold, the power of cheese!!!!! Love this damned show.

[Holechaser]

It may have been a cheesy show, but you loved it as a kid!

[MasterWitchDoctor]

originally this song had no singing, Sammy sang this in the second season. BTW this was the cheesiest show ever, even more so than Starsky and Hutch.

[55102]

didn t know Sammy Davis was the singer of Barettas s theme

[mrsorangecountry]

I love this song! And i loved Baretta as a child. Great Cop show....

[tw69hands2]

@mrsorangecountry:

And Sammy put it down on the theme too...For real.

[FireitupBedford]

One of the best cop shows ever...

[Hill1601]

JT re-do this song? NOWAY nobody should. This is as best as it can possibly gets. Talking about Golden Oldies. WOW!!!

[FireitupBedford]

Don't do the crime if you can't do time. Keep your eye on the sparrow....

[BlazedaTrack]

Disregard that last comment, I just woke up. Justin Timberlake... DON'T DO IT! Keep your eye on the sparrow, or your sell will get narrow.

[BlazedaTrack]

I think Justin Timberlake should re-do this song. Really

[plormitch]

Actually Dave Grusin was the composer of this song...Sammy is still awesome though !

[nealadams70]

Believe it or not Sammy Davis was" jumped into" a local gang in the 1970s

[byramtax]

@nealadams70

lol..what? he was in his late 50's in the 70's.lol

[nealadams70]

@byramtax i kid you not...In the 1970s in an attepy to get closer to the black community( who considered him a sell-out for kissing Nixon, among other things)Davis got involved in 'radical ' causes, one involving a gang similar to the los angeles Bloods, he listened to them,gave them money and told them he was "down for their cause'.as a show of respect , they offered to JUMP him into their gang, and he accepted..he went through the traditional 5 min. jumping in..IT happened

[byramtax]

@nealadams70

wow no kidding. the dude was amazing. but that story is even more amazing. thx for sharing. i can say with honesty,,,i did not know that. if you know the name of the gang please share. i would love to look that up and do some research. thx.

[nealadams70]

@byramtax there is a book(it came out @2008) dealing withAltovise Davis and Davis' estate that details this episode in his life, called "Deconstructing Sammy"..its mostly about his widow but gives you glimpses into the man and his life , family and (mis)fortunes....read it and be very surprised

[bugstrut]

@nealadams70 Whereabouts in the U.S. did this take place? Also, wher did you hear it?

[nealadams70]

@bugstrut Its been awhile since I read the book ,but its still available if you want to investigate my claims

[bugstrut]

@nealadams70 What was the book called?

[nealadams70]

@bugstrut "Deconstructing Sammy"....happy reading

[ESSENCEOFEACHTHING]

@nealadams70

He was jumped into a gang in the 70's.The man was born in 1925.

[nealadams70]

@ESSENCEOFEACHTHING and your point is......?

[ESSENCEOFEACHTHING]

@nealadams70

Where did you read this?

[nealadams70]

@nealadams70 please read the previous comments ..I've already answered that question

[emiliano1978india]

baretta with the parrot on the shoulder

[wheelinthesky300]

Don't go to bed with no price on your head

-no, no

Don't do it.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time

-no, no

Don't do it.

[bsuminimo]

El Chicano played the music

[boomtao]

Does anyone know who wrote this music?

[emiliano1978india]

@boomtao sammy davis jr

[boomtao]

@emiliano1978india -- Really? Wow, I didn't know Sammy Davis was also a composer (and a good one apparently!).

[froggroove92]

Dios mio !!!

de lo mejos que se hizo en banda musical

Sonido 70

[fierrofull]

EXELENTEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!

[rladue12]

The late, great Mr. Showmanship, Sammy Davis, Jr.!

[pladers]

absolute the best songversion!

i saw it on tv back then, and i also liked the small instrumental versions in the series

[skotmikals]

great