File:Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candy Man (1972) HQ

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"The Candy Man," sung by Sammy Davis Jr., was probably the greatest "feel good" song of the 70's, and perhaps of all time. Originally appearing in the 1971 film, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the later cover by Davis became a smash hit ... and was the only Sammy Davis hit single to reach #1. On June 10, 1972, "The Candy Man" reached #1 on Billboard for a three-week run and #1 on Cash Box for one week. Only Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" in 1980 came close to equaling the good time feel of this song.

This was the first video I ever did, originally uploaded on March 20, 2012. Unfortunately there were volume dips in it, so in January 2013 I attempted a revision, but failed to be able to fix the problem. The video was uploaded again in January 2013 with its original errors. The problem was with the Picasa movie maker. For some reason, on a few videos it did not like some of the images or stop motion animations I created, and caused various kinds of volume dips. Most of the time Picasa behaved, but not always. I did not have Windows Movie Maker yet, and by the time I did, the error-burdened original video had accumulated thousands of views. I did not nor have not wanted to rock the boat by revising the video and deleting the one so many have enjoyed over the last nearly four years. But the time has come to put a better version up, with the sound fixed, so here it is. There is now some film footage that was not available (and could not have been used on Picasa anyway even if it had been) in this video. Otherwise, the video follows the same, image-wise, as the original. The original stop-animation is also in one part and at the end. Hope you enjoy this.