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Sammy Davis Jr.

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Salutes the Stars of the (2008)	The Definitive Collection (2006)	Boy Meets Girl (2005)
California Suite (2004)	All-Star Spectacular (2004)	Nat King Cole Songbook (2004)
Mr. Bojangles (1998)	It's All Over but the Swi (1998)	Our Shining Hour (1991)
Sammy Davis Jr. Now (1972)	Something for Everyone (1971)	The Sounds of '66 (1966)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and (1966)	Sings the Big Ones for Yo (1964)	The Shelter of Your Arms (1964)
What Kind of Fool Am I: A (1962)	I Gotta Right to Swing (1960)	It's All Over but the Swi (1957)
That's All! (0)	All the Things You Are (0)	Lena Horne & Sammy Davis (0)
Lonely Is the Name (0)

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Origin
Harlem, New York, U.S.

Genre
Jazz

Style
Urban/R&B

Mood
Relaxed

Born

1925

Active
1928 to 1990

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Samuel George "Sammy" Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American entertainer. Primarily a dancer and singer, he was also an actor of stage and screen, musician, and impressionist, noted for his impersonations of actors, musicians and other celebrities. At the age of three Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father and Will Mastin as the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service Davis returned to the trio. Davis became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's after the 1951 Academy Awards. With the trio, he became a recording artist. In 1954, he lost his left eye in an automobile accident, and several years later, he converted to Judaism.

Davis's film career began as a child in 1933. In 1960, he appeared in the first Rat Pack film, Ocean's 11. After a starring role on Broadway in 1956's Mr Wonderful, Davis returned to the stage in 1964's Golden Boy, and in 1966 had his own TV variety show, The Sammy Davis Jr. Show. Davis's career slowed in the late 1960s, but he had a hit record with "The Candy Man" in 1972 and became a star in Las Vegas, earning him the nickname "Mister Show Business".

As an African-American, Davis was the victim of racism throughout his life and was a large financial supporter of the Civil Rights movement. Davis had a complex relationship with the African-American community, and drew criticism after physically embracing President Richard M. Nixon in 1972. One day on a golf course with Jack Benny, he was asked what his handicap was. "Handicap?" he asked. "Talk about handicap — I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew." This was to become a signature comment, recounted in his autobiography, and in countless articles.

After reuniting with Sinatra and Dean Martin in 1987, Davis toured with them and Liza Minnelli internationally, before he died of throat cancer in 1990. He died in debt to the Internal Revenue Service, and his estate was the subject of legal battles.

Davis was awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his television performances. He was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1987, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.


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