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Samuel George “Sammy” Davis, Jr. (born December 8, 1925 in Harlem, New York; died May 16, 1990 in Beverly Hills, California) was a Grammy Award winning singer, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning actor, dancer, multi-instrumentalist and only black member of Frank Sinatra’s The Rat Pack. Davis began his career with his father and uncle in the Will Mastin Trio and he toured nationally with them, only leaving due to military service. He became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro’s after the 1951 Academy Awards, became a successful recording artist and then made his first film performances later that decade.
Davis, Jr. was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, to Elvera Sanchez, a dancer, and Sammy Davis, Sr., an African-American entertainer. The couple were both dancers in vaudeville. As an infant, he was raised by his paternal grandmother. When he was three years old, his parents split up. His father, not wanting to lose custody of his son, took him on tour. Sammy Davis Jr. claimed that his mother was Puerto Rican, however the 2003 biography In Black and White alleges that he made this claim due to the political sensitivities of the 1960s (during the Cuban Missile Crisis), and that his mother was born in New York...
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Something's Gotta Give
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Hey There
That Old Black Magic
Mr. Bojangles
Too Close For Comfort
Love Me Or Leave Me
The Candy Man
The Birth Of The Blues
Oh, Lonesome Me
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Yes I Can: Sammy Davis Jr. . .
My Greatest Songs
Lounge Legends: Sammy Davis Jr.
The Greatest Sammy Davis Jr
The Decca Years
The Closest Of Friends
Come Sundown
Definitive Collection
The Wham of Sam
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Sammy Davis Jr.
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