Sammy Davis, Jr.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Samuel George "Sammy" Davis Jr.was an American entertainer. Primarily a dancer and singer, he was also an actor of stage and screen, comedian, 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'safter...
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth8 December 1925
CityNew York City, NY
Most orgies that you go to, I have found, most of it is sad. All that wildness, all those laughs were like the shining silver and gold paper on packages, but there was nothing inside.
I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4.
I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
Tap dancing all started with the old clog waltz.
You don’t swing where you sleep.
Talk about handicap! I'm a one-eyed Negro Jew.
With an ocean between you and your European friends, you have to keep them in your heart.
Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.
We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.
When Liza Minelli was a child, she used to sit on my lap and call me Uncle Sammy.
"The Entertainer" He did it all.
Savor the moments that are warm and special and giggly.
There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.
To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.