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4 weeks agoSammy Davis Jr. at Home: 7 Photos of "Mister Show Business" Off-Duty
Sammy Davis Jr. built a legendary entertainment career as a versatile performer and Rat Pack member, choosing homes designed for entertaining despite considering show business his true home.
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4 months agoThe One and Only Sammy
When I was a kid, I was Sammy Davis Jr. before I was anyone else. I started my entertainment career as a tap dancer. That was what led to my first appearance on television, in Philadelphia on KYW-TV. I was 5 years old. Later that day, the parents of other dancers and talent-show participants complained that my afro had covered up their kids on-screen.
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5 months agoWhat Makes Sammy Jr. Run? Sammy Davis Jr. on Frank Sinatra, the Rat Pack, and Legendary Career
the final week of an eighteen-day engagement at the Copacabana (sixteen performances interspersed with general frolicking, a record date, television and radio interviews, and two visits with Cye Martin, his tailor); a one-night stand in Kansas City to receive an Americanism award from the American Legion; one night at home in Hollywood; and the opening night of a two-week date in Las Vegas at the Sands Hotel,
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