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	Sammy Davis Jr.
		Davis was born in 1925 in Harlem to a Puerto Rican mother and African-American father, both vaudevillians.
		Sammy, his father and Will went back out on the circuit, eventually opening for Mickey Rooney, who was so taken with Davis's impromptu impersonations that he urged Davis to include them in the trio's act.
		Britt and Davis had two children and adopted another--but she and the children couldn't appear in public with their husband and father, for fear of violence and professional backlash.
	www.oralcancerfoundation.org /people/sammy_davis.htm (1747 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Davis, Jr., who was Black and converted to Judaism, was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, to Elvera Sanchez, a dancer, and Sammy Davis, Sr., an African-American entertainer.
		Davis received hate mail when he was cast in the Broadway musical adaptation of Golden Boy in 1964, but that did not bother his fans.
		Davis was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California next to his father and Will Mastin.
	www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /GlendaleObituaries/sammydavisjr.htm (901 words)

	Sammy Davis, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Davis joined the act as a young child and they became the Will Mastin Trio.
		Davis converted to Judaism after reading a history of the Jews in the hospital.
		Bill Cosby, a good friend of Davis' (who in fact once guest starred on a 1989 episode of The Cosby Show in what would be one of his last television appearances), wore a fl pin that read "SDJR" in commemoration of his friend's death, from 1990 until the show's end in 1992.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sammy_Davis,_Jr. (1533 words)

	Arthur Silber Jr. & Sammy's Book
		Sammy then wed dancer LORAY WHITE in a marriage of convenience, but drank too much at the ceremony and wailed, "Why can't I be with the woman I love?" Silber recalls, "Sammy was putting a gun to his head.
		He was recognized as the star of the show.” From there, Davis triggered other controversies, one of which involved actress Kim Novak, with whom he shared a romantic entanglement that Silber refers to as “hot and heavy,” Others involved IRS troubles and drug and alcohol abuse, which Davis recovered from before his death in 1990.
		Arthur was by Sammy's side during the turbulence of the 50's and 60's, and saw this entertainer's meteoric rise from unknown to a superstar.
	www.sammysbook.com (2553 words)

	Sammy Davis, Jr.
		Sammy was born on December 8, 1925, in New York City, and was raised by his paternal grandmother, Rosa Davis, until he was two and a half.
		Davis had a simple philosophy: “Just do what you’re best at,” he stated in 1988, “and when you can’t do it any longer – stop.” His life was cut short on May 16, 1990 by cancer.
		“Sammy knew he was dying back then,” Sinatra said of their last tour, “but you never expect it to come to that.
	www.holeintheweb.com /drp/bhd/SammyDavis.htm (962 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr.
		Davis' autobiography Sammy: An Autobiography, describes in detail the racial prejudice he encountered during his years in the army.
		Davis appeared solo at the Capacabana in New York, and was discovered by Decca Records in 1954.
		Davis converted to Judaism after reading Paul Johnson's A History of the Jews in the hospital.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/sammydavis.html (599 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr
		When Sammy lost his eye in the often-documented car wreck, it was Silber who was constantly at the hospital holding his hand and helping convince him to go on living.
		Sammy is forced by the Hollywood Mob to marry a fl woman and give up Kim or end up in a hole in the desert.
		Sammy is honored by fellow performers and the Royal Scottish Grenadier Guards at the Prince of Wales Theater.
	www.sammysbook.com /Sammy2001.htm (1315 words)

	Solid! -- Sammy Davis Jr.
		In order to avoid child labor laws the young Davis sometimes held a cigar while he performed and was billed as ''Silent Sam, the Dancing Midget.'' The group came to be known as Will Mastin's Gang featuring Little Sammy.
		Davis made his first film appearance at age seven in the musical short Rufus Jones for President.
		In 1972 Davis scored a big hit with the song ''Candy Man.'' In the mid-1970s he again starred in his own television variety program.
	www.parabrisas.com /d_davissjr.php (593 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sammy had to endure basic training eight times; apparently the army was quite a challenge to someone of his slight stature.
		Sammy Davis’ lifelong habit of inhaling enormous volumes of cigarette smoke resulted first in cancer of the throat.
		Sammy’s death was the lead story in newspapers, on the radio, and television.
	www.morbid-curiosity.com /id120.htm (1065 words)

	Biography
		Davis continued treading on socially-controversial ground by carrying on a series of interracial romances, most notably with actress Kim Novak, and with the Swedish actress May Britt, whom he married in 1960.
		Davis returned to Broadway in 1964 as boxer Joe Wellington in a highly successful musical adaptation of the 1937 Clifford Odets drama Golden Boy.
		Davis was married three times, first to Loray White, a dancer; to actress May Britt, with whom he had one daughter and adopted two sons; and to Altovise Gore, a former showgirl.
	www.sammydavisjunior.com /Biography.htm (1291 words)

	Jazz \| All About Jazz
		Davis succumbed to throat cancer in 1990 at age 64.
		Davis played Rufus, a little boy who fell asleep on his motherÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ’s lap and dreamt he was President.
		Davis explains his mid-life conversion to Judaism, which was introduced to him by Eddie Cantor, with profound insight on the similarities between Jewish and Black American cultures.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /articles/ftio0201_02.htm (989 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr.
		Sammy's outsized personality expressed itself in the big, bold and brassy recordings that dominate his discography, but it is on this album, which features just voice and the gentle sounds of the guitar, that we get perhaps our most penetrating musical glimpse of the man behind the showman.
		Sammy was one of Broadway's best interpreters, and this 1964 album ranks at the top of his strolls down the Great White Way, with smashing versions of songs from 'Bells Are Ringing, Carousel' and 'Guys and Dolls', plus the title track, which was one of his biggest hits for Reprise!
		Sammy joined forces with arranger Marty Paich for this 1962 album of Broadway standards, and the result was a #14-charting album and a hit ('What Kind of Fool Am I') that became a signature song in Sammy's repertoire.
	www.blindrecords.com /sammy_davis_jr_.htm (1506 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He was born in Harlem, New York City to Elvera Sanchez, a Puerto Rican, and Sammy Davis, Sr., an Afro-American, who were vaudeville dancers.
		At the time Davis starred in the play, interracial marriages were forbidden by law in 31 US states out of 50, and only in 1967 those laws were abolished by the US Supreme Court.
		Davis is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
	www.artistopia.com /sammy-davis-jr (704 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr
		Sammy stay in the hotel he was performing at, Frank would refuse to go on to perform.
		Dean Martin would pick up Sammy and say "I want to present this trophy to the NAACP." But, what really surprised me about Sammy was that he converted to Judaism.
		I loved when Sammy Davis played on the old comedy, "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In" as the judge, Sammy would prance through the set yelling, "Here come the judge!".
	www.geocities.com /sherrylfox/sammyd.htm (257 words)

	Amazon.com: Sammy and Friends: Music: Jr. Sammy Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the Cocoanut Grove ~ Sammy Davis Jr.
		Sammy and Friends is a CD more than capable of making a Sammy Davis, Jr., fan jump up and down with glee.
		I think I speak for all Sammy fans when I express my gratitude to them and to Sammy's widow Altovise, who worked with Rhino to put this CD together, for this incredibly enjoyable and immensely valuable contribution to Sammy's legacy as the greatest entertainer of all time.
	www.amazon.com /Sammy-Friends-Jr-Davis/dp/B00000JZAW (1197 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr.! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		We were in the main show room and Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis, Jr.
		Sammy and I hit it off right away and I was impressed with how easy he was to be around.
		Sammy was passing a plate of cocaine around and told me to pour myself a drink and join the fun.
	www.kipaddotta.com /sammy-davis-jr.html (1126 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mimic, dancer, multi-instrumentalist and singer, Sammy Davis was firmly in the vaudevillian tradition, a flamboyant entertainer whose best work was done live rather than in the recording studio.
		In the early fifties, Davis went solo and, after losing an eye in an automobile accident in 1954, he decided to concentrate on singing.
		Having left Decca for Reprise Records, Davis had his first million seller with ‘What Kind of Fool Am I’ other hits included, ‘As Long as She Needs Me’, ‘The Shelter of Your Arms’ and ‘I’ve Gotta Be Me’ which Davis adopted as his theme song.
	www.lentriola.com /legends/davis.htm (300 words)

	Amazon.com: Sammy: The Autobiography of Sammy Davis, Jr.: Books: Sammy Davis,Burt Boyar,Jane Boyar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When Davis published his first memoir, Yes, I Can, in 1965, it was a critical and popular success--acclaimed for a candor and thoughtfulness rare in celebrity autobiographies and for its painful evocation of life as a fl peformer in segregated America.
		He converted to an unpopular religion; he had no fear of dating and marrying beautiful white women; he was close to the Kennedys and the Nixons; he was a member of Frank Sinatra's notorious Rat Pack and he played with alcohol and drugs.
		Sammy Davis Jr., was also a spokesperson for his people and an Index of the movers and shakers of the Civil Rights Movement and the politicians of his time with whom he consulted and for whom he worked, is vital.
	www.amazon.com /Sammy-Autobiography-Davis-Jr/dp/0374293554 (1392 words)

	SAMMY DAVIS JR.
		In November of 1954 Sammy was in a car accident driving from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. The accident resulted in the loss of his left eye.
		The accident received a lot of publicity and people thought that this would destroy Sammy’s career, but it actually helped it, the accident caused Sammy to work twice as hard to stay on top.
		Sammy is one of the most well known names of American celebrities. Sammy said “a variety artist,
	www.msu.edu /~smithc72/sammy.html (221 words)

	news
		Sammy's fantastic performance in Germany in 1985 has now been digitally remastered and is available on DVD.
		A new play about Sammy entitled: 'Mr Bojangles: The Ultimate Entertainer is being made.
		Joe is a consumate performer in the grand style of Sammy, Sinatra and Garland.
	www.sammydavis-jr.com /Pages/read/read.htm (171 words)

	Songbirds: Crooner Corner
		Here, then, are two first-rate Sammy's from his Decca period, I Gotta Right to Swing (1957), the jazzier of the two due to the presence of the great arranger, Sy Oliver, and It's All Over But the Swingin' (1960), released on one CD by MCA in England (MCALD-19384, 1998).
		At his best, Davis split the difference between legit Broadway-style belting and jazz singing; not too heavy, not too light, but just butch enough.
		Maybe a track or three are dubious inclusions, such as an attempt to Xerox Ray Charles on a couple of numbers, and Face to Face, a ringer which seems inserted as a favor to friends.
	www.mrlucky.com /songbirds/html/features/c_crooner_jun.html (1606 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr. at the Copacabana, 1959
		With Paul Shelley and the Copacabana orchestra augmented by a group of Sammy's own musicians and directed by his clarinet playing conductor, Morty Stevens, Sammy opens with a special arrangement dedicated to New York town, in which cordial mention is made of the preceding star, Tony Bennet.
		Dana for "plugging" Davis because at this time, he is about to marry blonde Swedish actress May Britt.
		Remember Sammy was compelled to stall his wedding day until AFTER Kennedy's presidential inauguration.
	www.bigbandsandbignames.com /sammy.html (565 words)

	LA Weekly - Mr. Entertainer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Performing in a tan sport coat that suits him somehow better than the tux in which he's elsewhere clad, he is all business and in terrific form.
		At ease across the octaves, a master of melodic leaps and plunges, of long-arc portamento and the slyly bent note, Davis had a voice variously redolent of trombone, French horn, tenor and even baritone saxophone.
		He was a juicier singer than Sinatra â” if not quite as profound â” and a bluesier one, and a jazzier one, but could marshal as well the semi-operatic throb and sob of a Mario Lanza.
	www.laweekly.com /tv/3155/mr-entertainer (995 words)

	Sammy Davis, Jr.
		Davis, the other a brief chit-chat in the wait-for-the-valet-to-figure-out-where-he-put-your-car area of the old Beverly Hills Hotel.
		And, that night in Reno, though I was cheerfully prompting him for Show Biz anecdotes by pumping him with fan-type questions, and he was complying, it was a most unusual place for me to be.
		When Sammy passed away a few years ago, I thought of that impromptu performance in the basement of Harrah's in Reno.
	povonline.com /cols/COL041.htm (2433 words)

	Robert S. Ensler Presents A Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr.
		Reissuing Sammy's ENTIRE Reprise album catalog--and here are the first nine records, overflowing with the personality, pizzazz and, most of all, God-given talent that Sammy brought to everything he did.
		Her name is Ashley and she personally transposed all of the LYRICS you will see on this website.
		I have been listening to Sammy for about 31/2 years, and I just love the guy.
	www.sammydavisjunior.com (517 words)

	Sammy Davis Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rufus Jones for President (1933) (as Sammy Davis)....
		James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975) (TV) (as Sammy Davis Jnr)....
		Sammy Davis and the Wonderful World of Children (1965) (TV)
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0002035 (1204 words)

	YouTube - Sammy Davis Jr - Mr. Bojangles
		Sammy baby, he was one of a kind !
		Glad we can still enjoy his music and think about that great time I had with my dad at the concert with Sammy and Jerry Lewis.
		sammy davis jr & ella fitzgerald - so wonderful
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=hkASMIiU1Yo (242 words)

	Sammy Davis, Jr. — Infoplease.com
		Anna Lucasta - Starring Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr.
		Personalities who 'walk the walk' include Dean, Frank and Sammy.(Las Vegas Spotlight)(Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin......
		On Miles Davis, Vince Lombardi, & the crisis of masculinity in mid-century America.
	www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0154722.html (195 words)

	Sammy Davis, Jr., MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Sammy Davis, Jr., MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		A member of the famed Rat Pack, he was among the ver...
		Wonderful, starring in the show for over 400 performances and launching a hit with the song "Too Close for Comfort." In 1958 Davis resumed his film career after a quarter-century layoff with Anna Lucasta, followed a year later by his acclaimed turn in Porgy and Bess.
	www.emusic.com /artist/11610/11610931.html (690 words)

	Sammy Davis, Jr. - AOL Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Best of Sammy Davis, Jr.: 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection
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