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
After I decided to become a Jew, only then did I learn that the Jews don't have all the money. When I found out Rockefeller and Ford were goyim, I almost resigned.
The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to get insulted.
Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
Sinatra is the essence of vocal style. This man has an innate quality of knowing what is good musically. You can sum that up best by saying that he has musical integrity. Even when he does a bad song, there's a good quality in the presentation.
If you want to be the best, baby, you've got to work harder than anybody else.
You name it and I've done it. I'd like to say I did it my way. But that line, I'm afraid, belongs to someone else.
I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man.
My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! That's my handicap!
You have to be able to look back at your life and say, "Yeah, that was fun."
My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.
You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent.