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
Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking,
Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
In terms of addiction, there is nothing more powerful than men's toys.
I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.
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 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!
I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.
You don’t swing where you sleep.
I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.