He always seemed a man out of time; his schtick puerile and
cloying and he lived long enough to become a caricature, but Sammy Davis Jr.
was also an artist of immense talent and importance - and, when he canned the corn and the shuck and jive, he was one of the great singers and dancers of his or any other era.
What we will never know is what pain and humiliation he endured through the years as he tried - and succeeded - in ingratiating himself with a "crossover" audience.
Politics and social studies aside, here's a reminder of why Michael Jackson studied Sammy so carefully.
What we will never know is what pain and humiliation he endured through the years as he tried - and succeeded - in ingratiating himself with a "crossover" audience.
Politics and social studies aside, here's a reminder of why Michael Jackson studied Sammy so carefully.
Sammy at age 7
Young Sammy taps with the Will Maston Trio
Sammy plays everything
Sammy sings a medley of songs seriously (except when he just can't help himself).
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