Sammy Davis, Jr. was one of America’s greatest entertainers of the twentieth century. He could do it all: dancing ... kind of “flash act” that black tap dancers performed on the Chitlin ...

Tutored in tap dancing by the legendary Bill ”Bojangles ... Wild, Wild West,” 1966. ”The Sammy Davis Jr. Show,” 1966. ”I Dream of Jeannie,” 1967. ”The Danny Thomas Show ...

EXCLUSIVE: The biopic about Sammy Davis ... to his champion Frank Sinatra, Davis — who even as a child in Vaudeville was entertaining with his incredible tap-dancing repertoire –truly was ...

Here’s a track from July 1949, featuring him singing and tap dancing. This is Sammy Davis Jr. with “Smile, Darn Ya, Smile,” on Afterglow. MUSIC - SAMMY DAVIS, JR., "SMILE, DARN YA ...

1989 Sammy Davis, Jr. publishes Why Me? The Sammy Davis, Jr. Story. 1989, February 10 Tap, a film starring Sammy Davis, Jr. and Gregory Hines, is released. 1989, August Doctors find cancer in ...

Sammy Davis Jr. was the type of entertainer who would start a solo performance at 8 p.m. and not leave until 11:30. He could take the stage and go from tap dancing to singing to playing the ...

Elvera Sanchez Davis, 95, former dancer and mother of Sammy Davis Jr. Born in Harlem, Davis was a tap dancer who performed in the chorus of a vaudeville troupe headed by Will Mastin. Known as Baby ...