The new bio-musical about Nat "King" Cole by Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor at the New York Theatre Workshop stars Dulé ...

Nat ‘King’ Cole” focuses on two singularly talented and vibrant performers—the title character as well as Sammy Davis Jr.—the ...

His Broadway career began in 1960 with “Bye Bye Birdie,” which Strouse wrote with lyricist Lee Adams and librettist Michael Stewart ... Strouse and Adams gave several non-musical theater stars, ...

His Broadway career began in 1960 with “Bye Bye Birdie,” which Strouse wrote with lyricist Lee Adams and librettist ... including Sammy Davis Jr. and Lauren Bacall, stage successes for ...

Strouse teamed up again with his “Birdie” lyricist, Lee Adams, for this somber-minded, boxing-themed vehicle for Sammy Davis Jr. (one of the ... this sultry cover by Peggy Lee, from her ...

In 1949 he met lyricist Lee Adams at a party ... for a Tony for best musical in 1965 for Golden Boy (for which Sammy Davis Jr. was nominated for a Tony). Even some of their lesser hits spawned ...

Artists who have recorded it since include Fats Domino, Muddy Waters, Peggy Lee, Tom Jones, Ann-Margret, Jefferson Airplane, James Brown, Sammy Davis Jr. and Kansas City’s own Marilyn Maye.

where she met Sammy Davis Jr. in 1959. The two wed the following year, despite the fact interracial marriage was still illegal in 31 states. Sammy and May welcomed three children before getting a ...