The event spotlighted Sammy Davis, Jr.'s 100th anniversary and his longtime musical connection with Frank Sinatra. Sammy Davis, Jr., also known as Mr. Entertainment, was an award-winning ...

It was around 8:30 pm on Sunday, July 4, 1976, when Sammy Davis Jr. performed on Bob Hope’s ... man to stay in The Lincoln Room during Richard Nixon’s term, and had kept smug amid such vile ...

The Musical brings to the Broadway stage the extraordinary life and legacy of the legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.. Since Davis's passing in 1990, there has been significant interest from ...

Along with fellow comedian Jay Leno, Maher mentioned on his “Club Random” podcast the famous encounter of when late entertainment icon Sammy Davis Jr. hugged President Richard Nixon.

Bill Maher went off on “the left” as intolerant after his guest Jay Leno noting that Sammy Davis Jr. received backlash decades earlier for embracing then-President Richard Nixon.

And this week, I want to continue by looking at another member, “Mr. Wonderful,” “Mister Show Business,” Mr. Sammy Davis, Jr. Davis was a trailblazer, an African-American performer who ...

Each act was enthusiastically received except for Sammy Davis Jr., at least initially. Given his support of President Richard Nixon, he had a complicated relationship with the Black community.

HARVEY: Richard Nixon is running against McGovern in 1972, and he jumps on the McGovern side. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE CANDY MAN") SAMMY DAVIS JR: (Singing) Candy man. GORDEMER: So many of the ...

All smiles and hugs, Sammy Davis Jr. was in high spirits as he arrived ... which led him to drift from the Democrats to the waiting arms of Richard Nixon. At the 1972 Republican Convention ...

“Ohhh,” he once told his daughter Nancy as she gave him a big hug. “I’d turn my world ... his devoted mentee Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.

Back in the early ’60s, Sammy Davis Jr.’s entourage took up most of the first-class cabin on TWA flights from New York to Los Angeles. As an 18-year-old flight attendant, Margaret Bush-Ware ...