AS DIANE HEGARTY thumbed through TV Guide for the week of Feb. 10, 1973, one listing, a pilot for a possible series called Poor Devil, caught her eye: “Sammy Davis Jr. stars as a bumbling ...

Sammy Davis Jr. was a tragic figure in many ways ... Here's Sammy on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in December 1973 singing In the Still of the Night. Note Sammy's incredible time and swing.

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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If there was ever a performer who could do it all—sing, dance, act, and even impersonate—it was Sammy Davis ...

In the mid-1960s, Sammy Davis Jr. ranked behind only Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali as the most famous Black person in the world. Davis, however, was certainly the most welcome of the ...

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 ...

In March 1973, he was invited to a White House reception which former President Nixon called "An Evening with Sammy Davis Jr ". The event marked the first time that an African-American family was ...

Credit: Fellows Auctioneers A gold and diamond ring worn by jazz icon Sammy Davis Jr is to go ... an appearance at the Whitehouse in 1973 when Davis Jr was invited to a reception by President ...