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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1" title="سامي ديفيس جونيور – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سامي ديفيس جونيور" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr. – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Sammy Davis Jr." data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1" title="سامی دیویس جونیور – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سامی دیویس جونیور" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Сами Дейвис – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сами Дейвис" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr. – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sammy Davis Jr." data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_mlad%C5%A1%C3%AD" title="Sammy Davis mladší – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sammy Davis mladší" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr. – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sammy Davis Jr." data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis,_Jr." title="Sammy Davis, Jr. – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sammy Davis, Jr." data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B9_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%81" title="Σάμι Ντέιβις Τζούνιορ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σάμι Ντέιβις Τζούνιορ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr. – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sammy Davis Jr." data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr. – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sammy Davis Jr." data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr. – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sammy Davis Jr." data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1" title="سامی دیویس جونیور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سامی دیویس جونیور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr. – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sammy Davis Jr." data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_jr." title="Sammy Davis jr. – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Sammy Davis jr." data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr. – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Sammy Davis Jr." data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Sammy Davis Jr. – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sammy Davis Jr." 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Sammy Davis Jr.</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sammy_Davis_Jr._1972.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sammy_Davis_Jr._1972.jpg/220px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._1972.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sammy_Davis_Jr._1972.jpg/330px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._1972.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sammy_Davis_Jr._1972.jpg/440px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._1972.jpg 2x" data-file-width="756" data-file-height="928" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Davis in 1972</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Samuel George Davis Jr.</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1925-12-08</span>)</span>December 8, 1925<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">New York City, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 16, 1990<span style="display:none">(1990-05-16)</span> (aged 64)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills</a>, California, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Glendale)" title="Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Glendale, California</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Singer</li><li>actor</li><li>comedian</li><li>dancer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1928–1990<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Loray White</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1958; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1959)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/May_Britt" title="May Britt">May Britt</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1960; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1968)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Altovise_Davis" title="Altovise Davis">Altovize Gore</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1970)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Sr." title="Sammy Davis Sr.">Sammy Davis Sr.</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elvera_Sanchez" title="Elvera Sanchez">Elvera Sanchez</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Musical career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_pop" title="Traditional pop">Traditional pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_listening" title="Easy listening">easy listening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Show_tune" title="Show tune">show tunes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music">swing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Vocals</li> <li>piano</li> <li>drums</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist nowraplinks"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Decca_Records" title="Decca Records">Decca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motown" title="Motown">Motown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MGM_Records" title="MGM Records">MGM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Records">20th Century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applause_Records" title="Applause Records">Applause</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rat_Pack" title="Rat Pack">Rat Pack</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sammydavisjr.com">sammydavisjr<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samuel George Davis Jr.</b> (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian and dancer. </p><p>At age two, Davis began his career in <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">Vaudeville</a> with his father <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Sr." title="Sammy Davis Sr.">Sammy Davis Sr.</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Will_Mastin_Trio" title="Will Mastin Trio">Will Mastin Trio</a>, which toured nationally, and his film career began in 1933. After military service, Davis returned to the trio and became a sensation following key nightclub performances at <a href="/wiki/Ciro%27s" title="Ciro's">Ciro's</a> (in <a href="/wiki/West_Hollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="West Hollywood">West Hollywood</a>) in 1951, including one after the <a href="/wiki/23rd_Academy_Awards" title="23rd Academy Awards">Academy Awards ceremony</a>. With the trio, he became a recording artist. In 1954, at the age of 29, he lost his left eye in a car accident. Several years later, he <a href="/wiki/Converted_to_Judaism" class="mw-redirect" title="Converted to Judaism">converted to Judaism</a>, finding commonalities between the oppression experienced both by black Americans and Jewish communities.<sup id="cite_ref-biography1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958, he faced a backlash for his involvement with a white woman at a time when interracial relationships were taboo in the U.S. and when <a href="/wiki/Interracial_marriage" title="Interracial marriage">interracial marriage</a> was not legalized nationwide until 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis had a starring role on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Wonderful_(musical)" title="Mr. Wonderful (musical)">Mr. Wonderful</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Chita_Rivera" title="Chita Rivera">Chita Rivera</a> (1956). In 1960, he appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Rat_Pack" title="Rat Pack">Rat Pack</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Ocean%27s_11" title="Ocean's 11">Ocean's 11</a></i>. He returned to the stage in 1964 in a musical adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Clifford_Odets" title="Clifford Odets">Clifford Odets</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Boy_(musical)" title="Golden Boy (musical)">Golden Boy</a></i>. Davis was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> for his performance. The show featured the first interracial kiss on Broadway.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1966, he had his own TV variety show, titled <i>The Sammy Davis Jr. Show</i>. While Davis's career slowed in the late 1960s, his biggest hit, "<a href="/wiki/The_Candy_Man" title="The Candy Man">The Candy Man</a>", reached the top of the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> in June 1972, and he became a star in Las Vegas, earning him the nickname "Mister Show Business".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis' popularity helped break the race barrier of the <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States" title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregated</a> entertainment industry.<sup id="cite_ref-Kashner_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kashner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One day on a golf course with <a href="/wiki/Jack_Benny" title="Jack Benny">Jack Benny</a>, he was asked what his <a href="/wiki/Handicap_(golf)" title="Handicap (golf)">handicap</a> was. "Handicap?" he asked. "Talk about handicap. I'm a one-eyed <a href="/wiki/Negro" title="Negro">Negro</a> who's Jewish."<sup id="cite_ref-Time1960_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time1960-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was to become a signature comment.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After reuniting with <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a> in 1987, Davis toured with them and <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a> internationally, before his death in 1990. He died in debt to the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his estate was the subject of legal battles after the death of his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His final album was a Country Music Album, a departure from his usual musical style.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Spingarn_Medal" title="Spingarn Medal">Spingarn Medal</a> by the <a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a> and was nominated for a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> for his television performances. He was a recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a> in 1987, and in 2001, he was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a>. In 2017, Davis was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Rhythm_%26_Blues_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame">National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Will_Masin_Trio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Will_Masin_Trio.jpg/220px-Will_Masin_Trio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Will_Masin_Trio.jpg/330px-Will_Masin_Trio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Will_Masin_Trio.jpg/440px-Will_Masin_Trio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="472" data-file-height="594" /></a><figcaption>Will Mastin Trio in <a href="/wiki/Zoot_suit" title="Zoot suit">zoot suits</a></figcaption></figure><p>Davis was born on December 8, 1925, in the <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a> section of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a> in New York City, the son of African American entertainer and stage performer <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Sr." title="Sammy Davis Sr.">Sammy Davis Sr.</a> (1900–1988) and Cuban-American <a href="/wiki/Tap_dance" title="Tap dance">tap dancer</a> and stage performer <a href="/wiki/Elvera_Sanchez" title="Elvera Sanchez">Elvera Sanchez</a> (1905–2000).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his lifetime, Davis stated that his mother was Puerto Rican and born in <a href="/wiki/San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico" title="San Juan, Puerto Rico">San Juan</a>. However, in the 2003 biography <i>In Black and White</i>, author <a href="/wiki/Wil_Haygood" title="Wil Haygood">Wil Haygood</a> wrote that Davis's mother was born in New York City to Cuban parents who were of <a href="/wiki/Afro-Cuban" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Cuban">Afro-Cuban</a> background, and that Davis claimed he was Puerto Rican because he feared anti-Cuban backlash would hurt his record sales.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Haygood516_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haygood516-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis's parents were vaudeville dancers. As an infant, he was reared by his paternal grandmother. When he was three years old, his parents separated. His father, not wanting to lose custody of his son, took him on tour. </p><p>Davis learned to dance from his father and his godfather <a href="/wiki/Will_Mastin" title="Will Mastin">Will Mastin</a>. Davis joined the act as a child, and they became the <a href="/wiki/Will_Mastin_Trio" title="Will Mastin Trio">Will Mastin Trio</a>. Throughout his career, Davis included the Will Mastin Trio in his billing. Mastin and his father shielded him from racism, for example by dismissing race-based snubs as jealousy. However, when Davis served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> during World War II, he was confronted by strong prejudice. He later said: "Overnight the world looked different. It wasn't one color any more. I could see the protection I'd gotten all my life from my father and Will. I appreciated their loving hope that I'd never need to know about prejudice and hate, but they were wrong. It was as if I'd walked through a swinging door for 18 years, a door which they had always secretly held open."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At age seven, Davis played the title role in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Jones_for_President" title="Rufus Jones for President">Rufus Jones for President</a></i>, in which he sang and danced with <a href="/wiki/Ethel_Waters" title="Ethel Waters">Ethel Waters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lived for several years in Boston's <a href="/wiki/South_End,_Boston" title="South End, Boston">South End</a> and reminisced years later about "hoofing and singing" at <a href="/wiki/Izzy_Ort%27s_Bar_%26_Grille" title="Izzy Ort's Bar & Grille">Izzy Ort's Bar & Grille</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_service">Military service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1944, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Davis was drafted into the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a> at age 18.<sup id="cite_ref-army_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-army-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was frequently abused by white soldiers from the South and later recounted: "I must have had a knockdown, drag-out fight every two days." His nose was broken numerous times and permanently flattened. At one point he was offered a beer laced with urine.<sup id="cite_ref-Kashner_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kashner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was reassigned to the Army's <a href="/wiki/Special_Services_(entertainment)" title="Special Services (entertainment)">Special Services</a> branch, which put on performances for troops.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At one show he found himself performing in front of soldiers who had previously racially abused him.<sup id="cite_ref-army_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-army-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis, who earned the <a href="/wiki/American_Campaign_Medal" title="American Campaign Medal">American Campaign Medal</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="World War II Victory Medal (United States)">World War II Victory Medal</a>, was discharged in 1945 with the rank of private.<sup id="cite_ref-army_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-army-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later said, "My talent was the weapon, the power, the way for me to fight. It was the one way I might hope to affect a man's thinking."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1940's"><span id="1940.27s"></span>1940's</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1940's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his discharge from the Army, Davis rejoined the family dance act, which played at clubs around <a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>. He also recorded <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> songs for <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a> in 1949 under the pseudonyms Shorty Muggins and Charlie Green.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950's"><span id="1950.27s"></span>1950's</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1950's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rat_Pack" title="Rat Pack">Rat Pack</a></div> <p>In March 1951, the Will Mastin Trio appeared at <a href="/wiki/Ciro%27s" title="Ciro's">Ciro's</a> as the opening act for headliner <a href="/wiki/Janis_Paige" title="Janis Paige">Janis Paige</a>. They were to perform for only 20 minutes, but the reaction from the celebrity-filled crowd was so enthusiastic, especially when Davis launched into his impressions, that they performed for nearly an hour, and Paige insisted the order of the show be flipped.<sup id="cite_ref-Kashner_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kashner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis began to achieve success on his own and was singled out for praise by critics, releasing several albums.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1953, Davis was offered his own television show on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, <i>Three for the Road—with the Will Mastin Trio</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The network spent $20,000 filming the pilot, which presented African Americans as struggling musicians, not <a href="/wiki/Slapstick" title="Slapstick">slapstick</a> comedy or the stereotypical <a href="/wiki/Mammy_archetype" class="mw-redirect" title="Mammy archetype">mammy</a> roles of the time. The cast included <a href="/wiki/Frances_Taylor_Davis" title="Frances Taylor Davis">Frances Davis</a>, who was the first black ballerina to perform for the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Opera" title="Paris Opera">Paris Opera</a>, actresses <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Attaway" title="Ruth Attaway">Ruth Attaway</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jane_White" title="Jane White">Jane White</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frederick_O%27Neal" title="Frederick O'Neal">Frederick O'Neal</a>, who founded the <a href="/wiki/American_Negro_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="American Negro Theater">American Negro Theater</a>. The network could not get a sponsor, so the show was dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sammy_Davis_Jr._Steve_Allen_Steve_Allen_Show_1956.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Steve_Allen_Steve_Allen_Show_1956.JPG/170px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._Steve_Allen_Steve_Allen_Show_1956.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Steve_Allen_Steve_Allen_Show_1956.JPG/255px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._Steve_Allen_Steve_Allen_Show_1956.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Steve_Allen_Steve_Allen_Show_1956.JPG/340px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._Steve_Allen_Steve_Allen_Show_1956.JPG 2x" data-file-width="705" data-file-height="810" /></a><figcaption>Davis and host <a href="/wiki/Steve_Allen" title="Steve Allen">Steve Allen</a> rehearsing for the premiere of <i>The Steve Allen Show</i> in 1956</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1954, Davis was hired to sing the title song for the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Six_Bridges_to_Cross" title="Six Bridges to Cross">Six Bridges to Cross</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GreatThingsBio_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreatThingsBio-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1956, he starred in the Broadway musical <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Wonderful_(musical)" title="Mr. Wonderful (musical)">Mr. Wonderful</a></i>, which was panned by critics but was a commercial success, closing after 383 performances.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1958, Davis was hired to crown the winner of the Miss <a href="/wiki/Cavalcade_of_Jazz" title="Cavalcade of Jazz">Cavalcade of Jazz</a> beauty contest for the famed fourteenth <a href="/wiki/Cavalcade_of_Jazz" title="Cavalcade of Jazz">Cavalcade of Jazz</a> concert produced by <a href="/wiki/Leon_Hefflin,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="Leon Hefflin, Sr.">Leon Hefflin Sr.</a>, held at the Shrine Auditorium on August 3. The other headliners were <a href="/wiki/Little_Willie_John" title="Little Willie John">Little Willie John</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Cooke" title="Sam Cooke">Sam Cooke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Freeman" title="Ernie Freeman">Ernie Freeman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bo_Rhambo" title="Bo Rhambo">Bo Rhambo</a>. The event featured the top four prominent disc jockeys of Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1959, Davis became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rat_Pack" title="Rat Pack">Rat Pack</a>, led by his friend <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>, which included fellow performers <a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Bishop" title="Joey Bishop">Joey Bishop</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lawford" title="Peter Lawford">Peter Lawford</a>, a brother-in-law of <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>. Initially, Sinatra called the gathering "the Clan", but Davis voiced his opposition, saying that it reminded people of the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a>. Sinatra renamed the group "the Summit". One long night of poker that went on into the early morning saw the men drunken and disheveled. As <a href="/wiki/Angie_Dickinson" title="Angie Dickinson">Angie Dickinson</a> approached the group, she said, "You all look like a pack of rats." The nickname caught on, and they were then called the Rat Pack, the name of the earlier group led by <a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Bogart" title="Humphrey Bogart">Humphrey Bogart</a> and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Bacall" title="Lauren Bacall">Lauren Bacall</a>, who originally made the remark about the "pack of rats" they associated with. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cal-Neva_Casino,_NV,_Lake_Tahoe,_The_Rat_Pack_9-2010_(5782322671).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The Rat Pack at the Cal-Neva Casino. From left to right: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Cal-Neva_Casino%2C_NV%2C_Lake_Tahoe%2C_The_Rat_Pack_9-2010_%285782322671%29.jpg/220px-Cal-Neva_Casino%2C_NV%2C_Lake_Tahoe%2C_The_Rat_Pack_9-2010_%285782322671%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Cal-Neva_Casino%2C_NV%2C_Lake_Tahoe%2C_The_Rat_Pack_9-2010_%285782322671%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="255" /></a><figcaption>The Rat Pack at the Sands Casino. From left to right: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960's"><span id="1960.27s"></span>1960's</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1960's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The group around Sinatra made several movies together, including <i><a href="/wiki/Ocean%27s_11" title="Ocean's 11">Ocean's 11</a></i> (1960), <i><a href="/wiki/Sergeants_3" title="Sergeants 3">Sergeants 3</a></i> (1962), and <i><a href="/wiki/Robin_and_the_7_Hoods" title="Robin and the 7 Hoods">Robin and the 7 Hoods</a></i> (1964), and they performed onstage together in Las Vegas. In 1964, Davis was the first African American to sing at the Copacabana night club in New York.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis was a headliner at <a href="/wiki/New_Frontier_Hotel_and_Casino" title="New Frontier Hotel and Casino">The Frontier Casino</a> in Las Vegas, but owing to <a href="/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws" title="Jim Crow laws">Jim Crow practices</a> in Las Vegas, he was required (as were all black performers in the 1950s) to lodge in a rooming house on the west side of the city instead of in the hotels as his white colleagues did. No dressing rooms were provided for black performers, and they had to wait outside by the swimming pool between acts. Davis and other black artists could entertain but could not stay at the hotels where they performed, gamble in the casinos, or dine or drink in the hotel restaurants and bars. Davis later refused to work at places that practiced <a href="/wiki/Racial_segregation" title="Racial segregation">racial segregation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Canada provided opportunities for performers like Davis unable to break the color barrier in U.S. broadcast television, and in 1959 he starred in his own TV special, <i>Sammy's Parade</i>, on the Canadian network <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">CBC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a breakthrough event for the performer, as in the United States in the 1950s corporate sponsors largely controlled the screen: "Black people [were] not portrayed very well on television, if at all", according to Jason King of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sammy_Davis_Jr._performing_1966.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Sammy_Davis_Jr._performing_1966.JPG/180px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._performing_1966.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Sammy_Davis_Jr._performing_1966.JPG/270px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._performing_1966.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Sammy_Davis_Jr._performing_1966.JPG/360px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._performing_1966.JPG 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="948" /></a><figcaption>Davis performing in 1966</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1964, Davis was starring in <i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Boy_(musical)" title="Golden Boy (musical)">Golden Boy</a></i> at night and shooting his own New York-based afternoon talk show during the day.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> When he could get a day off from the theater, he recorded songs in the studio, performed at charity events in Chicago, Miami, or Las Vegas, or appeared on television variety specials in Los Angeles. Davis felt he was cheating his family of his company, but he said he was incapable of standing still. </p><p>On December 11, 1967, NBC broadcast a musical-variety special featuring <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Sinatra" title="Nancy Sinatra">Nancy Sinatra</a>, the daughter of Frank Sinatra, titled <i><a href="/wiki/Movin%27_with_Nancy" title="Movin' with Nancy">Movin' with Nancy</a></i>. In addition to the Emmy Award-winning musical performances, the show is notable for Nancy Sinatra and Davis greeting each other with a kiss, one of the <a href="/wiki/First_interracial_kiss_on_television" title="First interracial kiss on television">first black-white kisses in US television</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis had a friendship with <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a> in the late 1960s, as they both were top-draw acts in Las Vegas at the same time. Davis was in many ways just as reclusive during his hotel gigs as Elvis was, holding parties mainly in his penthouse suite that Elvis occasionally attended. Davis sang a version of Presley's song "<a href="/wiki/In_the_Ghetto" title="In the Ghetto">In the Ghetto</a>" and made a cameo appearance in Presley's 1970 concert film <i><a href="/wiki/Elvis:_That%27s_the_Way_It_Is" title="Elvis: That's the Way It Is">Elvis: That's the Way It Is</a></i>. One year later, he made a cameo appearance in the <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Diamonds_Are_Forever_(film)" title="Diamonds Are Forever (film)">Diamonds Are Forever</a></i>, but the scene was cut. In Japan, Davis appeared in television commercials for coffee and <a href="/wiki/Suntory" title="Suntory">Suntory</a> Whiskey. In the United States he joined Sinatra and Martin in a radio commercial for a Chicago car dealership. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sammy_Davis_Jnr_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sammy_Davis_Jnr_Allan_Warren.jpg/220px-Sammy_Davis_Jnr_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sammy_Davis_Jnr_Allan_Warren.jpg/330px-Sammy_Davis_Jnr_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Sammy_Davis_Jnr_Allan_Warren.jpg/440px-Sammy_Davis_Jnr_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6273" data-file-height="6337" /></a><figcaption>Davis at home in 1986</figcaption></figure> <p>Although he was still popular in Las Vegas, he saw his musical career decline by the late 1960s. He had a No. 11 hit (No. 1 on the <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Easy Listening singles chart</a>) with "<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Gotta_Be_Me" title="I've Gotta Be Me">I've Gotta Be Me</a>" in 1969. He signed with Motown to update his sound and appeal to young people.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970's-1980's"><span id="1970.27s-1980.27s"></span>1970's-1980's</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1970's-1980's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis had an unexpected No. 1 hit with "<a href="/wiki/The_Candy_Man" title="The Candy Man">The Candy Man</a>" with <a href="/wiki/MGM_Records" title="MGM Records">MGM Records</a> in 1972. He did not particularly care for the song and was chagrined that he had become known for it, but Davis made the most of his opportunity and revitalized his career. Although he enjoyed no more Top 40 hits, he did enjoy popularity with his 1976 performance of the theme song from the <i><a href="/wiki/Baretta" title="Baretta">Baretta</a></i> television series, "Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)" (1975–1978), which was released as a single (<a href="/wiki/Fox_Music" title="Fox Music">20th Century</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox_Records" title="20th Century Fox Records">Records</a>). </p><p>On May 27–28, 1973, Davis hosted (with <a href="/wiki/Monty_Hall" title="Monty Hall">Monty Hall</a>) the first annual 20-hour <a href="/w/index.php?title=Highway_Safety_Foundation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Highway Safety Foundation (page does not exist)">Highway Safety Foundation</a> <a href="/wiki/Telethon" title="Telethon">telethon</a>. Guests included <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Anka" title="Paul Anka">Paul Anka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Barry_(game_show_host)" title="Jack Barry (game show host)">Jack Barry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Brothers" title="Joyce Brothers">Joyce Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Clark" title="Dick Clark">Dick Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Clark" title="Roy Clark">Roy Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cosell" title="Howard Cosell">Howard Cosell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Franklin" title="Joe Franklin">Joe Franklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Gorman" title="Cliff Gorman">Cliff Gorman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richie_Havens" title="Richie Havens">Richie Havens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis">Jerry Lewis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hal_Linden" title="Hal Linden">Hal Linden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rich_Little" title="Rich Little">Rich Little</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butterfly_McQueen" title="Butterfly McQueen">Butterfly McQueen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnie_Pearl" title="Minnie Pearl">Minnie Pearl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boots_Randolph" title="Boots Randolph">Boots Randolph</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tex_Ritter" title="Tex Ritter">Tex Ritter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Rizzuto" title="Phil Rizzuto">Phil Rizzuto</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Rockettes" title="The Rockettes">The Rockettes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nipsey_Russell" title="Nipsey Russell">Nipsey Russell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sally_Struthers" title="Sally Struthers">Sally Struthers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Tillis" title="Mel Tillis">Mel Tillis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Vereen" title="Ben Vereen">Ben Vereen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Welk" title="Lawrence Welk">Lawrence Welk</a>. It was a financial disaster. The total amount of pledges was $1.2 million. Actual pledges received were $525,000.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis was a huge fan of daytime television, particularly the soap operas produced by the American Broadcasting Company. He made a cameo appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> and had a recurring role as Chip Warren on <i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i>, for which he received a 1980 <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Daytime Emmy Award">Daytime Emmy Award</a> nomination. He was also a game show fan, appearing on <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Feud" title="Family Feud">Family Feud</a></i> in 1979 and <i><a href="/wiki/Tattletales" title="Tattletales">Tattletales</a></i> with his wife Altovize in the 1970s. </p><p>In 1988, Davis was billed to tour with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, but Sinatra and Martin had a falling out.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Liza Minnelli replaced Martin on the tour dubbed as ''The Ultimate Event''.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the tour in 1989, Davis was diagnosed with throat cancer; his treatments prevented him from performing.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:6_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_beliefs_and_activism">Political beliefs and activism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Political beliefs and activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sammy_Davis_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Sammy_Davis_Jr.jpg/220px-Sammy_Davis_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Sammy_Davis_Jr.jpg/330px-Sammy_Davis_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Sammy_Davis_Jr.jpg/440px-Sammy_Davis_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="563" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Davis during the <a href="/wiki/March_on_Washington_for_Jobs_and_Freedom" title="March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom">1963 March on Washington</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Davis was a registered <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> and supported <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_1960_presidential_campaign" title="John F. Kennedy 1960 presidential campaign">1960 election campaign</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy">Robert F. Kennedy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_1968_presidential_campaign" title="Robert F. Kennedy 1968 presidential campaign">1968 campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pi_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pi-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to become a close friend of President Richard Nixon (a Republican) and publicly endorsed him at the <a href="/wiki/1972_Republican_National_Convention" title="1972 Republican National Convention">1972 Republican National Convention</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pi_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pi-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis also made a <a href="/wiki/United_Service_Organizations" title="United Service Organizations">USO</a> tour to <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> at Nixon's request. </p><p>In February 1972, during the later stages of the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, Davis went to Vietnam to observe military drug abuse rehabilitation programs and talk to and entertain the troops. He did this as a representative from <a href="/wiki/President_Nixon" class="mw-redirect" title="President Nixon">President Nixon</a>'s Special Action Office For Drug Abuse Prevention.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He performed shows for up to 15,000 troops; after one two-hour performance he reportedly said, "I've never been so tired and felt so good in my life."<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Army made a documentary about Davis's time in Vietnam performing for troops on behalf of Nixon's drug treatment program.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Davis_Nixon_1973.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Davis_Nixon_1973.jpg/220px-Davis_Nixon_1973.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Davis_Nixon_1973.jpg/330px-Davis_Nixon_1973.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Davis_Nixon_1973.jpg 2x" data-file-width="379" data-file-height="576" /></a><figcaption>In the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_Oval_Room" title="Yellow Oval Room">Yellow Oval Room</a> of the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> with President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, March 4, 1973</figcaption></figure> <p>Nixon invited Davis and his wife Altovize to sleep in the White House in 1973, the first time African Americans were invited to do so. The Davizes spent the night in the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Bedroom" title="Lincoln Bedroom">Lincoln Bedroom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis later said he regretted supporting Nixon, accusing him of making promises on civil rights that he did not keep.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>"By early 1973, a desperate Sy Marsh (Davis's agent) told (Jesse) Jackson that Davis really needed help getting out of the Nixon imbroglio (1972 reelection endorsement). "Jesse (Jackson) said, 'If you can come up with $25,000 for my charity (<a href="/wiki/Rainbow/PUSH" title="Rainbow/PUSH">Operation PUSH</a>), then (have Davis) come to Chicago,'" Marsh recalls."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Davis later supported <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s 1984 campaign for president.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accident_and_conversion_to_Judaism">Accident and conversion to Judaism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Accident and conversion to Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dan_Hadani_collection_(990044347890205171)_(retouched).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Davis in the Western Wall, Jerusalem, during a tour in Israel, 1969." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Dan_Hadani_collection_%28990044347890205171%29_%28retouched%29.jpg/170px-Dan_Hadani_collection_%28990044347890205171%29_%28retouched%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Dan_Hadani_collection_%28990044347890205171%29_%28retouched%29.jpg/255px-Dan_Hadani_collection_%28990044347890205171%29_%28retouched%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Dan_Hadani_collection_%28990044347890205171%29_%28retouched%29.jpg/340px-Dan_Hadani_collection_%28990044347890205171%29_%28retouched%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1999" data-file-height="3344" /></a><figcaption>Davis at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, during a tour of Israel, 1969</figcaption></figure> <p>Davis nearly died in an automobile accident on November 19, 1954, in <a href="/wiki/San_Bernardino,_California" title="San Bernardino, California">San Bernardino, California</a>, as he was making a return trip from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the previous year, he had started a friendship with comedian and host <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Cantor" title="Eddie Cantor">Eddie Cantor</a>, who had given him a <a href="/wiki/Mezuzah" title="Mezuzah">mezuzah</a>. Instead of putting it by his door as a traditional blessing, Davis wore it around his neck for good luck. The only time he forgot it was the night of the accident.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The accident occurred at a fork in <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_66" title="U.S. Route 66">U.S. Route 66</a> at Cajon Boulevard and Kendall Drive, when a driver, who missed turning at the fork, backed up her car in Davis's lane and he drove into her car.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis consequently lost his left eye to the bullet-shaped horn button (a standard feature in 1954 and 1955 Cadillacs). His friend, actor <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Chandler_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Chandler (actor)">Jeff Chandler</a>, said he would give one of his own eyes to keep Davis from total blindness.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wore an eye patch for at least six months following the accident.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The singer was featured with the patch on the cover of <a href="/wiki/Starring_Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Starring Sammy Davis Jr.">his debut album</a> and appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line%3F" title="What's My Line?">What's My Line?</a></i> wearing the patch.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, Davis was fitted for a <a href="/wiki/Ocular_prosthesis" title="Ocular prosthesis">glass eye</a>, which he wore for the rest of his life. </p><p>In the hospital, Eddie Cantor described to Sammy the similarities between Jewish and <a href="/wiki/African-American_culture" title="African-American culture">Black</a> cultures. Davis, born to a Catholic mother and Baptist father, was raised Catholic and began studying Jewish history as an adult, <a href="/wiki/Conversion_to_Judaism" title="Conversion to Judaism">converting</a> to Judaism several years later in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-Time1960_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Time1960-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One passage from his readings (from the book <i>A History of the Jews</i> by <a href="/wiki/Abram_L._Sachar" title="Abram L. Sachar">Abram L. Sachar</a>), describing the endurance of the Jewish people, interested him in particular: "The Jews would not die. Three millennia of prophetic teaching had given them an unwavering spirit of resignation and had created in them a will to live which no disaster could crush."<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The accident marked a turning point in Davis's career, taking him from a well-known entertainer to a national celebrity.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationships_and_marriages">Relationships and marriages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Relationships and marriages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mr_%26_Mrs_Sammy_Davis_Jnr_2_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Mr_%26_Mrs_Sammy_Davis_Jnr_2_Allan_Warren.jpg/170px-Mr_%26_Mrs_Sammy_Davis_Jnr_2_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Mr_%26_Mrs_Sammy_Davis_Jnr_2_Allan_Warren.jpg/255px-Mr_%26_Mrs_Sammy_Davis_Jnr_2_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Mr_%26_Mrs_Sammy_Davis_Jnr_2_Allan_Warren.jpg/340px-Mr_%26_Mrs_Sammy_Davis_Jnr_2_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2445" data-file-height="3750" /></a><figcaption>Davis with his third wife, <a href="/wiki/Altovise_Davis" title="Altovise Davis">Altovise Gore</a>, in 1986</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1957, Davis was involved with actress <a href="/wiki/Kim_Novak" title="Kim Novak">Kim Novak</a>, who was under contract with <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a>. Because Novak was white, <a href="/wiki/Harry_Cohn" title="Harry Cohn">Harry Cohn</a>, the president of Columbia, gave in to his worries that backlash against the relationship could hurt the studio. There are several accounts of what happened, but they agree that Davis was threatened by organized crime figures close to Cohn.<sup id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smithsonian-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to one account, Cohn called racketeer <a href="/wiki/John_Roselli" title="John Roselli">John Roselli</a>, who was told to inform Davis that he must stop seeing Novak. To try to scare Davis, Roselli had him kidnapped for a few hours.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another account relates that the threat was conveyed to Davis's father by mobster <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Cohen" title="Mickey Cohen">Mickey Cohen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smithsonian-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis was threatened with the loss of his other eye or a broken leg if he did not marry a black woman within two days. Davis sought the protection of Chicago mobster <a href="/wiki/Sam_Giancana" title="Sam Giancana">Sam Giancana</a>, who said that he could protect him in Chicago and Las Vegas but not California.<sup id="cite_ref-Kashner_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kashner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_64-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smithsonian-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis briefly married black dancer Loray White in 1958 to protect himself from mob violence;<sup id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_64-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smithsonian-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis had previously dated White, who was 23 and twice divorced and had a six-year-old child.<sup id="cite_ref-Kashner_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kashner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He paid her a lump sum – $10,000 or $25,000 – to engage in a marriage on the condition that it would be dissolved before the end of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-Kashner_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kashner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_64-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smithsonian-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis became inebriated at the wedding and attempted to strangle White en route to their wedding suite. Checking on him later, Davis's personal assistant Arthur Silber Jr. found Davis with a gun to his head. Davis despairingly said to Silber, "Why won't they let me live my life?"<sup id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_64-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smithsonian-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple never lived together<sup id="cite_ref-Kashner_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kashner-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and commenced divorce proceedings in September 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_64-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smithsonian-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The divorce was granted in April 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1959, Davis had "a short, stormy, exciting relationship" with <a href="/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols" title="Nichelle Nichols">Nichelle Nichols</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GreatThingsBio_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GreatThingsBio-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sammy_Davis,_Jr._and_May_Britt,_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sammy_Davis%2C_Jr._and_May_Britt%2C_1960.jpg/220px-Sammy_Davis%2C_Jr._and_May_Britt%2C_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sammy_Davis%2C_Jr._and_May_Britt%2C_1960.jpg/330px-Sammy_Davis%2C_Jr._and_May_Britt%2C_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Sammy_Davis%2C_Jr._and_May_Britt%2C_1960.jpg/440px-Sammy_Davis%2C_Jr._and_May_Britt%2C_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="664" data-file-height="505" /></a><figcaption>Davis and <a href="/wiki/May_Britt" title="May Britt">May Britt</a> in 1960</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1960, there was another racially charged public controversy when Davis married white, Swedish-born actress <a href="/wiki/May_Britt" title="May Britt">May Britt</a> in a ceremony officiated by Rabbi <a href="/wiki/William_M._Kramer" title="William M. Kramer">William M. Kramer</a> at Temple Israel of Hollywood. While <a href="/wiki/Interracial_marriage" title="Interracial marriage">interracial marriage</a> had been legal in California since 1948, <a href="/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws_in_the_United_States" title="Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States">anti-miscegenation laws in the U.S.</a> still stood in 23 states, and a 1958 opinion poll revealed only 4% of Americans supported marriage between black and white spouses.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 1964–66, Davis received racist hate mail while starring in the <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> adaptation of <i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Boy_(musical)" title="Golden Boy (musical)">Golden Boy</a></i>, in which his character is in a relationship with a white woman, paralleling his own interracial relationship. At the time Davis appeared in the musical, although New York had no laws against it, debate about interracial marriage was still ongoing in America as <i><a href="/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia" title="Loving v. Virginia">Loving v. Virginia</a></i> was being fought. It was only in 1967, after the musical finished, that anti-miscegenation laws in all states were ruled <a href="/wiki/Constitutionality" title="Constitutionality">unconstitutional</a> (via the <a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">14th Amendment</a> adopted in 1868) by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Tracey_Davis"></span>May Britt's and Davis's daughter Tracey Davis (July 5, 1961 – November 2, 2020)<sup id="cite_ref-nydailynews/tracey-davis-sammy_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nydailynews/tracey-davis-sammy-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-forward/458921_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forward/458921-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes/tracey-davis-dead_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes/tracey-davis-dead-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> alleged in a 2014 book that the marriage to Britt also resulted in President Kennedy refusing to allow Davis to perform at <a href="/wiki/Inauguration_of_John_F._Kennedy" title="Inauguration of John F. Kennedy">his inauguration</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1961snubber_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1961snubber-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The snub was confirmed by director Sam Pollard, who revealed in a 2017 <i><a href="/wiki/American_Masters" title="American Masters">American Masters</a></i> documentary that Davis's invitation to perform at the inauguration was abruptly canceled on the night of JFK's inaugural party.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to Tracey, Davis and Britt adopted two sons, Mark and Jeff.<sup id="cite_ref-biography1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biography1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis performed almost continuously and spent little time with his wife. They divorced in 1968 after Davis admitted to an affair with singer <a href="/wiki/Lola_Falana" title="Lola Falana">Lola Falana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1968, Davis started dating <a href="/wiki/Altovise_Davis" title="Altovise Davis">Altovise Gore</a>, a dancer in <i>Golden Boy</i>. They were married on May 11, 1970, by Reverend <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a> and adopted a son, Manny, in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They remained married until his death in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-1990-08-08_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1990-08-08-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end, Altovise Davis was sharing her mansion with her husband's girlfriend.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interests">Interests</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Interests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis was an avid photographer who enjoyed shooting pictures of family and acquaintances. His body of work was detailed in a 2007 book by Burt Boyar titled <i>Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr.</i><sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Jerry [Lewis] gave me my first important camera, my first 35 millimeter, during the Ciro's period, early '50s", Boyar quotes Davis as saying "And he hooked me." Davis used a <a href="/wiki/Medium_format" title="Medium format">medium format camera</a> later on to capture images. Boyar reports that Davis had said, "Nobody interrupts a man taking a picture to ask... 'What's that nigger doin' here?'". His catalog includes rare photos of his father dancing onstage as part of the Will Mastin Trio and intimate snapshots of close friends Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, James Dean, Nat "King" Cole, and Marilyn Monroe. His political affiliations also were represented, in his images of Robert Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. His most revealing work comes in photographs of wife May Britt and their three children, Tracey, Jeff and Mark. </p><p>Davis was an enthusiastic shooter and gun owner. He participated in fast-draw competitions. <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> recalled that Davis was said to be capable of drawing and firing a <a href="/wiki/Colt_Single_Action_Army" title="Colt Single Action Army">Colt Single Action Army</a> revolver in less than a quarter of a second.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis was skilled at fast and fancy <a href="/wiki/Gunspinning" title="Gunspinning">gunspinning</a> and appeared on television variety shows showing off this skill. He also demonstrated gunspinning to Mark on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rifleman" title="The Rifleman">The Rifleman</a></i> in "Two Ounces of Tin". He appeared in western films and as a guest star on several television westerns. </p><p>Davis experimented with Satanism following his 1968 divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a warlock in the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Satan" title="Church of Satan">Church of Satan</a> and was a friend of its High Priest, <a href="/wiki/Anton_LaVey" title="Anton LaVey">Anton LaVey</a>. Even after cutting ties with the Church, he continued to perform Satanic rituals.<sup id="cite_ref-rs_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rs-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health">Health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After Davis's marriage to May Britt ended in 1968, Davis turned to alcohol. He also "found solace in drugs, particularly <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amyl_nitrite" title="Amyl nitrite">amyl nitrite</a>" and experimented with pornography.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_78-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a bout with <a href="/wiki/Cirrhosis" title="Cirrhosis">cirrhosis</a> due to years of drinking,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis announced his sponsorship of the Sammy Davis Jr. National Liver Institute in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a> in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_illness_and_death">Final illness and death</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Final illness and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sammy_Davis_Jr._Grave.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Grave.JPG/220px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._Grave.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Grave.JPG/330px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._Grave.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Grave.JPG/440px-Sammy_Davis_Jr._Grave.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="1400" /></a><figcaption>Davis's grave in the Garden of Honor, Forest Lawn Glendale</figcaption></figure> <p>In August 1989, Davis began to develop symptoms of cancer – a tickle in his throat and an inability to taste food.<sup id="cite_ref-CRmagazine_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRmagazine-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doctors found a malignant tumor in Davis's throat.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LASentinel_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LASentinel-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a heavy smoker and had often smoked up to four packs of cigarettes a day as an adult.<sup id="cite_ref-LASentinel_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LASentinel-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When told that surgery (<a href="/wiki/Laryngectomy" title="Laryngectomy">laryngectomy</a>) offered him the best chance of survival, Davis replied he would rather keep his voice than have a part of his throat removed; he was treated with definitive radiation therapy.<sup id="cite_ref-CRmagazine_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CRmagazine-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/Larynx" title="Larynx">larynx</a> was later removed when his cancer recurred.<sup id="cite_ref-Haygood516_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haygood516-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was released from the hospital on March 13, 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimesObit_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimesObit-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davis died of complications from throat cancer two months later at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on May 16, 1990, at age 64.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimesObit_88-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimesObit-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was buried at <a href="/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Glendale)" title="Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glendale,_California" title="Glendale, California">Glendale, California</a>. On May 18, 1990, two days after his death, the neon lights of the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Strip" title="Las Vegas Strip">Las Vegas Strip</a> were darkened for ten minutes as a tribute.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Estate">Estate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Estate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis left the bulk of his estate, estimated at $4,000,000 (U.S.), to his widow <a href="/w/index.php?title=Altovize_Davis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Altovize Davis (page does not exist)">Altovize Davis</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LATimes-1990-08-08_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimes-1990-08-08-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but he owed the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">IRS</a> $5,200,000, which after interest and penalties had increased to over $7,000,000.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_92-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Altovize became liable for his debt because they had filed jointly and she had co-signed their tax returns.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_78-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was forced to auction his personal possessions and real estate. Some of his friends in the industry, including <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joey_Bishop" title="Joey Bishop">Joey Bishop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Asner" title="Ed Asner">Ed Asner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jayne_Meadows" title="Jayne Meadows">Jayne Meadows</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Allen" title="Steve Allen">Steve Allen</a>, participated in a fundraising concert at the <a href="/wiki/Sands_Hotel_and_Casino" title="Sands Hotel and Casino">Sands Hotel</a> in Las Vegas.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Altovize and the IRS reached a settlement in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_92-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After she died in 2009, their son Manny was named executor of the estate and majority-rights holder of his intellectual property.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portrayals">Portrayals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Portrayals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_City_Television" title="Second City Television">SCTV</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <i>The Sammy Maudlin Show</i><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sketches were inspired by the syndicated talk show called <i>Sammy & Company</i> (April 5, 1975 — March 19, 1977).<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels" title="Charlie's Angels">Charlie's Angels</a></i>, Davis had a dual role, playing both himself and a Sammy Davis Jr. impersonator who is kidnapped by mistake (in a comic relief scene, the impersonator beats up a candy machine which does not give him his candy, a spoof of Davis's song "<a href="/wiki/The_Candy_Man" title="The Candy Man">The Candy Man</a>").</li> <li>Comedian <a href="/wiki/Jim_Carrey" title="Jim Carrey">Jim Carrey</a> has portrayed Davis on stage, in the 1983 film <i><a href="/wiki/Copper_Mountain_(film)" title="Copper Mountain (film)">Copper Mountain</a></i>, and in a stand-up routine.</li> <li>On <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i>, Davis has been portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Garrett_Morris" title="Garrett Morris">Garrett Morris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Meadows" title="Tim Meadows">Tim Meadows</a>.</li> <li>Davis was portrayed on the popular sketch comedy show <i><a href="/wiki/In_Living_Color" title="In Living Color">In Living Color</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Davidson" title="Tommy Davidson">Tommy Davidson</a>, notably a parody of the film <i><a href="/wiki/Ghost_(1990_film)" title="Ghost (1990 film)">Ghost</a></i>, in which the ghost of Davis enlists the help of <a href="/wiki/Whoopi_Goldberg" title="Whoopi Goldberg">Whoopi Goldberg</a> to communicate with his wife.</li> <li>David Raynr portrayed Davis in the 1992 miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Sinatra_(miniseries)" title="Sinatra (miniseries)">Sinatra</a></i>, a television film about the life of Frank Sinatra.</li> <li>In the comedy film <i><a href="/wiki/Wayne%27s_World_2" title="Wayne's World 2">Wayne's World 2</a></i> (1993), <a href="/wiki/Tim_Meadows" title="Tim Meadows">Tim Meadows</a> portrays Davis in the dream sequence with Michael A. Nickles as <a href="/wiki/Jim_Morrison" title="Jim Morrison">Jim Morrison</a>.</li> <li>In the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_%26_Eddie" title="Malcolm & Eddie">Malcolm & Eddie</a></i> (1996), Eddie Sherman (played by comedian <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Griffin" title="Eddie Griffin">Eddie Griffin</a>) impersonates Davis in the episode "Sh-Boing-Boing" to help his partner Malcolm McGee (played by <a href="/wiki/Malcolm-Jamal_Warner" title="Malcolm-Jamal Warner">Malcolm-Jamal Warner</a>) reconcile his grandparents' relationship.</li> <li>Davis was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a> in the <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rat_Pack_(film)" title="The Rat Pack (film)">The Rat Pack</a></i>, a 1998 television film about the group of entertainers. Cheadle won a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> for his performance.</li> <li>He was portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Phaldut_Sharma" title="Phaldut Sharma">Paul Sharma</a> in the 2003 <a href="/wiki/West_End_theatre" title="West End theatre">West End</a> production <i>Rat Pack Confidential</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Davis was portrayed in 2008 by <a href="/wiki/Keith_Powell" title="Keith Powell">Keith Powell</a> in an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/30_Rock" title="30 Rock">30 Rock</a></i> titled "<a href="/wiki/Subway_Hero" title="Subway Hero">Subway Hero</a>".</li> <li>In September 2009, the musical <i>Sammy: Once in a Lifetime</i> premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Old_Globe_Theatre" title="Old Globe Theatre">Old Globe Theatre</a> in San Diego with a book, music, and lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Bricusse" title="Leslie Bricusse">Leslie Bricusse</a>, and additional songs by Bricusse and <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Newley" title="Anthony Newley">Anthony Newley</a>. The title role was played by Tony Award nominee <a href="/wiki/Obba_Babatund%C3%A9" title="Obba Babatundé">Obba Babatundé</a>.</li> <li>Comedian <a href="/wiki/Billy_Crystal" title="Billy Crystal">Billy Crystal</a> has portrayed Davis on <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live" title="Saturday Night Live">Saturday Night Live</a></i>, in his stand-up routines, and at the 2012 Oscars.</li> <li>Actor <a href="/wiki/Phaldut_Sharma" title="Phaldut Sharma">Phaldut Sharma</a> created the comedy web-series <i><a href="/wiki/I_Gotta_Be_Me_(webseries)" title="I Gotta Be Me (webseries)">I Gotta Be Me</a></i> (2015), following a frustrated soap star as he performs as Sammy in a Rat Pack tribute show.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In January 2017, Davis's estate joined a production team led by <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_di_Bonaventura" title="Lorenzo di Bonaventura">Lorenzo di Bonaventura</a>, and Mike Menchel to make a movie based on Davis's life and show-biz career.<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Honors and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortly before his death in 1990, ABC aired the TV special <i>Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration</i>, produced by <a href="/wiki/George_Schlatter" title="George Schlatter">George Schlatter</a>. An all-star cast, including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diahann_Carroll" title="Diahann Carroll">Diahann Carroll</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a>, paid tribute to Davis.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show was nominated for six <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award">Primetime Emmy Awards</a>, winning <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Variety_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series">Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Grammy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Song </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Grammy_Hall_of_Fame_Award_recipients_(Q%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (Q–Z)">Grammy Hall of Fame Award</a> </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/What_Kind_of_Fool_Am_I%3F" title="What Kind of Fool Am I?">What Kind of Fool Am I?</a>" </td> <td>Inducted </td> <td>Recorded in 1962 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Winner </td> <td>Posthumously </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1972 </td> <td>Pop Male Vocalist </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Candy_Man" title="The Candy Man">Candy Man</a>" </td> <td>Nominee </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1962 </td> <td>Record of the Year </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/What_Kind_of_Fool_Am_I%3F" title="What Kind of Fool Am I?">What Kind of Fool Am I?</a>" </td> <td>Nominee </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1962 </td> <td>Male Solo Vocal Performance </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/What_Kind_of_Fool_Am_I%3F" title="What Kind of Fool Am I?">What Kind of Fool Am I?</a>" </td> <td>Nominee </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emmy_Awards">Emmy Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Emmy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Program </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1990 </td> <td>Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy </td> <td><i>Sammy Davis Jr.'s 60th Anniversary Celebration</i> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1989 </td> <td>Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cosby_Show" title="The Cosby Show">The Cosby Show</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1980 </td> <td>Outstanding Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/One_Life_to_Live" title="One Life to Live">One Life to Live</a></i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1966 </td> <td>Outstanding Variety Special </td> <td><i>The Swinging World of Sammy Davis Jr.</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1956 </td> <td>Best Specialty Act — Single or Group </td> <td>Sammy Davis Jr. </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_honors">Other honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Category </th> <th>Organization </th> <th>Program </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <td>2022 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Multicultural_Western_Heritage_Museum" title="National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum">National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Inducted </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2017 </td> <td>Singer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_Blues_Music_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame">National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Inducted </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/International_Civil_Rights_Walk_of_Fame" title="International Civil Rights Walk of Fame">International Civil Rights Walk of Fame</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._National_Historic_Site" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site">Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Inducted </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>2006 </td> <td>Las Vegas Walk of Stars<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>front of <a href="/wiki/Riviera_(hotel_and_casino)" title="Riviera (hotel and casino)">Riviera Hotel</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Inducted </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NAACP_Image_Award_%E2%80%93_Hall_of_Fame_Award" title="NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award">NAACP Image Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored People">NAACP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Winner </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Kennedy Center Honors</a> </td> <td>John F. Kennedy Center for<br />the Performing Arts </td> <td> </td> <td>Honoree </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1985 </td> <td>Worst Supporting Actor </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Awards" title="Golden Raspberry Awards">Golden Raspberry Awards</a> </td> <td><i>Cannonball Run II</i> (1984) </td> <td>Nominee </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1977 </td> <td>Best TV Actor — Musical/Comedy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe</a> </td> <td><i>Sammy and Company</i> (1975) </td> <td>Nominee </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1974 </td> <td>Special Citation Award </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Academy_of_Television_Arts_and_Sciences" title="National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences">National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Winner </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spingarn_Medal" title="Spingarn Medal">NAACP Spingarn Medal Award</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People" class="mw-redirect" title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored People">NAACP</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Winner </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1965 </td> <td>Best Actor — Musical </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> </td> <td><i>Golden Boy</i> </td> <td>Nominee </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1961 </td> <td>Man of the Year<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Guild_of_Variety_Artists" title="American Guild of Variety Artists">American Guild of Variety Artists</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Winner </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td>1960 </td> <td>Recording<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Inducted </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._discography" title="Sammy Davis Jr. discography">Sammy Davis Jr. discography</a></div> <p><b>Studio albums</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Starring_Sammy_Davis_Jr." title="Starring Sammy Davis Jr.">Starring Sammy Davis Jr.</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_for_Lovers" title="Just for Lovers">Just for Lovers</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Wonderful_(musical)" title="Mr. Wonderful (musical)">Mr. Wonderful</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here%27s_Lookin%27_at_You_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Here's Lookin' at You (album)">Here's Lookin' at You</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Swings" title="Sammy Swings">Sammy Swings</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boy_Meets_Girl_(Sammy_Davis,_Jr._and_Carmen_McRae_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boy Meets Girl (Sammy Davis, Jr. and Carmen McRae album)">Boy Meets Girl</a></i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Carmen_McRae" title="Carmen McRae">Carmen McRae</a>)</small> (1957)</li> <li><i>Sammy Jumps with Joya</i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Joya_Sherrill" title="Joya Sherrill">Joya Sherrill</a>)</small> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_All_Over_but_the_Swingin%27" title="It's All Over but the Swingin'">It's All Over but the Swingin'</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mood_to_Be_Wooed" title="Mood to Be Wooed">Mood to Be Wooed</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_The_Way..._and_Then_Some!" class="mw-redirect" title="All The Way... and Then Some!">All The Way... and Then Some!</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess_(Sammy_Davis_Jr._and_Carmen_McRae_album)" title="Porgy and Bess (Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae album)">Porgy and Bess</a></i> <small>(with Carmen McRae)</small> (1959)</li> <li><i>Sammy Awards</i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Gotta_Right_to_Swing" title="I Gotta Right to Swing">I Gotta Right to Swing</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wham_of_Sam" title="The Wham of Sam">The Wham of Sam</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i>Mr. Entertainment</i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Belts_the_Best_of_Broadway" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway">Sammy Davis Jr. Belts the Best of Broadway</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sammy_Davis_Jr._All-Star_Spectacular" title="The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular">The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_Kind_of_Fool_Am_I_and_Other_Show-Stoppers" title="What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers">What Kind of Fool Am I and Other Show-Stoppers</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/As_Long_as_She_Needs_Me_(album)" title="As Long as She Needs Me (album)">As Long as She Needs Me</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Salutes_the_Stars_of_the_London_Palladium" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium">Sammy Davis Jr. Salutes the Stars of the London Palladium</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shelter_of_Your_Arms" title="The Shelter of Your Arms">The Shelter of Your Arms</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_Mel_Torm%C3%A9%27s_%22California_Suite%22" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite"">Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite"</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_the_Big_Ones_for_Young_Lovers" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers">Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_the_Feeling_Hits_You!" title="When the Feeling Hits You!">When the Feeling Hits You!</a></i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Sam_Butera" title="Sam Butera">Sam Butera</a> and the Witnesses)</small> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Shining_Hour" title="Our Shining Hour">Our Shining Hour</a></i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a>)</small> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_I_Ruled_the_World_(album)" title="If I Ruled the World (album)">If I Ruled the World</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nat_King_Cole_Songbook" title="The Nat King Cole Songbook">The Nat King Cole Songbook</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy%27s_Back_on_Broadway" title="Sammy's Back on Broadway">Sammy's Back on Broadway</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sammy_Davis_Jr._Show_(album)" title="The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (album)">The Sammy Davis Jr. Show</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis,_Jr._Sings_and_Laurindo_Almeida_Plays" class="mw-redirect" title="Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays">Sammy Davis, Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays</a></i> <small>(with <a href="/wiki/Laurindo_Almeida" title="Laurindo Almeida">Laurindo Almeida</a>)</small> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_the_Complete_%22Dr._Dolittle%22" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle"">Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle"</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lonely_Is_the_Name" title="Lonely Is the Name">Lonely Is the Name</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Gotta_Be_Me_(Sammy_Davis,_Jr._album)" class="mw-redirect" title="I've Gotta Be Me (Sammy Davis, Jr. album)">I've Gotta Be Me</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i>The Goin's Great</i> (1969)</li> <li><i>Something for Everyone</i> (1970)</li> <li><i>Sammy Steps Out</i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Now" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Now">Now</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i>Portrait of Sammy Davis Jr.</i> (1972)</li> <li><i>That's Entertainment!</i> (1974)</li> <li><i>The Song and Dance Man</i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Closest_of_Friends" title="Closest of Friends">Closest of Friends</a></i> (1982)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work_on_screen_and_stage">Work on screen and stage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Work on screen and stage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filmography">Filmography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rufus_Jones_for_President" title="Rufus Jones for President">Rufus Jones for President</a></i> (1933) – Rufus Jones</li> <li><i>Seasoned Greetings</i> (1933) – Henry Johnson – Store Customer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweet_and_Low_(1947_film)" title="Sweet and Low (1947 film)">Sweet and Low</a></i> (1947) – Member, Will Maston Trio</li> <li><i>Meet Me in Las Vegas</i> (1956) – Sammy Davis Jr. (voice, uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anna_Lucasta_(1958_film)" title="Anna Lucasta (1958 film)">Anna Lucasta</a></i> (1958) – Danny Johnson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess_(film)" title="Porgy and Bess (film)">Porgy and Bess</a></i> (1959) – Sportin' Life</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ocean%27s_11" title="Ocean's 11">Ocean's 11</a></i> (1960) – Josh Howard</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pepe_(1960_film)" title="Pepe (1960 film)">Pepe</a></i> (1960) – Sammy Davis Jr.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sergeants_3" title="Sergeants 3">Sergeants 3</a></i> (1962) – Jonah Williams</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rifleman" title="The Rifleman">The Rifleman</a></i> (1962) – Tip Corey, Wade Randall</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Convicts_4" title="Convicts 4">Convicts 4</a></i> (1962) – Wino</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Three_Penny_Opera_(1963_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Three Penny Opera (1963 film) (page does not exist)">Three Penny Opera</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Dreigroschenoper_(1963)" class="extiw" title="de:Die Dreigroschenoper (1963)">de</a>]</span></i> (1963) – Street Singer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cool" title="Johnny Cool">Johnny Cool</a></i> (1963) – Educated</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_and_the_7_Hoods" title="Robin and the 7 Hoods">Robin and the 7 Hoods</a></i> (1964) – Will</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nightmare_in_the_Sun" title="Nightmare in the Sun">Nightmare in the Sun</a></i> (1965) – Truck driver</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Licensed_to_Kill_(1965_film)" title="Licensed to Kill (1965 film)">The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World</a></i> (1965, title song) – Singer behind opening credits (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Man_Called_Adam_(film)" title="A Man Called Adam (film)">A Man Called Adam</a></i> (1966) – Adam Johnson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Alice_in_Wonderland_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The New Alice in Wonderland (film)">Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?)</a></i> (1966) – Cheshire Cat</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salt_and_Pepper_(film)" title="Salt and Pepper (film)">Salt and Pepper</a></i> (1968) – Charles Salt</li> <li><i>The Fall</i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pigeon_(1969_film)" title="The Pigeon (1969 film)">The Pigeon</a></i> (1969) – Larry Miller (unsold TV pilot produced by <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Spelling" title="Aaron Spelling">Aaron Spelling</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Charity_(film)" title="Sweet Charity (film)">Sweet Charity</a></i> (1969) – Big Daddy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_More_Time_(1970_film)" title="One More Time (1970 film)">One More Time</a></i> (1970) – Charles Salt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elvis:_That%27s_the_Way_It_Is" title="Elvis: That's the Way It Is">Elvis: That's the Way It Is</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i>The Trackers</i> (1971) – TV movie with Ernest Borgnine</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diamonds_Are_Forever_(film)" title="Diamonds Are Forever (film)">Diamonds Are Forever</a></i> (1971) – Casino Punter (deleted scene)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Save_the_Children_(film)" title="Save the Children (film)">Save the Children</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Poor_Devil_(1973_film)" title="Poor Devil (1973 film)">Poor Devil</a></i> (1973; unsold pilot of a TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_West" title="Gone with the West">Gone with the West</a></i>, also known outside the U.S. as Little Moon and Jud McGraw (1975) – Kid Dandy</li> <li><i>Madeleine</i> (1977) – Spud The Scarecrow (singing voice)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stop_the_World_%E2%80%93_I_Want_to_Get_Off" title="Stop the World – I Want to Get Off">Sammy Stops the World</a></i> (1978) – Littlechap</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cannonball_Run" title="The Cannonball Run">The Cannonball Run</a></i> (1981) – Morris Fenderbaum</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heidi%27s_Song" title="Heidi's Song">Heidi's Song</a></i> (1982) – Head Ratte (voice)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cracking_Up_(1983_film)" title="Cracking Up (1983 film)">Cracking Up</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Danny_Rose" title="Broadway Danny Rose">Broadway Danny Rose</a></i> (1984) – Thanksgiving Parade's Grand Marshall (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cannonball_Run_II" title="Cannonball Run II">Cannonball Run II</a></i> (1984) – Morris Fenderbaum</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1985_film)" title="Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)">Alice in Wonderland</a></i> (1985) – The Caterpillar / Father William</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That%27s_Dancing!" title="That's Dancing!">That's Dancing!</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Knights_of_the_City" title="Knights of the City">Knights of the City</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i>The Perils of P.K.</i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Moon_over_Parador" title="Moon over Parador">Moon over Parador</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tap_(film)" title="Tap (film)">Tap</a></i> (1989) – Little Mo</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hanna-Barbera%27s_50th:_A_Yabba_Dabba_Doo_Celebration" title="Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration">Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration</a></i> – Himself (1989)</li> <li><i>The Kid Who Loved Christmas</i> (1990) – Sideman (final film role)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line%3F" title="What's My Line?">What's My Line?</a></i> – "Sammy Davis Jr." (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Electric_Theater" title="General Electric Theater">General Electric Theater</a></i> – "The Patsy" (1960) Season 8 Episode 21</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Circus" title="Frontier Circus">Frontier Circus</a></i> - episode Coals Of Fire (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lawman_(TV_series)" title="Lawman (TV series)">Lawman</a></i> – episode Blue Boss and Willie Shay" (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dick_Powell_Show" title="The Dick Powell Show">The Dick Powell Show</a></i> – episode "The Legend" (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hennesey" title="Hennesey">Hennesey</a></i> – episode "Tight Quarters" (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rifleman" title="The Rifleman">The Rifleman</a></i> – 2 episodes "Two Ounces of Tin (#4.21)" (February 19, 1962) and "The Most Amazing Man (#5.9)" (November 27, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/77_Sunset_Strip" title="77 Sunset Strip">77 Sunset Strip</a></i> – episode "The Gang's All Here" (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ben_Casey" title="Ben Casey">Ben Casey</a></i> – episode "Allie" (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Patty_Duke_Show" title="The Patty Duke Show">The Patty Duke Show</a></i> – episode "Will the Real Sammy Davis Please Hang Up?" (1965)</li> <li><i>The Sammy Davis Jr. Show</i> – Host (January 7, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_or_What%27s_a_Nice_Kid_Like_You_Doing_in_a_Place_Like_This%3F" class="mw-redirect" title="Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?">Alice In Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?</a></i> (March 30, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Wild_West" title="The Wild Wild West">The Wild Wild West</a></i> – episode "The Night of the Returning Dead" (October 14, 1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(TV_series)" title="Batman (TV series)">Batman</a></i> – "The Clock King's Crazy Crimes" (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Dream_of_Jeannie" title="I Dream of Jeannie">I Dream of Jeannie</a></i> – episode "The Greatest Entertainer in the World" (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" title="Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i> – Here Comes The Judge skit (1968–70, 1971, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mod_Squad" title="The Mod Squad">The Mod Squad</a></i> – three episodes: "Keep the Faith Baby" (1969), "Survival House" (1970), and "The Song of Willie" (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beverly_Hillbillies" title="The Beverly Hillbillies">The Beverly Hillbillies</a></i> – episode <i>Manhattan Hillbillies</i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Game_(TV_series)" title="The Name of the Game (TV series)">The Name of the Game</a></i> – episode "I Love You, Billy Baker" (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Here%27s_Lucy" title="Here's Lucy">Here's Lucy</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Courtship_of_Eddie%27s_Father_(TV_series)" title="The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV series)">The Courtship of Eddie's Father</a></i> – episode "A Little Help From My Friend" (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Family" title="All in the Family">All in the Family</a></i> – episode "Sammy's Visit" (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chico_and_the_Man" title="Chico and the Man">Chico and the Man</a></i> – episode "Sammy Stops In" (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carol_Burnett_Show" title="The Carol Burnett Show">The Carol Burnett Show</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i>Sammy & Company</i> – host/performer (1975–1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Charlie%27s_Angels" title="Charlie's Angels">Charlie's Angels</a></i> – episode "Sammy Davis, Jr. Kidnap Caper" (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sanford_(TV_series)" title="Sanford (TV series)">Sanford</a></i> – episodes "Dinner and George's" (cameo) and "The Benefit" (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Archie_Bunker%27s_Place" title="Archie Bunker's Place">Archie Bunker's Place</a></i> – episode "The Return of Sammy" (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> – episode Benefit for Sports Center (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/General_Hospital" title="General Hospital">General Hospital</a></i> – Eddie Phillips (father to Bryan Phillips) (1983)</li> <li>Channel Seven <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Channel_Seven_Perth_Telethon" title="Channel Seven Perth Telethon">Telethon</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jeffersons" title="The Jeffersons">The Jeffersons</a></i> – episode "What Makes Sammy Run?" (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fantasy_Island" title="Fantasy Island">Fantasy Island</a></i> – episode "Mr. Bojangles and the Dancer/Deuces are Wild" (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gimme_a_Break!" title="Gimme a Break!">Gimme a Break!</a></i> – episode "The Lookalike" (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alice_in_Wonderland_(1985_film)" title="Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)">Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hunter_(1984_U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)">Hunter</a></i> – episode "Ring of Honor" (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cosby_Show" title="The Cosby Show">The Cosby Show</a></i> – episode "No Way, Baby" (1989)</li> <li><i>Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration</i> (1990) – 2<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output 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(musical)">Golden Boy</a></i> (1964), musical – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony</a> Nomination for <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Musical" title="Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical">Best Actor in a Musical</a></li> <li><i>Sammy</i> (1974), special performance featuring Davis with the <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Brothers" title="Nicholas Brothers">Nicholas Brothers</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stop_the_World_%E2%80%93_I_Want_to_Get_Off" title="Stop the World – I Want to Get Off">Stop the World – I Want to Get Off</a></i> (1978), musical <a href="/wiki/Revival_(theatre)" title="Revival (theatre)">revival</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_African_diaspora" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Jews in the African diaspora">History of the Jews in the African diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="List of Hispanic and Latino Americans">List of Hispanic and Latino Americans</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Autobiographies">Autobiographies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Autobiographies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Yes, I Can</i> (with Burt and Jane Boyar) (1965), <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-374-52268-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-374-52268-5">0-374-52268-5</a></li> <li><i>Why Me?</i> (with Burt and Jane Boyar) (1989), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-446-36025-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-446-36025-2">0-446-36025-2</a></li> <li><i>Sammy</i> (with Burt and Jane Boyar) (2000), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-374-29355-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-374-29355-4">0-374-29355-4</a>; consolidates the two previous books and includes additional material</li> <li><i>Hollywood in a Suitcase</i> (1980), <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-425-05091-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-425-05091-2">0-425-05091-2</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biographies">Biographies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Biographies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaygood2003" class="citation book cs1">Haygood, Wil (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inblackwhitelife00haygo"><i>In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr</i></a>. New York: A. A. Knopf (Random House). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-40354-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-375-40354-X"><bdi>0-375-40354-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+Black+and+White%3A+The+Life+of+Sammy+Davis%2C+Jr.&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=A.+A.+Knopf+%28Random+House%29&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-375-40354-X&rft.aulast=Haygood&rft.aufirst=Wil&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finblackwhitelife00haygo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Birkbeck, Matt (2008), <i>Deconstructing Sammy: Music, Money, Madness, and the Mob</i>. Amistad. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-06-145066-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-06-145066-2">978-0-06-145066-2</a></li> <li>Silber, Arthur Jr. (2003), "Sammy Davis Jr: Me and My Shadow, Samart Enterprises, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9655675-5-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-9655675-5-9">0-9655675-5-9</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr.</i> (Burt Boyar) (2007) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-114605-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-114605-6">0-06-114605-6</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSusan_King2014" class="citation web cs1">Susan King (May 10, 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/classichollywood/la-et-mn-ca-classic-hollywood-sammy-davis-jr-20140511-story.html">"Classic Hollywood: Daughter's 'Personal Journey' with Sammy Davis Jr"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Classic+Hollywood%3A+Daughter%27s+%27Personal+Journey%27+with+Sammy+Davis+Jr.&rft.date=2014-05-10&rft.au=Susan+King&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fentertainment%2Fclassichollywood%2Fla-et-mn-ca-classic-hollywood-sammy-davis-jr-20140511-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sammy+Davis+Jr+Dr,+Langston,+OK">"Sammy Davis Jr. Drive in Langston, OK"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sammy+Davis+Jr.+Drive+in+Langston%2C+OK&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2FSammy%2BDavis%2BJr%2BDr%2C%2BLangston%2C%2BOK&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sammy_Davis_Jr.&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdward_J._Boyer1990" class="citation web cs1">Edward J. 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"Sammy Davis Jr., Entertainer for Six Decades, Dies at 64". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Boston+Globe&rft.atitle=Sammy+Davis+Jr.%2C+Entertainer+for+Six+Decades%2C+Dies+at+64&rft.date=1990-05-17&rft.aulast=Santosuosso&rft.aufirst=Ernie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-army-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-army_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-army_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-army_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApps?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=338172">"Davis, Samuel G., Jr., Pvt"</a>. <i>Army.togetherweserved.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 5,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Army.togetherweserved.com&rft.atitle=Davis%2C+Samuel+G.%2C+Jr.%2C+Pvt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farmy.togetherweserved.com%2Farmy%2Fservlet%2Ftws.webapp.WebApps%3Fcmd%3DShadowBoxProfile%26type%3DPerson%26ID%3D338172&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMonod2005" class="citation book cs1">Monod, David (2005). <i>Settling scores: German Music, Denazification, & the Americans, 1945–1953</i>. UNC Press. p. 57.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Settling+scores%3A+German+Music%2C+Denazification%2C+%26+the+Americans%2C+1945%E2%80%931953&rft.pages=57&rft.pub=UNC+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.aulast=Monod&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080209163303/http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/people/sammy_davis.htm">"Sammy Davis Jr"</a>. Oral Cancer Foundation. February 6, 2008. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/people/sammy_davis.htm">the original</a> on February 9, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 14,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sammy+Davis+Jr.&rft.pub=Oral+Cancer+Foundation&rft.date=2008-02-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oralcancerfoundation.org%2Fpeople%2Fsammy_davis.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEagleLeblanc2013" class="citation book cs1">Eagle, Bob L.; Leblanc, Eric (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZNfAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA260"><i>Blues: A Regional Experience</i></a>. ABC-CLIO. p. 261. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780313344244" title="Special:BookSources/9780313344244"><bdi>9780313344244</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 15,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Blues%3A+A+Regional+Experience&rft.pages=261&rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9780313344244&rft.aulast=Eagle&rft.aufirst=Bob+L.&rft.au=Leblanc%2C+Eric&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6ZNfAQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA260&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">E.g. <i>Billboard</i>, July 25, 1953, p. 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qrsDAAAAMBAJ&q=jet+1953+sammy+davis+television+show&pg=PA59">"Report Sammy Davis Signs $100,000 TV Pact"</a>. <i>Jet</i>. <b>3</b> (22): 59. April 9, 1953.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jet&rft.atitle=Report+Sammy+Davis+Signs+%24100%2C000+TV+Pact&rft.volume=3&rft.issue=22&rft.pages=59&rft.date=1953-04-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DqrsDAAAAMBAJ%26q%3Djet%2B1953%2Bsammy%2Bdavis%2Btelevision%2Bshow%26pg%3DPA59&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lkIDAAAAMBAJ&q=jet+1953+sammy+davis+television+show&pg=PA11">"Forecast: Sammy Davis In 3-D"</a>. <i>Jet</i>. Vol. 4, no. 12. July 30, 1953. p. 11.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jet&rft.atitle=Forecast%3A+Sammy+Davis+In+3-D&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=12&rft.pages=11&rft.date=1953-07-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DlkIDAAAAMBAJ%26q%3Djet%2B1953%2Bsammy%2Bdavis%2Btelevision%2Bshow%26pg%3DPA11&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaygood2003" class="citation book cs1">Haygood, Wil (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inblackwhitelife00haygo/page/148"><i>In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr</i></a>. New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/inblackwhitelife00haygo/page/148">148-149</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780375403545" title="Special:BookSources/9780375403545"><bdi>9780375403545</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+Black+and+White%3A+The+Life+of+Sammy+Davis%2C+Jr.&rft.pages=148-149&rft.pub=New+York+%3A+A.A.+Knopf+%3A+Distributed+by+Random+House&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9780375403545&rft.aulast=Haygood&rft.aufirst=Wil&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Finblackwhitelife00haygo%2Fpage%2F148&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaygood2003" class="citation book cs1">Haygood, Wil (October 7, 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3R1aAAAAMAAJ"><i>In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr</i></a>. A. A. Knopf. p. 156. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780375403545" title="Special:BookSources/9780375403545"><bdi>9780375403545</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 14,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=In+Black+and+White%3A+The+Life+of+Sammy+Davis%2C+Jr&rft.pages=156&rft.pub=A.+A.+Knopf&rft.date=2003-10-07&rft.isbn=9780375403545&rft.aulast=Haygood&rft.aufirst=Wil&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3R1aAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-GreatThingsBio-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GreatThingsBio_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GreatThingsBio_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFishgall2003" class="citation book cs1">Fishgall, Gary (September 30, 2003). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780743227414"><i>Gonna Do Great Things: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr</i></a></span>. Scribner. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-2741-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7432-2741-4"><bdi>978-0-7432-2741-4</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 14,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Gonna+Do+Great+Things%3A+The+Life+of+Sammy+Davis+Jr&rft.pub=Scribner&rft.date=2003-09-30&rft.isbn=978-0-7432-2741-4&rft.aulast=Fishgall&rft.aufirst=Gary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisbn_9780743227414&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1">"Jr. Davis Carves 'Turkey' Into B.O. Winner Vs. Critics". <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>. October 24, 1956. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=Jr.+Davis+Carves+%27Turkey%27+Into+B.O.+Winner+Vs.+Critics&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1956-10-24&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGuralnick,_Peter.2005" class="citation book cs1">Guralnick, Peter. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dreamboogietrium00gura"><i>Dream boogie : the triumph of Sam Cooke</i></a> (1st ed.). New York: Little, Brown. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0316377945" title="Special:BookSources/0316377945"><bdi>0316377945</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/57393650">57393650</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dream+boogie+%3A+the+triumph+of+Sam+Cooke&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Little%2C+Brown&rft.date=2005&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F57393650&rft.isbn=0316377945&rft.au=Guralnick%2C+Peter.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdreamboogietrium00gura&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASammy+Davis+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Sammy Davis Jr will crown…" Photo caption Mirror News July 31, 1958.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRaymond2015" class="citation journal cs1">Raymond, Emilie (2015). 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Palladium</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shelter_of_Your_Arms" title="The Shelter of Your Arms">The Shelter of Your Arms</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_Mel_Torm%C3%A9%27s_%22California_Suite%22" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite"">Sammy Davis Jr. Sings Mel Tormé's "California Suite"</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_the_Big_Ones_for_Young_Lovers" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers">Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Big Ones for Young Lovers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/When_the_Feeling_Hits_You!" title="When the Feeling Hits You!">When the Feeling Hits You!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_I_Ruled_the_World_(album)" title="If I Ruled the World (album)">If I Ruled the World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nat_King_Cole_Songbook" title="The Nat King Cole Songbook">The Nat King Cole Songbook</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy%27s_Back_on_Broadway" title="Sammy's Back on Broadway">Sammy's Back on Broadway</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sammy_Davis_Jr._Show_(album)" title="The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (album)">The Sammy Davis Jr. Show</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_and_Laurindo_Almeida_Plays" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays">Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Sings_the_Complete_%22Dr._Dolittle%22" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle"">Sammy Davis Jr. Sings the Complete "Dr. Dolittle"</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lonely_Is_the_Name" title="Lonely Is the Name">Lonely Is the Name</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Gotta_Be_Me_(Sammy_Davis_Jr._album)" title="I've Gotta Be Me (Sammy Davis Jr. album)">I've Gotta Be Me</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Verve</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Shining_Hour" title="Our Shining Hour">Our Shining Hour</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MGM</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._Now" title="Sammy Davis Jr. Now">Sammy Davis Jr. Now</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Applause</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Closest_of_Friends" title="Closest of Friends">Closest of Friends</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._at_Town_Hall" title="Sammy Davis Jr. at Town Hall">Sammy Davis Jr. at Town Hall</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr._at_the_Cocoanut_Grove" title="Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove">Sammy Davis Jr. at the Cocoanut Grove</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sounds_of_%2766" title="The Sounds of '66">The Sounds of '66</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That%27s_All!" title="That's All!">That's All!</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Christmas_with_the_Rat_Pack" title="Christmas with the Rat Pack">Christmas with the Rat Pack</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_%26_Swingin%27:_The_Ultimate_Rat_Pack_Collection" title="Live & Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection">Live & Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Soundtrack albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Wonderful_(musical)" title="Mr. Wonderful (musical)">Mr. Wonderful</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess_(Sammy_Davis_Jr._and_Carmen_McRae_album)" title="Porgy and Bess (Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae album)">Porgy and Bess</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Robin_and_the_7_Hoods_(album)" title="Robin and the 7 Hoods (album)">Robin and the 7 Hoods</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Golden_Boy_(musical)" title="Golden Boy (musical)">Golden Boy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sweet_Charity_(film)" title="Sweet Charity (film)">Sweet Charity</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stop_the_World_%E2%80%93_I_Want_to_Get_Off" title="Stop the World – I Want to Get Off">Stop the World – I Want to Get Off</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Inka_Dinka_Doo" title="Inka Dinka Doo">Inka Dinka Doo</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hey_There" title="Hey There">Hey There</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/And_This_Is_My_Beloved" title="And This Is My Beloved">And This Is My Beloved</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Birth_of_the_Blues" title="The Birth of the Blues">The Birth of the Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Something%27s_Gotta_Give_(Johnny_Mercer_song)" title="Something's Gotta Give (Johnny Mercer song)">Something's Gotta Give</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Me_or_Leave_Me_(Donaldson_and_Kahn_song)" title="Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song)">Love Me or Leave Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That_Old_Black_Magic" title="That Old Black Magic">That Old Black Magic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Too_Close_for_Comfort_(1956_song)" title="Too Close for Comfort (1956 song)">Too Close for Comfort</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_of_You_(Cole_Porter_song)" title="All of You (Cole Porter song)">All of You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Got_Plenty_o%27_Nuttin%27" title="I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'">I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Baby,_It%27s_Cold_Outside" title="Baby, It's Cold Outside">Baby, It's Cold Outside</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_Kind_of_Fool_Am_I%3F" title="What Kind of Fool Am I?">What Kind of Fool Am I?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Me_and_My_Shadow" title="Me and My Shadow">Me and My Shadow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/As_Long_as_He_Needs_Me" title="As Long as He Needs Me">As Long as She Needs Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Ruled_the_World" title="If I Ruled the World">If I Ruled the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(song)" title="Hello, Dolly! (song)">Hello, Dolly!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ev%27ry_Time_We_Say_Goodbye" title="Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye">Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Gotta_Be_Me" title="I've Gotta Be Me">I've Gotta Be Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Candy_Man" title="The Candy Man">The Candy Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/(I%27d_Be)_A_Legend_in_My_Time" title="(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time">(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Singin%27_in_the_Rain_(song)" title="Singin' in the Rain (song)">Singin' in the Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/That%27s_Entertainment!_(song)" title="That's Entertainment! (song)">That's Entertainment!</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Smoke!_Smoke!_Smoke!_(That_Cigarette)" title="Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)">Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rat_Pack" title="Rat Pack">Rat Pack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Mastin_Trio" title="Will Mastin Trio">Will Mastin Trio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Sr." title="Sammy Davis Sr.">Sammy Davis Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvera_Sanchez" title="Elvera Sanchez">Elvera Sanchez</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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<li>1965 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a></li></ul></li> <li>1966 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a></li></ul></li> <li>1967 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a></li></ul></li> <li>1968 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a></li></ul></li> <li>1971 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a></li></ul></li> <li>1972 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahalia_Jackson" title="Mahalia Jackson">Mahalia Jackson</a></li></ul></li> <li>1984 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Berry" title="Chuck Berry">Chuck Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a></li></ul></li> <li>1985 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bernstein" title="Leonard Bernstein">Leonard Bernstein</a></li></ul></li> <li>1986 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Goodman" title="Benny Goodman">Benny Goodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Segovia" title="Andrés Segovia">Andrés Segovia</a></li></ul></li> <li>1987 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Carter" title="Benny Carter">Benny Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enrico_Caruso" title="Enrico Caruso">Enrico Caruso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Domino" title="Fats Domino">Fats Domino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Herman" title="Woody Herman">Woody Herman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Holiday" title="Billie Holiday">Billie Holiday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B.B._King" class="mw-redirect" title="B.B. King">B.B. King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Stern" title="Isaac Stern">Isaac Stern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Toscanini" title="Arturo Toscanini">Arturo Toscanini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Williams" title="Hank Williams">Hank Williams</a></li></ul></li> <li>1989 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Astaire" title="Fred Astaire">Fred Astaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Casals" title="Pablo Casals">Pablo Casals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jascha_Heifetz" title="Jascha Heifetz">Jascha Heifetz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leontyne_Price" title="Leontyne Price">Leontyne Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bessie_Smith" title="Bessie Smith">Bessie Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Tatum" title="Art Tatum">Art Tatum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" title="Sarah Vaughan">Sarah Vaughan</a></li></ul></li> <li>1990 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Horowitz" title="Vladimir Horowitz">Vladimir Horowitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1991–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1991 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Anderson" title="Marian Anderson">Marian Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a></li></ul></li> <li>1992 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Brown" title="James Brown">James Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix" title="Jimi Hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muddy_Waters" title="Muddy Waters">Muddy Waters</a></li></ul></li> <li>1993 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Richard" title="Little Richard">Little Richard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Seeger" title="Pete Seeger">Pete Seeger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fats_Waller" title="Fats Waller">Fats Waller</a></li></ul></li> <li>1994 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Evans" title="Bill Evans">Bill Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aretha_Franklin" title="Aretha Franklin">Aretha Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rubinstein" title="Arthur Rubinstein">Arthur Rubinstein</a></li></ul></li> <li>1995 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Cline" title="Patsy Cline">Patsy Cline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Lee" title="Peggy Lee">Peggy Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Mancini" title="Henry Mancini">Henry Mancini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield" title="Curtis Mayfield">Curtis Mayfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a></li></ul></li> <li>1996 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Brubeck" title="Dave Brubeck">Dave Brubeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Gaye" title="Marvin Gaye">Marvin Gaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Solti" title="Georg Solti">Georg Solti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a></li></ul></li> <li>1997 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bland" title="Bobby Bland">Bobby "Blue" Bland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers" title="The Everly Brothers">The Everly Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Grappelli" title="Stéphane Grappelli">Stéphane Grappelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Mingus" title="Charles Mingus">Charles Mingus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson">Oscar Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a></li></ul></li> <li>1998 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Diddley" title="Bo Diddley">Bo Diddley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Mills_Brothers" title="The Mills Brothers">The Mills Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a></li></ul></li> <li>1999 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Cooke" title="Sam Cooke">Sam Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otis_Redding" title="Otis Redding">Otis Redding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">Smokey Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Torm%C3%A9" title="Mel Tormé">Mel Tormé</a></li></ul></li> <li>2000 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Guthrie" title="Woody Guthrie">Woody Guthrie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker" title="John Lee Hooker">John Lee Hooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Miller" title="Mitch Miller">Mitch Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Nelson" title="Willie Nelson">Willie Nelson</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2001 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" title="The Beach Boys">The Beach Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sammy Davis Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Who" title="The Who">The Who</a></li></ul></li> <li>2002 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Clooney" title="Rosemary Clooney">Rosemary Clooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Green" title="Al Green">Al Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a></li></ul></li> <li>2003 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Etta_James" title="Etta James">Etta James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Mathis" title="Johnny Mathis">Johnny Mathis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Miller" title="Glenn Miller">Glenn Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tito_Puente" title="Tito Puente">Tito Puente</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel" title="Simon & Garfunkel">Simon & Garfunkel</a></li></ul></li> <li>2004 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Van_Cliburn" title="Van Cliburn">Van Cliburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Funk_Brothers" title="The Funk Brothers">The Funk Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ella_Jenkins" title="Ella Jenkins">Ella Jenkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artie_Shaw" title="Artie Shaw">Artie Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doc_Watson" title="Doc Watson">Doc Watson</a></li></ul></li> <li>2005 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Blakey" title="Art Blakey">Art Blakey</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Carter_Family" title="Carter Family">Carter Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton_Gould" title="Morton Gould">Morton Gould</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janis_Joplin" title="Janis Joplin">Janis Joplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" title="Jerry Lee Lewis">Jerry Lee Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jelly_Roll_Morton" title="Jelly Roll Morton">Jelly Roll Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pinetop_Perkins" title="Pinetop Perkins">Pinetop Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Staple_Singers" title="The Staple Singers">The Staple Singers</a></li></ul></li> <li>2006 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cream_(band)" title="Cream (band)">Cream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merle_Haggard" title="Merle Haggard">Merle Haggard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Johnson" title="Robert Johnson">Robert Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessye_Norman" title="Jessye Norman">Jessye Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Weavers" title="The Weavers">The Weavers</a></li></ul></li> <li>2007 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Baez" title="Joan Baez">Joan Baez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_T._%26_the_M.G.%27s" title="Booker T. & the M.G.'s">Booker T. & the M.G.'s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Callas" title="Maria Callas">Maria Callas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ornette_Coleman" title="Ornette Coleman">Ornette Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Doors" title="The Doors">The Doors</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Grateful_Dead" title="Grateful Dead">Grateful Dead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Wills" title="Bob Wills">Bob Wills</a></li></ul></li> <li>2008 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burt_Bacharach" title="Burt Bacharach">Burt Bacharach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Band" title="The Band">The Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doris_Day" title="Doris Day">Doris Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman" title="Itzhak Perlman">Itzhak Perlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Roach" title="Max Roach">Max Roach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a></li></ul></li> <li>2009 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama" title="The Blind Boys of Alabama">The Blind Boys of Alabama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Four_Tops" title="Four Tops">The Four Tops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Lee" title="Brenda Lee">Brenda Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Paxton" title="Tom Paxton">Tom Paxton</a></li></ul></li> <li>2010 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Darin" title="Bobby Darin">Bobby Darin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_%22Honeyboy%22_Edwards" title="David "Honeyboy" Edwards">David "Honeyboy" Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynn" title="Loretta Lynn">Loretta Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn" title="André Previn">André Previn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_Terry" title="Clark Terry">Clark Terry</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2011–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2011 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Andrews" title="Julie Andrews">Julie Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Haynes" title="Roy Haynes">Roy Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juilliard_String_Quartet" title="Juilliard String Quartet">Juilliard String Quartet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Kingston_Trio" title="The Kingston Trio">The Kingston Trio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramones" title="Ramones">Ramones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea" title="George Beverly Shea">George Beverly Shea</a></li></ul></li> <li>2012 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Allman_Brothers_Band" title="The Allman Brothers Band">The Allman Brothers Band</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen_Campbell" title="Glen Campbell">Glen Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim" title="Antônio Carlos Jobim">Antônio Carlos Jobim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Memphis_Horns" title="The Memphis Horns">The Memphis Horns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Ross" title="Diana Ross">Diana Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron" title="Gil Scott-Heron">Gil Scott-Heron</a></li></ul></li> <li>2013 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Gould" title="Glenn Gould">Glenn Gould</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Haden" title="Charlie Haden">Charlie Haden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lightnin%27_Hopkins" title="Lightnin' Hopkins">Lightnin' Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patti_Page" title="Patti Page">Patti Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar" title="Ravi Shankar">Ravi Shankar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Temptations" title="The Temptations">The Temptations</a></li></ul></li> <li>2014 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifton_Chenier" title="Clifton Chenier">Clifton Chenier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Isley_Brothers" title="The Isley Brothers">The Isley Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kraftwerk" title="Kraftwerk">Kraftwerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armando_Manzanero" title="Armando Manzanero">Armando Manzanero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maud_Powell" title="Maud Powell">Maud Powell</a></li></ul></li> <li>2015 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bee_Gees" title="Bee Gees">Bee Gees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Boulez" title="Pierre Boulez">Pierre Boulez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Guy" title="Buddy Guy">Buddy Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaco_Jim%C3%A9nez" title="Flaco Jiménez">Flaco Jiménez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Louvin_Brothers" title="The Louvin Brothers">The Louvin Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Shorter" title="Wayne Shorter">Wayne Shorter</a></li></ul></li> <li>2016 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Brown" title="Ruth Brown">Ruth Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celia_Cruz" title="Celia Cruz">Celia Cruz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earth,_Wind_%26_Fire" title="Earth, Wind & Fire">Earth, Wind & Fire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane" title="Jefferson Airplane">Jefferson Airplane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Ronstadt" title="Linda Ronstadt">Linda Ronstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Run-DMC" title="Run-DMC">Run-DMC</a></li></ul></li> <li>2017 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Caesar" title="Shirley Caesar">Shirley Caesar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal" title="Ahmad Jamal">Ahmad Jamal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Pride" title="Charley Pride">Charley Pride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)">Jimmie Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nina_Simone" title="Nina Simone">Nina Simone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sly_Stone" title="Sly Stone">Sly Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Velvet_Underground" title="The Velvet Underground">The Velvet Underground</a></li></ul></li> <li>2018 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Blaine" title="Hal Blaine">Hal Blaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Diamond" title="Neil Diamond">Neil Diamond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Jordan" title="Louis Jordan">Louis Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Meters" title="The Meters">The Meters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_(band)" title="Queen (band)">Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a></li></ul></li> <li>2019 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(funk_musician)" title="George Clinton (funk musician)">George Clinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Parliament-Funkadelic" title="Parliament-Funkadelic">Parliament-Funkadelic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Eckstine" title="Billy Eckstine">Billy Eckstine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donny_Hathaway" title="Donny Hathaway">Donny Hathaway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julio_Iglesias" title="Julio Iglesias">Julio Iglesias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_%26_Dave" title="Sam & Dave">Sam & Dave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionne_Warwick" title="Dionne Warwick">Dionne Warwick</a></li></ul></li> <li>2020 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberta_Flack" title="Roberta Flack">Roberta Flack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Hayes" title="Isaac Hayes">Isaac Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iggy_Pop" title="Iggy Pop">Iggy Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Prine" title="John Prine">John Prine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Enemy" title="Public Enemy">Public Enemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe" title="Sister Rosetta Tharpe">Sister Rosetta Tharpe</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>2021 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash_and_the_Furious_Five" title="Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five">Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Horne" title="Marilyn Horne">Marilyn Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa" title="Salt-N-Pepa">Salt-N-Pepa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selena" title="Selena">Selena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talking_Heads" title="Talking Heads">Talking Heads</a></li></ul></li> <li>2022 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt" title="Bonnie Raitt">Bonnie Raitt</a></li></ul></li> <li>2023 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin" title="Bobby McFerrin">Bobby McFerrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirvana_(band)" title="Nirvana (band)">Nirvana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma_Rainey" title="Ma Rainey">Ma Rainey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slick_Rick" title="Slick Rick">Slick Rick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nile_Rodgers" title="Nile Rodgers">Nile Rodgers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Supremes" title="The Supremes">The Supremes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Wilson" title="Ann Wilson">Ann Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(rock_musician)" title="Nancy Wilson (rock musician)">Nancy Wilson</a></li></ul></li> <li>2024 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Anderson" title="Laurie Anderson">Laurie Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Clark_Sisters" title="The Clark Sisters">The Clark Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladys_Knight" title="Gladys Knight">Gladys Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N.W.A" title="N.W.A">N.W.A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Summer" title="Donna Summer">Donna Summer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Wynette" title="Tammy Wynette">Tammy Wynette</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Kennedy_Center_Honorees_(1980s)" style="padding:3px"><table 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cary_Grant" title="Cary Grant">Cary Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Hayes" title="Helen Hayes">Helen Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Robbins" title="Jerome Robbins">Jerome Robbins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Serkin" title="Rudolf Serkin">Rudolf Serkin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1982</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Abbott" title="George Abbott">George Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Gish" title="Lillian Gish">Lillian Gish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Goodman" title="Benny Goodman">Benny Goodman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Kelly" title="Gene Kelly">Gene Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Ormandy" title="Eugene Ormandy">Eugene Ormandy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1983</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Dunham" title="Katherine Dunham">Katherine Dunham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elia_Kazan" title="Elia Kazan">Elia Kazan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stewart" title="James Stewart">James Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgil_Thomson" title="Virgil Thomson">Virgil Thomson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1984</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Kaye" title="Danny Kaye">Danny Kaye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gian_Carlo_Menotti" title="Gian Carlo Menotti">Gian Carlo Menotti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Stern" title="Isaac Stern">Isaac Stern</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1985</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merce_Cunningham" title="Merce Cunningham">Merce Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Dunne" title="Irene Dunne">Irene Dunne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jay_Lerner" title="Alan Jay Lerner">Alan Jay Lerner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Loewe" title="Frederick Loewe">Frederick Loewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Sills" title="Beverly Sills">Beverly Sills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucille_Ball" title="Lucille Ball">Lucille Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Charles" title="Ray Charles">Ray Charles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hume_Cronyn" title="Hume Cronyn">Hume Cronyn</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tandy" title="Jessica Tandy">Jessica Tandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin" title="Yehudi Menuhin">Yehudi Menuhin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antony_Tudor" title="Antony Tudor">Antony Tudor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1987</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Como" title="Perry Como">Perry Como</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sammy Davis Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Milstein" title="Nathan Milstein">Nathan Milstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alwin_Nikolais" title="Alwin Nikolais">Alwin Nikolais</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1988</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Ailey" title="Alvin Ailey">Alvin Ailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrna_Loy" title="Myrna Loy">Myrna Loy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Schneider" title="Alexander Schneider">Alexander Schneider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_L._Stevens" title="Roger L. Stevens">Roger L. Stevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claudette_Colbert" title="Claudette Colbert">Claudette Colbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Danilova" title="Alexandra Danilova">Alexandra Danilova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Martin" title="Mary Martin">Mary Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Schuman" title="William Schuman">William Schuman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center_Honors" title="Kennedy Center Honors">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kennedy_Center_Honorees_1970s" title="Template:Kennedy Center Honorees 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a 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title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Santana" title="Carlos Santana">Carlos Santana</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevie_Wonder" title="Stevie Wonder">Stevie Wonder</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Avant" title="Clarence Avant">Clarence Avant</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Murphy" title="Eddie Murphy">Eddie Murphy</a> (2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Spingarn_Medal_winners" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" 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<ul><li><span class="nowrap">1915: <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Everett_Just" title="Ernest Everett Just">Ernest Everett Just</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1916: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Young_(United_States_Army_officer)" title="Charles Young (United States Army officer)">Charles Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1917: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Burleigh" title="Harry Burleigh">Harry Burleigh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1918: <a href="/wiki/William_Stanley_Braithwaite" title="William Stanley Braithwaite">William Stanley Braithwaite</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1919: <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Grimk%C3%A9" title="Archibald Grimké">Archibald Grimké</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1920: <a href="/wiki/W._E._B._Du_Bois" title="W. E. B. Du Bois">W. E. B. Du Bois</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1921: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Sidney_Gilpin" title="Charles Sidney Gilpin">Charles Sidney Gilpin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1922: <a href="/wiki/Mary_Burnett_Talbert" title="Mary Burnett Talbert">Mary Burnett Talbert</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1923: <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Carver" title="George Washington Carver">George Washington Carver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1924: <a href="/wiki/Roland_Hayes" title="Roland Hayes">Roland Hayes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1925: <a href="/wiki/James_Weldon_Johnson" title="James Weldon Johnson">James Weldon Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1926: <a href="/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson" title="Carter G. Woodson">Carter G. Woodson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1927: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Overton" title="Anthony Overton">Anthony Overton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1928: <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Chesnutt" title="Charles W. Chesnutt">Charles W. Chesnutt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1929: <a href="/wiki/Mordecai_Wyatt_Johnson" title="Mordecai Wyatt Johnson">Mordecai Wyatt Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1930: <a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Hunt" title="Henry A. Hunt">Henry A. Hunt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1931: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Berry_Harrison" title="Richard Berry Harrison">Richard Berry Harrison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1932: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Russa_Moton" title="Robert Russa Moton">Robert Russa Moton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1933: <a href="/wiki/Max_Yergan" title="Max Yergan">Max Yergan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1934: <a href="/wiki/William_T._B._Williams" title="William T. B. Williams">William T. B. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1935: <a href="/wiki/Mary_McLeod_Bethune" title="Mary McLeod Bethune">Mary McLeod Bethune</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1936: <a href="/wiki/John_Hope_(educator)" title="John Hope (educator)">John Hope</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1937: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Francis_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Francis White">Walter Francis White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1938: <i>no award</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1939: <a href="/wiki/Marian_Anderson" title="Marian Anderson">Marian Anderson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Louis_T._Wright" title="Louis T. Wright">Louis T. Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wright_(author)" title="Richard Wright (author)">Richard Wright</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph" title="A. Philip Randolph">A. Philip Randolph</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/William_H._Hastie" title="William H. Hastie">William H. Hastie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Drew" title="Charles R. Drew">Charles R. Drew</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Robeson" title="Paul Robeson">Paul Robeson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1946: <a href="/wiki/Thurgood_Marshall" title="Thurgood Marshall">Thurgood Marshall</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1947: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Lavon_Julian" title="Percy Lavon Julian">Percy Lavon Julian</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1948: <a href="/wiki/Channing_Heggie_Tobias" title="Channing Heggie Tobias">Channing Heggie Tobias</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1949: <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bunche" title="Ralph Bunche">Ralph Bunche</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hamilton_Houston" title="Charles Hamilton Houston">Charles Hamilton Houston</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Mabel_Keaton_Staupers" title="Mabel Keaton Staupers">Mabel Keaton Staupers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Harry_T._Moore" title="Harry T. Moore">Harry T. Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Paul_R._Williams" title="Paul R. Williams">Paul R. Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Theodore_K._Lawless" title="Theodore K. Lawless">Theodore K. Lawless</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Carl_J._Murphy" title="Carl J. Murphy">Carl J. Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Daisy_Bates_(activist)" title="Daisy Bates (activist)">Daisy Bates</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Little_Rock_Nine" title="Little Rock Nine">Little Rock Nine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1959: <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1960: <a href="/wiki/Langston_Hughes" title="Langston Hughes">Langston Hughes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1961: <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_B._Clark" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth B. Clark">Kenneth B. Clark</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1962: <a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Weaver" title="Robert C. Weaver">Robert C. Weaver</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1963: <a href="/wiki/Medgar_Evers" title="Medgar Evers">Medgar Evers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1964: <a href="/wiki/Roy_Wilkins" title="Roy Wilkins">Roy Wilkins</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1965: <a href="/wiki/Leontyne_Price" title="Leontyne Price">Leontyne Price</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1966: <a href="/wiki/John_H._Johnson" title="John H. Johnson">John H. Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Edward_Brooke" title="Edward Brooke">Edward Brooke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sammy Davis Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Mitchell_Jr." title="Clarence Mitchell Jr.">Clarence Mitchell Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Lawrence" title="Jacob Lawrence">Jacob Lawrence</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Leon_Sullivan" title="Leon Sullivan">Leon Sullivan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Parks" title="Gordon Parks">Gordon Parks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Riles" title="Wilson Riles">Wilson Riles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Damon_Keith" title="Damon Keith">Damon Keith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <i>no award</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Ailey" title="Alvin Ailey">Alvin Ailey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Haley" title="Alex Haley">Alex Haley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <i>no award</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Young" title="Andrew Young">Andrew Young</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Parks" title="Rosa Parks">Rosa Parks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Rayford_Logan" title="Rayford Logan">Rayford Logan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Young" title="Coleman Young">Coleman Young</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Mays" title="Benjamin Mays">Benjamin Elijah Mays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <i>no award</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Bradley_(American_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Bradley (American politician)">Tom Bradley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Cosby" title="Bill Cosby">Bill Cosby</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Hooks" title="Benjamin Hooks">Benjamin Hooks</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Percy_Sutton" title="Percy Sutton">Percy Sutton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_D._Patterson" title="Frederick D. Patterson">Frederick D. Patterson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Jackson" title="Jesse Jackson">Jesse Jackson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Wilder" title="Douglas Wilder">Douglas Wilder</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Colin_Powell" title="Colin Powell">Colin Powell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Jordan" title="Barbara Jordan">Barbara Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Height" title="Dorothy Height">Dorothy Height</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Maya_Angelou" title="Maya Angelou">Maya Angelou</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/John_Hope_Franklin" title="John Hope Franklin">John Hope Franklin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/A._Leon_Higginbotham_Jr." title="A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.">A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Rowan" title="Carl Rowan">Carl Rowan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Myrlie_Evers-Williams" title="Myrlie Evers-Williams">Myrlie Evers-Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Earl_G._Graves_Sr." title="Earl G. Graves Sr.">Earl G. Graves Sr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Jordan" title="Vernon Jordan">Vernon Jordan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/John_Lewis" title="John Lewis">John Lewis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Constance_Baker_Motley" title="Constance Baker Motley">Constance Baker Motley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Carter" title="Robert L. Carter">Robert L. Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Hill_(attorney)" title="Oliver Hill (attorney)">Oliver Hill</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Carson" title="Ben Carson">Ben Carson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/John_Conyers" title="John Conyers">John Conyers</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Julian_Bond" title="Julian Bond">Julian Bond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Cicely_Tyson" title="Cicely Tyson">Cicely Tyson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Muse_Freeman" title="Frankie Muse Freeman">Frankie Muse Freeman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">Harry Belafonte</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Jessye_Norman" title="Jessye Norman">Jessye Norman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Poitier" title="Sidney Poitier">Sidney Poitier</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_R._Jones" title="Nathaniel R. Jones">Nathaniel R. Jones</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <i>no award</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(politician)" title="Willie Brown (politician)">Willie Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Gaspard" title="Patrick Gaspard">Patrick Gaspard</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <i>no award</i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Cato_T._Laurencin" title="Cato T. Laurencin">Cato T. 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