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26 de jun. de 2020 · The Dick Cavett Show. 312K subscribers. 2.5K. 282K views 3 years ago #thedickcavettshow #FrankSinatra #DickCavett. Sammy Davis Jr. discusses the whereabouts of his good friend Frank...
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28 de nov. de 2011 · Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr - Me and my Shadow (live version)~ The Sammy Davis Jr World ~
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- Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Met as Young Performers
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Sinatra and Davis met in 1941, when both men were performing in Detroit. Davis was performing with his father and uncle in the Will Mastin Trio, and the group opened for the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the group in which Sinatra sang. Per ABC News, the two men bonded over a sandwich backstage. In 1947, Sinatra headlined at the Capitol Theater in New Yo...
In 1954, Davis got into a car accident. The force of the crash pushed Davis’ head forward into an ornament in the center of the steering wheel. The impact destroyed his left eye and nearly killed him. A number of Hollywood stars visited him in the hospital, but Sinatra was hesitant. He wasn’t upset with Davis, he just hated hospitals. Eventually, h...
In 1990, Davis died of cancer at the age of 64. Sinatra gave a moving statementabout his longtime friend. “It is difficult to compress a friendship of more than 40 years into a few words,” he said, per the New York Daily News. “I wish the world could have known Sam as I did. Sam never gave less than 100% when he was on stage, and he gave even more ...
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One of Sammy Davis, Jr.’s enduring legacies will be as a member of the iconic ‘Rat Pack’, the name given to Frank Sinatra’s close circle of friends at the beginning of the 1960s – an ensemble which included Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and associates Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Shirley MacLaine, Buddy Greco, and Henry Silva.
Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli The Ultimate Event live at The Fox Theater, Detroit in 1988
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Rat Pack. Left to right: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop in Las Vegas. The Rat Pack was an informal group of entertainers that, in its second iteration, ultimately made films and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues.
Though he often joked about his race, Sammy Davis Jr. (here fiddling with a trumpet in 1964) was a serious, high-profile civil rights activist, and his refusal to play segregated venues helped lead to the integration of Miami nightclubs and Vegas casinos.
