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(1925–90) Singer, actor, and dancer, born in New York City, USA. He began his career tap-dancing in vaudeville with his father, and went on to solo performing and recording success in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1956 he starred on Broadway in Mr Wonderful, and in 1964 in Golden Boy. His films include Porgy and Bess (1959), Robin and the Seven Hoods with fellow ‘rat-pack’ members Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin (1964), Sweet Charity (1968), and Taps (1980). He continued to entertain and record until the early 1980s.

 

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Why I admire Sammy Davis, Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr. is my favorite person from the Rat Pack. I have Candy Man on a 45 and I play it and sing along to it whenever I can =]
I love the fact that him a jewish black man kissed archie bunker. That was pricless.


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