Born into a vaudeville family, Sammy Davis, Jr. was dancing onstage by the time he was four years old. He grew into a genuine song-and-dance man: an expert tapdancer, crooner, impressionist and all-purpose entertainer. He’s best remembered for his high-energy years in Frank Sinatra’s so-called Rat Pack, appearing onstage and in movies like Ocean’s Eleven (1960) with Sinatra and Dean Martin. He was nominated for a Tony award for his lead role in the Broadway hit Golden Boy and was a frequent headliner in Las Vegas. Davis’s interracial marriage to Swedish actress May Britt in 1960 was a rarity for its day. They divorced in 1968. He married dancer Altovise Gore in 1970 and they remained married until his death. His recording of “The Candy Man” was a surprise #1 hit in 1972. His films included Porgy and Bess (1959, with Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge), Salt and Pepper (1968, with Peter Lawford) and Tap (1989). His wrote two autobiographies: Yes I Can (1965) and Why Me? (1989).
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1. What I've Got in Mind
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2. Come Sundown
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3. Mention a Mansion
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4. You're Gonna Love Yourself in the Morning
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5. Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette)
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6. Oh Lonesome Me
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7. We Could have Been the Closest of Friends
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8. Hey Won't you Play (Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song)
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9. Please Don't Tell me how the Story Ends
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10. The River's too Wide
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