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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician. At age two, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally, and his film career began in 1933.
n November 1954, 29-year-old Sammy Davis Jr. was driving to Hollywood when a car crash left his eye mangled beyond repair. Doubting his potential as a one-eyed entertainer, the burgeoning performer sought a solution at the same venerable institution where other misfortunate starlets had gone to fill their vacant sockets: Mager & Gougelman, a family-owned business in New York City that has ...
Starring Sammy Davis Jr. is the debut studio album by Sammy Davis Jr., recorded in 1954. Five of the songs on Starring Sammy Davis Jr. had been previously released as singles ("Hey There," "And This Is My Beloved," "Because of You," "Glad to Be Unhappy," and "Birth of the Blues"), one of which, "Hey There" had reached the Top 20.
The "Davis" in the album's title is a reference to American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., while the "socket" alludes to the socket of his left eye, which he lost in an automobile accident in 1954. The album's original cover concept called for an image depicting cream corn spewing from Davis' eye socket. The commissioned piece did not match the ...
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In 1967, Sammy Davis Jr. offered an insightful guest column about the everyday problems that he and others faced as Black people in America. In the 1960s, America seemed on the brink of a second ...
Sammy Davis Jr. – American singer (left eye) [29] Peter Falk – American actor (right eye) [30] Tex Avery – Influential American animation director (left eye) [31] Ry Cooder – American musician best known for his slide guitar work (left eye) [32] Nick Griffin – BNP leader (left eye) [33]
When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role. [2] [3] "Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow," the show's theme music, was composed by Dave Grusin and Morgan Ames [4] and sung by Sammy Davis Jr., [5] in addition to being a chart hit for two other artists.