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The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show: With Sammy Davis Jr., Lester Wilson, Lola Falana, Judy Garland.
- (45)
- 1966-01-07
- Comedy, Music
- 60
In 1966, he had his own TV variety show, titled The Sammy Davis Jr. Show. While Davis's career slowed in the late 1960s, his biggest hit, "The Candy Man", reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1972, and he became a star in Las Vegas, earning him the nickname "Mister Show Business".
Sammy hosted his own hour-long weekly prime-time network variety show, The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show in 1966 (a milestone for people of color which was incredibly rare at the time). He later hosted his own syndicated talk show, Sammy & Company, from 1975-77.
The story of The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show is a somewhat bizarre and unlucky one. As the preeminent variety performer of his time, Sammy Davis, Jr. had long wanted to host his own television variety series. In doing so, Sammy found himself both breaking new racial barriers and also following in the footsteps of several African American trailblazers.
On 7th January 1966, The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show premiered on NBC and Sammy became the first African American to host an hour-long weekly prime-time network variety show. The full story of the show is a somewhat bizarre and unlucky one. For more details – including how for three of its first four episodes Sammy didn’t even appear on screen ...
Actor: The Cannonball Run. Sammy Davis Jr. was often billed as the "greatest living entertainer in the world". He was born in Harlem, Manhattan, the son of dancer Elvera Davis (née Sanchez) and vaudeville star Sammy Davis Sr..
The first major film documentary to examine Sammy Davis, Jr.'s vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th century...
