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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
- Details
- Specials Lead to Series Offer
- Trouble with ABC
- Disastrous Premiere
- Format Changes Are Too Late
- Cancellation
- Series Availability
The story of The Sammy Davis, Jr. Showis 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. Act...
In 1965, Sammy spent a brief period focusing on his family life, but he quickly realised that being a homebody wasn’t for him – the lure of show-business proved irresistible. By late 1965, he was performing eight shows a week on Broadway in Golden Boy, he had just released a best-selling autobiography Yes I Can, and he was starring in and producing...
Soon after the announcement by NBC of The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show’s Friday 7th January debut, ABC announced that they would be broadcasting the second of the variety specials Sammy had made for them (titled Sammy and His Friends, featuring Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Edie Adams and Joey Heatherton) on Tuesday 1st February. Furthermore, ABC would be i...
Given the challenges the show was now facing, the first episode of The Sammy Davis, Jr. Showhad to be something special; instead, it was something awful. Sammy had lined up Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton to guest star – a major coup for Sammy considering that the controversial couple were the hottest property in cinema at the time and they ref...
During Sammy’s enforced four-week hiatus, he worked hard to re-format the show. Behind the scenes, the network was pushing for seven acts on each show, to make it more like Hollywood Palaceon ABC. Sammy felt the solution was for the network to allow him to be himself. A new staging was devised with the audience in pods, which allowed Sammy to get u...
By mid-March NBC had run out of patience with the ratings and despite the fact that only 10 episodes had even aired to this point, decided not to renew the show. Sammy continued to give his all for the remaining shows and in retrospect, the network’s decision appeared hasty. Sammy later said “Those were our best shows and [the network] said it, too...
The show was broadcast in colour, but only black and white kinescopes of varying quality remain. Several episodes and various clips have found their way onto YouTube, and The Paley Centre For Media has all episodes except #6 and #14 listed in its collection available for viewing. Reprise Records released an LP misleadingly titled The Sammy Davis, J...
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.
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".
Samuel Davis Jr., dit Sammy Davis Jr., né le 8 décembre 1925 à Harlem et mort le 16 mai 1990 à Beverly Hills (comté de Los Angeles), est un danseur, acteur, imitateur et multi-instrumentiste américain.
- Chanteur, danseur, acteur, musicien
- Samuel George Davis Jr.
- 8 décembre 1925Harlem, New York, États-Unis
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..
