One of the greats or just passing fair?

Definitely one of the greats. Sinatra is the one who suggested Sammy start singing professionally instead of soley in his comedy routines. What great advice that was! Smooth, classy yet soulful.

all I know about his singing is that candyman song

Dreadful.

Not from a talent standpoint.....but from a material standpoint.

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Sammy Davis is THE entertainer prototype.. if it had not been for him folks like MJ wouldnt have done what they done.

graycap, was Sammy's material cheesy?

scriptgirl said:

graycap, was Sammy's material cheesy?

Cheesy? It was God awful in my book.

Graycap23 said:

scriptgirl said:

graycap, was Sammy's material cheesy?

Cheesy? It was God awful in my book.

Your a good exaggerator...

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Successful!

mjscarousal said:

Graycap23 said:

Cheesy? It was God awful in my book.

Your a good exaggerator...

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Don't blame me.........talk 2 the ears.

alls i know is he asked linda lovelace how to blow someone...via instruction...and proceeded to try it

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luvsexy4all said:

alls i know is he asked linda lovelace how to blow someone...via instruction...and proceeded to try it

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Cocaine is a helluva drug

oh lord....

scriptgirl said:

all I know about his singing is that candyman song

Girl, you need to dig deeper and do more research then. Find more songs on youtube because he did much more than "The Candyman". That song came out in the 70's..Sammy had been singing nearly 20 years already by the time that song came out.

Graycap23 said:

scriptgirl said:

graycap, was Sammy's material cheesy?

Cheesy? It was God awful in my book.

Are you talking about the stuff he sung in his later years? I do know he had some type of cheesy album he did with Motown (trying to go R&B), , but like I said, that was in his later years. And yeah the stuff might had been cheesy but he sung the hell out of it.

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missfee said:

Graycap23 said:

Cheesy? It was God awful in my book.

Are you talking about the stuff he sung in his later years? I do know he had some type of cheesy hip hop album too, , but like I said, that was in his later years.

He has never sang a song that moved me in any way. Bo Jangles is about the only thing I can barely listen 2.

One of the greatest performers, of all time...

missfee said:

Graycap23 said:

Cheesy? It was God awful in my book.

Are you talking about the stuff he sung in his later years? I do know he had some type of cheesy album he did with Motown (trying to go R&B), , but like I said, that was in his later years. And yeah the stuff might had been cheesy but he sung the hell out of it.

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Agree

shorttrini said:

One of the greatest performers, of all time...

He's the quickest draw in the West too.

shorttrini said:

One of the greatest performers, of all time...

I'd say he was more talented in more areas than any single performer ever.

Love both Mr. Bojangles and The Candyman.

Why do you guys think Sammy Davis is so underrated? I remember getting into a discussion with my dad and I told him MJ was the greatest entertainer of all time and he quipped no Sammy Davis is

I dont really see him getting his props in the entertainement department. He was skilled in alot of areas dancing, tap dancing, singing, acting and he did them exceptionally well.

mjscarousal said:

Why do you guys think Sammy Davis is so underrated? I remember getting into a discussion with my dad and I told him MJ was the greatest entertainer of all time and he quipped no Sammy Davis is

I dont really see him getting his props in the entertainement department. He was skilled in alot of areas dancing, tap dancing, singing, acting and he did them exceptionally well.

He doesn't get his props at all...yet he opened many doors for others coming up in the industry..and still even when he made it to the top, he was still criticized. He went through so much...not only did he have to battle racism but he also was often criticized by the black community for "not being black enough" which hurt him deeply because he did participate in the civil rights movement as well..but it seemed nothing he did was ever enough. Urgh. I hate that.

He had one of the most distinctive voices for someone who performed in the genre he did (traditional pop). He tried to diversify over the years (I've Gotta Be Me was as close to soul music as Sammy got when he put it out in 1969; Candy Man was one of those 1970s novelty type joints and Mr. Bojangles was jazzy) but he seemed to be at his own zone when he did pop standards much like Sinatra and Dean Martin. I mean he was one of the Rat Pack members after all... Sammy's music and voice are acquired tastes and yes, he don't get the props he should as a barrier-breaking entertainer who made people see beyond race and background. In a world where the word "trailblazer" is used too often, he really did blaze a lot of trails.

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missfee said:

mjscarousal said:

Why do you guys think Sammy Davis is so underrated? I remember getting into a discussion with my dad and I told him MJ was the greatest entertainer of all time and he quipped no Sammy Davis is

I dont really see him getting his props in the entertainement department. He was skilled in alot of areas dancing, tap dancing, singing, acting and he did them exceptionally well.

He doesn't get his props at all...yet he opened many doors for others coming up in the industry..and still even when he made it to the top, he was still criticized. He went through so much...not only did he have to battle racism but he also was often criticized by the black community for "not being black enough" which hurt him deeply because he did participate in the civil rights movement as well..but it seemed nothing he did was ever enough. Urgh. I hate that.

Yea I hate it to!, his definitly one of the greats! Alot of the black acts from his era are really underrated. If not for him the acts we call legendary today would not even be that without Sammys contributions.

missfee said:

He doesn't get his props at all...yet he opened many doors for others coming up in the industry..and still even when he made it to the top, he was still criticized. He went through so much...not only did he have to battle racism but he also was often criticized by the black community for "not being black enough" which hurt him deeply because he did participate in the civil rights movement as well..but it seemed nothing he did was ever enough. Urgh. I hate that.

He reminds me of Little Richard in the sense that he was black and proud but not black and proud enough for elements of the black community. Sammy dealt with not only racism from whites but from his own people, who accused him of being a sell-out, an "Uncle Tom" (a name that needs to retire) and a "black honkey". Both races even used anti-Semitism against him after he converted to Judaism in the 1960s. Though James Brown embraced Nixon (and Republican politics), he hardly got the backlash Sammy did for embracing Nixon (all James got from it was a minor radio backlash until The Payback), but black folks really dissed Sammy. Jesse Jackson got him to do a PUSH event (which featured the J5 and Marvin Gaye) and I think Sammy was initially booed by the audience, I'm not too sure about that. It seemed when black folks finally got over their biased hatred for Sammy, he already was heading for the grave.

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Well, he did leave his black wife broke

ok...not nice... my bad

HuMpThAnG said:

Well, he did leave his black wife broke

ok...not nice... my bad

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I know

Again, my bad

But, it's true..

He did die, leaving her in debt

HuMpThAnG said:

I know

Again, my bad

But, it's true..

He did die, leaving her in debt

That was a decision she made, for she co-signed the tax-returns. Because of that, once he passed the debt became her responsibility. So, she was just as responsible for it as he was. She should not have signed....