Sammy Davis Jr. News

"Do you know why the kidnappers let Junior go? Because they heard him humming in the trunk." -Don Rickles On December 8, 1963, while Sammy Davis, Jr.

Places The following are some places associated with "Sammy Davis, Jr." Other The following is a selection of items associated with "Sammy Davis, Jr." ARTICLE American entertainer born December 8, 1925, New York, New York, U.S. died May 16, 1990, Los Angeles, California American singer, dancer, and entertainer.

Watch some classic old movies - just about everyone knew how to dance. Even more commonly, they knew how to tap dance.

New York vocalist King David makes no excuses for his love of good old swing music, the sound of the big bands and the music from the 1930s to the 1960s, as he borrows from The Great American Songbook in reinterpreting and updating terrific old standards on Mr.

The Rat Pack is Back for the Holidays as they swing into Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, Illinois for one performance only on Friday, December 4, 2009 at 7:30 PM.

When audience members walk into the lobby of the Paramount Theatre to see "Drinkin' Singin' Swingin' - a Salute to Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.

Sugar Ray Robinson was honored with a first-class postage stamp in 2006. Were all of American history written with the style and passion Wil Haygood pumps into his dazzling biography of boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, college history departments would be stormed by eager students.

The Central Florida Rat Pack: Armando Diaz as Sinatra, Steve Roman as Sammy Davis Jr.

Rege Behe can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7990. Sugar Ray Robinson was born in Detroit and died near Los Angeles.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham New York Jets all-purpose weapon Leon Washington can do it all.

I don't think that Tim Burton's lavish remake is going to diminish the appeal of 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory , a charming, smartly realized film version of Roald Dahl's popular children's book.

On the eve of the Honolulu Symphony Toyota Pops season opening concerts, principal conductor Matt Catingub took a break between rehearsals to update us on his latest news: Question: What type of music will we hear at this weekend's concerts with singer Ben Vereen? Answer: You can expect lots of great Broadway material from Ben.

What does the Miami Marine Stadium have in common with such famous landmarks as Machu Picchu and the Old City of Jerusalem? All three have made it on the World Monuments Fund's watch list for 2010 of monuments threatened by neglect or overdevelopment for 2010.

Emmy-winning comedian, singer and television personality Wayne Brady is featured today, October 9, as the New York Pops orchestra opens its 27th season at Carnegie Hall in New York with a tribute to two American icons: Sammy Davis Jr.

Anyone who has ever donned a pair of tap shoes, or wished that they could, should rush down to the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for a performance of "Thank You Gregory, A Tribute to the Legends of Tap," featuring special guest star, Maurice Hines.

Three-time Grammy winner Larry Carlton today, October 5, begins the first of numerous shows in Japan and Europe that will keep him busy through the end of November.

Tony nominee Obba BabatundeI stars in "Sammy," Leslie Bricusse's musical based on the life of Sammy Davis Jr.

Walker Smith Jr. at age 16 Wil Haygood In the first half of the 20th century, Harlem was a hotbed of black culture and entertainment.

Barbara Davis, center, with Gail Johnson, left, president of The Guild of the Children's Diabetes Foundation at Denver and High Hopes Award recipient Arlene Hirschfeld.

Timolin and Casey Cole were only 3 when their legendary father, Nat King Cole, died.