It's no wonder he was such a success. A truly humble, talented and optimistic man.

One of the greatest entertainers in world. The legendary Sammy Davis Jr. Young, handsome and extremely talented. R.I.P. brother Sammy.

Sammy is such a sweet person, quite ahead of his time in a lot of ways

@thetruequeen644

4 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1957 and in those days blacks didn't have any rights to much of anything, this I remember and we were segregated back then but this man was so gifted and I know he faced many many adversities but he had a much greater ambition and determination to allow any of it hold him down or dictate to him who he could be, where he was going and what he could achieve. God bless U Mr Sammy Davis Jr U opened the doors for many blacks to follow and U r so very much appreciated in love, gratitude and respect.

@jaajaarogers9101

4 жыл бұрын

The true Queen yes his highly intelligent and talented , but white America use blacks to make money on their talents so I disagree on that phrase that Sammy open doors for blacks , as it’s always been just blacks from the start who sing 🎶 dance 💃 act , do all entertainment but whites run the businesses this is abuse

Sammy was so very well spoken!!!!!

@joseph9531

3 жыл бұрын

Never went to school a day in his life.

@pennylan6466

2 жыл бұрын

@@joseph9531 even more amazing

@rdwrdw3672

Жыл бұрын

He practiced. He said because of his lack of education, he didn't know how to enunciate words. He had to learn as an adult.

Amazingly eloquent and articulate.

@kiasky1

5 ай бұрын

Why wouldn’t he be?

Overall, the most talented person in American show business that I've ever witnessed. Also he was a humanitarian and civil rights activist. A heroic person, in my book.

Sammy Davis Jr biopic is way overdue!!!!

@crysdee461

6 жыл бұрын

Vertis Riles yes and I think Elijah Kelly must play him.

@darcyarthur1480

4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Pope is playing him now

I never cease watching Sammy Davis Junior. He was the best that ever was in entertainment.

. SAMMY HAS SO MUCH SWAGGER!!

@Jason_wears_stuff

6 жыл бұрын

yes

He had so much charm.

R.I.P Brother. You ran your race well

He paid the price for every black entertainer today. He took all the pain and discrimination for them. I appreciate my ancestors...those who came before us and laid down in order for us to stand in our power today. We're not where we should be...but we are not where we use to be because of GREATNESS LIKE SAMMY DAVIS JR

@jasonpeng33

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said!

@nicklh186

3 жыл бұрын

Your first two sentences nearly brought me to tears, sister. That is so true 😢💔

@pennylan6466

2 жыл бұрын

His net worth was .5 million dollars…. Way more than most.

@luizamariaxavier8321

Жыл бұрын

A genius!

@nadineF

5 ай бұрын

So true. Sammy doesn’t receive the credit he deserves

The idea of the show was Edward R Murrow would stay in New York and visit the stars' homes live via satelite. The idea that satelites could bring live pictures from anywhere in the country/world was a brand new idea. It was part of the excitement of the show.

The one thing that is ever present in these old talk shows is the cigarette. Sadly, cigarettes (cancer) killed many of these great entertainers

@rockyracoon3233

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, Sammy along with Bogart and John Wayne.:'(

Thanks so much for the upload of parts 1 and 2. And for anybody out there, if you get a chance, read those 2 Sammy autobiographies, they are powerful. I think his daughter also wrote a sort of third installment from her perspective. But what a life. If you think about the baton passing from old showbiz to modern showbiz, race, religion, marriage, adoption, social/political issues, physical ability AND physical injury-so many things captured in one life.

He always dressed well.

Everyone from the 50's has "that voice"

@Regimeshifts

6 жыл бұрын

I was actually wondering whether it was the recording devices of the time because every damn person speaks "that way"

@skyllarrk

6 жыл бұрын

To my knowledge, that "ring" you hear in the voice *is* slightly due to the recording equipment! Look up videos of people from now trying out old recording machinery, and it makes them sound "that way" that I believe that you mean, too.

@spaciousgrace3816

4 жыл бұрын

They used to read . A lot . It’s that simple

@anthjacks

3 жыл бұрын

Because they all have 💨💨💨

@doesitmatter6015

3 жыл бұрын

It's called a mid-atlantic/transatlantic accent. But the audio quality has a little bit of an effect too.

A TRUE LEGEND A UNIQUE MAN R.I.P.

He spoke so eloquently...

Mr Cool, Calm and Collect...I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU and Your Kind 💓. And your Beautiful wife May Britt. RIP

@kiasky1

7 ай бұрын

No his beautiful wife Altovise.

He was a good looking man

@mrgivins9690

Жыл бұрын

This man said the same thing!

@kiasky1

5 ай бұрын

When he was young.

Sweet man. So talented.

They should make a Sammy Movie.

@letsif

5 жыл бұрын

There's no one who could dupli ate his multi genius talent

@spicyhot2552

5 жыл бұрын

I think a Sammy Davis Jr. movie is long over due.

@rdwrdw3672

4 жыл бұрын

He's too multi faceted

Surrounded by family!

totally talented, and so very very young! I feel so sorry, for all the rubbish he had to put up with! but people, can be so cruel and narrow minded. he let that great talent shine out, and silenced the idiots.

Sammy was a cool cat. Enough said.

Sammy was such an intelligent man.

@KatieJoMikell

3 жыл бұрын

And to think he never went to school 🥺

Thanks for these Videos what a pleasure to see

KZread has been mucking me about with its algorithms recently. Glad it brought this one to my recommended. Sammy is a legend

His father and uncle. How about that. I’ve never seen those two being interviewed.

Interesting camera work! I like it.

Wow Sammy looks so different without glasses

Sammy Davis, Jr. was the ONLY entertainer whose death announcement saddened me. I wish someone could have helped him to stop smoking.

In those days, people had manners. They were very respectful.

Amazing man!

Fabulous talent!!!

Chadwick Boseman could have played Sammy with no problem, but he left us extremely too soon 😢 R.I.P Chadwick 🙏🏾

@kiasky1

3 жыл бұрын

What???? No he couldn’t

@simonsez1787

Жыл бұрын

I think a younger Tommy Davidson or Don Cheadle could have as well. But now a young buck named Elijah Kelley may be up for it and I’m excited! 🤗

@kiasky1

8 ай бұрын

No he could not. Chadwick was not a good actor. People try to paint him as a great actor because he died young of cancer.

Where can I find full video?

its the original cribs and how classy can sammy be

such a beautiful spirit

GOOD GOD!! He's so FINE!!!!

i don't understand why sammy thought of himself as ugly. he was very handsome to me. and a great person.

@radiovixen76

5 жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that men thought Sammy was ugly but women thought he was beautiful because of his magnetism. He was sexy as hell

@mrgivins9690

Жыл бұрын

Sammy never thought that!

@tweezee

Жыл бұрын

@@mrgivins9690 Read his autobiography

Class Act!

Where is Part 2 of 2?

The Best to ever do it.

Sammy were on an Eddie Murphy Show, shortly before hes death. That was something very special, and just for once he led out his indignation, towards the stupidity of racism, that he experienced down through the years. Wish that somebody couldt upload that clip. Jee, what a man!

Ed Murrow was so serious, formal and stiff.

@ThePapasmurf1946

4 жыл бұрын

This "interviewing" gig was a punishment he had to endure for not "toeing the line" for Bill Paley. He was not meant to be a television host, he was a journalist, and exceptionally serious about informing the public.

There were no "satellites" in 1955. There WERE microwave relays that could beam pictures from one section of the country to another- that's how Murrow managed to sit in a comfortable studio in New York, while his "guests" were in their homes [or wherever they happened to be], interviewed live. What you didn't know was that the cameras were in those homes during most of the week, as the rooms were "blocked out", as well as the celebrities' "positions", right up to the Friday night broadcast.

@rockyracoon3233

5 жыл бұрын

The first satellite was Telstar in 1962.

this is like the original "Cribs".

Totally Agree x

young people now should understand that these charming and talented individuals would not have been able to check into any hotel room in Boston MA. [and in many other cities as well]

@ecclairmayo4153

3 жыл бұрын

As evidenced by the way Davis consistently called the interviewer, "sir", while the interviewer called Davis by his first name. Sign of those times..

@yoyo2ma520

2 жыл бұрын

@@ecclairmayo4153 My heart broke for him when I read about how badly he was tormented during his army days by racist men in his barracks. But he got through that and was actually close to his drill sergeant who taught him how to read.

thank u r.i.p sammy

Quit simply a lovely man Polite, articulate and kind ( and of course extremely talented ) They don,t make em like that any more

I used to think Sammy was ugly. But he's the opposite !

@capricioushorse

4 жыл бұрын

jacquelineandron Yes he was the opposite of ugly! And had a lot of charm too. I always thought he was so good looking, and when I was a little girl my mom and granny used to cut eyes at me whenever I said so!

Dumb question... How did they record this interview back then? Did they prerecord the answers?

this is classic! Truly great show business history

All i cud do is smile at this b'cuz it just brought so much joy 2 my heart & love. 2 know God made him SO STRONG 2 represent his black culture. Just wonderful. 👏👏💖💖🙏🙏

Wow what a part of entertainment history Sammy was quite a guy Talented yet very humble

YOU WERE THE MAN SAMMY

I wish i could of seen Sammy and The Rat Pack live....

Most Def for the biopic

@edwardwright7295

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking Tommy Davidson from the TV show In Living Color. He gives a good impersonation of Sammy Davis jr.

i remember watching the Brando Mansion episode

Too bad the I.R.S. took everything he had before they could even bury him.

Will Masters Sammys uncle sounds and looks a lot like Joe Jackson I wonder if they are related?

Love, love that haircut!

Sammy Davis Jr. was a saint. He had no equal. His degree of humility staggers me. Second only to his talent! He could fit the rat pack in his little toe!

Never seem this wow!!!

fav part: what kind of gun? lol...then you hear a SHOT!

He is so handsome ❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊

Interesting how cigarettes are featured in this. Hanging out there, but not visibly being smoked (at least for the bit I saw). You don't see that nowadays.

@wilhe001

7 жыл бұрын

I knew Sammy personally. He always had s bowl of various cigarettes sitting on the coffee table for anyone to have. You would never see this today.

@rockyracoon3233

5 жыл бұрын

@@wilhe001 Had he not smoked he would have lived much longer!:'(

Wow! He did the first episode of 'Cribs' in 1955:) The reason he loved firearms so much is because of his small size and all the racism and death threats he received. Makes perfect sence to me.

They went through 8 packs of cigarettes in half an hour.

How was this aired? I mean this was (obviously) before "via satellite" or "SKYPE"...

@Michelle-pn9xt

5 жыл бұрын

no kidding

@wolfchrt

4 жыл бұрын

with signals

I still think they, the cigarettes, are a staple of the times and can still be 'classy' in certain situations. Depends on who/where/when it is being smoked. There is no arguing that smoking is not healthy and will most likely lead to some sort of cancer. But we all die....like Frank said, "You better love living baby, because dying is a pain in the ass!" ---that's my mantra for living. To each his own though, my friend.

@nickcooper1693

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed but 4 packs a day is a little much even in showbiz

@rockyracoon3233

4 жыл бұрын

@@nickcooper1693 4 packs in a week is too much!

Sam's dad reminds me of Tupac Shakur...Sam was a handsome man...The car accident must've paled in comparison to Sam losing his left eye due to an accident...I've always admired Sammy as a performer, because he was so brilliant, and consistently so...Using modern references, he was kind of like the Michael Jackson of music, the Eddie Murphy of comedy and the Savion Glover of dancing...He was a triple threat..Sammy had a cigarette in hand on What's My Line? and on this show..Was he a chain-smoker?

@elizabethpease947

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick Gallimore : He lost his left eye in the car accident in November, 1954. This interview was a year later.

He was 29 during this about to turn 30.

why are sammy and the interviewer sitting so far apart?

When you read what he went thru in the US Army...just shocking

Sammy Davis Jr. Was A Cool Son-A-B!÷%#..

Will Mastin was 46 years older than Sammy. 😮 That impromptu opening, "interrupting" Sammy, is SO stupid.

I had a hard time finding it myself. You'll find it at youtube here /watch?v=F0dp6OxCCAk&list=UUAhEXFADQ22-aD9rmeUzTmg&index=36

What happened to his kids?

Darn it, wanted to see his collection of single action Colts. I'm not really interested in his Brooks Brothers Jacket

Omg so where in tf have this P2P with SAMMY DJ been HIDING AT BRO IM LIGHTWEIGHT MAD 😳😨😭😩...😍🥰💘💘

H was only 30 years old right hear.

@felinefokus

3 жыл бұрын

29

@elizabethpease947

3 жыл бұрын

James Castro : He didn’t turn 30 until Dec.8, 1955. This was done Nov. 4, 1955. At least he has his dad and ‘uncle’ in the first part of the interview with him.

@ecclairmayo4153

3 жыл бұрын

You would never know it by the way the interviewer kept calling him "boy" and referring to him in his first name. Then, Davis calls him "sir" in return. Sadly, those were the times..

He has his family in his life, that's the problem with kids is they have no fathers, barely mothers and a 28 year old grandmother. Doesn't matter if your black, it's the lack of family that's the problem.

SAMMY DAVIS JR 08 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1925 16 DE MAYO DE 1990 64 AÑOS

He took the bad accident so well

When you hear about all these entertainers claiming they were ripped off, and you see them living in multimillion dollar homes with private jets, large collections of expensive cars and dripping with diamonds and gold, you got to wonder how they can sit there and claimed to be hard done by. Sammy has never once said this and has always been brutally honest about everything, he never tried to blame other people for his drug problem or anything and has always excepted his mistakes as his own fault. Fun fact, Sammy was earning 500 bucks a week in the Will Matheson trio when he was a teenager, that's equal to approx $8000 A week In today's money, by the time this was made he was earning 5 times that

@capricioushorse

4 жыл бұрын

Albert Tatlock Agree! He always remained humble and kind, made it through so many hardships and some mistakes of his own making and never blamed anyone else. He always expressed gratitude for what he did have and remained true to his friends and true to himself. I heard he was about broke at the end but never heard him complaining about it.

@elizabethpease947

4 жыл бұрын

Capricious Horse : He had a tracheotomy, He couldn’t complain. All he could do at that point was ring a bell when he needed help, and make hand signals to say what he had to say..

@winniejohnson5559

3 жыл бұрын

Albert Tatlock outstanding 👏👏

@pagalley1 I think he smoked four packs a day.

lo único malo era esa promoción de fumar en público y lo mas irónico fue que todo murieron de ploblema del tasbasquimo

Sammy's dad was a handsome man ........

St John 3:16! 💗

He Was Great RIP

How good looking was he as a young man? I noticed his dads bottom lip would curl inwards when he spoke...weird...and who else thought “wow how things have changed ...people smoking on tv in interviews...watch Johnny Carson had it all the time.

6:21 - Note the modern computer display in front of Sammy. He was one of the first entertainers to own a personal computer.

@5r248

6 жыл бұрын

madamerotten seriously, it’s a chair.

@neptunes297

6 жыл бұрын

Those didn't even exist back then! 😂😂😂

@ecclairmayo4153

3 жыл бұрын

Unmm..that's a chair

@JohnJones-cp4wh

Жыл бұрын

This was filmed before even transistors became the new thing.

The interviewer was a sarcastic jerk! Mocking Sammy on several occasions...

@ecclairmayo4153

3 жыл бұрын

The worst part is Davis calling hin sir, while he called Dacis by his first name...but those were the times..

Sammy was great ! I had a problem with the interviewer with that "boy" crap but it was 1955 so racism was more blantant then !

@suem6004

4 жыл бұрын

Gary Wright I wish I had a 12 room house. So much for racism. He did better than most

@rockyracoon3233

4 жыл бұрын

Gary Wright. The context and tone was not in anyway malicious.

@elizabethpease947

3 жыл бұрын

Gary Wright : Maybe to Edward R. Murrow, Sammy was a ‘boy’ at 29.

@ecclairmayo4153

3 жыл бұрын

And Davis kept calling him "sir"..while the interview called him by his first name. Sign of those times..

@ecclairmayo4153

3 жыл бұрын

@@rockyracoon3233 - doesn't have to be. The MAN was 30 years old.

Wow u amazing! Stupid as to Li es this is how it's done

Sammy was a good looking man.