On November 2, 2020 Tracy Davis passed at the age of 59. I’m glad she got a chance to write her book and do this interview. R.I.P. to her and her father. Peace

@Indianagirl1963

11 ай бұрын

Does she mention in her book her father's affair with Lola Falana that broke up the marriage?

i don't know if his daughter knows this very poignant story about him coming to Baltimore 3 times during his run in Golden Boy, to cheer up my neighbors 12 year old daughter, who had lost an eye to a tumor. In my opinion, he saved her life, HE IS A PERSONAL HERO OF MINE.

@teegee6832

6 жыл бұрын

Nat Kobitz that’s beautiful.

@milicamilojkovic5498

5 жыл бұрын

Nat Kobitz

@judithsochor9755

5 жыл бұрын

Nat Kobitz

@joym9189

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, after reading his book your story doesnot surprise me. he seemed to be a generous and giving person.

@sparx180

3 жыл бұрын

Natz Kobitz Good to know.

Sammy was such a supremely talented man! Dancer, singer, actor, comic, impressionist, and gentleman!

@roz57

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! One of the greatest entertainers in history.

@tamaramadison7563

3 жыл бұрын

She looks just like her Father

I went to school with Jeff Davis and Tracy, at Zephyr Cove, in Tahoe. Mrs, Davis went on all of our class field trips. I had no clue Mrs,. Davis had been an actress until I became an adult. She dressed in a blouse and jeans, with a bandana on her head like all the mom's that came on these class trips. It's kind of neat to go on the internet and get a peak at what people look like as adults that you went to school with. And good job on the book Tracy.

I lived across the street in Tahoe across from Tracy, her brother's Mark and Jeff, and of course their mom, who still went by Mai Davis even though by then she was divorced. A great mom and very generous woman.

@elizabethblake1140

5 жыл бұрын

Jeff Conway: Isn't it "May"?

@NYCgirl927

5 жыл бұрын

Jeff Conaway from Taxi died @Paolo DiGiorno

@videocat1366

4 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethblake1140 - I remembered the same thing but when I googled, it said "May." Maybe she changed it? Anyway, she's currently still alive!

@elizabethpease947

3 жыл бұрын

Elizabeth Blake : Yes, it is. Spelled like’May’ but pronounced ‘My’. She’s from Sweden. Her whole name is Maybritt Wilkensen.

@Indianagirl1963

11 ай бұрын

And Sammy Davis had an affair with Lola Falana, which caused the divorce. Interracial marriage is a bad idea.

In 1972 or 71 the Sheriton Waikiki had its grand opening and I lived in Waikiki and was 16 yrs. old. I was checking the place out just walking through and rode an escalator up to the second level where the ballrooms were and Sammy Davis Jr. was performing. I had no ticket but slipped in sideways through the waitresses entrance and watched the master. His voice was and is the strongest most charismatic in the Industry. Wow is all I could say and of course George, his arranger was on piano. He actually sang 'Paint It Black ' by "two of my best friends, Mick Jagger and Mr.Keith Richards". That's the truth, how cool !

Thank you Tracy, Everytime I go to Vegas I think of your dad. Favorite song from him is The Candy man.

@roz57

3 жыл бұрын

Candy Man is one of my favorites too, but I love Mr. Bojangles. It can bring me to tears even today when I hear it.

@mikebradshaw6484

Ай бұрын

Sammy hated that song and his was his only No. 1 hit. Go figure. I loved his version of I've Gotta Be Me. He sang that with such conviction. He was super talented.

Not a great interviewer . She could have asked Tracey a lot more interesting questions with almost 5 minutes. Sounds like a good book. Tracey did well on her end.

@anoobiscooking1193

4 жыл бұрын

Such as?

@dreammessenger1893

3 жыл бұрын

The interviewer was the worst! She couldn’t remember her mother’s name. She fumbled the question about the 24th death anniversary correlating with the release of the book.

Thank you so much for this! I have wondered what happened to Tracey - who I remember from decades ago. Sammy had written a book that I still have - it has fallen apart because I've re-read it, over and over - and it has been one of my cherished possessions. With all of the traveling that our family has done through the years, it has suffered from the jolts of moving. I adored Sammy and Mai together. It was PERSONAL for me to see them together. The courage that they displayed.....you don't even KNOW. God bless Tracey. She has turned into a remarkable woman. I am SO happy to hear about this book :)

@lisajones3373

2 жыл бұрын

Tracey Davis is dead. She died Nov 2, 2020.

@RadioGeisha

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisajones3373 - I am very sad to hear this

Rest in peace, Tracey.

I met sammy in Los Angelis in 1983 on Radeo Dr. There were just a few people that approached him and ooooooh myyyyyyy...he was aloof, standoffish and very cruel. He told us to take a hike and let me say that we were not swarming him, if anything we were being very respectful of his privacy and he just dismissed us which I remember not being more than 5 people . He crushed the love and respect we had for him.

I enjoyed the documentary of Mrs. Alvera Davis, concerning her son. Now, seeing the daughter, is a real treat. Sammy Davis was an exceptional talent.

Love this gal and loved her dad!!

@purplebutterflykisses8004

5 жыл бұрын

Why because she's mixed?

So proud of his Afro/Cuban/Spanish roots. I met him in person when I worked at Caesar’s Palace, with Frank Sinatra. His talent and voice were incredible. Seen the Rat Pack, they were funny, specially Dean was always drunk. Those were the great Las Vegas day. (Nancy)

@kiasky1

4 ай бұрын

He didn’t speak of his Cuban roots because his mother abandoned him. He said he never knew his mother until he got out of the army. Sammy was raised by his Black American father and grandmother Rosa Davis(on his dad’s side).

I love Sammy Davis jr Tracy thank you 🙏🏻 I can’t wait to read the book

@lisajones3373

2 жыл бұрын

Tracey Davis is dead

I loved your dad. I know he was a good man. Honor your mom and dad to the end. God will bless you.

RIP👑🏆⭐🌺🌼🌺 SAMMY DAVIS JR. 0H B0UY , I L0VE THE S0NG AWES0ME THE CANDYMAN ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🎤 P.S. THANK Y0U TRACY DAVIS SHARRING Y0UR WONDERFUL J0URNEY WITH M0M AND DAD BY THE WAY , MR. B0JANGLES IS 0UT 0F THIS W0RLD !

Tracey`s mother was a beautiful young actress Mai Britt from Sweden, who made her name in the re-make movie The Blue Angel, a lady who did not deserve this kind of treatment.

@barrypoupard7009

6 жыл бұрын

Jesus she couldn't work anymore because she married a black man. What a sick world it was in 1960.

@2dasimmons

6 жыл бұрын

Oh I remember Mai Britt. Sammy Davis' marriage to her really caused HEADLINES. Especially so because Mai Britt was pretty snd quit a few white guys liked her and resented her being with Sammy Davis Jr.

@bernadettemcmanus7975

5 жыл бұрын

You're racist remarks is disgusting and you obviously have very few neurons to rub together for something good. @@marilynwillett804

@BISHOPTROTTER

5 жыл бұрын

@@fistfulpennies5792 BBC

@kmcl11

5 жыл бұрын

@@marilynwillett804 The satanists were the whites dear...

What a good daughter.

@davicool9958

3 жыл бұрын

What a bad father

@brianamichelle9024

5 ай бұрын

Oh, shut up. 😒

lovely book, just read it, also read I did it my way. He was a talented guy may he RIP

@lisajones3373

2 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace Tracy Davis

He will always be one of my favorites.

her mother...MAY BRITT!

Very nice and intelligent daughter. ,💜👍🎬📺

I heard Mai Britt was glad to quit acting because she was sick of being type casted as the femme fatal.

A wonderful person Tracey Davis

The greatest entertainer who ever lived

@roz57

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt about it.

I want to find this book and read it. !!!!!🤗👍🏼😁 What great Stories to be told by his daughter about this Iconic beautiful man !!! ♥️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♥️♥️♥️♥️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😀

@VeeFoster

2 жыл бұрын

She wrote a second book which was even better than the first. Check that out too.

It does not get better than this incredible man I never did see color in this man all I saw was Sammy truly the greatest entertainer in the world , Frank was the greatest singer Elvis and Michael also fantastic but Sammy had every inch of talent a person can have .

I remember all these entertainers and the May- Brit love store with Sammy Davis Jr. 💜🇺🇸🇩🇰🗽

It took her 2 decades to write and publish the book because his estate was mired in legal entanglements for so long. Davis earned 50 million dollars during his 6 decade career but was such a bad businessman, he died penniless , owing the IRS 7 million in back payments. Tragic.

I'd like to read the book! I watched an intetview with SDJ's mom...a lovely woman!

It’s June 2024, and although Tracy has passed, May Britt is alive and is 90 yrs old.

She recently passed away Sammy's daughter. R.I.P. WITH YOUR DAD GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL she passed away in Tennessee at the young age of 59 . 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

@k.hendrickson8735

Жыл бұрын

What did she die of?

Sammy Davis Jr ,fue un datado Maximo por dios .El mejor Showman y aún lo es !! Cantaba con una voz extraordinaria , dominaba las melodías de diferentes estilos ,tocaba muchos instrumento,bailaba aún nivel maximo , actuaba en vivo , hacia imitaciones corporales y de voces , hacia humor, gran comediante !!! Era increíble !! Es y era admirado por los grandes artista , como por ejemplo , Michael Jackson , James brown,Fran Sinatra , etc.algunos de los pasos que Sammy hacia cuando bailaba tap, fueron usados por James brown y Michael . !!! Sammy logra su cometido y misión , entretener de la mejor forma a la gente en todo el mundo !!! Gracias Sammy Davis jr.🤗😘🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

I’m getting this book 2021 I never knew

He may have been talented but truly lacked love and respect of another fellow human

😢

Dam cigarettes ,so glad we have gotten smarter.One huge talent.

She passed away in 2020 I had no idea

Other than her hair, she looks like Davis. He was a talented man, but not good looking. Her mom was gorgeous

@Michelle-pn9xt

5 жыл бұрын

looks nothing like him

@roz57

3 жыл бұрын

In Sammy Davis I see my uncle and son, he was a handsome Black man, period!

Perseus,the hole,"12,000 Churches crack in the wall",everlasting Eternal Life,comfirmed it's the one.

What brought me here was a Late Night Movie, The Young Lions, 1958, which included a very sultry May Brit (Tracy’s mom) as a German political wife. She did fantastic in this role, and I am quite sure she could have been a force in Hollywood had she not opted to devote herself to raising those three kids as normally as possible. It kinda irks me, all the accolades about Sammy. I mean, yes, of course, he was very talented. But it was May, who did the important work! Does anyone know what Tracy died of? Age 59 is very young….

I see her father in her !!!

@velmawilliams646

3 жыл бұрын

Liar

@lisaaugustin5400

3 жыл бұрын

She dont look like her mother! Her mother was beautiful !!! YOU are an F' in LIAR !!!

She resembles Sammys mother

@aprilmay1061

3 жыл бұрын

She does.

@velmawilliams646

3 жыл бұрын

Ok you’re reaching on that one

Who is her mother? And when is the movie coming out about him ?? Tommy Davidson is suppose to portray him..

About the money 🤔🤔🤔🤔

She Beauitful 😍😍

@thehoneyeffect

6 жыл бұрын

Bria Kenzie really? She’s just pale

@marilynwillett804

5 жыл бұрын

pale? anything not charcoal is pale to you people.

@six6goddess214

5 жыл бұрын

Why do you worry so much about black people? your obsessed get a life

@velmawilliams646

3 жыл бұрын

Girl bye lol

Meaning how the people around him knew he was ill and the looted his home is last wife took everything stole from him his friends and family took all his painting and when he died his wife took his glass eye sold it. Imagine you want to live the doctor said u have cancer we can take it out if your throat meaning you want be able to sing and if he can not sing meaning no money lose his home where was his family and friends to take that problem away

@angelabender8132

6 жыл бұрын

Cassandra Amore Sold his glass eye? 😂cool!

@trudesoto7807

5 жыл бұрын

*That's not true! Sammy was an alcoholic and still struggled with drug use near the end. His last wife took care of him throughout this tough and embarrassing time.* SAMMY HAD BORROWED FROM THE CASINOS he worked for to pay for drugs and his jewelry and lavish appearances. He died in debt to shadey folks and the IRS. His last wife had nothing in the end.

@plantbased5673

5 жыл бұрын

@@trudesoto7807 Yes, I remember reading that somewhere. It's a shame that such a talented man was so self-destructive.

@trudesoto7807

5 жыл бұрын

@Estela Lugo - True😢

@karenmerrell-brown1196

5 жыл бұрын

He was in huge debt with the IRS. His stuff had to be sold to pay it off. Your story isn't true. Sounds good though.

Mr Bojangles

Sammy was a great entertainer. His private life was that of a monster. Open marriages and leaving his widow broke beyond belief.

@estelleschneider9033

3 жыл бұрын

Very sad

@tryin2beehappygolucky431

3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised noone has mentioned "that church" he belonged to!

She looks just like him...

@ronaldapaditr

7 жыл бұрын

Andrea Mcfarlane not a good thing if you ask me...

@sohooded

6 жыл бұрын

????

@mashan1978

6 жыл бұрын

Uhhhh no. She doesn't.

@deneenjeffries2768

6 жыл бұрын

denise yes Mark looks just like him, I don't understand how the DNA didn't say he was Sammy's , but if you look at her face in this video, she has his facial shape , mouth... they should have straightened this out before he died, because it's sad these adults will always have questions regarding their parentage. If Mai Britt knows I hope she tells the truth before she passes . Sammy I'm sure was having so much blood work, it would have been easy to DNA test them all...Paternity testing was available in 1990

@aprilmay1061

5 жыл бұрын

She looks more like him now than she did when she was younger.

He should never have been in the rat pack, he was much better on his own without that lot....🌹

@blackboyblues6727

3 жыл бұрын

Lol. The Rat Pack protected him. Back then there were so many things against him.

We're all mixed!

@joycepino5346

4 жыл бұрын

No we're not

how many people know where the name rat pack came from? summit

What Sammy Davis Jr, Mai Britt, their family and countless others had to endure was not that long ago and it was all due to racism. A lot of it was normalized, institutionalized and still exists today. But I love how this book brings back that sophisticated swinging time.

@roz57

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, sad to say we as a nation has not moved the needle much from where it was when in 1960. It just keep changing and adopting new rules.

@k.hendrickson8735

Жыл бұрын

You need to get over the racism thing… it ended in the 70’s. Bury it THERE. I know. I was there, and things are NOTHING like those days now. So get OVER IT. The only racism NOW? (21st century) Is BITTER, revengeful, vile people who only want something, Anything, to keep whining about and hating on each other and to split up the USA. Instead of working and Problem Solving like we all need to.

@k.hendrickson8735

Жыл бұрын

@@roz57 >> That’s BS. I was THERE, back in the 60’s -70’s. Things are INCREDIBLY changed from then. Get over yourself.

Sammy wan't an original member of the ratpack. It would seem. According to Stephen Bogart, the original members of the Holmby Hills Rat Pack were Frank Sinatra (pack master), Judy Garland (first vice-president), Sid Luft (cage master), Bogart (rat in charge of public relations), Swifty Lazar (recording secretary and treasurer), Nathaniel Benchley (historian), David Niven, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, George Cukor, Cary Grant, Rex Harrison, and Jimmy Van Heusen. - Wikipedia

Terrible Reporter Terrible way of speaking....👎

reporter has nice legs

Sorry, this is not the real Tracey Davis, daughter of Sammy Davis, Jr. The real Tracey was my next door neighboer for a few years in Simi Valley California, and my daughter Tara, who was about four years old at the time Sam (son) was born, use to pretend babysit for Tracey and Guy (her husband at the time). The Tracey I remember from thirty years ago was a very petite woman who (face) was a spitting image of her father Sammy Davis Jr. I doubt that I will get any response to this. My daughter, is still friends with Sam (the grandson) all these years later.

She was very nasty to Sammy’s wife Altovise.

Sammy's daughter is pretty plus she has beautiful hair most mixed guys/girls have the most beautiful hair in this universe.

@elizabethevans1275

7 жыл бұрын

Pretty Baby Tricia ahmen

@StukInBuf

7 жыл бұрын

I'm correcting myself now; I found out, via another poster here, that the wife he married(who would bring Tracey into being) was Maj Britt.

@charlottekey8856

5 жыл бұрын

Don't know what looks "mixed" about her hair. Looks straight out Swedish. It was dark when she was younger. Everybody's going blond these days. She was very cute as a little kid though.

@marilynwillett804

5 жыл бұрын

mixed kids have black peoples kinky hair will you people stop the lies. look at meghan markle with all her millions, her hair is a stringy disaster. always unkempt, sloppy looking, anyway this woman is no daughter of sammy davis.

@trudesoto7807

5 жыл бұрын

@@marilynwillett804 - huh?? How is Mehgans hair unkempt? You're nutty.

Interracial marriage is wrong and it's a shame her mother had to lose her career because she made a mistake. Sammy Davis, Jr had an ongoing affair for years with Lola Falana which is what caused her parents divorce. Interracial marriage does not work. And it's also worth mentioned Tracey died young, too. No cause of death has been released.

@philgreene3617

2 ай бұрын

Wrong

@philgreene3617

2 ай бұрын

A large percentage of non-interracial marriages end up in divorces or with bone head kids

gorgeousSammy Davis Jr fell hard for gorgeous Kim Novak at the time the Biggest Box Office Star in the world .

@ToughXArmy69

3 жыл бұрын

Typo above, eliminate Gorgeous in front of Sammy, Thx

@k.hendrickson8735

Жыл бұрын

DUH. Her name was May Brit, a gorgeous Swedish model. Good thing she dedicated her life to their 3 kids, because Sammy sure didn’t.

That’s not his daughter , he was FOOLED

I heard that Sammy regretted the that he had married a white woman.

she doesn't look mixed.

@manofiske3318

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, she looks 'mixed' alright.

@thehoneyeffect

6 жыл бұрын

Why do you say that? Lol

@aprilmay1061

5 жыл бұрын

She does look mixed. She just has her hair more like her mothers

@marilynwillett804

5 жыл бұрын

her hair is dyed, her mom had silky hair, when you black women stop lying about hair.

@marilynwillett804

5 жыл бұрын

she had brown hair.

Shame on these Sick folk, We can't choose who to Love. But we can choose who too create babies with.

@blaqqpanthuros180

3 жыл бұрын

Cookie Baby idiot!

Who the f cares. I am for sure am not leaving any comments :-)

@FrankKlaver

9 жыл бұрын

Oh my public apology. I do not remember writing that at all! I love Sammy! Maybe I was angry about something :(((

@bridgetrodger4577

8 жыл бұрын

my father seen him in las Vegas in the 60s said he has never seen such a talented man in all his life! so sorry I never got to experience that! I know how difficult it was for him in those day's enough said thank God we've moved on from that! truly wonderful man and gr8 advocate for entertainment a true trooper! God Bless his family u must be soo proud if him!

@jacquelinewyn-ricketts9145

7 жыл бұрын

Bridget Rodger

@jg2363

5 жыл бұрын

Frank Klaver you can delete the comment

Sammy Davis Jr was a biracial guy of Jewish, native American and African American ancestry.

sam and mai were selfish not brave.

@jackiebrookman9910

6 жыл бұрын

Bizarre comment. The racist American society was intolerant, selfish and mean as hell!

@sparx180

5 жыл бұрын

Tourmaline57 How come?

@sparx180

5 жыл бұрын

sHERREE LANGLEY My two words were not directed to you. I just wanted to know the reason behind "selfish." In those days you had to be brave to marry a person of color, the truth be told. I asked "how come" referring to that persons comment of their being selfish. They were in love what is selfish about that? There was no bravery in referring back to you!

Another hybrid..not Swedish nor African - why can't people honor their heritage enough to keep the blood lines going.

@AngiesDoingIt

5 жыл бұрын

Sammy Davis was not born in Africa, nor were his parents, so he is not African. Most Black men like pro sports players, actors, etc. were introduced to white women to keep the money in the white community. They we're afraid that if a Black man with wealth married a Black woman, they would share the wealth with other Black people. Watch interviews with Magic Johnson. They would not let him invest in Chicago, but they finally let him and his group invest in radio stations. So he bought as many as he could. Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Mike Singletary, OJ Simpson, Don Cornelius, etc. married to white women, who have control over their wealth.

@capricornlove4816

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds prejudice🙄

@rpitt5066

5 жыл бұрын

They are not hybrids, they are human beings. Genetic Biologists found that one single group of 55 chimpanzees in west Africa has twice the genetic variability of all humans...including you. Say hello to your cousin ☺

@k.hendrickson8735

Жыл бұрын

You HAVE to be one of those hired Trolls working for KZread… (Don’t answer this Bot. It’s a fake account… ALL social media does this fake crap 💩)

Sammy Davis was really a female

@robincoffman6723

5 жыл бұрын

you are truly an idiot

@kennethlucas7473

4 жыл бұрын

Fucking moron!