Damn cigarettes I wish they were banned.

Glad you saw it too....lol....What a GIANT!!!

Recently, I was pondering at the amazing music prodigies that have recently sprung up like Emily Beard, Jesus Molina, Justin Schulz and then all of a sudden a video of Mr Sammy Davis Jnr came into view algorithmically, and then I saw more videos and now I’m reading his autobiography. Wow, started at age three and never stopped…..In comparison to the prodigies I mentioned, as great as they are, wow, Sammy Davis Jnr is miles ahead of them all. IMHO, the greatest all round entertainer that ever existed.

Patrick Gallimore : That Lady is his grandmother? I thought she was his mother? His mother was from Puerto Rico.

Sammy had like 20 talents minimum

No his grandmother was from NC North Carolina. She’s was a beautiful black American.

Oh he had more than just 4 talents. The greatest all round entertainer of them all.

I don't think that was really his mom.

@@joseph9531 Miss Davis in this video is his grandmother on his dad's side. His mom was Puerto Rican

@@jelly7310 incorrect she was Cuban. He only said she was from Puerto Rico because during that time relations between the USA and Cuba was bad.

@@jelly7310 VERY INTERESTING, MR DAVIS LOVE TO HANG OUT IN PUERTO RICO AT THE EL SAN JUAN CASINO AND HOTEL IN ISLA VERDE, AND SING HIS BLACK ASS AT THE PLACE.

joe : Her name was Rosa B. Davis.

She was Sammy’s paternal grandmother.

funboy7979 His mom was born Elvera Sanchez in Puerto Rico.

@@ne1124 "Elvera Sanchez (September 1, 1905 - September 2, 2000) was an American dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis Jr. During his lifetime, Davis Jr. stated that his mother was Puerto Rican and born in San Juan; however, in the 2003 biography In Black and White, author Wil Haygood wrote that Davis' mother was born in New York City, of Afro-Cuban descent, and that Davis claimed she was Puerto Rican because he feared anti-Cuban backlash would hurt his record sales." -- wikipedia

He was so handsome, dreamy, charismatic, polite, intelligent, talented! My goodness! I could go on...he was simply everything!!!

I thought the same thing. It speaks volumes about the times in which she grew up, but I am glad that she lived to see her grandson garner such respect from those very same persons.

im pretty sure that she's just shy about being on tv!!! the only guy she would see is the cameraman hidden at the time behind a huge camera! Murrow was in the studio and this was a remote

1960ebutuoy Perhaps, but we cannot negate the times that they lived in either, or the impact of her daily life experiences at that time as a Black woman. As much as people often say, "Why do they have to make it a race thing?", sadly the answer to that is that life in America has always been about 'making it a race thing.' After several hundred years of "your not good enough because of your race", "your not pretty enough because of the color of your skin", "you can't get hired despite how good you are because of your background", "the police stops you because of your ethnicity", and "an entire set of laws were placed on the books specifically to keep the races apart and unequal", yes I would have to agree that more often than not some aspect of race plays a part in people's thinking and psychology because of our history and culture. Maybe not always, but more often than not even if folks are not conscious of it.

Angela Celeste May i agree with you completely but that has nothing to do with this comment stream, if you are looking for an opportunity to proselytize about your race beliefs, i understand, but it muddies the search for accurate evaluation and misconception about this wonderful woman's response to her environment.and that same lens distortion serves really more as a rohrshach about your personal world view than reality. stop reifying the hate/fear and as michael jackson said be all about love and the love will eventually sweep it all away. namesta ,Angela

I disagree, because my reply was to the initial comment that started this stream which was specifically about racial relations when the person stated, "I think his mum is used to not being allowed to look a white person in the eyes, it's sad :(" Also, as I stated earlier, the state of race history in our country is such that it has some part in nearly all conversation, whether we are aware of it or not, especially in the case of a woman living in that era. But even though that is the case, I don't mind agreeing to disagree. Peace.

He was half Puerto rican

magovenor Cuban, not Puerto Rican. They said Puerto Rican because it would be easier to deal with than being Cuban (given the missle crisis and everything else)

oh really!

magovenor Yes ma'am/Yes sir.

+Amalgamaite Thank you Amal!

Its his grandmother. However, she raised him and from that stand point she is his mother!!!

Patrick Gallimore He was a Jew,an didn't worship the devil

He and his daughter have said that period of his life was short lived, thankfully.

Frank Sinatra opened doors for him to his own detriment, that no one else would. Read the autobiography 'Yes I Can' Sammy Davis Jr

And also sinatra was older them him

Also Frank sinatra was a much bigger star than Sammy Davis disregard the level of talent.

How's your idol!?

@@mrgivins9690 doing well🙏🏾