Sammy Davis in 1955 Interview part 1 of 2
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15 жыл бұрынSammy discusses his recent car accident among other things. Will Mastin, Sam Davis, Sr, Rosa Davis are also interviewed.
@hokeywolf3416 6 жыл бұрын
It's no wonder he was such a success. A truly humble, talented and optimistic man.
@rooseveltdavis9559 5 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest entertainers in world. The legendary Sammy Davis Jr. Young, handsome and extremely talented. R.I.P. brother Sammy.
@karenKristal 10 жыл бұрын
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
@BEAUTIFULDREAMANGEL 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@ThePapasmurf1946 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@afuwad4073 3 жыл бұрын
Amazingly eloquent and articulate.
@kiasky1 4 ай бұрын
Why wouldn’t he be?
@bakoliketaco 11 жыл бұрын
He had so much charm.
@monicaraesmith 6 жыл бұрын
. SAMMY HAS SO MUCH SWAGGER!!
@Jason_wears_stuff 6 жыл бұрын
yes
@verntv996 6 жыл бұрын
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
@vivereper2184 3 жыл бұрын
I never cease watching Sammy Davis Junior. He was the best that ever was in entertainment.
@thisislaflaretv5250 6 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Brother. You ran your race well
@amandalively1 9 жыл бұрын
He always dressed well.
@JoeWellington 12 жыл бұрын
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.
@guidingmike2823 11 жыл бұрын
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.:'(
@BobKnight-mm2ze 3 ай бұрын
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.
@tararobinson6023 4 жыл бұрын
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
@capjoartist1200 13 жыл бұрын
A TRUE LEGEND A UNIQUE MAN R.I.P.
@rdwrdw3672 4 жыл бұрын
He was a good looking man
@mrgivins9690 Жыл бұрын
This man said the same thing!
@kiasky1 4 ай бұрын
When he was young.
@Starthur41 12 жыл бұрын
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.
@OGKennyLee 5 жыл бұрын
He spoke so eloquently...
@rooseveltdavis9559 6 жыл бұрын
Sammy was a cool cat. Enough said.
@hreed3303 8 жыл бұрын
Sweet man. So talented.
@Paula-nt2uc 6 жыл бұрын
Surrounded by family!
@1041normalguy 6 жыл бұрын
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
@dalebaker9109 7 жыл бұрын
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.
@SpaceGhost67 5 жыл бұрын
Sammy was such an intelligent man.
@KatieJoMikell 3 жыл бұрын
And to think he never went to school 🥺
@dennislackey650 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@kiasky1 3 жыл бұрын
In those days, people had manners. They were very respectful.
@StarZendonna1687 8 жыл бұрын
GOOD GOD!! He's so FINE!!!!
@thetruequeen644 4 жыл бұрын
Wow Sammy looks so different without glasses
@charleswinokoor6023 3 жыл бұрын
His father and uncle. How about that. I’ve never seen those two being interviewed.
@MrCJ-qz9dl 3 жыл бұрын
Sammy Davis, Jr. was the ONLY entertainer whose death announcement saddened me. I wish someone could have helped him to stop smoking.
@rayburton4867 4 жыл бұрын
Class Act!
@joym9189 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these Videos what a pleasure to see
@Madyetmellow 4 жыл бұрын
KZfaq has been mucking me about with its algorithms recently. Glad it brought this one to my recommended. Sammy is a legend
@tweezee 14 жыл бұрын
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
@MadPuppets1 13 жыл бұрын
its the original cribs and how classy can sammy be
@miklmiklmtrcycl6009 5 жыл бұрын
Amazing man!
@damarcusmomm05 3 жыл бұрын
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 7 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.
@badgerrrlattin35 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting camera work! I like it.
@saalihah 13 жыл бұрын
The Best to ever do it.
@Blackjesus3 14 жыл бұрын
YOU WERE THE MAN SAMMY
@hmol1955 13 жыл бұрын
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!
@janemurray1274 6 жыл бұрын
Fabulous talent!!!
@AudioInklined 14 жыл бұрын
this is like the original "Cribs".
@IsaacAsimov1992 5 жыл бұрын
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!
@mariaorsic9763 4 жыл бұрын
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!
@bahons72 5 жыл бұрын
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.
@eternallife2642 5 жыл бұрын
such a beautiful spirit
@CK1223 15 жыл бұрын
thank u r.i.p sammy
@normanmunns4743 3 жыл бұрын
Quit simply a lovely man Polite, articulate and kind ( and of course extremely talented ) They don,t make em like that any more
@dionerhodes1308 Жыл бұрын
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. 👏👏💖💖🙏🙏
@leetylr 12 жыл бұрын
Totally Agree x
@slabsides1 12 жыл бұрын
Too bad the I.R.S. took everything he had before they could even bury him.
@fromthesidelines 11 жыл бұрын
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.
@drawforyou 15 жыл бұрын
this is classic! Truly great show business history
@lendrury2771 Жыл бұрын
Wow what a part of entertainment history Sammy was quite a guy Talented yet very humble
@jv-ep2tc 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Bright-It 2 жыл бұрын
Love, love that haircut!
@namastewellness 11 жыл бұрын
Where is Part 2 of 2?
@ethanmon2672 6 жыл бұрын
Where can I find full video?
@slabsides1 12 жыл бұрын
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.
@ciadella1971 3 жыл бұрын
I wish i could of seen Sammy and The Rat Pack live....
@BillViets 4 жыл бұрын
They went through 8 packs of cigarettes in half an hour.
@creditorclass6513 6 жыл бұрын
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.
@sunnybeeSue 11 жыл бұрын
i remember watching the Brando Mansion episode
@newdan3469 2 жыл бұрын
Dumb question... How did they record this interview back then? Did they prerecord the answers?
@queenettajones5510 3 жыл бұрын
He is so handsome ❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊
@eternity812 10 жыл бұрын
Will Masters Sammys uncle sounds and looks a lot like Joe Jackson I wonder if they are related?
@nolanwalls9894 Жыл бұрын
Never seem this wow!!!
@timothyjackson7965 11 жыл бұрын
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!
@marqueematthews4949 4 жыл бұрын
Sammy Davis Jr. Was A Cool Son-A-B!÷%#..
@amyknox123 12 жыл бұрын
why are sammy and the interviewer sitting so far apart?
@annechris2677 Жыл бұрын
When you read what he went thru in the US Army...just shocking
@Twentythousandlps 10 ай бұрын
Will Mastin was 46 years older than Sammy. 😮 That impromptu opening, "interrupting" Sammy, is SO stupid.
@pagalley1 13 жыл бұрын
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.
@speedoflite1 9 жыл бұрын
fav part: what kind of gun? lol...then you hear a SHOT!
@SOULRELIEF22 5 жыл бұрын
St John 3:16! 💗
@thedarksideoftheforce6658 3 жыл бұрын
He was 29 during this about to turn 30.
@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 Жыл бұрын
SAMMY DAVIS JR 08 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1925 16 DE MAYO DE 1990 64 AÑOS
@kevico2 11 жыл бұрын
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
@annechris2677 Жыл бұрын
He took the bad accident so well
@oliverburke 9 жыл бұрын
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!:'(
@MIKESOWELL 12 жыл бұрын
@pagalley1 I think he smoked four packs a day.
@celesterob7068 6 жыл бұрын
Sammy's dad was a handsome man ........
@MondoBeno 13 жыл бұрын
What happened to his kids?
@manuelberroa7872 Жыл бұрын
lo único malo era esa promoción de fumar en público y lo mas irónico fue que todo murieron de ploblema del tasbasquimo
@robertbrawley5048 3 жыл бұрын
Darn it, wanted to see his collection of single action Colts. I'm not really interested in his Brooks Brothers Jacket
@paulk7390 6 жыл бұрын
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.
@JoeWellington 11 жыл бұрын
I had a hard time finding it myself. You'll find it at youtube here /watch?v=F0dp6OxCCAk&list=UUAhEXFADQ22-aD9rmeUzTmg&index=36
@alberttatlock5237 4 жыл бұрын
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 👏👏
@Yarinahh1 11 жыл бұрын
He Was Great RIP
@mslgizzle 4 жыл бұрын
Omg so where in tf have this P2P with SAMMY DJ been HIDING AT BRO IM LIGHTWEIGHT MAD 😳😨😭😩...😍🥰💘💘
@jamescastro8317 8 жыл бұрын
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..
@Wowwwzaaa 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@drobiness 10 жыл бұрын
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..
@garywright7826 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@madamerotten 8 жыл бұрын
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.
@DMS5511 4 жыл бұрын
Sammy was a good looking man.
@nolanwalls9894 Жыл бұрын
Wow u amazing! Stupid as to Li es this is how it's done
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