Today (Dec. 8) marks the centenary of the birth of one of the all-time great entertainers - Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy was born on this day in Harlem in 1925 and left us on May 16, 1990.
Long gone but not forgotten. Lance
For the past eighteen years we've been updating the world about jazz in the north east of England and updating the north east of England about jazz in the world. WINNER of the Jazz Media Category in the 2018 All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Contact lanceliddle@gmail.com
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Look forward to hearing from you. Lance
Monday, December 08, 2025
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2 comments :
'Sammy Davis Jr at the BBC' & 'An Evening with Sammy Davis Jr' (broadcast yesterday, Sunday 7th December on BBC Four) are well worth catching on iPlayer (available for the next 29 days).
I would add my recommendation to Russell's. I found the former programme fascinating and very revealing about the man himself. Amazing to see him explaining tap to Margot Fontaine - a combination as left field as Grappelli and Menuhin!
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