I grew up listening to legends such as Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tony Bennett. — Bradley Walsh Copy Share Image
Would you believe that Sammy Davis, Jr. taught me how to sing a ballad? 'You can be in an arena,' he said,… — Gladys Knight Copy Share Image
Moshe Dayan, who said to Sammy Davis, Jr., That's funny, to me you only look half Jewish. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
Sammy Davis Jr. was a real movie buff who loved nothing better than being around a film studio - whether he was… — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
Sammy Davis, I backed him up. I used to study him every night. I saw how great performers worked and was able… — Bobby Vinton Copy Share Image
You can't make everyone in the world like you. If you try, you're just spinning your wheels and you frustrate yourself and… — Demond Wilson Copy Share Image
All people of goodwill object to racial hatred. But no one cares that Billy Crystal darkened his skin to portray Sammy Davis… — Michael J. Knowles Copy Share Image
Groucho, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis it was incredible. It's a thrill to work with people like that, to… — Soupy Sales Copy Share Image
People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment. — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
I always thought of Caesars as the gold standard. I had exactly one date in high school, and my father knew someone… — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around… — Bernie Mac Copy Share Image
If you ever get injured or have an asthma attack, the last words you get out are, 'Sammy Davis suite, please.' That's,… — Charles Nelson Reilly Copy Share Image
Twenty years from now we want people to come out and see us sing and dance in Las Vegas. Like Sammy Davis… — Rob Pilatus Copy Share Image
“I liked old time music but what i meant by that was the period from the 1930s through the 60s, nothing before… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
A lot of people who were the best in their fields. I was fortunate enough to be friends with Sammy Davis, Jr.… — James Darren Copy Share Image
I felt Michael Jackson was inspired a little bit more from the elegance of a Fred Astaire. Michael loved Sammy Davis, Jr.… — Kenny Ortega Copy Share Image
I think I called myself an entertainer on my son's birth certificate. That sounds a bit Sammy Davis Jr. or Brian Conley,… — Limmy Copy Share Image
It's not like I'm the first man ever to do this, y'know? You gotta go back to Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
“Ramon looked closely at the little guy as he ate. "Maybe he's Jewish. I mean, if Sammy Davis Jr. could convert to… — Lish McBride Copy Share Image
I was talking to a TV bigwig, and he said, 'Nobody under 35 knows who Sammy Davis is.' Well, you'll hear angry… — Leslie Bricusse Copy Share Image
I've wanted to do a Sammy Davis Jr. story for a long time. It's one of those pet projects that has to… — Eddie Griffin Copy Share Image
Joseph Cotten, who said, You know how I got my name? Sammy Davis picked it for me. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons Copy Share Image
Back when Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin were doing roasts, they were all friends. They knew each other's children, each other's… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
I personally knew and worked with Sammy Davis, Jr. Sammy hired me to open for him at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas… — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
Please stop assuming that longevity and perfect health is always the correct option. No. Sometimes fun costs ya. It just does, you… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
There's a time when it was an event for a black person to be on television. Where black households would gather around,… — Sterling K. Brown Copy Share Image
I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr.,… — Dionne Warwick Copy Share Image
Americans don't like any form of art, man. All they like to do is make money. They don't like me, Sammy Davis,… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Tom Jones is funny to me, man. I mean, he really tries to ape Ray Charles and Sammy Davis, you know. He's… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
Stand-up is my heart and now I get a chance to do that and the music altogether. That's going to be great.… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
I started off working with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington at 9. Then on to working with Elvis and… — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
I'm doing what great artists before me did, like Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Eddie Cantor. I'm doing what they were doing, not… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
Every time I was with Sammy [Davis Jr.] it was like going to the show business museum because the stories were so… — Billy Crystal Copy Share Image
Here's the mark that a lot of people miss nowadays. Producers missed. They leave out the heart and soul. And that's what… — Donny Osmond Copy Share Image
When I lived in Las Vegas, I was meeting everybody: Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones -… — Cassandra Peterson Copy Share Image
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