Sammy Davis Jr. - Birth Of The Blues

[@christopherking6367]

I could listen to this song over and over and never get tired of it. Terrific!

[@susanworkman529]

What can I say. This is the one and only Sammy Davis Jr., the consumate entertainer. He never disappoints. He always gives 200%.

[@roslynperzow727]

What a Powerhouse, what an entertainer. The likes of which we won't see again . RIP Sammy,

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

Amen and amen again

[@Rob_Kates]

This cat could swing! Today's entertainers cannot hold a candle to this guy.

[@RhyminCarly]

When he said "Grand Rapids", it made my day! :) I think Sammy Davis Jr. does this song the best, out of all the different versions.

[@HRpuffnstuff23]

Sammy! Just a legend!

[@gaetanpatience2122]

Class Act* Mr. Sammy Davis Jr. (forgotten today) = Soul & harmony Love him*50 stars

[@suzanneglad4625]

The Ultimate Entertainer!! This man could do everything well. Still blows me away.

[@cserannie80]

Perfect!!! Need to hear it three more times or more!

[@billygillan821]

Truly one of the greats,him and Dean had what a call butter voice,meaning no matter if you don't like the song it melts in your heart,truly magical.

[@quinbyz5081]

I love the Sammy Davis Jr spin and bend on all the songs and music he does. it's like people who play a harmonica as a perfectionist. clean draws and notes. but when Sammy gets on his harmonica ; he bends the shit out of those notes and brings a sleeping note to life and wide awake. True definition of doing what you love how you love to do it and not giving in to mass population.

[@Brian-pf7qq]

Saw him twice in concert, it was like the musical equivalent of watching a perfect game being pitched in baseball.

[@marcseyes1665]

woahh, mind if i ask your age? I just have to say you are one lucky individual... I'm 19 and Sammy is somehow still the best entertainer outhere considered by me..What I'd give to time travel and experience one of his gigs. Pleasee tell me more about your experience

[@Brian-pf7qq]

@@marcseyes1665 I am sixty seven

[@omashangout]

The ultimate showman. So glad I got to see him live

[@a.town.2053]

so lucky

[@RegrasParaVida]

Amazing!

[@peterblack1639]

Multi talented with his own unique way of singing......he dances , sings, acts, plays musical instruments.......

[@JohnSEvans]

Absolute talent! Mr. Davis was always an entertainer who gave his all at every performance, this is an excellent example of his artistry! Thank you for sharing! Be well, JSE.

[@liketotan]

My aunts used to sing this and I loved it

[@hardin54]

Amen !!!! Mr. Davis was the Original Greatest Entertainer on Earth and then passed the torch to Sir MJ !!!! We are blessed to have been witness their God given gifts that they shared with the planet, we thank them !!!!

[@stuartleggat7176]

Sammy, like the rest of the Rat Pack, had a man's voice...MJ had an often whiney wee boy's voice by comparison...

[@TheInvincibleViolet]

I love it with the intro/prelude, hard to find a version with it included. Thanks for posting !!!!!!!!

[@JaCeeMusic]

Luv you, Sammy!

[@seymorejacobsen7386]

The absolute best!

[@DaveBuildsIt]

The energy from Sammy and the horns..... it's addictive.

[@johnmacleod3247]

Amazing

[@doreenfewsdale4061]

Brilliant !

[@HARVEYSHEL]

Sammy is the greatest, along with a sizzzling orchestra.

[@miina7776]

I hope he's rocking his talent in heaven!

[@kathleenlock8963]

What a talent, he was part of the Rat Pack, but Sinatra and Martin, both said Sammy Davis was the real singer in the group.

[@timmy841212]

They knew who was the real star of the Rat Pack: the "kid" in the middle, SDJR.

[@kevinfinstad5121]

So great Sammy truly was always enjoyed him!

[@rabindranath22]

Mind is blown!

[@reginaaroca9747]

Foi o melhor, sem dúvida.

[@CarmenZynger]

Sammy never lost that suppleness in his voice. He was still in his prime, up to the cancer in his esophagus because of damned cigarettes. Sammy could have lived longer but he didn't want to lose that voice. Then in the end, they couldn't save him once that cancer went into the lymph nodes. It went everywhere. I'm still sad but we know Sammy Davis Jr is with his Maker. And maybe, just maybe, Sammy, Frank, Dean, and are singing, all together again, for Peter at the pearly gates.

[@JoeWellington]

I remember it well!

[@ruthsemerjian5873]

Wow wow wow , you make my heart sing !!!!

[@kdmandy]

So fantastic! Love, love this rendition! One of the best, for sure!!

[@jimmy6stringsroveto]

Show em how it's done Sammy!!!

[@thefirstmockingbirdofsprin4431]

💞💕😁Sammy 🙏 tell the tale of “the blues”💕💞💕💞💕💞💐💐💐💐

[@johnmacleod921]

The Best

[@magdasanchez89]

Just great!

[@MegaGum1]

Do it Sam!

[@gaetanpatience2122]

...And All that Jazz..

[@millsbrothers]

Can you see why this was his showstopper!

[@sparksmediagr]

UCKABAH - This was part of the gala celebration for the opening of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. The location is Devos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, MI

[@victoriasantiago1894]

Great great talent

[@tonyanderton3521]

Astonishing. Mesmerising. The greatest entertainer of All Time. In the days before the dreaded auto-tune.

[@LaScimmia87]

Senza Parole! No words! :|

[@stuartleggat7176]

How did such a wee, skinny guy, sing with a such a full-voiced; barrel-chested; Pavarotti-type powerhouse voice??!!

[@ahmedhaidar3834]

🙌❤👏2024

[@ericjansson2472]

Amazing voice!...I have seen that set before... I believe that is the Nelson Riddle orchestra and during this concert Frank Sinatra sang the Beatles "Something in the way" might have been the concert to be at during the day.

[@MrRodBelt]

Sammy Davis. Jr. was one of the influences that made MJ the great entertainer that he was.

[@sunmoon6032]

I didn't know you before but thanks to BTS V now I know and I'm thankful..you are really great artist

[@thomasm.1354]

👏

[@biddyjennings7670]

That's man is a janjus xxxxx

[@kathleenlock8963]

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra once said that, of the entire Rat Pack, Sammy was the only real singer.

[@LittlJohn]

He acted like he was still in his 20s-30s even tho he was old, one of the best entertainers ever, this is where Michael Jackson learned how to be great

[@UCKABAH]

Anyone know where this performance was from?

[@johnfyfe4063]

Tennessee wh8skey

[@delirous8]

What a dead audience! Don't they know a legend is in front of their eyes.

[@barabasthejew3464]

Quite literally when it comes to ol' Ronnie!

[@quinbyz5081]

delirous8 it'd called an older past and respectable time where you wait to get riled up and clap and ect cause you listen appreciate their entire performance. This isn't songs they bring ya in to clap along to ect. Unless the artist involves the crowd; this is soul, love, history, film, this is life through music. very rare anyone including Sammy get people to join in clap ect. But this is more in the future and time we come from compared to when he first started his career as a hoofer, actor, comedian and singer.

[@barabasthejew3464]

Ronnie's still dead, though. Maybe one day Sammy will return to the future, as the future is now. But Sammy is the hoofer we need, not the hoofer we deserve.

[@timmy841212]

They did. Audiences back in the day were different.

[@barabasthejew3464]

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[@barabasthejew3464]

Randy Sammy at 5:26!

[@edwardbronston1099]

Reagan and Ford are clapping on 1 and 3. NO SOUL AT ALL!!

[@davidingram8734]

Kennedy Center Honors?

[@hawkrider88]

The greatest entertainer of all times. And white people just can't clap on 2 & 4. ;)

[@petermastronardi6641]

Lol

[@dennydlugo3766]

Frank Sinatra

[@dennydlugo3766]

F

[@tielersummerlin6028]

wierd

[@wilhe001]

Maybe your weird. He was my friend and a brilliant man and performer. He will live in my heart forever.

[@wilhe001]

That add hold have said you are weird.

[@dennydlugo3766]

Frank Sinatra