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Title: Sammy Davis, Jr., 1970-1980
Alternative Title: Jazz and Popular Music vocalists
Date Created and/or Issued: [1970-1980]
1970/1980
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Sammy Davis Jr. was an African American singer, musician, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian. He began his career in vaudeville at the age of 3 with his father, Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio. Davis became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) after the 1951 Academy Awards.
Color studio portrait of Sammy Davis, Jr. holding a microphone.
Written on back of photo: Sammy Davis, Jr.
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b22_f13_005a.tif
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Subject: African American actors
African American singers
African American dancers
Davis, Sammy, 1925-1990
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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