Ruth Leon recommends…Sammy Davis Jr – Mr Bojangles
Ruth Leon recommendsSammy Davis Jr – Mr Bojangles
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Recently, when a talented kid told me that his ambition was to be an ‘all-round entertainer’. I thought about the most all-round of all-round entertainers the world has ever seen and perhaps the most talented – the great Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy could do everything and did do everything, brilliantly. As an aide memoire, just in case you’ve forgotten how special he was, here he is, in concert in Germany, in 1985, singing one of his signature songs, dancing a bit and telling a story in song so clearly and skillfully that you can actually see the man he’s singing about.
Now that was an all-round entertainer.
Sammy Davis Jr. was simply one of the most talented people to ever walk the earth. Singer, tap dancer, actor, alone would have been enough, but he also played several instruments at a fairly high level:
https://youtu.be/baHH2Kqz1SQ
There’ll never be another like him.
Worth noting that Sam was a great impressionist too. His Louis Armstrong impression was fantastic.
Wonderful!! There’s an amazing performance of Mr. Bojangles by Harry Belafonte, too.