Sammy Davis, Jr.

...from the Mad Men AM Radio Character Playlists include music from Ella Fitzgerald, Patsy Cline, Smokey Robinson, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., The Platters and a host of other cornerstones from Verve jazz greats, Motown hits, Decca...

In this article: Mad Men, Universal Music Group, Golden Globe, Universal Music Enterprises, Don Draper, Betty Draper, Itunes, The Platters, and Debmar-Mercury

...studio on West Grand Boulevard. Over the years, Belgrave has played with the top names in jazz and many legendary entertainers, including Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett and Aretha Franklin. In the mid-70s, Belgrave...

In this article: Marcus Belgrave, Detroit, The Kresge Foundation, College for Creative Studies, Louis Armstrong, Motown Records, US Agency For International Development, Ella Fitzgerald, and Berry Gordy Jr.

...and studied the oeuvre of musicians such as Diana Ross, James Brown, the Nicholas Brothers, Jackie Wilson, Aretha Franklin, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dionne Warwick and-as true geniuses do-reinvented yourself amidst this tradition, electrifying...

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...by the group's best-known lineup of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson . The Supremes were, following Sammy Davis, Jr. and Sam Cooke, among the first African-American entertainers to appear at the Copa, and playing the club was...

In this article: Motown, Berry Gordy, Diana Ross, Sam Cooke, The Supremes, The Supremes at the Copa, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson

...directed by Thomas W. Jones II, with choreography by Broadway veteran Maurice Hines, the show aims to celebrate the career of Sammy Davis Jr. -- celebrate him, mind you, without actually using his name or any of the songs he helped make famous...

In this article: Maurice Hines, Frank Sinatra, Simulacrum, and Rat Pack

...there. Marvin was only one of just a few R&B musicians after Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson to perform at the club where performers such as Sammy Davis, Jr., Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra had performed at regularly. Marvin was the...

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...and also a percussionist with the nickname "Black Jack", and following further tours Down Under with Sammy Davis, Jr. and Stan Freberg, he founded his own music production company. He did a session with Art Mardigan in 1963, and after this...

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...and offices. ECOLOGY Another Motown imprint, albeit a very short-lived one, the label was co-owned by Berry Gordy and Sammy Davis Jr. Just one single, In My Own Lifetime, sung by Sammy, was released in March 1971. FUNK BROTHERS The Funk...

In this article: Motown Records, Berry Gordy, The Supremes, US, Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Baby Love, UK, Jackie Wilson, and The Funk Brothers

...the 1950s as a headliner at the club. Sam Cooke performed there on July 8, 1964, resulting in the LP Sam Cooke at the Copa, Sammy Davis Jr. shattered attendance records with his run in May 1964, and in 1965 The Supremes made their debut there...

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