With all my love for Frank Sinatra, I have to admit that Sammy Davis was arguably the best of the whole Rat Pack, the most complete. He knew how to do everything! And he knew how to do it splendidly
Umm what's not to stand? Talent or your jealousy?? Bahaha..who in all the world listens and comments a musician they don't like? I get it..your sarcastic! I love this man so much I can't stand it! Love, love you! 💌🇺🇸♥️🤍💙💃💋.
Ra HoWa NOBODY goes to a live show excepting to see the songs sung exactly how they were recorded.... unless you listen to rap, where they just play the recorded version and let the performer sing over it.
I was a little white girl when he was having his comeback. I absolutely adored him. If he was going to be on a show, I'd sit there waiting for him to come on. I especially loved it when he danced. It was one of the reasons I took tap lessons. I will always have fond memories of Sammy. One of the best all around performers ever.
Agreed Mad Maxxxxxxx. It used to be all about the audience when great performers stepped out on stage. They were grateful for their audiences that helped make them. Now it's all about themselves. They feel like the audience should be grateful to be graced with their presence.
Fun fact: Sammy Davis Jr addition for the shop keeper in the candy store For Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. But the director and producers didn't want someone famous playing the part so they turned him down. Which is why as you see he sang even though he never got the part.
Sammy Davis, Jr. had a hit with this song at a time when most hitmakers were half to two-thirds his age. And here he's having loads of fun with it more than a decade later. A true class act!
I met him when I was a kid visiting Atlantic City with my Aunt and Uncle around 1980. The grownups were gambling and I was tired of game room and stepped outside to sneak a smoke. He got out of his car and I started singing Candy Man. He says "You're a cool cat" finger guns and all. He tells me how I shouldn't smoke and then asked what I was doing. I say I got board and was gonna walk to our hotel. He offers a ride and I say sure. I was cheesing big time. He was already one of my heroes and it was my first ride in a limo. I was 15 and it was wonderful. When I got much older I read that he hated Candy Man and yet he was ever so gracious. My first brush with fame. Oh yeah, I did not ask him if he was keeping an eye out for me but I wanted to. Gosh, I miss his presence.
One of my most concrete memories is when my grandparents lived in a caravan about 2 hours from me, and on a weekend my granddad (who worked round me still) would drive back home to caravan, so I’d go with him, and on those long drives, we would have this on repeat, one of the things me and him bonded with was loving this and how it was the first time we both tapped and sang together, sometimes it takes stuff like a song to realise that when someone’s gone, you will miss them more than anything, I’m so not ready to lose my granddad for memories like this
had this on a 45 when I was a child. I loved this song and still do! the best rendition of Mr. Bojangles I've ever seen was from this wonderful talented man. The world needs less P.Diddy and more Sammy Davis Jr.
The story is, S.D. Jr. never wanted to sing this song. He thought it was too goofy. His producer finally convinced him, and Sammy said he'd do only a single take. That one take is what eventually became the released single - which shot to number one in multiple countries. It's his only #1 song.
He was sooooo great, this warm bride orchestral voice, this timing, the charme, the humor, the talent, this little man and his voice no problem with a big band with nearly 30 musicians! Absolutely genius. I miss him, this kind of jazz and all the singers and dancers of his decade ;-)
A little white girl in '71 just 5 yrs old...walked up to stage and received Sammy's autograph at the Circle Star Theatre...still have the booklet he signed. Someone out there has a pic of myself and Sammy. No bar, best memory of my childhood!!!
Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, California was the best place to see all those fantastic performers!!! And best you were up close to them while they were performers! I sure miss those days back in the 80s and 90s. They were the best!!😊
Wow. I haven't really listened to Sammy Davis junior. But I'm glad I am now. Where have I been? And I'm kinda surprised l. It's 2022 and this is still being heard. I thought I was alone in my past memories and nostalgia. I love the good old times. I'm glad I'm not alone on those thoughts
Oh mein Gott, das war ja bei der Eröffnung der Spielbank hier in Dortmund Syburg, zu der ich damals kein Ticket bekam, weil sie innerhalb 30 Minuten ausverkauft war! Sammy Davis Jr. war absolut großartig.
I don't know when and how it started, but I've loved this song from hearing it on the radio as a little girl growing up in Jamaica. I loved it so much I sang it to my son as a lullaby when he was a baby, then to my daughter, and now, now I'm singing it to my grandson as I did to his father. He knows all the words, though I had them in the wrong places so I'm here learning the lyrics once and for all...what a singer and a beautiful performance this is!! Thanks Sammy for such a beautiful song that continues to warm my heart and those I love.
What a talented guy. We won't see or hear his like again. All we are left with now is mediocre dross that will be forgotten in time, while the music of Sammy, Frank, Nat, Dean, Ella, Peggy, Bing, Tony, Andy, Matt & Perry, will live forever.
@@5star555555555 He's talking about Matt Monro--Not a huge star, but he's famous for "Softly As I Leave You" and the theme song from "From Russia With Love,"
This was his least favorite song, but he owed it a lot. Candyman reinvigorated his career when he came out with it, but he was never fond of the song. He kinda blew right thru the song quick as possible.
You Joker I agree, but he came out with Bo at the height of his career. When his popularity started to wane is when he came out with candy man and it got him back on the radio.
I’m only 21 and I can already tell finding something like this somewhere live is almost impossible, very unfortunate but at least people like this left their mark for us to remember or discover
Absolutely brilliant, all round legend and complete entertainer, he came through all the racism and inequality to become a true all round star. Unfortunately never to be seen again.
Living Legends from the dead and still living that's what you call a legend opening doors for acting singing and movies for BET entertainment. Amen :-).
A wonderful song from a wonderful man. This song brings back heart warming memories of family gatherings with Sammy singing his tunes and always creating laughter like it’s magic. Thank you so much. Will forever be in my heart. 🙏❤️❤️❤️ 1:07
I had the pleasure of seeing Sammy in concert in 1975. The show was so awesome , my girlfriend and I bought tickets for his show the next night. Of all the shows that I have seen in person, Sammy Davis Jr. was the best all round performer. Rest In Peace Sammy. !!!
Incomparable with no equal. Sings, dances, actor, musician, etc...I can’t believe today’s so called talent compared to “Mr. Bojangles”. RIP Sammy Davis Jr. The best thing about getting old is knowing what real talent was
Guys like him cannot hardly be found these days. Real performancers, real musicians who are still capable of reading notes. He definately belongs to greatest performers ever. Just cool, and he still kept respect to the songs he sang. Sammy Davis Jr. truly had real style. Both a funny and a serious guy. Long live r-e-a-l music!
How exceptionally gifted he was; I love him ♥️ always missing his greatness; musicality, entertaining and a great man all around; never to be forgotten; Sammy Davis Jr. 🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎶🎵🎶🎶♥️
Hell I'm not really familiar with his music even though I'm 43 and I'm relatively good with most music I just didn't grow up with any of this... This song makes me think of a very very skilled drug dealer / cook. And I don't mean methamphetamine or the bullshit of today I'm talking all the fun drugs all the hallucinogen LSD the mescaline... You know all that stuff. I mean he is talking about eating plates.😂
When we see the dearth shortage of happy go lucky pop songs like this, that are still popular half a century after release, it shows how much is owed to the writers of this song. Both Anthony Newley and Leslie Briccuse were both prolific UK writers of musicals and middle of the road hit songs since the 1950s. Sammy Davis provided the talent to make them timeless hits for new generations
Old days , for Real Humans , without Auto tune and without ( Lil ) in front of the name , he would be like ( Lil Sammy) hahahaha Sammy Davis Jr for EVER!
