He is Multi-Talented
Sammy Davis Jr. was obviously a musical prodigy who was born with talent running through his body. Well, later in life, he discovered performance isn’t his only talent. Davis was quoted saying, “Jerry [Lewis] gave me my first important camera, my first 35 millimeter, during the Ciro’s period, the early ‘50s, and he hooked me… Nobody interrupts a man taking a picture to ask… ‘What’s that [expletive] doin’ here?’”
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Some people are just multi-talented, and Sammy is clearly one of them. Burt Boyar published a book of Sammy’s work in 2007 titled “Photo by Sammy Davis Jr.” The book includes rare pictures of the Will Mastin Trio, Marilyn Monroe, the Kennedy’s, his Rat Pack buddies, and more.