Frank Sinatra of the hotel and were blocked by the security guard, Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. forced the hotel management to begin hiring black waiters and busboys. On January 27, 1961, Sinatra played a benefit show at Carnegie Hall for Martin Luther King, Jr. and led his fellow Rat Pack members and Reprise label mates in boycotting hotels and casinos that refused entry to black patrons and performers. According to his son, Frank Sinatra Jr., King sat weeping in the audience at one of his father's concerts in 1963 as Sinatra sang "Ol' Man River", a song from the musical "Show
The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular infectious sense of humor". The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular The Sammy Davis Jr. All-Star Spectacular is a 1962 studio album by Sammy Davis Jr. arranged by Morty Stevens. The first half of the album features Davis' impersonations of popular entertainers and celebrities. Lindsay Planer on Allmusic.com gave the album four stars out of five. Planer commented that Davis had been recorded like never before, both as a dynamic vocalist and as an actor of equally impressive proficiency. Planer described "All-Star Spectacular" as a unique album, capitalising on Davis' sizable talents as a "seminal master of melody and allowing for