Political life of Frank Sinatra 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. He often spoke from the stage on desegregation and repeatedly played benefits on behalf of King and his movement. 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 Boat" that is sung by an African-American stevedore. His
Sammy Davis Jr. Now come to being pure excrement." He concluded his review by stating that "it is big enough for the artist himself to hide behind". Sammy Davis Jr. Now Sammy Davis, Jr. Now is a 1972 (see 1972 in music) album by Sammy Davis, Jr.. The album features the number one hit "The Candy Man", a Grammy-nominated song. The rest of the album is made up of standards, big ballads and soul tracks. Eugene Chadbourne of Allmusic rated "Sammy Davis Jr. Now" one-and-a-half out of five stars. He stated that "there are tracks enough on this album that are painful to sit