Medley of: I’ve Got You Under My Skin, You Came A Long Way From St. Louis,
You Are My Sunshine, Bee-Bom, One For My Baby
You Are My Sunshine, Bee-Bom, One For My Baby
An American of color, Jewish, and Puerto Rican, the multi-cultural and multi-talented Samuel George “Sammy” Davis Jr. reigned supreme throughout his life as one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Not too many people can sing, dance, tell jokes, pantomime, act, do impersonations, play three instruments (vibraphone, trumpet, drums), and tap dance… but Sammy could.
We’ve watched a few of his videos, now let’s take a look at his style.
The 1950s were really all about conservatism. Tailored suits in shades of gray, navy, and brown were popular. A hat, pocket square, tie-clip, and cuff-links were as essential as having a belt– no man was complete without his accessories (or his cigarettes).
The style of 1960s is the style many men admire in modern times… slimmer fitting suits, fitted dress shirts, slim ties, and if you were in Hollywood, or let’s say a member of The Rat Pack a sharkskin suit was a regular in your wardrobe.
Sammy’s style was that of the times, with his own Sammy or hollywood touch like maybe an intentional loosened bow-tie and collar.
From the staple 50s/60s gray flannel suit to slim ties to Beatle boots, get a piece of Sammy’s style below:
More Sammy:
The First Man of Color to appear on GQ Magazine. 1967.
He’s wearing a gray plaid Sy Devore double-breasted suit
with a slim black tie. (Photographed by Milton Greene)
with a slim black tie. (Photographed by Milton Greene)
Always an entertainer, Sammy seizes this moment to tap dance on a table in his cropped two button suit and beatle boots.
It's been awhile since I've really been on Blogger. I plan to return to blogging very soon. I did want to comment on this post. I love it. I'm such a huge fan of Sammy. He's one of the coolest cats to ever live. I adore that GQ cover. Such a great post. I'm really loving all these recent posts on your blog.
Had no idea he was the first on GQ. Good, informative post.