Sammy Davis Jr.
Entertainer
1925–1990, born in Harlem
Born in NYC Wikipedia
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Neighborhood
Wikipedia ties Sammy Davis Jr. to Harlem, Manhattan. A tie, not always an origin
Places
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
The Copacabana (first club)
1940–1992Opened in 1940 on East 60th Street, it at first barred black customers: Harry Belafonte, then in the Navy, was refused entry in 1944, and returned in the 1950s as a headliner. Sammy Davis Jr. broke attendance records here in May 1964, and Barry Manilow’s 1978 song “Copacabana” is named after the club, per Wikipedia.
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