D. Elisabeth Glassco on Nostr: Then, Sammy Davis Jr. piled on, telling Canadian reporters: “You cannot voice an ...

Then, Sammy Davis Jr. piled on, telling Canadian reporters:

“You cannot voice an opinion about a situation which is basically discrimination, integration, etc., & then go out & appear before segregated audiences...which Louis Armstrong had done for many years.” Davis also complained about Louis singing the word “darkies” on “Mississippi Mud,” [confusing it with his 1951 recording of “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South].”

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