Sammy first met Sinatra in 1941, when The Will Mastin Trio opened for Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra in Detroit. Sinatra, then 26, was the lead singer, and he and Sammy, aged 15, hit it off. The two reconnected in 1945 when Sammy showed up at the stage door of Frank’s CBS radio show in Los Angeles. Two years later, Sinatra personally requested The Will Mastin Trio open for him (instead of the Nicholas Brothers) for three weeks at the Capitol Theatre in New York in 1947. Sinatra and Davis cemented their friendship during this period. While various members of the circle would occasionally team up for movies, it was Sinatra, Martin and Davis’s regular performances on stage together through the early 1960s that would cement these three in showbiz consciousness. In August 1962, the three had performed at the 500 Club in Atlantic City as a favor for racketeer Paul ‘Skinny’ D’Amato, and in November 1962, the three performed at the Villa Venice in Chicago as thank you to mobster Sam Giancana for his assistance on behalf of Kennedy during the Presidential election. The final time Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. were together on stage was 13 November 1989. It was a tribute to Sammy, a star-studded gala called the Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration. It would be a farewell, given Sammy’s ailing health at the time, he died three months after the special aired. The show subsequently won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. Professionally Matted and Frame. The three signed cuts come with a Letter of Authenticity from Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators, (GFA).

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