[Stultis]

How many instruments did Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, or Sammy Davis Jr. play?

IIRC Sammy was pretty good with a drum set (and in any case, before his hip went out, could give any drummer a run for his money with a pair of tap shoes). SDJ, in fact, is my nominee for the best all-around entertainer of the last century. Dance, singing, acting, comedy/impressions. Vaudeville, cabaret, broadway, vegas, film. I can't think of anyone else who covered that much as well as he did.

[Stultis]

Vaudeville, cabaret, broadway, vegas, film.

Should have included recording. Check out the retrospectives available on Rino records. The four disc "Yes, I Can!" is worth every penny, especially considering Rino's consistently exceptional remastering. Also amazing that SDJ, to my knowledge, only recorded one really horrible song in his entire career, which you all know but I won't mention 'cause I don't want to put it in your head. (Gotta go and put on some Mozart or Bluegrass right now to get it out of mine.)

[Once-Ler]

Well then Sammy played drums...thank you for correcting me.
Your comments about him being an excellent dancer strengthen my point.
Bing, Frank, and Sammy were entertainers first.

"You know, it's just that people like this...you know... they get all they want so they don't really understand, you know...about a life like Frank(Sinatra)'s, I mean, you know when you've loved and lost the way Frank has, then you uh ...you know what life's about."

"But it's(Rock N Roll)...it's a passing thing...it's uh.... I mean I would never tell them this but this is uh...this is a fad. "

-LIMO DRIVER in Spinal Tap