Legendary TV Star Steve Allen was born on this day in 1921. One of Sammy’s best television moments happened on The Steve Allen Show in 1956. Here it is: Sammy singing and tapping to “I Could Have Danced All Night” while Steve Allen plays the piano! #sammydavisjr #steveallen #birthday #tap #dance | Sammy Davis Jr.

Edmund Hartley had destroyed careers with his reviews. He was the most powerful music critic in America, and he hated Elvis Presley. So when he got invited onto The Steve Allen Show in 1956, he came prepared to humiliate the young rock star on live television. His weapon? "O Sole Mio," an Italian opera song so technically difficult that even trained opera singers struggled with it. He handed Elvis the sheet music and smirked. "Sing this, if you can." What happened next wiped the smirk off his fa