Career On The Dance Floor
Mastin was the leader of the Will Mastin Trio which included Sammy Davis, Sr. and his son Sammy Davis, Jr.. Will Mastin was also the "uncle" of Sammy Davis, Jr.. Sammy's father Sammy Davis, Sr. and Will were good friends.
The Will Mastin Trio started out as just Will Mastin and Sammy Davis, Sr., but then Sammy Davis, Jr. joined at the age of three, and the group was named the Will Mastin Trio. Sammy performed "unbilled" in 1929 at the Veterans Memorial in Columbus, Ohio. The three appeared in the 1956 Broadway musical Mr. Wonderful.
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