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050 0 0 _aGV1785.A1
_bF69 1994
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_a792.7092272
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100 1 _aFrank, Rusty E.
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aTap! :
_bthe greatest tap dance stars and their stories, 1900-1955 /
_cRusty E. Frank ; forward by Gregory Hines.
250 _aRev. ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bDa Capo Press,
_c©1994.
300 _a336 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 328-332) and index.
504 _aFilmography and videography: p. 332-336.
505 _tPART 1: 1900-1929 --
_t1. From Pickaninny to the Palace /
_rWillie Covan --
_t2. First Tap Dancing Star of the Silver Screen /
_rRuby Keeler --
_t3. The Hoofers Club /
_rLeonard Reed --
_t4. King of the One-Legged Dancers /
_rPeg Leg Bates --
_t5. 1920s Rehearsal Halls /
_rGeorge Murphy --
_tPART 2: 1930-1939 --
_t6. The Cotton Club: The Nicholas Brothers /
_rFayard Nicholas --
_t7. Fred Astaire's Choreographer /
_rHermes Pan --
_t8. Bill Robinson's Darlin /
_rShirley Temple --
_t9. Just a Hoofer /
_rRalf Brown --
_t10. The Chinese Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: Toy and Wing /
_rPaul Wing and Dorothy Toy --
_t11. Dancing Into Society /
_rBunny Briggs --
_t12. The Sepia Cinderella Girl /
_rJeni LeGon --
_t13. Last of the Street Tap Dancers /
_rLaVaughn Robinson --
_t14. Spontaneous Combustion on the Dance Floor: Buddy and Vilma Ebsen /
_rVilma Ebsen --
_t15. From Vaudeville to Pictures /
_rDonald O'Connor --
_t16. The Tap Dancer's Dilemma: The Berry Brothers /
_rWarren Berry --
_t17. Hollywood's Tappin'-est Child Star /
_rJane Withers --
_t18. Extra-Special Added Attraction: Gene and Fred Kelly /
_rFred Kelly --
_t19. Dancing with the Great Bill "Bojangles" Robinson /
_rEddie Brown --
_tPART 3: 1940-1955 --
_t20. WWIIs This Is the Army /
_rGene Nelson --
_t21. The Jivin' Jacks and Jills /
_rPeggy Ryan --
_t22. Eight Feet of Rhythm: The Four Step Brothers /
_rMaceo Anderson --
_t23. Dancing at the Apollo /
_rFlash McDonald --
_t24. The Story of Tap /
_rPrince Spencer --
_t25. Tapping into the Classics /
_rPaul Draper --
_t26. Dance Directors Who Do Not Dance /
_rAnn Miller --
_t27. Nightclub Chorus Girl /
_rFrances Nealy --
_t28. Dancing with the Big Bands /
_rJimmy Slyde --
_t29. The Class Act Coles and Atkins /
_rCholly Atkins --
_t30. On the Road to Bebop /
_rBrenda Bufalino.
520 _a"From the vaudeville era, through the Astaire-Rogers movies, to the intricate artistry of bebop, tap has dominated American dance with its rhythm, originality, and humor. This book collects the voices and memories of thirty of America's best-loved tap dance stars together with 22 rare theatre , film, and publicity photographs." -- Book Cover
650 0 _aDancers
_zUnited States
_xBiography.
650 0 _aTap dancing
_xHistory.
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