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Savion Glover (born November 19, 1973) is an American tap dancer, ... 1996 - Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk (original cast recording), RCA Victor [20]
Tap dancing class at Iowa State College, 1942. Tap dance (or tap) is a form of dance that uses the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion; it is often accompanied by music. [1] Tap dancing can also be performed with no musical accompaniment; the sound of the taps is its own music.
In 1989, he created and hosted a PBS special called Gregory Hines' Tap Dance in America, which featured various tap dancers such as Savion Glover and Bunny Briggs. [6] [7] In 1990, Hines visited his idol (and Tap co-star) Sammy Davis Jr., who was dying of throat cancer and was unable to speak. After Davis died, an emotional Hines spoke at Davis ...
Hines began studying tap dancing at 5 years old, making his Broadway debut in “The Girl in Pink Tights” in 1954. With an act modeled after the Nicholas Brothers, Maurice and his older brother ...
Tap dancer. Rudolph Valentino: May 6, 1895 August 23, 1926 Italian Ballroom dancer with Bonnie Glass, former dance partner of Clifton Webb's. Later became a major "matinee idol" in silent films. [287] Rudy Vallee: July 28, 1901 July 3, 1986 American Singer, actor and bandleader [288] Egbert Van Alstyne: March 4, 1978 July 9, 1951 American
Singing and dancing duo consisting of Bob Cole (July 1, 1869 – August 2, 1911) and J. Rosamond Johnson (August 11, 1873 – November 11, 1954). [223] Michael Coleman: 1889 1945 Irish Irish fiddler. Charles "Honi" Coles: April 2, 1911 November 12, 1992 American Tap dancer. [224] Lottie Collins: 1866 May 1, 1910 British Singer-comedian.
The Greatest Tap Dance Stars And Their Stories 1900-1955." "These were the days before digital recorders, streaming TV and YouTube, so if you wanted to see tap dancing, you had to sit in front of ...
Marshall and Jean Stearns, Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance (1968) p. 272; Larry Billman, Film Choreographers and Stage Directors: an Illustrated Biographic Encyclopedia, 1893–1995 (1995) pp. 66, 146, 389, 508-509; Rusty Frank, TAP! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and Their Stories 1900-1955 (1995), pp. 65, 229, 295, films: 303-315