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Arthur Chester Duncan (September 25, 1925 – January 4, 2023) was an American tap dancer, also called an "Entertainer's Entertainer," [1] known for his stint as a performer on The Lawrence Welk Show from 1964 to 1982.
James Titus Godbolt (October 2, 1927 – May 16, 2008), known professionally as Jimmy Slyde and also as the "King of Slides", was an American tap dancer known for his innovative tap style mixed with jazz. Slyde was a popular rhythm tap dancer in America in the mid-20th century, when he performed on the nightclub and burlesque circuits.
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 ...
Lawrence "Jack" Imel (June 9, 1932 – April 30, 2017) was an American musician, dancer, singer, and television producer who is best known for his work on The Lawrence Welk Show. A tap dancer since the age of four, Imel later took up playing the marimba. He appeared in clubs and concerts in and around his hometown right through elementary and ...
The brothers were fascinated by the combination of tap dancing and acrobatics. Fayard often imitated their acrobatics and clowning for the kids in his neighborhood. [2] Neither Fayard nor Harold had any formal dance training. [3] Fayard taught himself how to dance, sing, and perform by watching and imitating the professional entertainers on stage.
Charles Green (November 6, 1919 – March 7, 1997) was an American tap dancer. [1] Green was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia. He would stick bottle caps on his bare feet as a child and tap dance on the sidewalk for money. [1] He won third place in a dance contest in 1925, in which Noble Sissle was the bandleader. Soon, Green would be touring the ...
Lawrence Rhodes was born in Mount Hope, West Virginia [1] on November 24, 1939. Following his second birthday, his family moved to Detroit, Michigan.At age 9, his classmate, Glenda Ann Bush, introduced Rhodes to tap dancing.
For Black tap dance artists, the sand dance is a continuation of the resistance against anti-Black racism. A resistance embedded in percussive dance. The revival of Shuffle Along featured Rector doing a sand dance. Eddie Rector's soft shoe is considered to be unparalleled. The soft shoe is a graceful dance that requires control and elegance.