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"Mr. Bojangles" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1968 album of the same title. It has since been recorded by other artists, including the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1969 (released September 1970) and by Sammy Davis Jr. in 1972
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (born Luther Robinson; May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949), was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid black entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
Mr. Bojangles may refer to: Bill Robinson (1877–1949), American dancer and actor, known as "Bojangles" "Mr. Bojangles" (song), a 1968 song by Jerry Jeff Walker "Mr. Bojangles", an unnamed suspect in the West Memphis Three murder case "Mr. Bojangles", a movement in Philip Glass's opera Einstein on the Beach
List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes; No. of episodes: 265: ... ("Once In a Lifetime", "Mr. Bojangles" and "Life Is a Woman"), Char Fontane: Aunt ...
Walker's "Mr. Bojangles" (1968) is perhaps his best-known and most-often performed song. [3]It is about an obscure alcoholic but talented tap-dancing drifter Walker had met who, when arrested and jailed in New Orleans, insisted on being identified only as "Bojangles".
Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy is the fourth studio album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released in 1970, including the hit song "Mr. Bojangles". The album reached No. 66 on US charts. Three singles charted: "Mr. Bojangles" reached No. 9, "House at Pooh Corner" reached No. 53, and "Some Of Shelly's Blues" reached No. 64.
The two spent about 10 minutes together with Bojangles offering the future star "about $500 worth of dancing lessons for free," The Free Press reported. In the early 1950s, Hollingsworth became the first black man to appear on CBC television, as a competitor on Pick the Stars. He did not win, and learned years later from one of the judges that ...
Bojangles, a 2001 TV-movie about Robinson and starring Gregory Hines "Bojangles" (song), by rapper Pitbull; Other uses ... Mr. Bojangles (disambiguation)