Lorraine Krueger from the 1940 short film Tickled Pinky.
Lorraine has performed in 281 camp shows during WWII, has over 23 movie titles and five soundtrack titles to her credit.
Enjoy her Rhythmic Clarity.
Preserving and Advancing the Art of Tap Dance.
By Tap Legacy
Lorraine Krueger from the 1940 short film Tickled Pinky.
Lorraine has performed in 281 camp shows during WWII, has over 23 movie titles and five soundtrack titles to her credit.
Enjoy her Rhythmic Clarity.
By Tap Legacy
Enjoy the Specialty Trio Act Tip Tap & Toe Tap Masters and National Treasures.
They were well known in the 1930’s and 1940’s, they danced in Vaudeville, Broadway and Movies.
Their act was mainly performed on an elevated small platform that barely fit the three of them, watch the magic they create, feel the smoothness of the Tap Dancing, No Hard Hitting, Stomping, or Snap Bangs.
Listen to their Rhythmic Musicality, Sheer Music not just steps. Enjoy Tip – Samuel Green, Tap – Ted Fraser, Toe – Ray Winfield.
Green, Fraser and Winfield are like cliffhangers on that tiny deck, watch how close… Aaaaahhh!!! they get to the edge of it,
Entertainment at its Best… Let’s Get There…
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Celebrating National Tap Dance Day, May 25th.
Enjoy The Nicholas Brothers in this clip from the 1940 20th Century Fox film Down Argentine Way.
Honored at the 1992 Tap Extravaganza® with the Flo-Bert Lifetime Achievement Award.
Also honored that year were Cab Calloway, The Silver Belles, The Cotton Club Girls and a special recognition to Elvera Baby Sanchez Davis – the mother of Sammy Davis Jr.
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To all dancers, dance enthusiasts and tap dancers, Join us in celebrating the Birthday of Charles Honi Coles today 04/02/1911.
A Tap Master and National Treasure.
His 1st NYC debut was with The Three Millers.
His 2nd debut, 1934 in NYC Honi opened at the Apollo Theater to a reputation of The fastest feet in the business“.
In 1940 he paired with Charles Cholly Atkins as Coles & Atkins, for almost 20 years they entertained and brought audiences to their feet all over the world. The Act stopped in 1959 when the Big Band era was over, and Broadway lost interest in tap dancing.
Honi was a major factor in the resurgence of tap in the 80’s, he was teaching and educating audiences and students at Yale and Cornell among others.
The clip is from Class Act of Tap with Honi performing the B.S. Chorus.
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Working the cotton fields of SC as a young boy wasn’t 9 to 5, it was can to can’t.
1918 he lost his leg in a cottonseed mill accident, his uncle built him his first Peg Leg.
1920 Peg Leg began dancing in amateur shows in Greenville, SC, in 1926 he joined Eddie Leonard’s Dashing Dinah company.
1928 he joined Blackbirds of 1928 touring revue, from the 1930 – 1940 he toured the United States and Europe.
1950 -1970 appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show over 22 times.
1951 he opened the Peg Leg Bates Country Club in Kerhonkson NY, sold it in 1989 and retired, except for Special appearances.
By Tap Legacy
Enjoy the Specialty Trio Act Tip Tap & Toe, well known in the 1930’s and 1940’s danced in Vaudeville, Broadway and Movies.
Their act was mainly performed on an elevated small platform that barely fit the three of them.
Still watch the magic they create, feel the Rhythmic Smoothness of their Tap Dancing.The clip is from the 20th Century Fox Film Corp. 1937 comedy musical film You Can’t Have Everything directed by Norman Taurog, staring Alice Faye and Don Ameche among others.
(Tip) Samuel Green, (Tap) Ted Fraser, (Toe) Ray Winfield.