Host Jim Morske finishing his interview of Dorothy Fields – Co-Author with Jimmy McHugh of I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – is joined by John W. Bubbles, age 58, to perform the song, tap dance and follow all that with the Charleston.
Bubbles (born John W. Sublett) was half of the team of Buck and Bubbles. It is said that around 1920 he gave tap lessons to Fred Astaire, and later worked with Astaire on the “Bojangles of Harlem” number in the film Swing Time. But Bubbles, who was known as an influential Vaudeville artist, will be forever remembered for creating the part of Sportin’ Life in Gershwin’s 1935 Porgy and Bess. Enjoy…