From the Merv Griffin Show, June 1983
A special treat, Charles Honi Coles and Tommy Tune perform My One And Only.
Cool feet!!!
Preserving and Advancing the Art of Tap Dance.
By Tap Legacy
From the Merv Griffin Show, June 1983
A special treat, Charles Honi Coles and Tommy Tune perform My One And Only.
Cool feet!!!
By Tap Legacy
To all dancers, dance enthusiasts and tap dancers, join us in celebrating the Birthday of Thomas James Tommy Tune today 02/28/1939.
Dancer, Actor, Singer, Producer and Choreographer, winner of 9 Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts and his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
His debut on Broadway was in 1965 in the musical Baker Street and still going strong, with over 15 Broadway credits, plus film and specials.
The clip, Puttin’ On The Ritz is from Irving Berlin’s 100th Birthday Celebration, Carnegie Hall, 1988.
By Tap Legacy
From the Lawrence Welk Show – 1966, Arthur Duncan with Jack Imel and Bobby Burgess.
Arthur Duncan, Pasadena, California, was Pursuing his college education, when he entered the Pasadena City College to study pharmacy, but left school soon after to pursue a career in show business, at which he garnered success as a tap dancer and singer. He toured with the Jimmy Rodgers Show. After several years of appearances in Europe, Duncan was discovered by Lawrence Welk’s personal manager, Sam Lutz.
After appearing as a guest on the show, Lawrence Welk offered Duncan a permanent spot as a member of his musical family.
Duncan gained fame as the first African American performer on the popular Lawrence Welk Show. Duncan danced and sang on the show from 1964 to the show’s finale in 1982.
Besides his solo number on the show, he teamed up with Bobby Burgess and Jack Imel in performing popular dance routines. See Clip.
After the Lawrence Welk Show finale in 1982, Duncan has appeared in several television shows such as Diagnosis Murder, Columbo, The Betty White Show and many more. He also appeared with Red Skelton, Sammy Davis Jr., Gregory Hines, Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Tommy Tune, Lionel Hampton and much more.
He was featured in the Challenge scene in the movie TAP – 1989 with Harold Nicholas, Jimmy Slyde, Steve Condos, Bunny Briggs, Pat Rico, Sandman Sims, Henry LeTang, Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Jr.
He continues to be a major force as a Tap Master on the Tap Festival scene Nationally and Internationally, among an enormous busy schedule.
Duncan has received the 2004 Flo-Bert Award of Lifetime Achievement of Tap Artistry, in New York City, and the 2005 Living Treasure in American Dance Award from the Oklahoma City University and an honorary doctorate was presented to him in Spring 2008. Also receiving the Gregory Hines Humanitarian Award from the Gabriella Axelrad Education Foundation for his work with the Inner City Kids’ Non-Profit Dance Program.
By Tap Legacy
Celebrating National Tap Dance Day, May 25th.
Enjoy this tribute clip for Tommy Tune, Honored at the 2003 Tap Extravaganza® with the Flo-Bert Lifetime Achievement Award.
Also Honored that year were Ernest Brownie Brown, Dianne Walker and Stanley Donen.
By Tap Legacy
To all dancers, dance enthusiasts and tap dancers, join us in celebrating the Birthday of Thomas James Tommy Tune today 02/28/1939.
Dancer, Actor, Singer, Producer and Choreographer, winner of 9 Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts and his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
His debut on Broadway was in 1965 in the musical Baker Street and still going, with over 15 Broadway credits, plus film and specials.
The clip is from Irving Berlin’s 100th Birthday Celebration, Carnegie Hall, 1988.