Tappin' at the Apollo

Tappin' at the Apollo

EnglishPaperback / softback
Willis Cheryl M.
McFarland & Co Inc
EAN: 9781476662701
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In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina "Salt" Evelyn and Jewel "Pepper" Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were Black show business headliners, playing Harlem's Apollo Theater with the likes of Count Basie, Fats Waller and Earl "Fatha" Hines. Their exuberant tap style, usually performed by men, earned them the respect of their male peers and the acclaim of audiences. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles for the first time the lives and careers of two overlooked female performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era.

EAN 9781476662701
ISBN 1476662703
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Publication date March 8, 2016
Pages 256
Language English
Dimensions 254 x 178 x 13
Country United States
Authors Willis Cheryl M.
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