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Author Willis, Cheryl M., author.

Title Tappin' at the Apollo : the African American female tap dance duo Salt and Pepper / Cheryl M. Willis.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
©2016
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 243 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "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. This book chronicles the lives and careers of two overlooked performers who succeeded during the Big Band era"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236) and index.
Contents A look at the years that roared -- Dancing on the corner -- Steppin' on stage -- Candi and Pepper -- Salt and Pepper -- The Apollo Theater -- The best year of my life -- All aboard for the East Coast -- Crossing the line -- Down in Dixie -- Chicago -- On Midwestern soil -- "The girls" -- Canadian jazz -- A sweet moment slips away
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Welch, Jewel.
Welch, Jewel.
Evelyn, Edwina, 1922-2011.
Salt and Pepper (Dance company)
Tap dancers -- United States -- Biography.
Tap dancers.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Women tap dancers -- United States -- Biography.
African American women tap dancers -- United States -- Biography.
African American women tap dancers.
Women tap dancers.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Willis, Cheryl M. Tappin' at the Apollo. McFarland Publishing 2016 9781476662701 1476662703 (OCoLC)917343455
ISBN 9781476623153 (electronic book)
1476623155 (electronic book)
9781476662701 (softcover)
1476662703 (softcover)

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