Tappin’ at the Apollo: The African American Female Tap Dance by Cheryl M. Willis

By Cheryl M. Willis

within the Nineteen Twenties and Nineteen Thirties, Edwina “Salt” Evelyn and Jewel “Pepper” Welch realized to faucet dance on road corners in long island and Philadelphia. by means of the Nineteen Forties, they have been Black convey company headliners, enjoying Harlem’s Apollo Theater with the likes of count number Basie, fat Waller and Earl “Fatha” Hines. Their exuberant faucet sort, often played by way of males, earned them the glory in their male friends and the acclaim of audiences. in accordance with large interviews with Salt and Pepper, this e-book chronicles for the 1st time the lives and careers of 2 missed lady performers who succeeded regardless of the racism, sexism and homophobia of the large Band era.

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