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Tappin' at the Apollo : the African American female tap dance duo Salt and Pepper
- Title
- Tappin' at the Apollo : the African American female tap dance duo Salt and Pepper / Cheryl M. Willis.
- Author
- Willis, Cheryl M.
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- ©2016
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 16-162 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Details
- Description
- ix, 243 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- 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"--
- Alternative Title
- Tapping at the Apollo
- Subject
- Evelyn, Edwina, 1922-2011
- Welch, Jewel
- Salt and Pepper (Dance company)
- Tap dancers > United States > Biography
- Women tap dancers > United States > Biography
- African American women tap dancers > Biography
- African American women tap dancers
- Tap dancers
- Women tap dancers
- African American women entertainers > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- Tap dancing > United States > 20th century > History
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- 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 -- Epilogue: What do we do now? -- Appendix I: Schedule of performances -- Appendix II: In memory of a generation who performed.
- Call Number
- *MGY 17-1722
- ISBN
- 9781476662701
- 1476662703
- LCCN
- 2016002247
- OCLC
- 917343455
- Author
- Willis, Cheryl M., author.
- Title
- Tappin' at the Apollo : the African American female tap dance duo Salt and Pepper / Cheryl M. Willis.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236) and index.
- Local Note
- Signed by author. (Copy in *MGY 17-1722)
- Research Call Number
- *MGY 17-1722Sc F 16-162