Shim Sham Shimmy
Reed, Leonard
performer
Bryant, Willie
performer
Choreography
1927
Leonard Reed and his partner Willie Bryant claim to have created the dance the shim sham shimmy in 1927, though historians argue it may have been created earlier by chorus dancers.
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
http://www.loc.gov/performingarts
New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance ().
Tap Dance America
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html
Leonard Reed (biography)
loc.music.tdabio.160
tda
IHAS
151216
loc.music.tda.570