Groundhog vs. Chuck Green Challenge Dance 1964 Basie, Earl "Groundhog" performer Green, Charles "Chuck" performer Rhythm Red performer Chaney, Lon performer Pepe, Gentleman performer Powell, Tommy performer Challenge Dance 1964-11-21 On the evening of November 21, 1964, at the Village gate in New York City, jazz tappers Groundhog Basie and Chuck Green faced off in the fiercest tap challenge of their lives. Groundhog, strictly a hoofer, a dancer's dancer and the best that most had seen, challenged Chuck Green, protegé of the great John Bubbles. Jo Jones trio accompanied. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Stearns, Marshall and Jean Stearns: Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance. New York: Macmillan (1968). Balliett, Whitney: Collected Works : A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000. St. MartinÕs Press (2000). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Lon Chaney (biography) loc.music.tdabio.50 Charles "Chuck" Green (biography) loc.music.tdabio.102 Earl "Groundhog" Basie (biography) loc.music.tdabio.21 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.670