- Description
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Bill Robinson and Peg Leg Bates on Radio / Bill "Bojangles" Robinson [radio]
- Title
- Bill Robinson and Peg Leg Bates on Radio [Radio]
- Performers
- Robinson, Bill "Bojangles"
- Bates, Clayton "Peg Leg"
- Published/Created
- 1935-11-15
- Genre
- Radio
- Abstract
- "Peg Leg" Bates joins Bill Robinson as he dances from the stage into radio. Bates appears on the Baker's program over NBC as a guest of Ozzie Nelson and orchestra. His misfortune, or good luck, as revealed in his interview on the air, brought him from a bootblack in the Southland to becoming one of the best tap dancers and the only one-leg hoofer of his age on the stage.
- Source
- Sampson, Henry T.: Swingin' On the Etherwaves: A Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television Broadcasting, 1925-1955. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press (2005).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015