Bill Robinson and Nicholas Kids from the Cotton Club on Radio Robinson, Bill "Bojangles" performer Nicholas Brothers performer Radio 1937-03-17 Duke Ellington and his famous orchestra inaugurate a series of twice weekly broadcasts over WOR and the Mutual network from the Cotton Club in New York on the same night the new floor show at the club is given its premiere. Ethel Waters, George Dewey Washington, and the Nicholas Kids are featured...a special number for Ethel Waters called "Where is the Sun" one titled "Old Plantation" for Washington, and "Cantcha Kinda Go For Me" for the Nicholas Kids. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts 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). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Nicholas Brothers (biography) loc.music.tdabio.144 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.154 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1390