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