- Description
Tap Dance America is a reference work of bibliographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. The Library of Congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or video. To request additional information Ask a Librarian.
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Bill Robinson on NBC Orchestra [radio]
- Title
- Bill Robinson on NBC Orchestra [Radio]
- Published/Created
- 1941-06-17
- Genre
- Radio
- Abstract
- A half-hour tribute to Canada Lee, the "sensational star of the present Broadway hit, "Native Son." featuring "the flashing taps of Bill Robinson, the comedy banter of Rochester (Eddie Anderson) and Hattie McDonald, the magnificent voice of Paul Robeson, the sweeper piano syncopation of Duke Ellington and the down to earth literacy of Richard Wright.
- 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