- 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.
See Also:
- Chuck and Chuckles (biography)
- Ralph Brown (biography)
- Eddie Brown (biography)
- Berry Brothers (biography)
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Cook and Brown USO Spot Camp Shows / Cook and Brown [radio]
- Title
- Cook and Brown USO Spot Camp Shows [Radio]
- Performers
- Cook and Brown
- Berry Brothers
- duo, Covan Dance
- Brown, Eddie
- Brown, Ralph
- Chuck and Chuckles
- Published/Created
- 1942-11-05
- Genre
- Radio
- Abstract
- Article in California Eagle reports that Cook and Brown perform, along with Berry brothers dozens of African American musical artists including Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, in a USO Spot Camp Shows, War department broadcasts, War Department transcriptions for the men overseas and personal appearance for the Treasury Department. A total of 61 Negroes took part in these activities.
The new winter season for USO-Camp shows performances include Chuck and Chuckles, Ralph Brown on the Red Circuit Unit 54; Cook and Brown in the White Circuit: Unit 73. - 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