Bill Robinson and Peg Leg Bates on Radio
Robinson, Bill "Bojangles"
performer
Bates, Clayton "Peg Leg"
performer
Radio
1935-11-15
"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.
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
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates (biography)
loc.music.tdabio.22
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (biography)
loc.music.tdabio.154
tda
IHAS
151216
loc.music.tda.1387