Tappin' at the Apollo

The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Dance, Performing Arts, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies
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Author: Cheryl M. Willis ISBN: 9781476623153
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: May 2, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Cheryl M. Willis
ISBN: 9781476623153
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: May 2, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English

In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina “Salt” Evelyn and Jewel “Pepper” Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were Black show business headliners, playing Harlem’s Apollo Theater with the likes of Count Basie, Fats Waller and Earl “Fatha” Hines. Their exuberant tap style, usually performed by men, earned them the respect of their male peers and the acclaim of audiences. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles for the first time the lives and careers of two overlooked female performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era.

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In the 1920s and 1930s, Edwina “Salt” Evelyn and Jewel “Pepper” Welch learned to tap dance on street corners in New York and Philadelphia. By the 1940s, they were Black show business headliners, playing Harlem’s Apollo Theater with the likes of Count Basie, Fats Waller and Earl “Fatha” Hines. Their exuberant tap style, usually performed by men, earned them the respect of their male peers and the acclaim of audiences. Based on extensive interviews with Salt and Pepper, this book chronicles for the first time the lives and careers of two overlooked female performers who succeeded despite the racism, sexism and homophobia of the Big Band era.

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