Tappin' at the Apollo: The African American Female Tap Dance Duo Salt and Pepper

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Willis, Cheryl M.
Published: 02/23/2016
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781476662701
Large Print
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.00w x 0.50d