* Foreword by Gregory Hines 19001929 * From Pickanninny to the Palace Willie Covan * First Tap Dancing Star of the Silver Screen Ruby Keeler * The Hoofers Club Leonard Reed * King of the One-Legged Dancers Peg Leg Bates * 1920s Rehearsal Halls George Murphy Part 2:19301939 * The Cotton Club: The Nicholas Brothers Fayard Nicholas * Fred Astaires Choreographer Hermes Pan * Bill Robinsons Darlin Shirley Temple * Just a Hoofer Ralf Brown * The Chinese Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: Toy and Wing Paul Wing and Dorothy Toy * Dancing Into Society Bunny Briggs * The Sepia Cinderella Girl Jeni LeGon * Last of the Street Tap Dancers LaVaughn Robinson * Spontaneous Combustion on the Dance Floor: Buddy and Vilma Ebsen Vilma Ebsen * From Vaudeville to Pictures Donald OConnor * The Tap Dancers Dilemma: The Berry Brothers Warren Berry * Hollywoods Tappin-est Child Star Jane Withers * Extra-Special Added Attraction: Gene and Fred Kelly Fred Kelly * Dancing with the Great Bill Bojangles Robinson Eddie Brown Part 3: 19401955 * WWIIs This Is the Army Gene Nelson * The Jivin Jacks and Jills Peggy Ryan * Eight Feet of Rhythm: The Four Step Brothers Maceo Anderson * Dancing at the Apollo Flash McDonald * The Story of Tap Prince Spencer * Tapping into the Classics Paul Draper * Dance Directors Who Do Not Dance Ann Miller * Nightclub Chorus Girl Frances Nealy * Dancing with the Big Bands Jimmy Slyde * The Class Act Coles and Atkins Cholly Atkins * On the Road to Bebop Brenda Bufalino
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