Rusty's & On Tap

TAP! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars & Their Stories, 1900-1955

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TAP! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and Their Stories 1900-1955
by Rusty E. Frank
Softcover Edition Book

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ABOUT THE BOOK

From the vaudeville era, through the Astaire-Rogers movies, to the intricate artistry of bebop, tap has dominated American dance with its rhythm, originality, and humor. The book collects the voices and memories of thirty of America's best-loved tap dance stars together with 200 rare theater, film, and publicity photographs. Here Shirley Temple recalls her magical duo with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson; Fayard Nicholas describes his days at Harlem's Cotton Club performing with Cab Calloway; Fred Kelly visits his and his brother Gene's Pittsburgh dance studio; Hermes Pan reminisces about his work with George Gershwin, Ginger Rogers, and Fred Astaire; and, in a chapter new to this edition, Toy and Wing tell about their days as the world's leading Asian American tap duo. Appended with the most comprehensive listing of tap acts, recordings, and films ever compiled - newly updated for this soft-cover edition - TAP! brings to life the legends of one of America's most cherished and enduring art forms.

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Amazing purchase!

I purchased this book for a special teacher and asked Rusty to include a personalized note inside, and boy did she! It was such a sweet and heartfelt note and I know that our teacher is going to love it just as much as we love her!

Every Tap Dancer Should Own This

Great stories about the tap dancers you do know, and introduction to those you don't, all from the golden era of tap. It's a must have for every tap dancer.

Every tap dancer's bible

You know how tap dancer's call the Shim Sham Shimmy the "national anthem of tap dance"?

Well this is our bible. (Speaking figuratively of course, not religiously.)

Everyone needs this.

I'm not kidding. It's THE BEST TAP BOOK out there.

Stories of the greatest tap masters ever! And you get a sense of each tap dancer's personality because their story is told in first person.

Every legitimate tap dancer that I know owns at least one copy of this book. I own 4. It's that good. (I keep one at home, one in my teaching bag, one in my car, and one in my office at the university). I purchased one for each one of my kids as well.

It's a GREAT book!

It’s a great book. It’s a definitive book on tap dancing. They [other books] have never really gone into the areas of people’s lives in tapping; they’ve been more scholastic, a little bit cold. I think she’s done a magnificent job with this book! I’m so happy she included me. I love the book. Tell everyone to buy that book, because it’s great!