The Savoy Ballroom was a large ballroom for music and public dancing located at 596 Lenox Avenue, between 140th and 141st Streets in the Harlem neighborhood...
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Lindy Hop (redirect from Savoy-style Lindy Hop)
In 1932, twelve-year-old Norma Miller did the Lindy Hop outside the Savoy Ballroom with her friends for tips. In 1935, 15,000 people danced on Bradhurst...
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"Stompin' at the Savoy" is a 1933 jazz standard composed by Edgar Sampson. It is named after the famed Harlem nightspot the Savoy Ballroom in New York City...
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The Savoy Ballroom in Chicago, United States was opened on Thanksgiving Eve, November 23, 1927, at 4733 South Parkway. At the time of its opening in 1927...
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inside the Savoy: Trunky Doo, Big Apple, and Aerial Lindy are some of the styles demonstrated. Dehn's familiarity with the Savoy Ballroom gave her the...
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changes to jazz music, at least in the beginning. The Savoy Ballroom was the first integrated ballroom in the country, and the New York Renaissance of the...
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The Savoy Ballroom, on Lenox Avenue, was a renowned venue for swing dancing, and was immortalized in a popular song of the era, "Stompin' at the Savoy"....
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Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. Her rendition of the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" helped...
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whites-only or blacks-only policy due to racial segregation, however the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem had a no-discrimination policy which allowed whites and blacks...
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