"Peg Leg" Bates (October 11, 1907 – December 6, 1998) was an African-American entertainer from Fountain Inn, South Carolina, United States. Peg Leg Bates...
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A peg leg is a prosthesis, or artificial limb, fitted to the remaining stump of a human leg, especially a wooden one fitted at the knee. Its use dates...
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Kerhonkson, New York (section Peg Leg Bates)
the famed tap dancer Peg Leg Bates became the first African-American resort owner in the Catskills when he opened the Peg Leg Bates Country Club in Palentown...
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Lodge in Kingston, New York Paradise Farm in Cuddebackville, New York Peg Leg Bates Resort in Kerhonkson, New York Rainbow Acres in Kerhonkson, New York...
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performing there included Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Wilbur Sweatman, Peg Leg Bates, Bricktop and Fletcher Henderson. Like the Cotton Club, Connie's Inn...
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The Impressions, Dorothy Dandridge, Revella Hughes, Five Stairsteps, Peg Leg Bates, Dave Peyton, and Martha and the Vandellas. The Regal was a major complex...
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Clara Nettie Bates (1876–1966), American editor, writer, clubwoman Clayton Peg Leg Bates (1907–1998), American entertainer Daisy Bates (disambiguation)...
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century. Fountain Inn was the home town of one-legged tap dancer Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates. Fountain Inn is the home town of Travelle Wharton, a retired NFL offensive...
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Muddy Waters Nona Hendryx Otis Redding Patti LaBelle (and Labelle) Peg Leg Bates Ray Charles Redd Foxx Richard Pryor Roosevelt Sykes Roy Hamilton Rudy...
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the only one-legged black professional dancer of his time. Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates, for example, had a long career including dancing twice for the King...
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