Bill Robinson in Stormy Weather (1943)! #happybirthdaybillrobinson #Repost @vintagemoviestars ・・・ Bill "Bojangles" Robinson performing the sand dance in Stormy Weather, 1943. • • • #billrobinson #oldhollywood #classichollywood #goldenage #goldenera #history #nostalgia #vintage #retro #movie #film #cinema #dance #1940s #40s | Operation: Tap

May 25th is National Tap Dance Day Here’s Bill “Bojangles” Robinson doing his “Stair Dance” in 1932 (!) #bojangles #billbojanglesrobinson #billrobinson #music #tapdance #tapdancer #tapdancing #dancing #musician #bass #arte #fipradio #entertainer #entertainment #happyday #goodnight #stairdance | Hangout - Jazz, Blues and Lounge Music

#standardsaturday #billrobinson #master Article Links: https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tdabio.154/default.html Bill Robinson Filmography: https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0732408/ #Repost @vintagemoviestars ・・・ Bill “Bojangles” Robinson performing his iconic stair dance, 1932. • • • #billrobinson #oldhollywood #classichollywood #history #nostalgia #vintage #retro #movie #film #cinema #actor #dance #1930s #30s | Operation: Tap

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Shirley Temple in the 1938 film Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm represent one of the most extraordinary partnerships in the history of tap dance and classic American cinema. In tap history, there are names so revered they approach myth. Legends whose skill set the standard for the generations that followed. Bill Robinson was one of those rare figures — the gold standard. The dancer’s dancer. Icons such as Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr., Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell, the Nic