Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop

Contents

• Acknowledgments / i
• Foreword: Mercedes Ellington
• Frankie Manning: An Appreciation by Cynthia R. Millman / xi
• Prologue: Too Stiff / 1
• PART ONE: EARLY STEPS (1914-circa 1933)
• Chapter 1. Jazz Baby / 5
• Chapter 2. Early Ballroom Forays / 21
• PART TWO: SAVOY DANCER (circa 1933-1936)
• Chapter 3. To the Savoy at Last / 47
• Chapter 4. Whitey, Shorty, and Stretch / 72
• Chapter 5. Win Win / 85
• Chapter 6. Up in the Air She Goes / 102
• PART THREE: WHITEY'S LINDY HOPPERS (1936-1943)
• Chapter 7. Going Pro / 129
• Chapter 8. Big Time at the Cotton Club / 149
• Chapter 9. A Big Apple for Whitey / 174
• Chapter 10. On Broadway and In the Movies / 213
• Chapter 11. Stranded in Rio / 246
• PART FOUR: WAR AND HOME (1943-1984)
• Chapter 12. Dancer Interrupted / 259
• Chapter 13. The Congaroo Dancers and a Day Job / 275
• PART FIVE: SECOND ACT (1984-present)
• Chapter 14. Revival /
• APPENDIXES
• A. Frankie Manning Timeline / 347
• B. Biographies of Lindy Hoppers
• C. List of Works Cited or Consulted /
• C. Frankie's List of Swing Dance on Film/TV
• D. Swing Dance Resources
• E. Swing Dance Organizations and Events Index