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Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop

  • Author: Manning, Frankie
  • Author: Millman, Cynthia R.
Dance writer and swing dancer Millman conducted extensive interviews with Manning for a vivid account of his career... the first-person accounts of Manning's life capture his vibrancy, humor... More…

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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