Robinson, Bill Bojangles

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson Dancer and singer Richmond, Virginia, May 25, 1878; New York City, November 25, 1949. Robinson started tap dancing at age five. He appeared in the 1910s in vaudeville , in the act Cooper and Robinson . From 1928, he appeared as a single on Broadway in such shows as Blackbirds of 1928, where he introduced “Doin’ the New Low Down” (Brunswick 4535); Brown Buddies; Blackbirds of 1933; and Blackbirds of 1934. He was in Hollywood from 1935 to 1938, gaining great fame in…