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0:00:58 Welcome to episode #028 of The Track with Ryan Swift - August 2017. This episode’s guest is Norma Miller

0:02:28 Savoy Ballroom

0:03:52 Harlem Renaissance

0:05:12 Adam Clayton Powell

0:05:15 Amsterdam News

0:05:51 Roseland Ballroom

0:05:56 Glen Island Casino

Glenn Miller's 1939 opening at the Glen Island Casino

0:06:05 Savoy Ballroom Benny Goodman vs Chick Webb - Norma Miller & Frankie Manning

0:06:15 Baltimore Sun - William Henry 'Chick' Webb, legendary jazz drummer

0:06:45 Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song - Ella Fitzgerald’s first performance at the Savoy Ballroom

0:08:02 Dance Heritage Coalition - Savoy Ballroom

0:10:25 Queen of the Blues: The Life and Times of Bessie Smith - Harlem Frolics

0:11:02 Miller & Lyles (photo), Williams & Walker

0:11:15 Blacks and Vaudeville: PBS Documentary

Theatre Owners Booking Association

0:12:24 Norma Miller at Uptown Swingout

0:13:10 Twistmouth George

0:14:35 NYT - A Piece of Harlem History Turns to Dust (Renaissance Ballroom)

0:15:30 Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop - “About stealing steps”

0:16:00 “The Charleston” Roots and Tradition Passed Down through Dance

0:17:05 Renaissance Lost: Requiem for a Demolished Harlem Shrine

Vernon Andrade

0:17:32 NYT - They’re Still Swinging for the Rooftops in East Harlem

0:19:52 Norma Miller : The Norma Miller Dancers and The Jazzmen

Photo: The Original Norma Miller Dancers via Masters of Traditional Arts

0:21:30 Honi Coles

0:21:31 Charles “Cholly” Atkins

0:21:32 "Honi" Coles & "Cholly" Atkins: "Swing is Really The Thing"

0:21:34 Nicholas Brothers

0:22:07 Operation: Tap - Time Step Thursday with Hillary-Marie Michael

0:22:09 Learn the Tap Shim Sham

0:22:26 Nicholas Brothers in ‘Lucky Number’ (1936)

0:22:55 Fred Astaire

0:24:04 Buddy Ebsen

0:24:27 Apollo Theater

0:25:25 Shorty George Snowden

0:26:18 Frankie Manning

0:26:40 Herbert "Whitey" White

0:27:29 Ethel Waters

0:28:45 Frankie Manning and the Eight Original Apple Dancers in Melbourne, 1939

0:29:36 Count Basie w/ Norma Miller’s Jazzmen

0:29:48 The Stylish Flamingo Hotel Shaped the Las Vegas Strip

0:30:40 Moe Gale and Charles Buchanan, co-owners of The Savoy Ballroom

0:31:03 "Don't Buy Where You Can't Work": An Investigation of the Political Forces and Social Conflict within the Harlem Boycott of 1934

Harlem Riot of 1935

0:33:41 Billy Ricker

0:34:58 NYT - Where Feet Flew and the Lindy Hopped

0:36:00 LoC - 1930s Dance Revival

0:36:32 Rhythm Hot Shots

0:36:46 Herräng Dance Camp 1996

0:37:07 Dancers You Need to Know: Al Minns and Leon James Al Minns

0:37:30 NYT Review/Dance - ‘[Opus] McShann': A Tribute From Ailey

0:37:55 Ramiro Gonzalez

0:38:23 Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding” (1951)

0:40:37 Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers in 'A Day at the Races’ (1937)

0:41:00 Leon James

0:43:00 Millicent Hearst

0:45:00 Harvest Moon Ball

0:46:50 Harlem on Parade: Whyte’s Hopping Maniacs in Dublin

0:49:25 A Brief History of Blackface

0:51:45 NY Daily News - Modern Mildew - ’Hellzapoppin,' 1938

0:53:36 The Savoy Ballroom At The NYC Worlds Fair 1939

0:57:12 1939-1940 NY World's Fair Hot Mikado Bill BoJangles Robinson

0:59:38 Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers in ‘Hellzapoppin’’ (1941)

0:59:56 Jump For Joy: Duke Ellington’s Celebratory Musical

1:01:27 Ernie Smith Jazz Film Collection

1:04:20 Cassino da Urca – Swingin’ Rio

1:04:45 Ethel Smith

1:05:05 Grande Otelo

1:09:50 ’Swingin’ the Dream’

Swinging’ the Dream - The Lost Charell Musical

1:12:04 Billie Holiday - “Darn that Dream” (Amazon, iTunes)

1:13:16 Ad for the Apollo Theater featuring Norma Miller Dancers, 1958

1:13:45 Chazz Young

1:13:52 Stan Kenton & His Orchestra - “Cuban Episode”

1:14:12 Norma Miller : The Norma Miller Dancers and The Jazzmen

1:18:25 Salty comic Redd Foxx broke barriers

1:18:42 History of XXX Party Records

1:19:20 Leonard Reed

1:22:00 Slappy White

1:23:35 Norma Miller : Working in Comedy

1:24:52 Richard Pryor

1:25:55 Richard Pryor’s first album

1:26:15 Norm MacDonald

1:26:33 The Norm Macdonald, OJ and Don Ohlmeyer Saga

1:27:19 Top Five

1:28:41 Norma Miller on Sanford & Son - Sanford And Son - “Grady & His Lady”

Grady - “Grady Takes a Wife”

1:29:05 Redd Foxx & Norma Miller - The Redd Foxx Encyclopedia of Black Humor

1:30:18 Norma Miller - Swinging’ at the Savoy

1:31:16 Savoy Plaque

1:31:40 The Savoy Commemorative Marker Dedication Ceremony

1:33:48 Beantown's Got Talent 2017 - "Black Woman" by Norma Miller

1:33:54 Swingin’ Frankie’s Way – The Frankie Show at the Apollo Theater

1:34:30 Norma Miller of Norma Miller's Dancers performing with Irwin C. Miller's Brown Skin Models Harlem Road Show poses for a portrait circa 1938 in New York city, New York

[You should not miss the full set of 49 photos from this shoot!]

1:35:08 Norma Miller - Swing, Baby Swing!

Swing, Baby, Swing! - Trailer

1:35:50 Norma Miller's trickeration (Adam Brozowski)

1:37:10 Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather (1943)

1:38:44 I Charleston the World

1:38:55 The Track 024 - Gordon Webster

1:39:55 Louis Armstrong - “Grassa e Bella”

1:40:50 Chester Whitmore

1:41:49 Lord Of The Swing, Chester Whitmore & Friends, 10/1/2016

1:42:10 Harlem Week

1:42:43 Billy Bros. Swing Orchestra

1:42:40 NPR - The Queen of Swing Takes Old Age in Stride

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Thanks for listening! You can learn how to support the show by visiting the Support page

You can keep up to date with the show’s goings-on by:

• Following @thetrackpodcast on Twitter & @thetrackpodcast on Instagram

• Following TheTrackPodcast on Tumblr

• Liking us on Facebook

See Ryan’s upcoming DJ gigs, photography & more by:

• Visiting ryanswift.com

• Following @ryanswift on Twitter

Email feedback on the show to contact@thetrackpodcast.com

Help others find the show by leaving a review on iTunes!