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	Savoy Ballroom History - Streetswings Dance History archives - Main Page
		The Savoy was known as the "Home Of Happy Feet" and had the best Lindy Hop dancers in the Nation with the Lindy Hop being said to originate at the Savoy.
		The roots of the Lindy Hop was the Breakaway and the Breakaway was the main dance of choice in the late 1920's early 30's at the Savoy whose main exponent was "Shorty George " Snowden.
		The Savoy's License was temporarily revoked and its staff of dance hostesses at the Savoy was discontinued in 1943 wth te license being re-instated but not the hostesses.
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/d5savoy1.htm (1159 words)

	Jazz Age Chicago -- Savoy Ballroom
		Among the fl jazz greats that appeared at the Savoy during the late 1920s and 1930s were Louis Armstrong and Dave Peyton, whose orchestra dueled that of Erskine Tate in a "battle of the bands" promotion at the ballroom in 1930.
		Saperstein selected five of the best fl basketball players from the south side to play on the ballroom's team, which became known as the "Savoy Big Five." After a short stint at the Savoy, Saperstein took his team on the road, where they played local basketball teams in highly publicized matches.
		The Savoy Ballroom was demolished as part of the city's massive land clearance and urban renewal program in the early 1970s.
	chicago.urban-history.org /sites/ballroom/savoy.htm (1075 words)

	Savoy Big Five - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Savoy Big Five was the early version of the Harlem Globetrotters.
		It was named after Chicago's Savoy Theatre which sponsored Saperstein in return for naming the team the "Savoy Big Five" to help bring in people so they could dance after the game.
		The team didn't bring much attention to the Savoy Theatre and the sponorship fell through.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Savoy_Big_Five (161 words)

	Naomi Waller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Driven by a steely determination, that was tempered by a distinctly Southern sense of elegance and propriety, she swiftly ascended the ladder of artistic achievement.
		Her first career move resulted from her father landing a job in the Philadelphia postal service which enabled the very young Naomi to not only dance on the streets of a big city for nickels and dimes but to progress to winning children's contests in vaudeville shows.
		Once again the limits of her Mother's tolerance were tested, when she followed up by going to the Savoy Ballroom for the obligatory triumphal demonstration.
	www.savoyballroom.com /exp/dancefloor/savoydancers/naomiwaller.htm (1265 words)

	Big Sky Resort, Montana - Media and Press
		BIG SKY, Mont. — Despite the wet and cool conditions rolling into spring, the golf course is planning on opening earlier than usual on Wednesday, May 17.
		Savoy joined the team from Ohio where he served three years as the General Manager of the high-end, Beavercreek Golf Club, a course that has been named in the top five Ohio public facilities.
		Savoy has an extensive background in golf operations; group sales & marketing, golf maintenance and food and beverage that compliment the existing team at the golf course.
	www.bigskyresort.com /gen/bs_ch_media_pr_archive_details.asp?ID=317 (335 words)

	Big Band/Swing Downloads - Download Big Band/Swing Music - Download Big Band/Swing MP3s
		Although Big Bands -- meaning a jazz group that features over 10 musicians -- have played a variety of different styles in jazz history, from bop to free jazz, it usually is understood to refer to the '30s and '40s, the classic era of swing.
		Since swinging Big Bands led by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey were extraordinarily popular, the terms became interchangeable in the public eye.
		Rushing achieved his greatest fame in front of the Count Basie band from 1935 to 1950, yet unlike many band singers closely associated with one organization, he was able to carry on afterwards with a series of solo recordings that further enhanced his reputation as a first-class jazz singer.
	www.mp3.com /big-band-swing/genre/485/subgenre.html (3732 words)

	Five Red Caps - Biography - AOL Music
		In 1942, Davis left the lineup, and with the additions of new bassist Doles Dickens and baritone/pianist Romaine Brown, the group renamed itself the Five Red Caps, borrowing the name from the headgear traditionally worn by baggage handlers.
		When Savoy dropped the group, they returned to the Davis fold and any pending litigation was dropped.
		The Red Caps remained a popular concert attraction, more often than not performing to white audiences, but their approach remained mired in the sound of postwar R&B even as a new generation of vocal groups stormed the charts.
	music.aol.com /artist/five-red-caps/38802/biography (683 words)

	VH1.com : The Five Pennies : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
		Savoy's owner Herman Lubinsky renamed them the Five Pennies (though there were actually six members) to avoid confusion with another group.
		Their final Savoy release, "My Heart Trembles" b/w "Money," made a little noise but not much, a consortium of Curry, Holloway, Washington, and Herbert and James Myers collaborated on both sides.
		In 1964, he revived the Five Pennies as the Four Pennies for one release on Brunswick Records, "You're a Gas With Your Trash" written by John Myers and "You Have No Time to Lose" composed by Bill Buie, Johnny Ellis, and Joseph Myers.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/five_pennies/bio.jhtml (511 words)

	StreetSwing's Dance History Archives - Savoy Ballroom Dance Page - Main1
		The roots of the Lindy Hop was the Breakaway and the Breakaway was the main dance of choice in the late 1920's early 30's, at the Savoy whose main exponent was "Shorty George" Snowden.
		Dance Contest's were also popular at the Savoy Ballroom and the contests were generally held on Wednesdays with prizes going to third place.
		The Savoy's License was temporarily revoked in 1943.
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3savoy1.htm (1160 words)

	Melbourne: Putting the 'Big' into 'Bands'
		We know that the elite dancers of the Savoy would often come early in the afternoons to practice their moves while that night’s band rehearsed.
		During the thirty years it was open, about 250 big* bands are said to have performed on the Savoy stages.
		The Savoy may have lost its clientele to Rock ‘n’ Roll in the mid-fifties and given up its powder blue walls and twin bandstands in 1959, but swing music lives on.
	mel.swingpatrol.com.au /article/12/putting-the-big-into-bands.php (1100 words)

	Bios for the Savoy Family Band & Savoy Doucet
		The Savoy Family Cajun Band brings the raw energy of the dancehalls of southwest Louisiana to the stage, peppered with humourous and informative anecdotes about life on the Louisiana prairies.
		Today Savoy travels and plays music with his wife Ann and Michael Doucet or the Savoy Family Band which features his wife Ann and their two sons, Joel and Wilson.
		Savoy loves being in Louisiana where he is known for being an outspoken cultural preservationist, fighting to keep the music pure and unadulterated.In 1982 he was awarded the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.
	www.savoymusiccenter.com /bios.html (1360 words)

	The Big Apple: Harlem Globetrotters
		The Savoy Ballroom was located above a movie theatre at South Park and Kedzie, and featured most of the big bands of the day.
		The Savoy agreed to sponsor Saperstein's team and thus the "Savoy Big Five" was born.
		He changed the team's name to the Harlem Globetrotters in the winter of 1927, placed his five players in a battered Model T Ford bought from a funeral director and took to the road.
	www.barrypopik.com /index.php/new_york_city/entry/harlem_globetrotters (894 words)

	Rise of the Big Bands: Harlem Jazz
		The term big band is used to describe a group of five or six brass players, three or four reed instruments, and four rhythm musicians.
		The success of the big band was largely dependent on its acceptance by the dancing public.
		Dances such as The Lindy Hop, The Big Apple, Suzy-Q, Truckin', and The Bumpy Bump had their start at the Savoy.
	northbysouth.kenyon.edu /1998/music/bigbands/bigbandpage.htm (265 words)

	Business Digest article: Savoy Theater/Downstairs Video
		As owners of the Savoy Theater and Downstairs Video in Montpelier, they've fought the rising tide of big-budget blockbusters and multiplying multiplexes to serve the fringes of the movie-going community.
		The history of the Savoy leads in two directions: One trail follows Winston and a 1970s central Vermont film society; the other snakes back to the early 1900s, when the building where Winston and Ireland started their business in January 1981, coincidentally, was one of the area's first nickelodeons.
		Furthermore, while the independent film distributors the Savoy typically works with receive 35 to 40 percent of ticket revenue, the majors demand 50 to 60 percent, a cut that shrinks to as low as 35 percent over four or five weeks.
	www.vermontguides.com /1998/profil57.htm (2029 words)

	IHSA - Illinois H.S.toric: Early Phillips High School Basketball Teams
		In 1926 a semipro teams, the Savoy Big Five, was formed on the south side.
		Not in the earliest photo of the Savoy Big Five but reportedly on the teams were two other Phillips players--Byron "Fat" Long (heavyweight forward, 1926) and William "Kid" Oliver (whose name was not found by this researcher in any box score).
		In 1930, the big postseason tourney in Chicago was not the state tournament, which was considered a preserve of downstate schools, but the Stagg national tournament at the University of Chicago.
	www.ihsa.org /initiatives/hstoric/basketball_phillips.htm (2705 words)

	Lindy Hop Biographies: George Grenidge
		An important figure in the Golden Age of Lindy Hop, and a member of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, George Grenidge danced in three of the five feature films that were made by the group, including the ill-fated Everybody Sing, with Judy Garland.
		During the mid to late thirties, when the Lindy Hop grew like wildfire nationally and developed into a substantial dance form at the Savoy, Grenidge was one of the prime movers, along with Frankie Manning and Snooky Beasley.
		Although a top dancer at the Savoy between 1935 and 1940, Long George seems to have disappeared from the dance scene by 1940 after meeting a woman and settling down into domestic life.
	www.savoystyle.com /george_grenidge.html (336 words)

	Globetrotters' savior stresses its historic role
		The organization, which began as a Midwestern barnstorming team called the Savoy Big Five in 1927, was left for dead in the late 1980s and on the brink of declaring bankruptcy in 1993.
		Those are still a big part of the team's appeal to fans, but they are back in the context of a competitive game, as they were in the old days.
		Saperstein was from Chicago and the original Savoy Big Five consisted of a bunch of players from Chicago.
	www.post-gazette.com /magazine/20000523globe4.asp (1146 words)

	Tribute to the Savoy Ballroom 9/13/2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On September 13, 2003, Chad Fasca and Midori Asakura hosted a tribute to the Savoy Ballroom at the 92nd Street Y on Lexington Avenue.
		With a thunderous applause, the audience voted for Viola Hamilton as the winner, who incidentally was Mama Lu's Harvest Moon Ball winner in 1983 with her partner Tyrone Cooper.
		Aside from the continuous social dancing, the trivia quizzes about the Savoy during band breaks and showing of vintage dance films were also part of the fun.
	www.savoyplaque.org /savoy_tribute.htm (413 words)

	Savoy-News.com - Archive - Haugesunds Avis 28aug2004
		In addition to their five year old son, a crew of technicians, lighting- and sound guys will join them in the tour bus.
		Their task is to fill the concert halls with visual effects and make the cinematic mood that suits the music.
		Lauren thinks that Savoy`s current sound is the result of a meeting between Norway and New York.
	www.geocities.com /savoynews/archive_2004_HA_August.html (399 words)

	John Luccese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cellar clubs were formed by groups of young dancers who would rent a space in a building--usually the basement one or two nights a week to Lindy until 3 or 4 in the morning.
		The Savoy had the name, because the big orchestras used to play there.
		He was already known as a good all- around dancer and was performing onstage; in 1937, he appeared with a Big Apple team in an entertainment short, TWO SHADOWS, filmed at Astoria Studios.
	www.savoyballroom.com /exp/dancefloor/savoydancers/jlucchese.htm (1064 words)

	Scoring from the color line - Roanoke.com
		On the other side were the Minneapolis Lakers, the most fearsome team in professional basketball, a squad anchored by 6-foot-10-inch George Mikan, the sport's first great big man. The Lakers played a regular schedule in an established professional league, the National Basketball League, one of the precursors to the National Basketball Association.
		The Globetrotters began in 1926 in Chicago as the Savoy Big Five.
		The Trotters played the Lakers five times in the 1950s, and the Lakers came out on top each time, winning by as many as 24 points in one contest.
	www.roanoke.com /extra/wb/xp-20000 (1218 words)

	Savoy-News.com - Archive - Bergensavisen Aug. 2004
		Oslo (BA): Savoy are ready for Kvarteret on 24.
		Besides, there`s been a big focus on working with a-ha in some periods.
		Savoy are now ready with their fifth album, “Savoy”.
	www.geocities.com /savoynews/archive_2004_BA_August.html (379 words)

	P.O.V. - Hardwood . History of the Harlem Globetrotters \| PBS
		Today they are best known for their wildly-entertaining comedic routines and ball-handling skills on the court, and of course that famous song, "Sweet Georgia Brown." But the Harlem Globetrotters have a long history of serious basketball play and their beginnings were modest.
		Founded in 1926 in Chicago by a 24 year-old named Abe Saperstein, the original team was called the "Savoy Big Five," named after Chicago's famous Savoy Ballroom, where they played many of their early games.
		Eventually their name evolved from "Savoy Big Five" to "Saperstein's New York Globetrotters" to the "Harlem New York Globetrotters" and finally just the "Harlem Globetrotters," all in an effort to make it clear that they were an all-fl team that traveled the world.
	www.pbs.org /pov/pov2005/hardwood/special_overview.html (1009 words)

	Savoy on Palm - downtown sarasota condos
		Rising from its tranquil Palm Avenue setting, in the heart of downtown Sarasota, The Savoy on Palm presents spectacular views of Sarasota Bay and the sparkling city sights.
		Gliding beneath the elegant glass porte cochere, you arrive at the entrance to The Savoy's grand two-story lobby.
		Located on exclusive Palm Avenue, the Savoy on Palm is just steps away from a very fine collection of shops and galleries, restaurants and cinema.
	www.downtownsarasotacondos.com /sarasota/condo_savoy_on_palm.asp (368 words)

	Heartwood Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Big Brothers and Big Sisters is one of the most famous mentoring programs for youth in the United States.
		Around the same time Catholic Big Sisters of New York began to develop friendships with young girls who went through the Children’s Court.
		In 1927, Abe Saperstein, a Jewish immigrant in Chicago, formed a group of talented fl athletes into the Savoy Big Five.
	www.heartwoodethics.org /2-teaching/CK_My_Man_Blue.asp (630 words)

	Harlem Globetrotters Biography
		At age 24, Saperstein organizes and coaches a new basketball team, "Savoy Big Five," named after famous Chicago's Savoy Ballroom.
		The "Savoy Big Five" consisted of Tommy Brookings, William Grant, Inman Jackson, Lester Johnson, Joe Lillard, Randolph Ramsey, Walter Wright, and William Watson.
		The team played in the Negro American Legion League as the "Giles Post," and in 1927 turned professional as the Savoy Big Five under manager Dick Hudson.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/harlem_globetrotters.htm (1217 words)

	Abe Saperstein
		In 1927, the 5'5" Saperstein took over a Chicago all-Negro basketball team called the Savoy Big Five, changed its name to the Harlem Globetrotters, and created a legend that is currently well into its second half-century.
		The early Trotters were a serious basketball five, sporting a 397 victories-32 losses record in their first three seasons.
		Over the years, the Globetrotters developed into an international entertainment attraction, playing in more than 80 countries on five continents, as well as on television and in motion pictures.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/saperstein.html (255 words)

	Lindy Hop Biographies: Shorty George
		Shorty George Snowden was the top dancer in the Savoy Ballroom from its opening in 1927 into the early 30's, when he formed the first professional Lindy Hop troupe, the Shorty Snowden Dancers.
		Although he was barely five feet tall, Snowden made his height an asset rather than a liability.
		Manning remembers his first idol and sometime competitor at the Savoy this way: "Shorty was a great comic dancer who knew his art well, like Jack Benny on violin and Victor Borge on piano.He brought comical moves to Lindy Hop and intricacies of footwork."
	www.savoystyle.com /shorty_george.html (404 words)

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