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Foxtrot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Foxtrot (often spelled "Fox trot" or "fox trot") is a ballroom dance which takes its name from its inventor, vaudeville actor Harry Fox. At its inception, the Foxtrot was originally danced to ragtime. The dance debuted in 1914, quickly catching the eye of the talented husband and wife duo of Vernon and Irene Castle, who lent the dance its signature grace and style. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foxtrot   (299 words)

Jazz article - Jazz jazz (disambiguation) African American music Blues African American - What-Means.com White audiences saw them first in vaudeville shows, then performed by exhibition dancers in the clubs. For other article subjects named jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Public dance halls, clubs, and tea rooms opened in the cities; and black dances like the cakewalk and the shimmy were eventually adopted by a white public. www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Jazz   (299 words)

Groucho Marx @ BasketballLiving.com For a time in vaudeville, all the brothers performed in ethnic accents; Leonard Marx, the oldest Marx brother, developed the "Italian" accent he used as "Chico" to convince some roving bullies that he was Italian, not Jewish. Aged 86 at death, Groucho was the longest-lived of all the Marx brothers, though younger brother Zeppo survived him by two years. The Marx family grew up on the Upper East Side of New York City, in a small Jewish neighborhood sandwiched between Irish-German and Italian neighborhoods. www.basketballliving.com /allabout/Groucho_Marx   (1688 words)

Ed Gallagher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Gallagher (1873-1929) of Gallagher and Shean the 1920's vaudeville double-act with Al Shean This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Professor_Ed_Gallagher   (132 words)

George Burns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Burns (born January 20, 1896; died March 9, 1996) was a legendary Jewish American vaudeville comedian who went on to work in movies, radio, and early television. George's act was constantly shifting from dancing to attempts at comedy and didn't seem to be going anyplace until he met Gracie Allen in 1923, when the two of them formed a team. Burns and Allen worked together, growing more and more successful with their Dumb Dora act and establishing a reputation for themselves until they wound up playing the Palace, the fulfillment of every vaudevillian's dream. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Burns   (132 words)

Amsterdam - Open Encyclopedia In the 19th century popular culture was centered around the Nes area in Amsterdam (mainly vaudeville and musichall). Opera could be seen in Amsterdam from 1677, first only Italian and French operas, but in the 18th century German operas. At the end of this century the Rijksmuseum en Gemeentelijk Museum were build. open-encyclopedia.com /Amsterdam   (132 words)

Mae West - Psychology Central Famous for her bawdy double entendres, West made a name for herself in vaudeville, burlesque and on the legitimate stage in New York before moving to Hollywood to conquer and make her unforgettable place among the great performers of the motion picture industry. For other uses of the name, see: Mae West (disambiguation) West was apparently married April 11, 1911, in Milwaukee, to Frank Wallace, a fellow vaudevillian who, in 1937, showed up in Hollywood with a marriage certificate seeking a share of "their" community property. psychcentral.com /psypsych/Mae_West   (2381 words)

Jazz White audiences saw them first in vaudeville shows, then performed by exhibition dancers in the clubs. Publicdance halls, clubs, and tea rooms opened in the cities, and black dances like the cakewalk and the shimmy were eventually adopted by a white public,especially the flappers. There was a general liberalization of customs before World War I. www.therfcc.org /jazz-2476.html   (2381 words)

Jazz White audiences saw them first in vaudeville shows, then performed by exhibition dancers in the clubs. For other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Public dance halls, clubs, and tea rooms opened in the cities; and black dances like the cakewalk and the shimmy were eventually adopted by a white public. www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ja/Jazz.htm   (2381 words)

John Green Definition / John Green Research others with the same name, see: John Green (disambiguation). Born Dominic Felix Amici in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Ameche began his career in vaudeville with Texas Guinan until Guinan dropped him from the act, dismissing him as "too stiff".... John Green is a veteran researcher into the question of Sasquatch or Bigfoot. www.elresearch.com /John_Green   (2381 words)

Domain Shake otheruses burnsgeo right frame burns holding his trademark cigar george burns january march was a legendary united states american vaudeville comedian who went on to work in movies radio and early television he was born as nathan birnbaum to louis and dorothy birnbaum the ninth of twelve children in new see tv disambiguation for other uses and television band for the rock band family watching tv in the s thumb right px family watching television in the s television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance the term has come to refer robert burns frame right robert burns preeminent scottish poet robert burns january ndash july is the best known of the poets who have written in scots language scots his poem auld lang syne is often sung at hogmanay born in alloway ayrshire scotland to a poor farming family his parents www.domainshake.com /?mode=history&date=2005-3-16   (2381 words)

Jazz White audiences saw them first in vaudeville shows, then performed by exhibition dancers in the clubs. Traveling throughout black communities in the Deep South and to northern big cities, these musician-pioneers were the Hand helping to fashion the music's howling, raucous, then free-wheeling, "raggedy," ragtime spirit, quickening it to a more eloquent, sophisticated, swing incarnation. The ability of these musically literate, black jazz men to transpose and then read what was in great part an improvisational art form became an invaluable element in the preservation and dissemination of musical innovation and increasingly important in the approaching big-band era. www.askfactmaster.com /Jazz   (4929 words)

aworks :: "new" american classical music: barber, samuel He also points out that playing the traditional repetoire, despite its lack of connection to contemporary culture, is the equivalent of having comedians today primarily performing vaudeville. Continuing the disambiguation exericise, I placed the right Sheen in the right TV show (West Wing versus Spin City). In her book on Samuel Barber, Barbara Heyman suggests the work "marks the high point in Barber's career." In a review of the Naxos recording, Robert Cummings says it is "masterful" but suffers from too much thematic repetition. rgable.typepad.com /aworks/barber_samuel/index.html   (4929 words)

Ed Gallagher - Enpsychlopedia Ed Gallagher and Al Shean - the 1920's vaudeville double-act Gallaher and Shean This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. Edward Gallagher (priest) - Roman Catholic priest who worked in Edinburgh, died 1998. www.grohol.com /psypsych/Ed_Gallagher   (182 words)

Mercedes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mercedes (Joseph Cohen) (1888–1966), a vaudeville and magic entertainer of the early 20th century This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. Mercedes, the fiancé of Edmond Dantes in Dumas's novel The Count of Monte Cristo en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mercedes   (109 words)

Variety - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Variety show is a name for a genre of musical theatre entertainment consisting of a series of short, unrelated songs, dances, and comedy sketches, also known as Vaudeville (North American) or Music hall (British). This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. Variety (linguistics) is a concept that includes for instance dialects, standard language and jargon. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Variety   (184 words)

George Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Walker (1873-1911) was an African-American vaudeville singer and partner of Bert Williams. This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. George Walker was president of the Canadian Pacific Railway between 1948 and 1955. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Walker   (198 words)

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