Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates, Charles "Cookie" Cook & Earnest "Brownie" Brown

"Shim Sham!"
Dancers: Left to Right:
1) Charles Cookie Cook
2) Clayton Peg Leg Bates
3) Earnest Brownie Brown

[@stellaknox7131]

My uncle Ernest Brown.... Love and miss him much

[@aarongrooves]

Clayton Peg Leg Bates!!
I just shared about him with some tap students, and we watched this. Gonna have to steal some of those slick moves in the 2nd chorus. 🔥🔥🔥

[@tormentandblasted]

The Big Book of New Jersey Ghost Stories brought me here. Great video

[@dorothybranch3731]

My Great Grandmother loved him.

[@johnsdao3917]

Awesome guys thanks 😊

[@rexxgarvin5313]

History in it's purest form!!

[@jasonbutler1368]

This will bring my grandparents memories

[@fabricatedreality8218]

im glad i got to meet him as a child. we miss you, Clayton.

[@darlenehunter4689]

Got to see him one night ❤️❤️

[@MOLEGGZ74]

My Og ....Rest in Rhythm

[@superdry77]

peg leg bates is a good tap dancer

[@elizabethpiveronus3359]

When Mr. Bates was interviewed by Ripley on believe it or not.Mr Bates was made to sound backwards and not intelligent.1930s era..I met him as a child in my tap dance studio.He was playing at the barn theater.My mother was totally blind.Mr Bates was kind and and spoke intelligently
As 5or 6 year old I just loved him

[@natalie-nicolenelson4812]

Peg Leg is way too bad butt! Just look at him! Dang!

[@Anastasiya0x]

love it

[@r.jeffreydavis1724]

And still I rise

[@carrollgirl547]

Here after watching an Eddie Murphy interview

[@TraciMann]

CREDIT: Jane Goldberg's BY WORD OF FOOT tap festival

[@annhatley6411]

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