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Tap Dance Collection N° 16 - Five dancers lined up - the famous Precision-Tap routine from “Black And Tan Fantasy” in several versions. Extra material: routines from the Black Rhythm-Dance tradition. Analyze step by step, comments and biographies by Victor Cuno, 113 p.
Last update: February 19, 2026
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Introduction p. 4
A biographical attempt:
The Five Blazers p. 5
The Three Rockets p. 6
The Five Hot Shots p. 9
The Hi Hatters p. 12
One Man Dance
as a Half-Break Routine:
The Five Blazers p. 14
from “Black And Tan Fantasy” RKO, Dec. 8, 1929)
Two Dancers (not identified) p. 20
from «The Girl from Chicago» (Oscar Micheaux, 1931)
as a Buck-Routine:
Two not identified black dancers (rather old) p. 26
«Me And My Shadow»
from «Evelyn Prentice» (MGM, November 9, 1934)
The Two Mackays «Do The Run Around» p. 30
«Harlem’s Hottest Hoofers»
from «She Shall Have Music» (UK, 1935)
The Hi Hatters «Me And My Shadow» p. 33
Vaudeville Buck Routine
from «Comedy Hour» (NBC, 1950)
Henry LeTang «One-Man Dance» p. 38
> Cotton-Club Outtakes < (1984)
Dot, Donna & Teddy «How Do You Do It» p. 44
Three girls - tall, tan & terrific
from «Little Jack Little & Orchestra» Vitaphone reel # 1936 (Vitaphone, 1936)
as a Softshoe-Routine:
The Manton Brothers «If We Could Dance» p. 54
«The Good Old Days» (BBC, December 26, 1959)
Extras:
The Five Blazers: Rhythm-Dance p. 61
from «Black & Tan Fantasy» (RKO, 1929)
Four Hot Shots & Dorothy Saulters «Turn On The Red Hot Heat». p. 68
with Dorothy Saulters
from "Vogues of 1938" (United Artists, Sept. 7, 1937)
The Hi Hatters «Minstrel Days»
Broadway Brevities #1: Minstrel Days (Vitaphone, September 6, 1941)
«Old Black Joe» Precision-Tap Softshoe p. 79
«Rhythm-Dance» p. 83
The Hi Hatters «Buck-Dance» / «42nd Street» p. 92
«Here’s Lucy» / «Lucy and Carol Burnett» S3.E22 (February 8, 1971)
The Three Rockets «Alice Blue Gown» p. 98
from «Irene» (April 23, 1940)
The Three Rockets with Milton Berle «Bugle-Call Rag» p. 100
«Texaco Star Theatre» (NBC, April 19, 1949)
Unidentified Tap-Duet «Whistle And Blow Your Blues Away» p. 104
> B.S.-CHORUS <
from «The Girl from Chicago» (Micheaux Productions, 1932)
The Hi Hatters & Bob Hope «When Your Smiling» p. 109
Buck-Dance Chorus
from «Colgate Comedy Hour» (NBC, November 26, 1950)
Research: The Dig p. 113
