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The History of the Shim Sham Originating from a style of dance termed the ‘Goodus’ in the late 1920s, the Shim Sham Shimmy was first performed on stage in Harlem in the early 1930s as a closing routine that would get all of the singers, dancers and performers on stage together with the audience joining in. It wasn’t until some lindy hoppers at the Savoy Ballroom did the Shim Sham as a group line dance (without the taps) that the dance style really took to fame. In the mid-1980s, the Shim Sham wa

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Shim Sham: The Story - Leonard Reed, Frankie Manning | Shim Sham history

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Leonard Reed

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Abbreviated Shim Sham History - Lindy Hop and Swing Dance

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Swingdance in History of the World: Part I (1981)

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Routine from 1927 with a twist in the second part The Shim Sham is a tap routine created by Leonard Reed & Willie Bryant in 1927, originally called "Goofus". It was commonly used as a finishing ensemble for cabaret shows with all the performers. Howard Johnson says the routine was taken and performed by a Drag chorus line in the after hours at The 101 Ranch, thus the name Shim Sham [she-him] sham. They assumingly introduced the shaking nature in the hip and shoulders, doing the Shimmy in the fir

Routine from 1927 with a twist in the second part The Shim Sham is a t…

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Al and Leon's Shim Sham

Al and Leon's Shim Sham

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Shim Sham Sand Dance

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