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From Harlem to Broadway

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George Melly looks at the contribution of black composers and performers to the early American musical. From minstrel shows to the Zeigfield Follies, from Porgy and Bess to the Harlem cabarets.
And veteran entertainers, such as Apollo headliner
Harold Cromer , Cotton Club girls Tondelayo and Hy Curtis , and the one-legged tap dancer Peg Leg Bates , provide contributions. An Inflight Production

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George Melly
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Harold Cromer
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Hy Curtis
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Peg Leg Bates
Source: Radio Times

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