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On Brunswick #6134, 7705, 01168 he performs "Keep a Song in Your Soul" and "Just a Crazy Song (Hi-Hi-Hi), accompanied by a studio orchestra. Recorded 27 May 1931.

On Brunswick #6520, 01521 he performs "Doin' the New Low Down", accompanied by Don Redman and His Orchestra. Recorded 29 December 1932.

Several recordings were made of his tap dancing with various orchestras. Brunswick #4345, 7706, 01112, recorded 11th November 1929, captured him doing "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Doin' the New Low Down". The label credits Irving Mills' Hotsy-Totsy Gang as the accompanying orchestra, but there is reason to believe that he was actually accompanied by the Duke Ellington Orchestra. These sides have been re-issued as part of the "Early Ellington" CD collection, MCA Records #GRD-3-640 (Legendary Masters of Jazz series).

Danced two numbers -- a solo and a duet -- for Café Metropole (1937). The scenes were not included in the film, but they are included in "deleted scenes" on Disc One of a 2008 Fox DVD collection, "Tyrone Power Matinee Idol."

Blackbirds of 1928 (1928). Musical revue. Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Directed by Lew Leslie. Liberty Theatre: 9 May 1928= Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/518 performances). Cast: Baby Banks, George Cooper, Billie Cortez, Adelaide Hall, Marjorie Hubbard, Crawford Jackson, Ruth Johnson, Harry Lucas, Blue McAllister, Willard McLean, Lloyd Mitchell, Tim Moore, Mantan Moreland, Philip Patterson, Bill Robinson, Mamie Savoy, Earl Tucker, Eloise Uggams, Aida Ward, Elizabeth Welch. Produced by Lew Leslie.

Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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