[Ads-l] Antedating of "Lindy Hop"

[Bill Mullins]

>   Lindy hop (OED 1931)
>
>   1930 _Minneapolis Sunday Tribune_ 2 Feb. 4/5
>   (Newspapers.com)  The Negro dances under the glowing
>   lights of a ballroom a block long ... he dances "the
>   Lindy hop."

[1925 Axtell [NE] Times 13 Dec 3/3
Johnny Dundee, trying for a comeback, announces he has a new punch called the Lindy Hop.
[newspapers.com]]




1927 Pittsburgh Gazette Times 25 May 3/7
LINDY 'HOP' DIFFICULT DANCE [headline]
Broadway's tribute to Capt. Lindbergh may include the "Lindbergh Hop."
[ProQuest]

1927 Elmira Star-Gazette 2 Jun 15/2
Obviously the first dance to be named for the Lindbergh flight was the "Lindy Hop."
[ProQuest]

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