[Ads-l] Antedating of "Black Bottom" (Dance)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Black Bottom (OED, 3., 1925)

1923 Saint Louis Argus 18 May 4/1 (Newspapers.com)

Mr. Young does an eccentric dance and the pair close with a screaming team dance called "The Black Bottom."

Fred Shapiro

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