[Ads-l] Antedating of "Scatting"

[Bill Mullins]

1932 Variety 1 Mar 62/1 [proquest]

Four Pebbles, colored quartet, who satisfied this audience with their feverish scatting and ankle-manipulation, but who have to follow many similar colored outfits who do the same things better.



1932 Variety 15 Mar  58/1 [proquest]

Fill 15 minutes with little effort, singing and playing pop tunes, mixing crooning with scatting, that modern version of boop-a-doop.

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