Title: Swingin' at the Savoy
First published: 1996
Description: It was a time when the music was Swing, and Harlem was king. Renowned as the "world's most beautiful ballroom" and the largest and most elegant in Harlem, the Savoy was the only ballroom not segregated when it opened in 1926. The Savoy hosted the best bands and attracted the best dancers by offering the challenge of fierce competition. White people traveled uptown to learn exciting new dance styles.

A dance contest winner by 14, Norma Miller became a member of Herbert White's Lindy Hoppers and a celebrated Savoy Ballroom Lindy Hop champion. Swingin' at the Savoy chronicles a significant period in American cultural history and race relations, as it glorifies the home of the Lindy Hop, and the birthplace of such memorable dance fads as the Big Apple, Shag, Truckin' Peckin', Susie Q, the Charleston, Peabody, Black Bottom, Cake Walk, Boogie Woogie, Shimmy and tap dancing.
Subjects: Women dancers, Biography, Jazz dancing, History, Jazz dance, Autobiographie, Jazz dancing -- United States -- History -- 20th century., Women dancers -- United States -- Biography., Jazz, history and criticism, Dancers, biography
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: GV1784