Earl Snakehips Tucker

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Tucker frequented Harlem music clubs and was a regular at the Savoy Ballroom.[2] He built his reputation by exhibiting his odd style of dance, which involved a great deal of hip motion. Tucker would make it appear that he was as flexible as a snake, and eventually the dance became his calling card. He became popular enough to eventually perform at Connie's Inn and the Cotton Club. The snakehips dates back to southern plantations before emancipation.[3]



  1. ^ Jookin' The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture Katrina Hazzard-Gordon Temple University Press 1990 pages 122-123
  2. ^ "Earl "Snakehips" Tucker", artsedge.kennedy-center.org (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) 
  3. ^ Hazzard-Gordon, Katrina (1990) Jookin': The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Culture. Temple University Press. pp 122-123