Bill Robinson and Lena Horne dazzle with their performance of 'I Can't Give You Anything but Love' from STORMY WEATHER ('43). National Tap Dance Day is celebrated on May 25 every year in Robinson's honor. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, was the most famous of all African American tap dancers in the twentieth century. Dancing upright and swinging, his light and exacting footwork brought tap “up on its toes” from an earlier flat-footed shuffling style, and developed the art of tap dancing to a delicate perfection. Born Luther Robinson in Richmond, Virginia, his parents, Maria and Maxwell Robinson, died in 1885. Young Bill was reared by his grandmother, Bedilia Robinson, who had been a slave. In Richmond

May 25th is National Tap Dance Day Here’s Bill “Bojangles” Robinson doing his “Stair Dance” in 1932 (!) #bojangles #billbojanglesrobinson #billrobinson #music #tapdance #tapdancer #tapdancing #dancing #musician #bass #arte #fipradio #entertainer #entertainment #happyday #goodnight #stairdance | Hangout - Jazz, Blues and Lounge Music