Tip, Tap, and Toe were a seminal African-American tap-dance comedy act that began in the late 1920s and appeared in several motion pictures in the 1930s and '40s.
Its original members were Sammy Green, Teddy Frazier, and Raymond Winfield.
At times it included Freddie James and Prince Spencer, also a member of The Four Step Brothers.
[2] African-Americans were not allowed to star in major motion pictures in the 1930s and '40s, but specialty acts, such as Tip, Tap, and Toe, were permitted,[3] and the group appeared in at least five major Hollywood films during that time.
Working on a small oval platform, Winfield slid forward, backward, sideways, and around, as if he had buttered feet on a hot stove: gravity-defying balance with a maximum of activity on a minimum of space.This dance-related article is a stub.