![]() "Whitey" an ex-boxer, purported gangster, and head bouncer at the Savoy, formed and developed a troupe of young lindy hoppers, dividing them into three main teams, and booked them into tours across America and around the world. While dozens of dances came and went from the first day the Savoy was in business to the day it closed, the Savoy was always dominated by one dance, and one dance alone. The Savoy was so popular that there coatcheck served 5,000 patrons and the dance floor, known as "the Track" had to be replaced regularly every three years. Known as "the home of happy feet" the Savoy Ballroom opened its doors Maoperating almost continually until 1958. ![]() By this I mean it literally stretched the entire block. ![]() The Savoy was a ballroom in Harlem on Lenox Avenue between 140th and 141st Streets. ![]()
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