Today is the birthday of Beatrice “Bee” Palmer (1894-1967). Originally from Chicago, Palmer began performing in local venues before moving to New York in the late teens. With her she appears to have brought jazz and the Shimmy. She was largely identified with the latter dance and claimed to be its originator, although Gilda Gray, […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:26AM on September 11, 2014