Bill ' Bojangles' Robinson

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:ballet
gptkb:Actor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bill_Robinson
gptkbp:active_years 1900-1949
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:Shirley_Temple
gptkb:Ethel_Waters
gptkb:Cab_Calloway
gptkbp:awards gptkb:artwork
gptkbp:birth_date 1878-05-25
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Richmond,_Virginia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Bill_Robinson_Jr.
gptkbp:death_date 1949-11-25
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:famous_for performing with Shirley Temple
gptkbp:famous_quote " Dance is the joy of life."
" Dancing is like dreaming with your feet."
" I dance because I love it."
" I never let the things I can't do stop me from doing the things I can do."
" I just want to be remembered as a great dancer."
" The only thing I can do is dance."
" The rhythm is in my blood."
" You have to be a little crazy to be a dancer."
" I love to dance, and I love to make people happy."
" I don't care what people say, I just want to dance."
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bill ' Bojangles' Robinson
gptkbp:influenced tap dance
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Josephine_Baker
gptkb:Fred_Astaire
gptkb:Billie_Holiday
gptkb:Duke
gptkb:Louis_Armstrong
gptkbp:inspiration later generations of dancers
gptkbp:known_for tap dancing
gptkbp:legacy pioneering African American performer
gptkbp:music_style tap dance
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_Little_Colonel
gptkb:Stormy_Weather
gptkbp:portrayed_by gptkb:The_Little_Colonel_(1935)
gptkb:Stormy_Weather_(1943)
gptkb:Bojangles_(2001)
gptkb:The_Cotton_Club_(1984)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
gptkbp:spouse Frieda Robinson