After abandoning his studies of pharmacology for financial reasons, James Baskett supported himself as an actor, moving from his home town of Indianapolis, Indiana to New York City, New York and joining the company of Bill Robinson, better known as Mr. Bojangles.

*" Doin ' the New Low Down " – Bill “ Bojangles ” Robinson ( McHugh / Fields ) ( Brunswick / Sony BMG )

* While Jerry Jeff Walker's 1968 folk song " Mr. Bojangles " is often thought to be about Robinson, it was actually inspired by Walker's encounter with a street performer in the New Orleans first precinct jail.

In 1942, Whitney played as a reserve outfielder for the New York Black Yankees, a team co-owned by financier James " Soldier Boy " Semler and famed toe-tapper Bill " Bojangles " Robinson.

Jack Fulk sold the Bojangles ' concept to the now defunct New York company, The Horn & Hardart Company, in 1981.

* 2001 Black Reel Awards Network / Cable Best Actor — Bojangles

Many Black performers, such as Bert Williams, George Walker, Johnson and Dean, Bill " Bojangles " Robinson, Tim Moore, and Johnny Hudgins also performed in White vaudeville, often in Blackface.

In 1993, the team switched to the # 98 Ford Thunderbird with Bojangles ' sponsorship and Derrike Cope driving.

Barrett stopped running FRM's cars out of his shop, so Barrett revived his team, Stanton Barrett Motorsports, which formerly fielded his # 91 AmericInn / Bojangles Chicken and Biscuits Chevys and later Fords.

The team was founded in Harlem by financier James " Soldier Boy " Semler and dancer Bill " Bojangles " Robinson.

** Hermes Pan-Swing Time (" Bojangles of Harlem ")

* " Bojangles Of Harlem " w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern.

( ASCAP ) Since he had written material for many of Harlem ’ s Cotton Club revues, it would be no coincidence that their first combined success would be the score for the all-black Broadway musical Blackbirds of 1928 starring Adelaide Hall and Bill Bojangles Robinson, which jump-started the fledgling duo ’ s career with the memorable songs “ I Can't Give You Anything But Love ,” “ Diga Diga Doo ” and “ I Must Have That Man .”( ASCAP )

* Fred Astaire paid tribute to Bill Robinson in the tap routine Bojangles of Harlem from the 1936 film Swing Time.

First is the use of space, horizontally in " A Fine Romance " and vertically in " Never Gonna Dance ", and second is the introduction of trick photography in " Bojangles of Harlem ".

* " Bojangles of Harlem ": Once again, Kern, Bennett and Borne combined their talents to produce a jaunty instrumental piece ideally suited to Astaire, who here-while overtly paying tribute to Bill Robinson-actually broadens his tribute to African-American tap dancers by dancing in the style of Astaire's one-time teacher John W. Bubbles, and dressing in the style of the character Sportin ' Life, whom Bubbles played the year before in Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.

* " Bojangles of Harlem ", a 1936 song from the Fred Astaire movie Swing Time

Johnson was soon the toast of Harlem, and became friends with many Harlem luminaries such as Bill " Bojangles " Robinson, Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, and Sugar Ray Robinson.

In the number " Bojangles of Harlem " from Swing Time ( 1936 ) Astaire dresses in blackface as the Sportin ' Life character and dances in the style of Sublett while ostensibly paying tribute to Bill Robinson.

" That same night, Bubbles mentioned that Astaire had brought him into the rehearsal hall to work on " Bojangles of Harlem " and John's chops are right there in the number.

He had previously received Academy Award nominations for the " Top Hat " and " The Piccolino " numbers from Top Hat ( 1935 ) and for the " Bojangles of Harlem "' number from Swing Time ( 1936 ).

Here, as in the " Pick Yourself Up " and " Bojangles of Harlem " numbers from Swing Time, Kern belied his claim that he couldn't write in the Swing style.

The Big Broadcast of 1936 starred Bing Crosby, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ethel Merman, Jack Oakie, and Bill " Bojangles " Robinson and also featured other performances by Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicholas Brothers, who would appear with Miller again in two movies for Twentieth Century Fox in 1941 and 1942.

There are several chains with mass-produced items of Southern cuisine on their menus, such as Cracker Barrel, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Bojangles ' Famous Chicken ' n Biscuits, Church's Chicken, Mrs. Winner's, Sonny's, Tudor's Biscuit World and Popeye's.

Many fast food operations have more local and regional roots, such as White Castle in the Midwest United States, along with Hardee's ( owned by CKE Restaurants, which also owns Carl's Jr., whose locations are primarily on the United States West Coast ); Krystal, Bojangles ' Famous Chicken ' n Biscuits, Cook Out, and Zaxby's restaurants in the American Southeast ; Raising Cane's in Louisiana ; Hot ' n Now in Michigan and Wisconsin ; In-N-Out Burger ( in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Texas ) and Original Tommy's chains in Southern California ; Dick's Drive-In in Seattle, Washington and Arctic Circle in Utah and other western states ; Halo Burger around Flint, Michigan and Burgerville in the Portland, Oregon area.

Fox Film Corporation put her under contract to appear in The Little Colonel ( 1935 ), with Shirley Temple, Bill " Bojangles " Robinson and Lionel Barrymore.

Horn & Hardart further expanded its fast food operations in 1981, with its acquisition of the Bojangles ' Famous Chicken n ' Biscuits restaurants, which it sold to a California investment company in 1990 for $ 20 million.

The next album, Stars & Stripes Forever, was a live album that mixed old successes such as " Buy for Me the Rain " and " Mr. Bojangles " with Circle collaborations ( fiddler Vassar Clements was a guest performer ) and long storytelling spoken-word monologues.

At a young age, she studied tap dancing with, among others, Bill “ Bojangles ” Robinson.

With the departure of the Charlotte Checkers for the new Time Warner Cable Arena in 2005, Bojangles Coliseum is left with no major tenant and its future remains in the air.

His seven-minute rendition of " Mr. Bojangles " from 1972's Demon in Disguise, interspersed with tales about traveling with song author Jerry Jeff Walker, earned Bromberg progressive rock radio airplay.

He made one Busch start for Kevin Lepage at California Speedway, than made six starts in the # 91 for Jody Looney, with Pabst Blue Ribbon and Bojangles ' sponsoring.

As opposed to the tap dancing of Bill Robinson ( Bojangles ) who emphasized clean phrases and toe taps, Sublett brought in percussive heel drops and played with the traditional eight-bar phrase, slowing it down to allow for more rhythmic freedom.

* Hot Mikado ( with Bill " Bojangles " Robinson )

Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Nile came from a musical family — his grandfather was a vaudeville pianist who played with Bill " Bojangles " Robinson and Eddie Cantor ; his uncles played boogie-woogie.

In 1928, Adelaide starred on Broadway with Bill " Bojangles " Robinson in Blackbirds of 1928.

" A center for black commerce and entertainment, it was frequented by the likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Bill " Bojangles " Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole and James Brown.

According to local West Memphis police officers, on the evening of May 5, 1993, at 8: 42 p. m., workers in the Bojangles ' restaurant about a mile from the crime scene in Robin Hood Hills reported seeing a black male who seemed " mentally disoriented " inside the ladies ' room of the restaurant.

The following day after the victims ' bodies were found, Bojangles ' manager Marty King, thinking there was a possible connection to the bloody man found in the bathroom, repeated the incident to police officers who then inspected the ladies room.

He paid for the funeral of dancer Bill ' Bojangles ' Robinson out of his own pocket.

Another notable figure to emerge during this period is Bill " Bojangles " Robinson.

( May 25 was chosen because it is the birthday of famous tapper Bill " Bojangles " Robinson.

Astaire's dancing was inspired by Bill " Bojangles " Robinson and John " Bubbles " Sublett.

There are several fast-food restaurants including: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Bojangles, Papa John's, Wilco, Maryland Fried Chicken, Advanced Auto Parts, Hardee's, Subway, Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, Wendy's, and McDonald's.

Several Businesses have opened on the property including, a new Food City grocery store, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Bojangles, TVA Credit Union, AT & T Store, Pizza Hut, and a tanning salon to name a few.

** " Mr. Bojangles "

Tap dancers Bill " Bojangles " Robinson, Sammy Davis Jr. ( as part of the Will Mastin Trio ), and the Nicholas Brothers starred there as well.

The band's successes include a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker's " Mr. Bojangles ".

Embracing a straight, traditional country and bluegrass sound, the album included the group's best-known single, a cover version of Jerry Jeff Walker's " Mr. Bojangles ".