Savoy dancer " Shorty " George Snowden stated that " We used to call the basic step the Hop long before Lindbergh did his hop across the Atlantic.

The first generation of Lindy Hop is popularly associated with dancers such as " Shorty " George Snowden, his partner Big Bea, and Leroy Stretch Jones and Little Bea.

Lindy Hop historians see clear differences between the Lindy Hop of the early years of its development ( the late 1920s ) and dancers such as " Shorty " George Snowden, dancers of the 1930s ( such as Manning ), and then between individual dancers during these periods.

Frankie Manning and George " Shorty " Snowden competed in weekly dance contests at the Savoy Ballroom.

Shorty George and Big Bea had a move, where they stood back-to-back ; they locked arms ; Big Bea bent over, picking Shorty George up on her back ; and then she carried him off the floor, while he kicked his feet.

Frankie Manning wanted to outdo Shorty George, so he convinced his partner Freda Washington, to flip over his back.

The Frankie Manning version adds a Boogie Back / Boogie Forward phrase and Boogie Back / Shorty George phrase to the end of the basic choreography, then repeats the basic choreography before the Lindy break — but in repeating adds a pause or break at the end of each 8-beat phrase / dance move.

Significant contemporary Indigenous Australian artists include Angelina George, Polly Ngal, Lofty Bardayal Nadjamerrek, Bronwyn Bancroft, Barbara Weir, Naata Nungurrayi, Kathleen Ngale, Shorty Jangala Robertson, Jimmy Baker, Tommy Watson, Kathleen Petyarre, Gloria Petyarre, Paddy Bedford ( aka Goowoomji ) ( circa 1922-2007 ), John Mawurndjul, Minnie Pwerle ( c. 1915-2006 ), Makinti Napanangka, Ningura Napurrula, Nurapayai Nampitjinpa ( Mrs Bennett ), Dorothy Napangardi Robinson, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri ( circa 1920-2008 ), Regina Wilson, Angelina Ngal, Abie Loy Kemarre, Sarrita King, Ian Abdulla, Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty, Wintjiya Napaltjarri, Josepha Petrick Kemarre, Tommy Mitchell, Willy Tjungurrayi, Richard Bell, Cowboy Lou Pwerle, Brook Andrew, Ken Thaiday.

Shorty George: Named for George Snowden.

Under Post's supervision, Paramount began new cartoon series and characters such as Swifty and Shorty and Honey Halfwitch ( the latter having originated from the Modern Madcaps series in the 1965 short Poor Little Witch Girl ), and allowed comic strip artist Jack Mendelsohn to direct two well-received cartoons based upon children's imaginations and drawing styles: The Story of George Washington and A Leak in the Dike ( both 1965 ).

During a dance contest in 1935, Manning and his partner Frieda Washington performed the first aerial in a swing dance competition against George " Shorty " Snowden and his partner Big Bea, at the Savoy Ballroom.

After Lindbergh's solo non-stop flight from New York to Paris in which he " hopped " the Atlantic in 1927, " Shorty " George Snowden was dancing in a marathon contest at the Manhattan Casino in Harlem when a reporter asked him what dance he was doing.

Wallace's first recorded songs, " Shorty George " and " Up the Country Blues ", the former written with her brother George, sold well enough to make Wallace a blues star in the early 1920s.

", " I Feel Good ", " Shorty George Blues " and " Trouble Everywhere I Roam ".

* " The Shorty George ": Required more rehearsal time than all other dances together.

The title refers to a popular dance step of the time, attributed to George " Shorty " Snowdon a champion African-American dancer at Harlem ’ s Savoy Ballroom and reputed inventor of the Lindy Hop or Jitterbug dance styles.

* A Lot In Common With You: Astaire muscles in on Leslie's ( her own voice this time ) on-stage song-and-dance routine which develops into a mock competitive comic side-by-side tap dance using a range of leg-before-leg hurdling steps, some of which had been developed for The Shorty George number in You Were Never Lovelier, but had not been used.

Their dancing accentuated the difference in size with Big Bea towering over Shorty.

* Elmore Leonard, author, several of whose books have been made into movies, such as Get Shorty, Be Cool, and The Big Bounce

Helms presented top blues performers including Country Joe and The Fish ; Howlin ' Wolf ; Bo Diddley ; Muddy Waters ; Little Walter ; Buddy Guy ; Junior Wells ; the Paul Butterfield Blues Band ; Buddy Miles ; James Cotton Blues Band ; John Mayall ; Big Mama Thornton ; Albert Collins ; Steve Miller ( musician ); Mike Bloomfield ; Elvin Bishop ; Blues Project, with Al Kooper ; John Hammond ; Charlie Musselwhite ; Siegal Schwall ; rock bands like the Doors ; Buffalo Springfield ; the Byrds ; Bill Haley & His Comets ; The Kinks ; The Edwin Hawkins Singers ; the Animals ' Eric Burdon & War ; Mothers of Invention ); Lovin ' Spoonful ; The Carlos Santana Blues Band ; Sir Douglas Quintet ; the Soul Survivors ; the Fugs ; Blood, Sweat & Tears ; The Association ; Shorty Featuring Georgie Fame ; Iron Butterfly ; the Youngbloods, with Jesse Colin Young ; Vanilla Fudge ; Steppenwolf ( band ); Poco ; Love, with Arthur Lee ( musician ); sarode-player and Indian music teacher, Ali Akbar Khan ; Sandy Bull ; Blue Cheer ; the Leaves ; New Riders of the Purple Sage ; Barry McGuire ; Flamin ' Groovies ; the Loading Zone ; It's a Beautiful Day ; Joy of Cooking ; the Grass Roots ; the Sons of Adam ; Sons of Champlin ; Captain Beefheart ; the Electric Flag ; Son House ; Velvet Underground ; Pacific Gas and Electric ; Moby Grape ; the Sopwith Camel ; 13th Floor Elevators ; The Charlatans ( U. S. band ); Allmen Joy ( see http :// wingswest. net ); Mother Earth ; Southern Comfort ; The Ace of Cups ; Tyrannosaurus Rex ; Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band ; Flying Burrito Brothers ; Congress of Love ; Notes From the Underground ; Chrome Circus ; Initial Shock ; Oxford Circle ; Daily Flash ; Electric Train ; Sparrow ; the Orchestra ; Hourglass ; Kaleidoscope ; Mt.

Long-established performers such as Rebirth Brass Band, Irma Thomas, Big Chief Bo Dollis of The Wild Magnolias, Allen Toussaint and Walter " Wolfman " Washington are represented, along with younger performers in the traditional vein, such as Trombone Shorty and Corey Henry, John Boutté, Josh Cohen and Ryan Scully of Morning 40 Federation, and Glen David Andrews, and also Bounce artists Cheeky Blakk, Big Freedia, Katey Red, and Sissy Nobby.

# " It Ain't No Big Thing ( But It's Growing )" ( Shorty Hall, Alice Joy Merritt, Neal Merritt ) – 2: 49

He regularly hangs out at a local bar where he gets free drinks from the female black bartender, Carole, in exchange for sketches of the somewhat annoying Shorty, Carole's violent, legless bouncer devotee.

The company won a Shorty Award for Outstanding Use of Twitter by a Cultural Institution in 2009.

In March 2011, the show won a Shorty award.

Likewise, although never mentioned, Smeaton's Tower on the seafront at Plymouth Hoe, was used for the honeymoon of " Shorty " Blake ( Mills ) and his wife Freda ( Kay Walsh ).

Released October 23, 2001, it was his fourth album to debut at the top of the Billboard 200, featuring the singles " Who We Be ", " We Right Here ", and " Shorty Was The Bomb ".

In February 2012, Trombone Shorty and Booker T. Jones performed an instrumental version as the opening number of the " Red, White, and Blues " concert at the White House.

The very first concert was held on Sunday, July 2, 1944, at the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, and featured Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea, J. J. Johnson, Shorty Sherock, Nat " King " Cole, Les Paul, Johnny Miller, Meade Lux Lewis, Bumps Myers, Joe Sullivan, Buddy Rich, Randall Miller, Bud Hatch, Marie Bryant, Red Callender, Lee Young and Carolyn Richards.

Standard sandwich sizes might be a half po ' boy, about six inches long ( called a " Shorty ") and a full po ' boy, at about a foot long.

His reign at MGM became the basis for the film Get Shorty, which was produced by MGM.

Shorty offers to let Carole stay at his place, but not wanting to get involved with him, Carole tells Shorty that she's staying with Michael, and that they've been " secretly tight for a long time.

The singles from this album include " Let Me In ", " Shorty Wanna Ride ", and " Look at Me Now ".

In the mid-1980s Lord Shorty along with the more fluid rhythmic phrasing of Mighty Sparrow, combined the Afro-Caribbean calypso with cadence, and rhythmic elements of Indo-Trinidadian chutney music to create soca, which would grow to replace calypso as the dominant genre at carnival.

On December 28, Shorty Green scored at 12: 22 of overtime to give Hamilton its first ever road victory over the Ottawa Senators in Ottawa.

In 1963, at the age of 17, he painted Portrait of Shorty, a bravura picture of a local railroad worker.

In January 2012, The Blind Boys were featured as part of Preservation Hall Jazz Band's 50th Anniversary performance at Carnegie Hall along with artists Trombone Shorty and Allen Toussaint.

Evidence did emerge for volcanic activity at Shorty when orange soil was found there.

Prominent acts that have performed at the Grove include Ozomatli, Johnny Otis, Joan Baez, Roberta Flack, Blind Boys of Alabama, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, They Might Be Giants, Jovanotti, Neko Case, Aaron Neville, Arrested Development, Femi Kuti, Blame Sally, Totó La Momposina, Angelique Kidjo, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, Aimee Mann, Huey Lewis and the News, Allen Toussaint, Trombone Shorty, and Alonzo King LINES Ballet.

Among numbers rehearsed by the band but not performed at all, include: " Mother Nature's Son ", " Figure of Eight ", " Cut Across Shorty ", " Heartbreak Hotel ", " Heart of the Country ", " She's My Baby ", and " Mrs Vandebilt ".

While his cousin Rusty Williams ( Jay Kirby ) is away at Agricultural College, prospector Shorty ( Moe ) fills in at Rusty's struggling Reno, Nevada spread as the ranch foreman.