Pete Nugent was an American tap dancer, born in 1909 in Washington, D.C., who died in 1973.
Biography
Gary "Pete" Nugent (July 16, 1909 – April 25, 1973) was an American tap dancer known as "Public Tapper, Number 1". He was also part of the class act, Pete, Peaches, and Duke.
Nugent performed all over the world including across Europe in World War II and in Mexico, but had a focus on New York and Harlem in particular. He danced with many of the greats including Honi Coles, Bunny Briggs, Charles 'Cookie' Cook, and Peg Leg Bates.
From the Wikipedia article “Pete Nugent”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Contemporaries
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