- (1930) Stage: Appeared (Broadway debutl) in "Hot Rhythm" on Broadway. Musical revue. Book by Ballard MacDonald, Edward Hurley, Will Morrissey. Lyrics by Porter Grainger, Donald Heywood; Music by Porter Grainger, Donald Heywood. Directed by William Morrissey and Nat Cash. Times Square Theatre: 21 Aug 1930-Oct 1930 (closing date unknown/68 performances). Cast: Mae Barnes, Madeline Belt, Arthur Bryson, Ina Duncan, Laura Duncan, Mel Duncan, Nora Green, Revella Hughes, Johnny Lee Long, Sam(my) Paige, Hilda Perleno, Eddie Rector, Inez Seeley, Simms and Bowie, Al Vigal, Edith Wilson, George Wiltshire. Produced by Max Rudnick.
- (1932) Stage: Appeared in "Blackberries of 1932" on Broadway. Musical [All Black cast]. Music / lyrics by Donald Heywood and Tom Peluso. Book by Lee Posner and Eddie Green. Featuring songs with lyrics by Ben Bernard (also director). Musical Director: Sam Wooding. Choreographed by Sidney Sprague and Lew Crawford. Scenic Design by Myer Kanin and Buell Scenic Studio. Costume Design by Gladys Douglas. Liberty Theatre: 4 Apr 1932-23 Apr 1932 (24 performances). Cast: Susaye Brown, Amon Davis, John Dickens, Drake and Morton, Baby Goins, Eddie Green, Alice Harris, Georgette Harvey, Monte Hawley, Johnny Long, Natalie Long, Moms Mabley (billed as Jackie Mabley), Martin and Boisseau, Thelma Meers, Tim Moore, Mantan Moreland, Harold Norton, Sam(my) Paige, Kay Parker, Helen Powell, Robert Raines, Charles Ray, Gertrude Saunders, Bill Shepard, The Brown Madcaps, The Burma/Zulu Maids, The Three Bubbles, The Three Yorkers, Musa Williams [Broadway debut]. Produced by Max Rudnick and Ben Bernard.
- (1939) Stage: Appeared in "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939" on Broadway. Musical revue. Book by Lew Leslie (also producer). Lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Choreographed by Rube Bloom. Hudson Theatre: 11 Feb 1939-18 Feb 1939 (9 performances). Cast: Gilbert Adkins (as "Baritones and Basses, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Leona Avery (as "Alto, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Joyce Beasley (as "Performer"), Verona Blackburn (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Atta Blake (as "Performer"), Al Bledger (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Juanita Boisseau (as "Dancing Chorus"), Eva Bradley (as "Dancing Chorus"), Marion Brown (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Ralph Brown (as "Performer"), Joe Byrd (as "Performer"), Beryl Clarke (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Robert Clarke (as "Baritones and Basses, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Gladys Clayton (as "Dancing Chorus"), Marian Coleman (as "Soprano, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Muriel Cook (as "Dancing Chorus"), Gaylord Crawford (as "Tenor, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Rosetta Crawford (as "Alto, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Gladys Crowder (as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"), Joe Daniels (as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"), Madelyn Donable (as "Dancing Chorus"), William Downes (as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers" / "Dr. Sausage and His Five Pork Chops" / "Specialty"), Shorty Eddie (as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"), Horatio Edwards (as "Baritones and Basses, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Marion Egber (as "Dancing Chorus"), Bobby Evans (as "Performer"), Mae Francis (as "Blackbirds Beauties"), Billie French (as "Blackbirds Beauties"), Richard Grant (as "Tenor, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Violet Gray (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), George Greenidge (as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"), Kate Hall (as "Soprano, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Hamtree Harrington (as "Performer"), Cleo Hayes (as "Dancing Chorus"), Coleman Hill (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Walter Hilliard (as "Tenor, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Lena Horne (as "Performer"), Louisa Howard (as "Soprano, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Edith Hurd (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Joyce James (as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"), Ann Johnson (as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"), Dorothy Jones (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Mickey Jones (as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"), Rosalie King (as "Alto, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Larri Lauria (as "Baritones and Basses, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Jerry Laws (as "Tenor, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), James Logan (as "Tenor, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Ruthena Matson (as "Alto, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Norman McConny (as "Performer"), Norma Miller (as "Performer, Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"), Tim Moore (as "Performer"), Lucia Moses (as "Dancing Chorus"), Beryl Murray (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Frank Riley (as "Baritones and Basses, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Lorenza Roberson (as "Performer"), Marguerite Robinson (as "Soprano, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Marie Robinson (as "Dancing Chorus"), Renu Roma (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Edith Ross (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Zelda Shelton (as "Soprano, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Evelyn Sheppard (as "Dancing Chorus"), Peggy Sheppard (as "Dancing Chorus"), Baby Simmons (as "Dancing Chorus"), Edna Slatten (as "Blackbirds Beauties"), Hazel Spence (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Hettie Stephens (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Catherine Stevenson (as "Blackbirds Beauties"), Wahneta Talley (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Jennie Taylor (as "Alto, J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Williard Taylor (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Mary Tennant (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Elizabeth Thompson (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Thelma Walton (as "Blackbirds Beauties"), Charles Welch (as "Tenor. J. Rosamund Johnson's Choir"), Billy Williams (as "Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"), Lavinia Williams (as "Van Grona's Swing Ballet"), Rosetta Williams (as "Blackbirds Beauties").
- Album: "Pigmeat Markham and Company" (Chess Records).
- Album: "Here Come the Judge" (Chess Records).
- Album: "Backstage" (Chess Records).
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