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From https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/gatheroutofstardust/page/visualizing-harlem https://onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu/s/gatheroutofstardus...: > Many of Harlem’s luminaries appear: Cab Calloway, whose band succeeded Duke Ellington’s orchestra at The Cotton Club in 1931, sings his famous “ho-de-hi-de-ho”; Bill “Bojangles” Robinson performs his famous stair dance; and Gladys Bentley “tickles the ivories” with her infamous double-entendres. Over at the Savoy Ballroom, Earl “Snake-Hips” Tucker defies anatomy. Meanwhile, the gags abound: a crush of taxis carries lavishly attired downtowners to Connie’s. A man lends his top-hat to a friend by tossing it out the window. Pairs in every part ask each other, “What’s the number?”—including the police playing cards at the new station—in reference to racketeer-run lottery games.