- Stage and night club scores: "Cotton Club Revues"; "Blackbirds of 1936" (London).
- Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939 (1939). Musical revue. Book by Lew Leslie. 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"), Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham (as "Performer"), 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"). Produced by Lew Leslie.
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