#Repost @blackdancehistory ・・・ A clip from the 1943 film, 'Chicken Shack Shuffle' featuring dancer, Mabel Lee. ▪︎▪︎▪︎ Mable Lee, sometimes spelled Mabel Lee, was an American jazz tap dancer, singer, and entertainer. Lee appeared on Broadway, at the Apollo Theater, and was known as "Queen of the Soundies" due to her numerous performances in the films. . . . #blackdancehistory #mabellee #chickenshackshuffle #jazzdance #dancearchives #blackdancers #dancelegends #blackdancematters #rootsofdance #afr

Louis Jordan perfoms "Wham Sam!" in this vintage Black classic film REET, PETITE, AND GONE (1947). The dancer in this clip is Mable Lee. https://www.daarac.org/2013/01/reet-petite-and-gone-1947.html | Black Film History

"RIGHT PLACE, WRONG TIME" ▪️1973: Song by Dr. John ▪️1940s: Dancer: Mable Lee. Mable was known as the sassy chanteuse and jazz dancer with the million-dollar legs — while earning the title, "Queen of the Soundies," during the forties. Mable Lee could do it all while looking classy and sexy doing it. ▪️Artificial intelligence was NOT used in the making of this, meaning this dance compilation was created entirely by myself. | Jack Jenkins