Apologies if this has come up before, but I figured that if the Yehoodi folk have not found this then it probably desn't exist. I have tried to find the newspaper cover that was supposedly used as the inspiration for the term "Lindy Hop". I am sure you all know the story told by…
Finding little gems like this article is what it takes to begin to uncover the unvarnished truth. And I know finding stuff like this isn't easy.
As Thomas Edison once said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." Historical research works the same way. The 99% part consists mostly in cutting through a huge manure pile consisting of things like "urban legend" stories that everyone has heard and believes and reminiscences of old timers diminished by fading memory and embellished by wishful thinking and bragging.
The things that build the pile tend to make good stories that people want to believe, so most people writing histories of just about anything tend to accept these stories and pass them on. Digging deep to uncover what really happened not only takes time, but finding the actual facts (or even a hint of where to look to find the whole story) can make a person very controversial and unpopular. Kind of like proving to a kid that Santa Claus can't possibly exist or bringing to light some deep dark nasty secret about someone everybody admires.
That takes courage, and I commend you for it.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having" - V
Originally posted Wednesday, June 29, 2011 (10 months ago)
I'm sorry, but even though we can't find a title of a newspaper saying "Lindy Hops the Atlantic" does the article on the previous website show that it was at least called the "Lindbergh Hop." The story never claims that Shorty actually read a newspaper title with that headline.
It's possible that Snowden first named his invention as 'Lindbergh Hop'. There are a lot of notices in newspapers at the time that Snowden danced 'Lindbergh Hop'. According to Terry Monaghan: Charles Buchanan, Alfred Liegins and Leonard Reed, however, claimed that 'Lindbergh Hop' was a different dance than 'The Lindy Hop'.
As I e-mailed with Terry about a year and an half ago, he claimed then to me that he had some evidence about the naming of 'The Lindy Hop', which he wanted to keep secret until his research is ready.
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Anyone track down *the* Lindy Hop newspaper cover?
Apologies if this has come up before, but I figured that if the Yehoodi folk have not found this then it probably desn't exist. I have tried to find the newspaper cover that was supposedly used as the inspiration for the term "Lindy Hop". I am sure you all know the story told by…
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Now that is a significant article!
Congratulations on your successful research.
Finding little gems like this article is what it takes to begin to uncover the unvarnished truth. And I know finding stuff like this isn't easy.
As Thomas Edison once said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." Historical research works the same way. The 99% part consists mostly in cutting through a huge manure pile consisting of things like "urban legend" stories that everyone has heard and believes and reminiscences of old timers diminished by fading memory and embellished by wishful thinking and bragging.
The things that build the pile tend to make good stories that people want to believe, so most people writing histories of just about anything tend to accept these stories and pass them on. Digging deep to uncover what really happened not only takes time, but finding the actual facts (or even a hint of where to look to find the whole story) can make a person very controversial and unpopular. Kind of like proving to a kid that Santa Claus can't possibly exist or bringing to light some deep dark nasty secret about someone everybody admires.
That takes courage, and I commend you for it.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having" - V
Judy (Pritchett) found the article, where Shorty George named The Lindy Hop in the dance marathon:
http://www.savoystyle.com/shorty_george.html
It's seems to be clear that Terry Monaghan is wrong in his denying of Charles Lindbergh connection to naming of Harlem Lindy Hop.
I'm sorry, but even though we can't find a title of a newspaper saying "Lindy Hops the Atlantic" does the article on the previous website show that it was at least called the "Lindbergh Hop." The story never claims that Shorty actually read a newspaper title with that headline.
Can we maybe get a final verdict?
It's possible that Snowden first named his invention as 'Lindbergh Hop'. There are a lot of notices in newspapers at the time that Snowden danced 'Lindbergh Hop'. According to Terry Monaghan: Charles Buchanan, Alfred Liegins and Leonard Reed, however, claimed that 'Lindbergh Hop' was a different dance than 'The Lindy Hop'.
As I e-mailed with Terry about a year and an half ago, he claimed then to me that he had some evidence about the naming of 'The Lindy Hop', which he wanted to keep secret until his research is ready.
Hopefully his research will be published.
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