How to dance the shim sham
Origins of the Shim Sham — Sugarfoot Stomp
The first few bars of the music begins, the whole room starts clapping and assembling into a mass group then POOF, they all magically know the synchronised moves to the same song!
You’re wondering to yourself- what wizardry is this?!- well- not quite magic, but it does seem like the people are under the same spell.
You have just witnessed the #1 routine to learn when you join the Swing Dance Community!
The Shim Sham
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In 1926 Leonard Reed and Willie Bryant met while performing in the Whitman Sister’s shows. The Whitman sisters were a troupe of four Black American sisters who were stars of Black Vaudeville. Their show was quite popular running from 1900 to 1943.
One of the shows needed a finale so Leonard and Willie came up with a Tap routine for everyone to come onstage and perform together. We are talking about the tap dancers, singers and other performers. Their dance was made up from shuffles, cross-overs, tacky Annies and a fall off the log. They called the dance “Goofus” to the tune of Turkey in the Straw.
In the 1930s, legend has it that one of the show dancers was fired, went to New York and started to perform the routine at a club called the Shim Sham. The dance was renamed the Shim Sham Shimmy. The routine spread all over Harlem and was danced onstage as an ‘all in’ finale to bring the performers together to close a show. The tap dancers would perform with the tap moves and everyone else would shuffle through. One dance act called ‘The Three Little Words’ in 1931, performed at Connie’s Inn, would invite the whole club to join in and dance the Shim Sham.
At the Savoy Ballroom, Frankie Manning and his friends learnt the steps and danced it on the edges of the ballroom while the main social swing dancing was happening.
They performed it as a line dance without the taps.
Al Minns & Leon James choreographed a version of the Shim Sham at the end of the 1940s / beginning of the 1950s.
Al Minns was one of the dancers who performed in Hellzapoppin’ (see our Origins of Swing Dancing page). Like Frankie Manning, Al and Leon were members of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers and danced at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, New York. Both Al and Leon continued to perform and teach Jazz dance in the 1950s and 1960s including filming clips for television specials. Sadly Leon James passed away in 1970. Al Mins kept on dancing and like Frankie Manning, was an important part of sustaining the culture and celebration of Black dance. Al Mins passed away in 1985.
Frankie Manning revived the Shim Sham at the end of the 1980s and it caught on!
Here are a series of videos of Frankie Manning performing the Shim Sham.
Frankie Manning and his son Chazz Young performing the Shim Sham with a solo ending
Another clip of Frankie Manning and Chazz Young performing the Shim Sham
Frankie Manning leading the Shim Sham, Herrang 2007
Global Shim Sham for Frankie’s 95th Birthday 2009
Today the Shim Sham is performed globally at major events, small dance gatherings or just whenever the song is played!
To keep the Shim Sham fresh, many variations have been added to enable dancers to express their own dance styles while keeping to the origins of the Frankie version.
The Music
The Shim Sham can be performed to a variety of songs.
Here are a few:
Tain't What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It): Jimmie Lunceford
‘Tain’t What You Do: Billy May
Tain’t What You Do: THE SCHWINGS BAND
Tuxedo Junction- 1989 Remastered: Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
The Shim Sham Song: Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra
And just to spark your interest!
It’s a good idea to practice the Shim Sham to lots of different songs.
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Where do I learn?
Sugarfoot Stomp holds dance workshops throughout the year that teach the Shim Sham to the dance community. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page for the workshop events or click the link below to our Events Page to see if there is one on offer.
Here’s the Shim Sham being performed at
Sugarfoot Stomp’s
New Years Eve Dance Exchange Summer Hop 2018!
Best Music for Dancing the Shim Sham
| A Note From Kathie: Kathie Walling, Editor Tap Dancing Resources | Contact Kathie | | | MP3 Downloads of Shim Sham MusicLeonard Reed's Original 32 Bar Riff Shim Sham Shimmy Music
SHOP: Classic Songs for Leonard Reed's Original Shim Sham Shimmy Album featuring two songs suitable for dancing the shim sham shammy: "When the Cat's Away" and "Good Good Goody". Several versions of each songs are included: slow speed, medium speed, fast speed, and fast speed with vocals. There is also a "Good Good Goody" slow version with only the sound of taps. Traditional Songs for Dancing the Shim Sham SONG TITLE: T'Aint What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) SONG TITLE: Tuxedo Junction SONG TITLE: Turkey in the Straw Songs With "Shim Sham" in the Title SONG TITLE: Shim Sham Song SONG TITLE: Shim Sham Shimmy More Songs for Dancing the Shim Sham SONG TITLE: Stompin' at the Savoy SONGTITLE: Penssylvania 6-5000 More Music Tap Dancers Other Products for Tap Dancers All Tap Dancing Resources See also | | Amazon Ad Tap Events: Tap Festivals Tap Worlds Tap Dance Day Practice Tool Online Metronome Follow Us On Social Media
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A little sand on the stage for the native shim-sham sand dance.
A bit of sand on the stage for the national sand dance "Shim-Sham"...
And that's the Ethiopian shim-sham.
That's what this Ethiopian ... "Shim-Sham"!
Shim, sham, shimmy
Shim-shim-shimmy
Sorrel to all. Wild Plant in Shim'on Hatzadik Street.
√ not enough for everyone. ƒkii ÷ branches on Oimon'atzadik street.
The Entenmann's shim sham.
Entenmann's Linden.
shimizu 17
shimon 39
shimmy 29
shim gun wook 114
Requiem in the Ring Wait. Waiting Room Yubiho No Ji-Shim
Requiem in the Ring Yubiho and No Ji-Shim's Room
First, the sultan of strength, No Ji-Shim!
First, Power Giant, No Ji-Shim!
As for wrestling, Shim Kwon-ho is the best!
And in wrestling, Shim Kwon Ho is the best!
Tell them to cast Han Suk-gyu and Shim Eun-ha.
Tell them to take Han Suk-gyu and Shim Eun-ha.
Produced by SHIM Bokyung and SHIN Chul
Editor :
Open it, or I'm gonna shim the lock, maybe damage your ride.
Open up or I'll pop the lock, I might damage your car.
So not only are you holding a transvestite prostitute... they are confused "shim" with mrs. Jordan, yes, ma'am.
So you not only hugged the transvestite... they confused "him" with Mrs. Jordan, yes, ma'am.
- and a shim.
- and gasket.
You knew that Maid Shim killed Wol-ryung.
You knew that Wol Leong fell at the hands of Sim's maid.
You know how Maid Shim ended up dying at the ritual!
You saw the death of Sim!
Wol-ryung, Nurse Park, Maid Shim they all worked under Mistress Hee-bin.
Wol Leong, Sister Pak, Maid Sim, waited on Mrs. Hee Bin.
Shim Deok has fallen
Shim Deok's head was knocked off!
Shim Deok has already fallen in love with Kongkil
She fell in love with Gong Gal!
Shim Deok was what by Kongkil?
Sim Dok and Gong Gal?
I'll tell everyone and Shim Deok ajumma that you are always alone
The late lord Shim Ki Won used to meet that rascal
The late lord Shim Ki Won met this brat more than once!
On the day that lord Shim Ki Won was beheaded, And when the slave was hanged, he was there as well
And on the day of the execution of Prince Sim Gi Won, and when that slave girl was hanged, he also hung around there!
Won Ho, Shim Ki Won
Lee Won Ho, Shim Ki Won,
Uncle Kongkal and aunty Shim Deok will get married.
Uncle Gong Gal and Aunt Sim Dok are getting married.
Not only his biological younger brother even his comrades, such as Shim Ki Won, Kwon Do Hyung, Kim Ik Hee, all... Kwon Do Hyun, Kim Ik Hee - spared no one...
This maybe Shim Ki Won
This might be Shim Ki Won.
Poor aunt Shim Deok!
Poor Sim Doc!
This is aunt Shim Deok's wine jug
Do you want to sell your daughter, just like Shim Cheong *?
Do you want to sell your daughter like * Simcheon?
Now, I can't have these idiots running around, boosting minivans with a shim and a screwdriver.
Therefore, the morons who run around with crowbars at the ready and open rusty minibuses did not give up for nothing.
Am I Shim Chung, * being sold to you?
Am I Shim Chung * to be sold to you?
[* Shim Chung was an ancient filial daughter]
[* Shim Chung was a heroine of a fairy tale. To save her father's life, she gives her own.
]
Her favorite song by SHIM Soo-bong.
This is her favorite song performed by Sim Soo Bong.
I want to go to Jin Shim's place in Seoul too.
I want to go to Chin Sim in Seoul.
Jin Shim!
Chin Sim!
Cincinnati, double-time shim-sham-shimmy, toe punch.
shuffle-ball-change, maxi-ford, cincinatti, cincinatti, double shim-sham-shimmy, toe kick.
You didn't bust your ass to become rosewood's "it girl" just to make chit-chat with shim.
Chattering with him will deprive you of Rosewood's Miss Popularity status.
How is Lord Shim Woon-Taek?
Mr. Shim Won Taek?
You're either with Sean or shim or the others.
You are either with Sean, or with a hermaphrodite, or with someone else
Honey, you are exactly the same as Shim Chung's father who sold his daughter for 300 sacks of rice.
* "The Legend of Sim Cheon" is the story of a girl named Sim Cheon who sacrificed herself for 300 sacks of rice to heal her father.
