The Shim Sham - oldie but goodie The Shim Sham - 1928 Jazz Dance This routine was created by Leonard Reed & Willie Bryant. The original version is a tap routine and was commonly used as a finishing ensemble for cabaret shows with all the performers. Through the years it was taken by vernacular Jazz dancers where they played around with the styling of the steps. Frankie Manning famously performed this routine and passed it on to the rest of the world. You can learn directly from the master himsel

Routine from 1927 with a twist in the second part The Shim Sham is a tap routine created by Leonard Reed & Willie Bryant in 1927, originally called "Goofus". It was commonly used as a finishing ensemble for cabaret shows with all the performers. Howard Johnson says the routine was taken and performed by a Drag chorus line in the after hours at The 101 Ranch, thus the name Shim Sham [she-him] sham. They assumingly introduced the shaking nature in the hip and shoulders, doing the Shimmy in the fir