Memoirs in Toe Shoes: The Unabashed Autobiography of Chiquita of the World-Famous Dance Team Chiquita and Johnson

Memoirs in Toe Shoes: The Unabashed Autobiography of Chiquita of the World-Famous Dance Team Chiquita and Johnson

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by Erna Segal
     
 

Memoirs in Toe Shoes follows the amazing career of one of the most sought-after opening acts in show business. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Chiquita and Johnson performed with a who's who in entertainment including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Carol Channing, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Red Skelton, Liberace, Perry Como, Jack Benny, Lena Horne,… See more details below

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Memoirs in Toe Shoes follows the amazing career of one of the most sought-after opening acts in show business. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Chiquita and Johnson performed with a who's who in entertainment including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Carol Channing, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Red Skelton, Liberace, Perry Como, Jack Benny, Lena Horne, Mae West, Tony Martin, and George Burns. Chiquita and Johnson played every major nightclub in the United States.

Editorial Reviews

Victoria Looseleaf
"No choice but to dance the night away..."
Los Angeles Times, December 2004

Product Details

ISBN-13:
9780972400756
Publisher:
FictionSpin Publishing
Publication date:
11/28/2004
Edition description:
FICTIONSPIN
Pages:
360
Product dimensions:
6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:
5 Years

What People are saying about this

Walter Winchell
"One of the high-spots of the stage show at Radio City Music Hall: The Chiquita & Johnson dancing."
New York Mirror, 1953
Louella Parsons
"Add Chiquita & Johnson," the thrilling dancers, and, believe me, this act is one of the tops!..."
Los Angeles Herald & Express, 1957
Herb Rau
"Chiquita is a slim, attractive, agile filly and the act comes out as a smash hit."
Miami Daily News, 1955

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