Swing Time - Bojangles of Harlem (Fred Astaire)

Fred Astaire is in blackface makeup but it is not on some racist shit. It's his tribute to Bill Robinson, also known as Bojangles, whose style influenced Fred Astaire.  Music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.


There's an obvious influence on future performance art, namely Beyonce's 2011 performance at the Billboard Music Awards.