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  1. Frank Manning (May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009) [1] was an American dancer, instructor, and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founders of Lindy Hop, an energetic form of the jazz dance style known as swing.

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  2. Apr 28, 2009 · Frankie Manning, a master of swing-era dance who went from the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem to Broadway and Hollywood, and then after a long break enjoyed a globe-trotting second career as an...

  3. Apr 28, 2009 · Frankie “Musclehead” Manning, a Harlem dancer and Tony Award-winning choreographer widely celebrated as one of the pioneers of the Lindy Hop, a breathlessly acrobatic swing dance style of the...

  4. May 26, 2016 · Frankie Manning died on April 27, 2009 at the age of 94. His reported cause of death was pneumonia. His remains were buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.

  5. The Congaroos (also known as Four Congaroos or Congaroo Dancers) was a dance group created in 1947 by Frankie Manning after completing his military service in World War II. The group original members, Frankie Manning, Ann Johnson, Russell Williams, and Willamae Ricker, are featured here in 1948s, Killer Diller.

  6. Swing dancer extraordinaire Frankie Manning was a leading dancer at Harlem’s legendary Savoy Ballroom where in the mid-1930s, he revolutionised the course of the lindy hop with his innovations, including the air step.

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  8. Frankie passed away on April 27th, 2009, just before Frankie’s 95th Birthday Festival, which was recast as a tribute to a man who was beloved by swing dancers the world over. Frankie 100 drew upwards of 2,500 people to New York City from 47 countries.

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