Norma Miller described it as a melting pot of different ethnic groups where colour wasnt important. Unlike many venues in those days, the Savoy was open to both Blacks and Whites. At this time Frankie was still a youngster, and danced in the Alhambra, Outhammer and Renaissance ballrooms for years before moving on to the Savoy, where some of the founders of Lindy Hop, such as George Shorty Snowden and Leroy Jones were still dancing. The Savoy Ballroom opened and became the home of a new popular style of dance that would later be called Lindy Hop. At the age of three, Frankie moved with his family to Harlem in New York City. According to Frankie, his mother, a party lady, told him that even before he was born he used to kick in time to the music when she went out dancing. Frankie Manning was born on the 26th of May, 1914, in Jacksonville, Florida.
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