Black Bottom Dance Archives

Answering Your Top Crosley Questions

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Amanda Beadlescomb

Night Buddies fans have two big questions about Crosley: Why is Crosley red? Why does he do the Black Bottom dance? (And by the way, what is the Black Bottom dance?) We consulted the official Night Buddies archives, stored in Crenwinkle’s file cabinet at Night Buddies headquarters. Turns out, author Sands Hetherington explained why Crosley […]

Crosley’s Black Bottom Dance

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Sam Lurena

I’ve heard that the Black Bottom started in Atlanta, in New Orleans, and in Jacksonville, Florida, in the first decade of the 20th century. It became well known by semi-rural blacks across the south then, and by the 1920s, it found its way up to Harlem where it was featured at the Apollo Theater in […]