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Remembering Tap Dancer Al Gilbert (1921-2003)
STAGE NAME: Al Gilbert
BIRTH NAME: Allesandro Zicari
NICK NAME: "Pied Piper of Dance"
YEAR OF BIRTH: July 12, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH: Rochester, New York, United States
BROTHERS:: Charlie and Pat (known as Pat Rico)
SISTER: Rose
MILITARY SERVICE: 1942-1945 (14th Air Corps Division)
YEAR OF DEATH: February 3, 2003 (died of cancer at age 81)
One story about the family using the stage name "Gilbert" was that Al's brother Charlie looked so much like actor John Gilbert that he started using the name Charlie Gilbert, and later the other siblings started using it also.
Al gilbert tap biography definition
Al Gilbert appeared for about 30 seconds in the 1946 film "The Al Jolson Story". He was also an assistant to the assistant choreographer for that film.
Al Gilbert opened his first dance studio in Hollywood, Southern California in 1947.
He owned the dance instruction recording label "Stepping Tones" beginning in 1971.
Discography of Al Gilbert
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