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Earl “Snakehips” Tucker in the 1930 MGM short film “Crazy House”. Also known as the “Human Boa Constrictor”, Tucker popularized the snakehips dance in 1920s Harlem. Ella Fitzgerald, who started as a dancer said, “I idolized Snakehips.” She was constantly studying and practicing his serpentine moves. “They used to tease me and call me Snakehips Ella,” she said. Unfortunately Tucker’s career was cut short when he suddenly became ill and died at the age of 30 in 1937 from undisclosed “internal ailments”.

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