The Savoy Ballroom was the most popular dance venue in Harlem. Many of the dance crazes of the 1920s and 1930s were perpetuated there. The Savoy was a veritable institution that featured the best of jazz bands, competitions, and dancers. Vocalist Ella Fitzgerald made her famous recording of "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" with the Chick Webb Orchestra, the Savoy's house band, later leading the band after Webb's untimely death. Moe Gale (Moses Galewski), Charles Galewski, and a Harlem real estate investor Charles Buchanan opened the Savoy Ballroom to the public on March 12, 1926. Moe Gale was known as "The Great White Father of Harlem," since he discovered and mentored a number of musicians and groups. Charles Buchanan served as manager. The Savoy Ballroom was connected by landline to a New York radio station and often broadcast the bands that played there. It enjoyed a successful run from its opening...