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Gary "Pete" Nugent (July 16, 1909 – April 25, 1973) was an American tap dancer known as "Public Tapper, Number 1". He was also part of the class act, Pete, Peaches, and Duke.
Nugent performed all over the world including across Europe in World War II[1] and in Mexico,[2][3] but had a focus on New York and Harlem in particular. He danced with many of the greats including Honi Coles, Bunny Briggs, Charles 'Cookie' Cook, and Peg Leg Bates.[4]
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- ^ Gardner, Chappy (October 17, 1936). "BUCKING TRAFFIC". The Afro-American: 13. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ Constance Valis Hill, "Pete Nugent (biography)", Tap Dance in America: A Twentieth-Century Chronology of Tap Performance on Stage, Film, and Media, Library of Congress, accessed May 4, 2022.