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Timmie Rogers - Super Soul Brother ( Rare Collector Single)
Catchphrase: "Oh Yeeaaah!"
First African American comic to wear a tuxedo on stage. Many Black comics of his day still wore blackface well into the 1940s. Co-wrote Nat King Cole hit, "If You Can't Cry And Say Yes."
Began on the vaudeville stage as apart of the acrobatic dance team of Timmie and Freddie. Later spotted on TV variety and sitcoms.
He gained TV popularity as a favorite guest of The Jackie Gleason Show and his summer replacement series for 1968, The Dom DeLuis Show. Here's a couple of his 1960's appearances on those shows
Timmie Rogers was a regular on The Melba Moore Clifton Davis Show, the summer replacement for Carol Burnett's show in 1972.
The set resembled a colorful ghetto apartment building (think Sesame Street only grittier) with the skits and musical numbers taking place in various exposed units, on the steps, and up on the roof. Guests "checking into" the building included the immortal Moms Mabley, Jean Stapleton, and Arte Johnson.
Of course, there was lots of Sonny and Cher style squabbling between the couple and old-school nightclub comedian Timmie Rogers ("Oh Yeeaaah!")
Timmie Rogers - Super Soul Brother ( Rare Collector Single)
Catchphrase: "Oh Yeeaaah!"
First African American comic to wear a tuxedo on stage. Many Black comics of his day still wore blackface well into the 1940s. Co-wrote Nat King Cole hit, "If You Can't Cry And Say Yes."
Began on the vaudeville stage as apart of the acrobatic dance team of Timmie and Freddie. Later spotted on TV variety and sitcoms.
He gained TV popularity as a favorite guest of The Jackie Gleason Show and his summer replacement series for 1968, The Dom DeLuis Show. Here's a couple of his 1960's appearances on those shows
Timmie Rogers was a regular on The Melba Moore Clifton Davis Show, the summer replacement for Carol Burnett's show in 1972.
The set resembled a colorful ghetto apartment building (think Sesame Street only grittier) with the skits and musical numbers taking place in various exposed units, on the steps, and up on the roof. Guests "checking into" the building included the immortal Moms Mabley, Jean Stapleton, and Arte Johnson.
Of course, there was lots of Sonny and Cher style squabbling between the couple and old-school nightclub comedian Timmie Rogers ("Oh Yeeaaah!")
