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Johnny Hudgins

... that African American vaudeville performer Johnny Hudgins (pictured), known as the 'Black Charlie Chaplin' and the 'Wah-Wah Man', performed the Moonwalk long before Michael Jackson?

Source: Pugh, Megan (2015). America Dancing: From the Cakewalk to the Moonwalk. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-300-20131-4.; Carlin, Richard (2020). Eubie Blake: Rags, Rhythm, and Race. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 183. ISBN 978-0-19-063593-0.; Gallagher, Paul (October 18, 2016). "Meet the 'black Charlie Chaplin' who devised the Moonwalk before Michael Jackson". Dangerous Minds. Retrieved July 30, 2026.

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Overall: Article was recently 5x expanded. Hook is cited and interesting. No copyvio detected. Picture is public domain. Nice work! ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 18:12, 10 August 2026 (UTC)Reply