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About Maceo Anderson
- Maceo Anderson (September 3, 1910 – July 4, 2001 in Los Angeles, California) expressed an interest in dancing at the age of three.
- As a child, he used to sneak into the Lafayette Theatre to watch performances with his young friends.
- He and his friends would practice dance routines.
- As a young man in his teens, he founded a trio of dancers who performed at Harlem's Cotton Club. Anderson was the founder of the tap dancing group known as "The Four Step Brothers".
- The group performed successfully for over thirty years.
- They were credited as being the first black act to perform at Radio City Music Hall.
- "The Four Step Brothers" also made television and motion picture appearances.
- Their dance routines were a unique blend of soft shoe, tap, acrobatic tricks, and "flashy" footwork.
- The dancers in the group attempted to outperform one another.
- Anderson performed with the group throughout their existence.
- They performed abroad and with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
- Ellington wrote "Mystery Song" for Anderson and his performing friends, Al Williams and Mr.
- Walker.
- The three performed together as "The Three Step Brothers" until the 1930s when they added a fourth performer to the group and at that time, they became known as "The Four Step Brothers". For a short period of time, the foursome did not perform together.
- Anderson was drafted into the United States Army in 1941.
- In 1943, "The Four Step Brothers" were asked to perform in a variety of short Hollywood films.
- In 1946, they performed with Frank Sinatra and then embarked on a six-month performance at the Parisian Le Lido followed by tours to Italy and Spain.
- In 1953, they performed with Bob Hope in Here Come the Girls. After retiring from dance, Anderson became a church minister and actively worked to help the homeless in the Los Angeles area.
- "The Four Step Brothers" were honored in 1988 with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Maceo Anderson died in Los Angeles, California on July 4, 2001.
- His grandson, Robert L.
- Reed and Reed's children, have followed "in the steps" of Mr.
- Anderson and are tap dancing performers.
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