6 Year Old Boogie Woogie Piano King - SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON

Rare clip from newsreel of baby SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON ripping up the piano and singing..dig the wide armed approach and jive vocals!

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00:00 (TC: 02.06.17): 7-YEAR OLD CHILD PIANO PRODIGY FRANKIE "SUGAR CHILE" ROBINSON PLAYS BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO IN
NEW YORK CITY
00:03 (TC: 02.06.20): CU HANDS OF CHILD PIANO PLAYER HITTING AT KEYS USING HIS FISTS, AND PALMS OF HANDS, AS WELL AS FINGERS AS HE PLAYS. MS. MS 7 YEAR-OLD FRANKIE AT PIANO CAN HARDLY REACH ONE END OF THE PIANO KEYS TO THE OTHER, PLAYS WITH RMS STRETCHED FROM ONE END TO OTHER.
00:33 (TC: 02.06.50): "SUGAR CHILE" PUTS JAZZ RECORD IN PHONOGRAPH PLAYER THEN DANCES TO THE JAZZY TUNES. CU "SUGAR CHILE" AT PIANO, INTRODUCES HIMSELF AND SONG HE IS ABOUT TO PLAY. THEN PLAYS EXTRAORDINARY JAZZ TUNE.
01:41 (TC: 02.07.58): CU "SUGAR CHILE" PLAYS, SINGS HE -BOB-A-LEE-BA. USES HIS ELBOWS TO HIT THE KEYS. music, dance, oddity.