I realized from watching him that taking a life like mine and adding three chords is probably where a song like ‘Mr. Bojangles’ came from. I felt like I had the qualifications to be a ...

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson was a one-of-a-kind entertainer whose feet were two of America’s greatest national treasures. In tribute to this dancer among dancers, T. G. Cooper has l… ...

After it closed, they were walking down a street at 2 a.m. when they heard someone play the opening chords to “Mr. Bojangles” on a banjo.

While Mr. Bojangles might have ended as an amalgamation of several characters, Walker traced back his key source of inspiration to a New Orleans jail cell over the 4th of July holiday weekend.