Bunny Briggs always said that he was born dancing and “When [he] finally faced the world [his] legs were kickin’. Bunny was a prodigy who performed all over Harlem then on Television and Broadway. He started dancing after seeing his aunt perform with Bill Robinson. He was able to reproduce the steps that Robinson had performed with ease. Bunny said he “couldn't believe how graceful [Robinson] was, and how calm. To move like that and smile. That's when [Bunny] decided.” He began performing with the Porkchops, Rice and Navy Beans, a children’s performance group until he was discovered by Luckey Roberts who took him on tour with his orchestra. In the forties, when Bunny was twenty years old, he was touring with several different swing bands as
