<P> Sheet music from the mid-20s identifies the composers as Gus Horsley and Bradford and claims the dance was introduced by the African - American dancer and choreographer Billy Pierce . The sheet music's cover photograph features dancer Stella Doyle, who performed primarily in cabarets . </P> <P> The black bottom was well known among semirural blacks across the South . A similar dance with many variations was commonly performed in tent shows, and "Bradford and Jeanette" had used it as a finale . </P> <P> The dance was featured in the Harlem show Dinah in 1924 and was then performed by Ann Pennington and Tom Patricola in the musical comedy revue George White's Scandals of 1926 on Broadway, whereupon it became a national craze . The black bottom overtook the Charleston in popularity and eventually became the number one social dance . Some dance critics noted that by the time it became a fad in American society in the mid-20s, it resembled the Charleston . Both dances can be performed solo or as a couple and feature exuberant moves . </P> <P> The African - American choreographer Billy Pierce, who is credited on "Black Bottom Dance" sheet music with having introduced the dance, was an associate with the African - American choreographer Buddy Bradley . Working out of Pierce's dance studio in New York City, Bradley devised dance routines for Tom Pericola and other Broadway performers . </P>

Who was the choreographer credited with coming up with the new dances of the 1920s