Happy Birthday #sandmansims! Born: January 24th, 1917! #master #nomapsformytaps #sanddancing Article: http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tdabio.168/ Per Library of Congress: “Howard “Sandman” Sims, rhythm tap dancer with an athletic style who gained his nickname from dancing on the sand he sprinkled on a tap board or across the stage floor in a specialty called “sand dancing,” was born Howard Bernard in Los Angeles, California. He learned to dance from his father, a barber, as did his e