it dont mean a thing if you ant got the swing

Gregory Hines was born in new york city Mr. Hines began dancing professionally as a young child but went on to become an unusually successful crossover actor in theater, film and television the genial, suave dancer, singer and actor who for many personified the art of classical tap in the 1980's He won a Tony Award as best actor in a musical in 1992 The New York Times, wrote of Mr. Hines's guest performance in 1995He followed up that success with Tony-nominated performances in ''Comin' Uptown'' (1980) and ''Sophisticated Ladies'' (1981), and had featured roles in two films that year, playing a Roman slave in his film debut in Mel Brooks's ''History of the World -- Part I'' and a coroner in ''Wolfen,'' It was not until he reached his late 30's, Mr. Hines said in ''Gregory Hines's Tap Dance in America,'' a 1989 program in the public-television series ''Great Performances,'' that he began to ''relax and reach true expression.'' It was around that time, in 1978,  died late Saturday on his way to a hospital from his home in Los Angeles. He was 57.