Gil Brady and his wife Nikki (1933-89) were jitterbug and West Coast Swing champions in the 1940s and 1950s. They together and separately danced in many movies such as ‘Don’t Knock the Rock’, ‘The Benny Goodman Story’ and ‘Rock Around the Clock’
They won numerous awards and swing dance championship titles against such swing dance notables as Dean Collins, Lenny and Kay Smith, Lou Southern, Hal Takier and Jack Carey.
Gil resides in Las Vegas, NV. (2018) They can be spotted in the movies they danced in by looking for Gil’s signature ‘Glasses’. Gil and Nikki opened Ceasar’s Palace in Las Vegas with Frank Sinatra and also had a dance group called “Gil and Nicki and the So and So’s.
Gil was inducted as Shining Star into the California Swing Dance Hall of Fame in 1992. Nikki was inducted as a Permanent Stellar Star (deceased) in 1991. They were inducted into the Couple Category in 2018.
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