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Stage Name

Birth Name

Gil Brady

Gil Brady

Nicki Brady Nicki Faustino
Gil and Nicki and the So and So's.  

    Gil and Nicky Brady 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," "Benny Goodman

Story" and "Rock Around the Clock." They won numerous awards and swing dance championship titles against such swing notables as Dean Collins, Lou Southern, Hal Takier and Jack Carey.

    Gil now resides in Las Vegas, NV. (2002.) They can be spotted in the movies they danced by looking for Gil's signature 'Glasses'. Gil and Nicki 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 and Nicki were inducted into the "California Swing Dance Hall of Fame" in 1991.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

n/a (Gil) n/a Nicki Faustino n/a
n/a (Nicky) 12/22/1933 - 4/29/1989 Gil Brady  
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Dance Contests

Balboa Sandra Beeson 1956 - Valley Jitterbug Champions
Charleston De Larosa Numerous Nightclub Contests
Jitterbug       Harvest Moon Ball (L. A.)
West Coast Swing            
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

La Madeline n/a Ceaser's Palace (Vegas)
Palladium            
The Rag Doll            
The Staircase            
The Tailspin            
 

Films

Television

Publications

1955 - Benny Goodman Story Al Jarvis Show n/a
1956 - Don't Knock The Rock Red Skelton Show      
1956 - Rock Around The Clock            
1957 - Untamed Youth            
1958 - Houseboat            
1959 - Daddy-O            
Bundle Of Joy            
Carnival Rock            
Girl Can't Help It, The            
Juke Box Rhythm            
Running Wild            
... See Full Swing Movies List            
NOTE: Pictures and info courtesy of Nicky's Brother.
January 11, 2010
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