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((short description|American musician and pianist))
((Use American English|date=July 2020))
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((Infobox actor
| name               = Buck Washington
| birth_name         = Ford Lee Washington
| birth_date         = ((Birth date|1903|10|16))
| birth_place        = [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| death_date         = ((Death date and age|1955|01|31|1903|10|16))
| death_place        = New York City, U.S.
| years_active       = 1910s–1954
| known_for          = Half of ''Buck and Bubbles'' duo
| spouse             = ((marriage |Flash Amber Vincson|1927|1955))
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'''Ford Lee "Buck" Washington''' (October 16, 1903 – January 31, 1955) was an American [[vaudeville]] performer, pianist, and singer. He was best known as half of the duo Buck and Bubbles, who were the first black artists to appear on television, with [[John W. Bubbles]], his performance partner for 40 years.<ref name="NGroveDictJazz 1994" />

== Career ==
Washington was born in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]. He and Bubbles (born John W. Sublett) first began working together in the 1910s, while Washington was in his teens. Their duo was known as "Buck and Bubbles." Bubbles was primarily a [[tap dancer]] while Washington sang and played [[stride piano]] and sang.<ref name="finding aid">((Cite archival metadata
|author = John M. Murphy and David Day
|title = John W. Bubbles papers: Creator Info
|url = http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/11203
|repository = L. Tom Perry Special Collections
|location = Provo, UT
|date = 2015
|accessdate = May 23, 2016
))</ref> They were so popular that the duo moved to [[Manhattan, New York City]] in September 1919. By the late 1920s they were on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. They played together in the Columbia Theater, the Palace, performing with [[Eddie Cantor]], [[Al Jolson]], and [[Danny Kaye]].<ref name="NYTimes">((cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/20/obituaries/john-bubbles-the-dancer-is-dead-at-84.html |title=John Bubbles, The Dancer, Is Dead at 84 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=20 May 1986))</ref> They were on the ''[[Ziegfeld Follies]] of 1931.''<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z6Cs0Y1pvRAC&q=ziegfeld+follies+1931&pg=PA200|title=Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: A-J|last1=Wintz|first1=Cary D.|last2=Finkelman|first2=Paul|date=2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781579584573|pages=199–200|language=en))</ref> They also became the first black artists to perform at the [[Radio City Music Hall]]. They toured Europe in the 1930s and appeared on television and in films, including ''[[Calling All Stars (1937 musical)|Calling All Stars]]'' (1937) and ''[[Cabin in the Sky (film)|Cabin in the Sky]]'' (1942). The Buck and Bubbles act was represented by [[Nat Nazarro]].<ref name="NYAge 1948 Sep 21" /> "Buck and Bubbles" performed live in the [[First day of television programmes|first scheduled 'high definition' (240-line) television program]] on November 2, 1936, at [[Alexandra Palace]], London, for the [[BBC]], becoming the first black artists on television anywhere in the world.<ref name="NYTimes" /><ref name="finding aid" /><ref name="BBC">((cite web |title=Television Begins |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/genome/entries/e8a2fa30-7729-4256-aba1-e00cbb187f93 |publisher=BBC |access-date=7 June 2020 |language=en |date=2 November 2016))</ref> In 1927, when Buck and Bubbles were performing at the Sunset Café, Buck developed a working relationship and friendship with Louis Armstrong.<ref>((Cite book|last=Brothers|first=Thomas|title=Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company|year=2014|isbn=978-0-393-06582-4|location=New York, NY|pages=265))</ref>

As a pianist, Washington also did sessions with [[jazz]] musicians such as [[Louis Armstrong]] (1930), [[Bessie Smith]] (1933), and [[Coleman Hawkins]] (1934). He also played trumpet, though he only made home recordings on the instrument. He continued working with Bubbles until 1953, and in 1953-1954 worked with [[Timmie Rogers]] and [[Jonah Jones]]. He died in 1955 in [[New York City]].<ref name="Slide 1981" />

== Family ==
On August 23, 1927, in [[Chicago]], Washington married Flash Amber Vincson (1902–1975). One of her younger sisters, Bobbie Vincent ''(née'' Bobbye Vincson; 1906–1978), was a singer and dancer who performed in the 1925 production of ''[[Chocolate Kiddies]]'' during its inaugural European tour.

==References==
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<ref name="NYAge 1948 Sep 21">"Buck and Bubbles Center of Suit," ''[[New York Age]],'' Vol 63, No. 17, September 21, 1948, p. 6 (accessible ''via'' ((URL|https://www.newspapers.com/image/40655850|Newspapers.com)); subscription required)</ref>
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<ref name="NGroveDictJazz 1994">"Buck Washington," entry by Howard Henry Rye, EdD, ''[[The New Grove|The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz]],'' (this edition is in one Vol.), [[Barry Kernfeld]] (ed.). [[Saint Martin's Press]] (re-print 1994), pps. 1264–1265; ((OCLC|611333148)), ((ISBN|0-3336-3231-1)), ((ISBN|0-3121-1357-9)), ((doi|10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J473300))<br />Rye's sources:
<ol type="i" start="1">
<li>"Mr. Washington of Buck & Bubbles," by [[Leonard Feather]], ''[[Melody Maker]],'' No. 12, October 14, 1936, p. 2
<li>"Ford Lee 'Buck' Washington," by [[Mezz Mezzrow]], ''[[Jazz Hot#Related publications|Bulletin du Hot Club de France]],'' No. 48, 1955, p. 3
<li>''Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance,'' [[Marshall Stearns]] and Jean Stearns (1994 ed.), p. 213; also pps. 151, 157, 192, 217, 218, 246
<ol type="a" start="1">
<li> [[Collier Books|Collier]]-[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] (1968); ((OCLC|655466715))</li>
<li> [[Macmillan Publishing Company|Macmillan]] (1971); ((OCLC|900269))</li>
<li> [[Schirmer]] (1979); ((OCLC|720681903|1069868504)); ((ISBN|978-0-0287-2510-9))</li>
<li> [[Da Capo Press]] ([[paperback]]) (1994); ((OCLC|610972997)); ((ISBN|978-0-3068-0553-0))</li></ol>
<li> "Visiting Firemen: 10" (article), by Howard Henry Rye, "Buck Washington (Buck & Bubbles)" (article section), ''[[Storyville (magazine)|Storyville]],'' No. 114, August–September 1984, pps. 211–217 (accessible ''via'' [[National Jazz Archive]] at ((URL|https://nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/explore/journals/storyville/storyville-114/1265360|link)))</ol></ref>

<ref name="Slide 1981">''The Vaudevillians: A Dictionary of Vaudeville Performers,'' "Buck and Bubbles," by [[Anthony Slide]], [[Arlington House Publishers]] (1981), p. 18; ((OCLC|7460932)), ((ISBN|978-0-8700-0492-6))</ref>

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