--- title: Google Doodle Honors Jazz Figure Frankie Manning description: A Google Doodle celebrates the 102nd birthday of Frankie Manning, the American dancer and choreographer who made the Lindy Hop dance famous canonical: https://time.com/4348920/frankie-manning-jazz-lindy-hop-google-doodle/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-26T08:51:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:43.694Z og:title: New Google Doodle Honors Jazz Figure Frankie Manning og:description: Google celebrates the 102nd birthday of the man who pioneered the Lindy Hop og:url: https://time.com/4348920/frankie-manning-jazz-lindy-hop-google-doodle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt553d454ef4473233/698895190a4a2222a99c9d46/frankie-mannings-102nd-birthday-5160522641047552-hp2x.gif?branch=production&width=807&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 807 og:image:height: 454 og:image:alt: frankie-mannings-102nd-birthday-5160522641047552-hp2x og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Google Doodle Honors Jazz Figure Frankie Manning twitter:description: Google celebrates the 102nd birthday of the man who pioneered the Lindy Hop twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt553d454ef4473233/698895190a4a2222a99c9d46/frankie-mannings-102nd-birthday-5160522641047552-hp2x.gif?branch=production&width=807&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Google Doodle Honors Jazz Figure Frankie Manning > Sponsored content. 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Manning, who was born on May 26, 1914, and died seven years ago at the age of 94, was a jazz sensation, traveling the world and appearing in several films performing his dance. 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