Comment GENE and I’ll DM you the 🔗 to the full ep! Gene Nelson starred (and danced!) in iconic films like Lullaby of Broadway, Tea for Two, and Oklahoma!. He was once hailed as the next Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, yet his name is often left out of the conversation about the dance greats. In this episode of The Rest of the Story on the Hey, Dancer! podcast, I trace Gene’s journey from a Seattle-born acrobat to a Hollywood triple threat — a dancer, actor, and singer. I’ll dive into his teenage pe