found: An African American dance..., 1990 [VR]:video cassette (Honi Coles, Charles "Honi" Coles; tap dancer and member of tap dance team Coles and Atkins)
found: Kaiser index to blk resources, 1992v. 1, p. 528 (Honi Coles, b. 1911)
found: Mapp, E. Directory of blacks in the performing arts, 1990(Coles, Honi (Charles Coles), entertainer; b. Apr. 2, 1911, Philadelphia; member Copasetics; part of dance team Coles and Atkins, 1948-60; appeared in film Cotton Club, 1984)
found: New York Times, Nov. 13, 1992:obit. (d. Nov. 12, 1992 in New York City at age 81; tap dancer)
found: African American National Biography, accessed December 26, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Gladys, Honi; Charles Coles; vaudeville performer, dancer, television performer; born 02 April 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; debuted at the Lafayette Theater in New York as one of the Three Millers (1931); performed at the Harlem Opera House, the Apollo Theater and the Hoofer's Club (1934); performed with the Lucky Seven Trio (1936-1939); formed Coles & Atkins (1940); opened Dancecraft studio with tap dancer Pete Nugent (1954); production stage manager for the Apollo Theater (1960-1976); appeared in The Cotton Club (1984) and Dirty Dancing (1987); joined touring company of Bubblin' Brown Sugar, performing at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall (1976); honors include Dance magazine award (1985), Capezio Award for lifetime achievement in dance (1988), National Medal of the Arts (1991); died 12 November 1995 in New York, New York, United States)