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May 13, 2016 · The Broadway Cotton Club as it looked one evening in 1938. Courtesy Getty Images/ Michael Ochs Archives. A look at the interior of the Broadway Cotton Club circa, during an New Year’s celebration, 1937, with Cab Calloway conducting. Courtesy the Hi De Ho Blog, devoted to Cab Calloway An advertisement or program for The Cotton Club.
Cotton Club, legendary nightspot in the Harlem district of New York City that for years featured prominent Black entertainers who performed for white audiences. The club served as the springboard to fame for Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and many others. Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight boxing champion, opened the Club ...
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The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub from 1923 to 1940. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (1923–1936), then briefly in the midtown Theater District (1936–1940). [1] The club operated during the United States' era of Prohibition and Jim Crow era racial segregation.
Nov 16, 2020 · The Cotton Club is featured in the music video for the song “Oye Como Va” by Cuban-American singer Celia Cruz. The Cotton Club Gala that featured some of the club’s original dancers, was produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club twice in 1975 and again in 1985. The 1985 production was directed by La MaMa founder Ellen Stewart.
Mar 6, 2019 · If there was a staple of Harlem nightlife in the 1920s and 30s, it was the Cotton Club. Boasting some of the era's most talented performers, the entertainment venue and speakeasy remains an icon of New York City even today. But as much as we praise the club for bringing names like Duke Ellington and Lena Horne into the spotlight, the truth was that the Cotton Club functioned under a very ...
Dec 16, 2007 · Opened in 1923, the Cotton Club on 142nd St & Lenox Ave in the heart of Harlem, New York was operated by white New York gangster Owney Madden. Madden used the Cotton Club as an outlet to sell his “#1 Beer” to the prohibition crowd. Although the club was briefly closed several times in the 1920s for selling alcohol, the owners’ political ...
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Feb 21, 2024 · The Cotton Club in Harlem was once considered the epicenter of African American entertainment, boasting performances from the likes of Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald. The soulful sound shaped ...
