https://padlet.com/kaseymarie2001/dt7vfooqqavk made by: Kasey James en-us 2018-04-19 13:56:26 UTC 2025-12-15 18:51:32 UTC hello@padlet.com kaseymarie2001 https://padlet.com/kaseymarie2001/dt7vfooqqavk/wish/253430815 the cotton club was a
legendary nightspot in the harlem district of New York (in the 1920's) 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.

]]> 2018-04-19 14:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kaseymarie2001/dt7vfooqqavk/wish/253430815 kaseymarie2001 https://padlet.com/kaseymarie2001/dt7vfooqqavk/wish/253436068 Jack Johnson, the first african american heavyweight boxing champion, opened the Club Deluxe, a 400-seat nightclub at the corner of 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue, in 1920. In 1922 the club was taken over by Owen (“Owney”) Madden, a well-known Manhattan underworld figure. Madden rechristened the establishment the Cotton Club, limited the audience to white patrons, entirely reworked the interior, and turned the club into the most popular cabaret in Harlem. The new 700-seat club offered stimulating surroundings for its nightly revues by a renowned chorus line. Weekly radio broadcasts spread the fame of the club and its musicians to a national audience.]]> 2018-04-19 14:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kaseymarie2001/dt7vfooqqavk/wish/253436068 kaseymarie2001 https://padlet.com/kaseymarie2001/dt7vfooqqavk/wish/253437199 many figures of jazz and blues who performed at the Cotton Club, bandleader Duke Ellington as perhaps the most closely associated with the venue. His orchestra was hired as the house band in 1927. The clubs best years were from 1922-1927 ]]> 2018-04-19 14:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kaseymarie2001/dt7vfooqqavk/wish/253437199 kaseymarie2001 https://padlet.com/kaseymarie2001/dt7vfooqqavk/wish/253440128 this is a picture of some people performing at the Cotton Club.]]> 2018-04-19 14:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kaseymarie2001/dt7vfooqqavk/wish/253440128