The Cotton Club was THEE night club in New York City's HARLEM . It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue from 1923 to 1936, then briefly in the midtown  Theater District until 1940. The club operated during prohibition. Black people initially could not patronize the Cotton Club as guests , but the venue featured many of the most popular black entertainers of the era, This episode presents some of those bands and entertainers ! ANDY PREER, DUKE ELLINGTON, CAB CALLOWAY, NICOLAS BROTHERS, ETHEL WATERS and more!

The Cotton Club was THEE night club in New York City's HARLEM . It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue from 1923 to 1936, then briefly in the midtown Theater District until 1940. The club operated during prohibition. Black people initially could not patronize the Cotton Club as guests , but the venue featured many of the most popular black entertainers of the era, This episode presents some of those bands and entertainers ! ANDY PREER, DUKE ELLINGTON, CAB CALLOWAY, NICOLAS BROTHERS, ETHEL WATERS and more!

The&nbsp;Cotton Club&nbsp;was THEE night club in New York City's HARLEM . It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue&nbsp;from 1923 to 1936, then briefly in the midtown&nbsp; Theater District until 1940. The club operated during prohibition. Black people initially could not patronize the Cotton Club as guests , but the venue featured many of the most popular black entertainers of the era, This episode presents some of those bands and entertainers ! ANDY PREER, DUKE ELLINGTON, CAB CALLOWAY, NICOLAS BROTHERS, ETHEL WATERS and more!

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American Grooves Radio Hour, hosted by filmmaker and collector Joe Lauro, takes you on a deep dive into the music of pre-World War II America. It focuses on the Jazz, pioneering Blues, early Country, Gospel, Vaudeville and World Music which was being performed on the streets and in the taverns and nightclubs of pre-1935 America. ONLY original 78 rpm records from Joe’s world-renowned archive and the libraries of other notable collectors will be played. There will also be stories from the first generation of record collecting as well as backgrounds and information on the records and the artists. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support)

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