What Harlem night club did Lena Horne and Cab Calloway perform at in the 1920s?
Correct answer: The Cotton Club
ChewyAlien28087
if Lena Horne was born in 17 and debuted at 16 years old than it was 1933, or 34 but not 20s.
NihilisticMole89281
Lena was my ex's cousin... she was beautiful and luckily my daughters got her looks!!!
ZealousJelly5831
gongurolvur1964,
saw (and heard) her on stage in New York in '62 with Harry Belefonte and Sammy Davis Jr.--Porgy and Bess.
woowoo 4 true.
the club still stands in Harlem present day..
gongurolvur1964
she was active from the fall of 1933 to 2000 and died at a age of 92 in 2010
DrGirl777
CubicAftermath, it's not the same thing. Whites exploited the talents of Blacks. A Black person could not have seem the show, even though the performers were all Blacks. In other words, if your child was performing you could not see them if you were Black. I'm told a Black performers could not even use the toilets in the Cotton Club.
Star
There's nothing better than performing, and having all of your family and friends cheer you on!! Too bad... They couldn't...
DamienWood83
BrazenGremlin24922, read again. the question itself insinuated she performed there in the 20s
Player #4236826
ChewyAlien28087, Good catch!
Player #4236826
DamienWood83, It asks what club they performed in, in the 1920s.
Gourry334
Is that what they picked?
Artie
World famous for it's super star entertainers. My mom used to go regularly starting on her 16th birthday. The wondrous stories she would tell me...
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Player #120374466,
The practice of "separate but equal" has never worked, has never been fair, and has NEVER been equal.
Player #120374466
Player #58092313, Hip hop/ rap has destroyed black music
Player #120374466
Star, There were also night clubs for blacks. So there were opportunities for black audiences to enjoy this entertainment.
Player #118103951
I knew the Nicholas Brothers. They were sweet fellows.
Barbie
DrGirl777, i’m 1000% sure that’s true, about the toilets. Not only were black performers exploited for their talents, they were Not financially compensated any way even Close to how they should have been. Songs written and First performed by black musicians were literally Stolen by white musicians w/o any kind of compensation whatsoever. That changed with Michael Jackson. Rihanna, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Sean Combs, Drake, Snoop Dogg, … and any other rap musicians of today owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Immortal MJ (RIP, miss his music and presence everyday) for their riches.
Barbie
NihilisticMole89281, good for them! in an episode of “Different World” from the late 80s early 90s the Still gorgeous Lena Horne was honored on an episode where many of the students performed her hits. the phenomenal Jasmine Guy was one of them, Charnelle Brown (?) might have been another? Jasmine Guy played the part of Whitley Gilbert Wayne, Kimberly Reese was the character played by Ms. Brown?
Barbie
ChewyAlien28087, i caught that too
KingSan
Orville Parker Gildock, the “Cotton Club” that is on 125th Street near the Westside Highway is not the same building as the original Cotton Club, which was on 142nd Street and Lenox Ave. they also left out that it was operated by a white NY gangster (Owney Madden)…
Player #58092313
DrGirl777,
performers in Vegas had the same thing
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ZealousJelly5831,
OMG 😳
I saw that too!
It was great and such singing voices. We need that talent today.
Player #38618593
The Cotton Club is still in Harlem.
Orville Parker Gildock
Cab Callaway was amazing
Player #14706931
DrGirl777, just messy
Player #14706931
NihilisticMole89281, wow
KMF
None of the drama squares have questions relating to my era.. I know almost none of those questions.
Toots
catdavidson666, Do the math.
Player Elektra
Player #4236826, then, the queztion is incomplete. it should read 20's and 30's. Lena Horne didn't appear there until1933, when she was 16 (1917+16=1933)
GiGi07
DrGirl777, they knew deal. They got paid. They were not forced to perform
GiGi07
ChewyAlien28087, Good thinking
EcoGal
catdavidson666, l
Zell. I am a female
maybe I need to quit. not.. not now anyway
BabiKat
BrazenGremlin24922, yes, yes it does...
BabiKat
Player #3545337, read question again...