#Cotton Club

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Cotton Club, 1936.

#cotton club #1930s #antique #african american #segregation

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Floor show at the Cotton Club, 1920s.

Photo: Bettmann Archives/Getty Images/All That's Interesting

#vintage New York #1920s #Cotton Club #chorus line #chorus girls #vintage Harlem #floor show #nightclub #vintage NYC

[citizenscreen]

Taxis line up outside of the Cotton Club at Broadway and 48th Street, circa 1937 in New York City, New York.

#cotton club #nyc

[gatabella]

Marlene Dietrich at the Cotton Club, New York, Feb. 6th 1937

#marlene dietrich #cotton club #smoking

[oldvintageglamour]

Cotton Club dancer Mae Johnson poses for the camera mid-strip, 1937 😍🖤😍🖤😍

#mae Johnson #dancer #black women #black woman beauty #african american #ebony women #ebony #ebony beauty #cotton club #1930s style #1930s fashion #1930s aesthetic #30s style #30s fashion #30s aesthetic #harlem #harlem renaissance #burlesque #black burlesque #vintage burlesque #burlesque dancer #vintage style #vintage fashion #black beauty #black girl magic #vintage black women

[ghaas]

Cab Calloway, 1930s Promo Photo

#cab calloway #30s #1930s #jazz #cotton club #the cotton club #bandleader #minnie the moocher

[didierleclair]

I can imagine Cab Calloway directing his band, Duke Ellington swinging away! The dancers accompanying Ella Fitzgerald or Lena Horne. Fats Waller must have behaved well in the atmosphere of delectable jazz music. Harlem nights can teach anyone what extasy is about. At night, Black excellence was intoxicating. From bankers to politicians with money to burn. They all came to the Cotton Club.

#cotton club #jazz musician #jazz #jazz music #writers #didier leclair

[francisjohnmovies]

Diane Lane

" Cotton Club "

#diane lane #cotton club #80s movies #film #cinema #film noir #old hollywood #must see movies #great actor #great movie #movies #old movies #classic movies #Drama #comedy #motivatonal movies #romance #al pacino #animation #spy movie #exploitation #sports movies #movie clips #film edit

[dbguidebook]

High Street Culture. #Societythings

#darling #darling bonnie #darling bonnie land #darling society #high street culture #art #culture #style #photography #film #cars #zoom #vintage #food and wine #high fashion #cotton club #paris #new york #los angeles #chic #glamour #societythings

[therealjohnstewart]

Juanita Boisseau

#juanita boisseau #cotton club

[alwaysalwaysalwaysthesea]

Sister Rosetta Tharpe at Harlem's Church of God and the Cotton Club, in the August 28, 1939 LIFE.

(source: LIFE archives)

#sister rosetta tharpe #music #harlem #1930s harlem #cotton club

[melancholicbutterflies]

Elvis History: The Cotton Club, Lubbock, TX

A little known venue Elvis performed at in February of 1955 following his and Buddy Holly's (Texan native), 4PM matinee at the Fair Park Coliseum. Buddy was actually opening for the King, what would be the first of two.

The Lubbock Cotton Club .... took its name from the region’s chief agricultural output. The club, established to appeal to Lubbock’s “high society” by hosting well-known orchestras and big bands, went on to interact with the local community in various ways—from hosting the Junior Welfare League’s Charity Ball in 1946 to being Lubbock’s first, and for many years only, integrated dance hall. With such a diverse level of community involvement, the Cotton Club engaged and influenced both the Lubbock community and the larger South Plains region.

In the mid-1950s the Cotton Club became a hub for rock-and-roll music. Elvis Presley performed at the Cotton Club on numerous occasions in 1955. In attendance at Presley’s performances was a local Lubbock musician, Buddy Holly, who met with Presley and was influenced by his style of music. Other rock-and-roll musicians played through the 1950s, including Little Richard, Fats Domino and Roy Orbison. In 1962 the club burned. Owner Ralph Lowe chose not to rebuild.

The Cotton Club was a progressive and trendsetting dance hall that often attracted great performers and large crowds. The West Texas venue significantly contributed to local, regional, national, and international music. The club provided the setting that spurred on the careers of local musicians before and even after they found success at larger levels.

Read more here (for non-Elvis, but nevertheless interesting historical tidbits, about this once great venue)

#elvis presley #elvis #elvis fans #1950s elvis #elvis history #texas #cotton club #progressive

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Jesse Owens, center, still basking in the glow of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, takes part in a (mock?) rehearsal at the Cotton Club, September 2, 1936. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson is next to him.

Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images/All That's Interesting

#vintage New York #1930s #Jesse Owens #Cotton Club #Bill Robinson #Bojangles #rehearsal #dancing #chorus line #2 Sept. #September 2 #Sept. 2 #2 September

[cosmonautroger]

#duke ellington #cotton club #harlem

[timmurleyart]

Homage to Cachao. 🎹🎻 🇨🇺(mixed media collage)🎵

#cachao #jazz improvisation #improv jazz #jazz #jazz musician #jazz music #salsamusic #salsa #salsa music #descarga #maracas #mambo kingz #mambo no. 5 #mambo #jean michel basquiat #basquiat #neo expressionism #double bass #double bassist #cotton club #harlem renaissance #Cuba #cuban history #cuban music #cuban #folk art painting #folk art #pop art #collage artwork #collage artist

[oldvintageglamour]

The Cotton Club, 1932

#cotton club #harlem #harlem renaissance #new york #nyc #1930s style #1930s fashion #1930s aesthetic #1930s #circa 1930 #30s style #30s fashion #30s aesthetic #1930s vintage #golden age #retro photography #vintage #vintage photography #vintage style #vintage fashion