Adelaide Hall
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Adelaide Louise Hall was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death. Early in her career, she was a major figure in the Harl
Cotton Club, Harlem, in 1930
Hall in Blackbirds of 1928
Hall in Blackbirds of 1928
Cover of Vu, issue N°77, Wednesday, 4 September 1929, titled "Au revoir Black Birds!", with Hall saying farewell as star of Blackbirds at the Moulin Rouge, after a four-month production run
Cotton Club
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The Cotton Club was a 20th-century nightclub in New York City. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue from 1923 to 1936, then briefly in the midtown Theater District until 1940. The club oper
Duke Ellington was one of the original Cotton Club orchestra leaders.
Cab Calloway was another of the original Cotton Club performers.
Ethel Waters starred at the Cotton Club