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  Cotton Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The club reproduced the racist imagery of the times, often depicting fls as savages in exotic jungles or as "darkies" in the plantation South.
The club imposed a more subtle color bar on the chorus girls whom the club presented in skimpy outfits: they were expected to be "tall, tan, and terrific", which meant that they had to be at least 5 feet 6 inches tall, light skinned, and under twenty-one years of age.
The Cotton Club is also a movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which offers a fictionalized history of the club in the context of race relations in the 1930s and the battles between Madden, Dutch Schultz, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, Lucky Luciano, and Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cotton_Club   (717 words)

  
 PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Places Spaces & Changing Faces - Cotton Club
The Cotton Club was the most famous of the city's nightclubs in the 1920s and 1930s, attracting an audience that often included the cream of New York society.
The house band when the venue first opened was Andy Preer's Cotton Club Syncopators; after Preer's death in 1927, Duke Ellington's orchestra was engaged and its residency became the most celebrated in the club's history, lasting until 1931.
The heyday of the club's existence was re-created in Francis Ford Coppola's film The Cotton Club (1984).
www.pbs.org /jazz/places/spaces_cotton_club.htm   (405 words)

  
 Cotton Club: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the uk) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark....
The club imposed a more subtle color bar on the chorus girls whom the club presented in skimpy outfits: they were expected to be "tall, EHandler: no quick summary.
The cotton club is a movie, released in 1984, centred around a popular harlem jazz club in the 1930s, the cotton club....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/cotton_club.htm   (1928 words)

  
 Closing of Cotton Club end of era
On Saturday, the mood among patrons at the Cotton Club, 1710 S. Michigan, was wistful.
Besides the nationally known and top local jazz acts that graced the stage of the jazz room, the Cotton Club is widely known for its Monday open-mike night, where superstars R. Kelly and Bernie Mac honed their craft in the late 1980s to early 1990s.
The Cotton Club developed a local reputation worthy of the Harlem icon it emulated.
www.suntimes.com /output/news/cst-nws-cotton29.html   (526 words)

  
 The Cotton Club & Steakhouse - Club Info
The Cotton Club is a family-run operation and is a place you can bring your whole family.
The Cotton Club and Steakhouse is located 11 miles north of Taylor or 25 miles south of Temple on Hwy 95.
Once in Granger, The Cotton Club is east at the blinking light and two blocks down on the right, next door to City Hall.
www.cottonclubandsteakhouse.com /about.html   (197 words)

  
 The Cotton Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cotton Club is a movie, released in 1984, centered around a popular real-life Harlem jazz club in the 1930s, the Cotton Club.
Hines and Lonette McKee play dancers at the Cotton Club in a sub-plot of the movie.
The Cotton Club • Peggy Sue Got Married  • Gardens of Stone • Tucker: The Man and His Dream  •New York Stories (with Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese)  •1990s: The Godfather: Part III  • Dracula  • Jack  • The Rainmaker  • 2000s: Youth Without Youth
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Cotton_Club   (360 words)

  
 Cotton Fabric, cotton quilting fabric, wholesale cotton fabric, organic cotton fabric, cotton knit fabric|The Cotton ...
Cotton was grown and made into cloth as early as 3,000 years before the birth of Christ in the Indus River Valley in Pakistan.
In 1994 it is estimated the Cotton is the number one fiber used in USA for apparel.
Cotton fabrics are very soft and comfortable to wear on other hand it is having very absorbing capabilities.
www.thecottonclub.org   (490 words)

  
 Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra
The club's decor was modelled after the old South of plantations and slavery, hence the name The Cotton Club.
The club was also segregated, only Whites were allowed in the audience, while the waiters and entertainers were all African-American, with the exception of occasional guest star appearances.
They were at the club in February of 1932 and in the spring of 1933 and appeared there for the last time in 1937 and 1938 in the club's new location downtown.
www.redhotjazz.com /dukecco.html   (475 words)

  
 Harold Arlen - Biography - The Cotton Club Years
The Cotton Club was the place to be in Harlem in the late 20's and early 30's.
Arlen and Koehler took a year off during the twenty-third edition of the Cotton Club to spend a few weeks in Hollywood on their first film assignment entitled Let's Fall in Love (which was also the name of the hit song from the movie).
By 1935-36, the novelty and the excitement of the Cotton Club had evaporated and on February 15, 1936 the Club finally closed its doors.
www.haroldarlen.com /bio-4.html   (786 words)

  
 Cotton Club
The Cotton Club was one of the earliest Black clubs issued a license to operate away from downtown Las Vegas.
The owners of the Cotton Club realizing a legal fight with the bureaucrats of the city would gain nothing opened the Cotton Club at 500 Jackson St. around late 1944 or early 1945.
The Cotton Club, according to Harvey J. Fuller's "Index of Nevada Gambling Establishments" was licensed for slots, 21, craps, keno and poker.
www.nevadacasinochips.com /cottonclubarticle.htm   (768 words)

  
 Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club (1927-28: Harlem, Chicago and Kansas City) | The Chronicle of Jazz | Abbeville Press
In 1929, the virtuoso Cootie Williams succeeded Miley as principal trumpet.
A succession of popular radio broadcasts from the Cotton Club brought Ellington national fame, and his name became known around the globe after the successes of "Mood Indigo" (1930) and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got that Swing)" (1932).
By this time singer Cab Calloway had succeeded Ellington at the Cotton Club, and Calloway was in turn succeeded by Jimmie Lunceford in 1934.
www.abbeville.com /jazz/062.asp   (427 words)

  
 Metromix. INSIDE: Cotton Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sights: Cotton Club is divided in half: Up front is the Cab Calloway Room for the mature crowd; and in the rear is the Gray Room for the younger folks.
At the bar: The club's owner, who happens to be a doctor, has concocted his own drink: "Dr. Delight," a non-alcoholic beverage that's a mix of fruit juices and aloe vera juice.
Cotton Club's stage has seen the likes of now-famous faces such as R&B crooner R. Kelly and comedian Bernie Mack.
metromix.chicagotribune.com /mmx-2838_lgcy,1,202855.htmlstory?coll=mmx-ctmmx   (522 words)

  
 The Cotton Club
The name "Cotton Club" was conceived by the original owner, mobster Owney Madden, from the light brown color of raw cotton.
Depite the fact that few Harlemites could afford the Cotton Club, it allowed the genius of a generation of Black performers to flourish.
Until the club moved downtown to 48th Street after Prohibition ended, virtually every major Black artist in big band and jazz history had graced its stage.
www.retroswingusa.com /cotton.htm   (238 words)

  
 Cotton Club at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Cotton Club was a famous night club in New York City that operated during Prohibition.
The Cotton Club only served white clientele, but the performers and staff were of all races.
The Cotton Club was run by gangsters who often stole performers from other night clubs (classic story about Cab Calloway).
www.wiki.tatet.com /Cotton_Club.html   (84 words)

  
 icHuddersfield - Cotton club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Bold 2in1 range follows the success of the Lenor scented bedding range which John Cotton developed with P&G in a year ago.
Phil Atherton, sales and marketing director at John Cotton said chain stores were stocking up to 60% more bedding among their non-food ranges in the past 12 months.
John Cotton, which dates back to 1916, has made a busy start to the year.
ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0300businessnews/tm_objectid=16730165&method=full&siteid=50060&headline=cotton-club-name_page.html   (491 words)

  
 The Cotton Club
The club provided entertainment for white New Yorkers that wanted to experience Harlem’s famous nightlife, and at the same time avoid its more dangerous aspects, such as the over crowded streets and hustle-bustle of every day city happenings.
With the constant commotion that occurred almost every night during the major performances, the Cotton Club was a hub of communication between white and fl Americans.
The Cotton Club of the late 1920s and 1930s helped to define the emerging African-American culture of the period.
historyday.crf-usa.org /2809/html/the_cotton_club.html   (266 words)

  
 Vegetarian Times: Join the organic cotton club - Answering Machine
Conventional cotton-growing methods are extremely harmful to the environment; an estimated 25 percent of the world's pesticides and 10 percent of the world's herbicides are used on cotton crops.
In Texas, where weather conditions force cotton plants to drop their leaves before harvest, defoliants are usually unnecessary.
In California, organic cotton growers mirror the Texas-like weather conditions through irrigation management, thus rendering the use of defoliants unnecessary.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0820/is_n216/ai_17326696   (410 words)

  
 Cotton Club New York City.com : Arts & Attractions : Editorial Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Back when Harlem was the capital of New York nightlife, when clubs were rigidly segregated and the performers were fl and the audience white, the Cotton Club, run by notorious gangsters, was the pinnacle of the jazz scene.
Although the Cotton Club fell on hard times for a number of years and is no longer at its original location, it’s alive and swinging again during the new Harlem Renaissance.
The Club is available for private functions; call for group rates and availability.
www.nyc.com /arts__attractions/Cotton_Club/editorial.aspx   (629 words)

  
 Cotton Club Lingerie Collection from Italy presented by Great Expectation Fine European Lingerie.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cotton Club Lingerie Collection from Italy presented by Great Expectation Fine European Lingerie.
We are pleased to offer the finest Italian Lingerie from Cotton Club, a famous Italian designer of haute-couture lingerie named after the well-known jazz club of yesteryear in New York.
Cotton Club is not only bras and panties, but striking bustiers, bodies and a full line of smooth, yet sexy, designer underwear.
greatexpectation.biz /CottonClub.htm   (120 words)

  
 Jazzed in Cleveland - Part 102 - The Cleveland Cotton Club
Beginning in June of 1955, the Cleveland Cotton Club presented an almost weekly line up of many of the most important musicians in jazz at the time, all playing seven nights a week from 9:30 p.m.
Following Blakey at the Cotton Club, for the week of September 5, were the extremely popular J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding.
After J.J. and K. at the Cotton Club, the week of September 12, was pianist Thelonious Monk.
www.cleveland.oh.us /wmv_news/jazz102.htm   (1043 words)

  
 DVD Empire - Item - Cotton Club, The / DVD-Video
Nominated for three Oscars®, The Cotton Club is a "genuine vision" (Newsweek) of the golden age of jazz you won't soon forget!
In the center of it all is Harlem's Cotton Club.
As it sometimes happens, the story behind the making of COTTON CLUB is more turbulent than the actual film itself.
www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=27352&partner_id=27521914   (390 words)

  
 Official Ticketmaster site. Cotton Club Atlanta, GA tickets . Directions, seating chart, events.
The Tabernacle/Cotton Club will be one block up on your left at the corner of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Luckie Street.
The Tabernacle/Cotton Club will be on the left at the corner of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Luckie Street.
The club is locate on bus lines; the nearest MARTA Rapid Rail station is Peachtree Center (N2 on North/South line).
www.ticketmaster.com /venue/114731   (344 words)

  
 Cotton Club Preview: 1920s Roar into Runway - Campus
Students planning to attend the 2006 Cotton Club on March 31 were given examples of Harlem Renaissance style on Friday when Blackburn was hit with a glimpse of the 1920s at a promotional event for the gala, the "Roaring 20's Runway" fashion show.
The fashion itself outlined a host of 1920s and 30s style including flapper dresses, long satin gloves, and boas, men with hats, suspenders and canes smoking cigars.
"The show really captured the essence of the 1920s for me. It felt like you were really in a 1920s Cotton Club because the scenes and designs were so good," said Candice Smith, sophomore psychology major.
www.thehilltoponline.com /news/2006/03/27/Campus/Cotton.Club.Preview.1920s.Roar.Into.Runway-1717884.shtml   (500 words)

  
 club cotton candy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Maria Pensar Cotton Candy Polyphonic Ringtone and Midi Poly Tone for Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Siemens, Neonode, Sagem...
Welcome to the Cotton Candy Club, the hottest night spot around and the only club in the area not subject...
They Call Her" Cotton Candy" Annetta Washington doesn't use her given name professionally, and most people have never heard it.
www.1st-concession-equipment.us /23/club-cotton-candy.html   (545 words)

  
 Paw Prints Cross Stitch - Fiber Frenzy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
You may sign up for as many different Fiber Frenzy clubs as you would like (only one, up to all three).
Shipping is free for all of the US and Canada and only $1 per club for other international destinations.
Packages will be mailed the first week of each month and contain threads valued between $12-$15 (number of pieces varies based on value of each thread).
www.pawprintscrossstitch.com /fiberfrenzy.htm   (224 words)

  
 Jass.com: Cotton Club Revues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The first Cotton Club revue was in 1923.
Some of the songwriters who contributed material to the Cotton Club Revues were Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra was the "house" orchestra for a number of years followed by Cab Calloway.
www.jass.com /cotton.html   (139 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Cotton Club (1984) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Cotton Club is routinely eclipsed by the controversies that surrounded its tumultuous production, but the film itself offers abundant pleasures that should not be overlooked.
Gere plays a Hollywood actor and he is just too smooth with his little moustache and greased back hair--one moment he is smooching with Diane Lane, the next moment he is onstage playing trumpet, the next hes talking tough to a ruthless killer.
The story of the Cotton Club is an interesting one, a Harlem nightclub whose fl entertainers catered to the rich and famous.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004WIB7?v=glance   (1903 words)

  
 Cotton Club & Tropica Calipso stores Cabo San Lucas - Los Cabos, Mexico
Margarita's Cotton Club/Calypso has been one of the top places to shop for women’s apparel in cotton, linen and rayon by Latinamerican designers and swimsuits in Cabo San Lucas since 1989.
Cotton Club also specializes in cotton dresses and coordinates perfect for both Los Cabos and summers back home.
Margarita is extremely committed to the local Humane Society (as close to the S.P.C.A. as we have in these parts).
www.loscabosguide.com /shopping/cottcali.htm   (260 words)

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