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Café Society, New York City
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Café_Society,_New_York_City
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:nightclub
gptkbp:address
gptkb:1_Sheridan_Square,_New_York_City
gptkbp:closed
1948
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Barney_Josephson
gptkbp:genre
blues
folk
jazz
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
first racially integrated nightclub in New York City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Café Society, New York City
gptkbp:influenced
integration of nightclubs in New York City
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Greenwich_Village,_Manhattan,_New_York_City
gptkbp:nickname
the wrong place for the Right people
gptkbp:notableEvent
Billie Holiday first performed 'Strange Fruit' there
gptkbp:notablePerformer
gptkb:Billie_Holiday
gptkb:Nat_King_Cole
gptkb:Paul_Robeson
gptkb:Woody_Guthrie
gptkb:Big_Joe_Turner
gptkb:Mary_Lou_Williams
gptkb:Zero_Mostel
gptkb:Count_Basie
gptkb:Dizzy_Gillespie
gptkb:Pete_Seeger
gptkb:Sarah_Vaughan
gptkb:Lena_Horne
gptkb:Hazel_Scott
gptkb:Josh_White
gptkb:Art_Tatum
gptkbp:opened
1938
gptkbp:policy
racially integrated audience
racially integrated performers
gptkbp:secondLocation
Café Society Uptown, 128 East 58th Street, New York City
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Strange_Fruit
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6