Cotton Club

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nightclub
gptkbp:address gptkb:142nd_Street_and_Lenox_Avenue,_Harlem
gptkbp:AfricanAmericanPerformers yes
gptkbp:closed 1940
gptkbp:culturalSignificance major influence on jazz and popular music
gptkbp:famousFor jazz music
African-American performers
gptkbp:feature chorus girls
jazz orchestras
revue shows
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Owney_Madden
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cotton Club
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:Cotton_Club_Parade_(musical_revue)
gptkb:The_Cotton_Club_(1984_film)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Harlem,_Manhattan,_New_York_City
gptkbp:movedTo gptkb:Broadway_and_48th_Street,_New_York_City
1936
gptkbp:notableEvent raided by police
site of gang activity
gptkbp:notableGuest gptkb:Al_Capone
gptkb:Dorothy_Parker
gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:George_Gershwin
gptkb:Irving_Berlin
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Paul_Robeson
gptkb:Moss_Hart
gptkb:Edward_G._Robinson
gptkb:Mae_West
gptkb:Fred_Astaire
gptkb:Judy_Garland
gptkb:Tallulah_Bankhead
gptkb:Marlene_Dietrich
gptkb:Damon_Runyon
gptkb:Jimmy_Durante
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Billie_Holiday
gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Louis_Armstrong
gptkb:Nat_King_Cole
gptkb:Ella_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Cab_Calloway
gptkb:Count_Basie
gptkb:Ethel_Waters
gptkb:Lena_Horne
Fats Waller
gptkbp:opened 1923
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Owney_Madden
gptkbp:prohibitionEra yes
gptkbp:segregationPolicy only white patrons
gptkbp:speakeasy yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4