Hot Chocolates

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Hot Chocolates was a 1929 Broadway musical revue known for launching several jazz standards and showcasing prominent African American performers.

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instanceOf Broadway musical revue
theatrical production
alsoKnownAs Connie's Hot Chocolates
composer Fats Waller
contributedTo jazz standards repertoire
countryOfOrigin United States
creativePeriod Harlem Renaissance
featuresCastMember African American performers
Andy Razaf
Cab Calloway
Fats Waller
Louis Armstrong
firstPerformanceDate 1929
genre musical theatre
revue
hasGenre jazz
swing (early)
hasInfluenced African American musical theatre
subsequent jazz revues
hasPart comedy sketches
dance numbers
jazz music
inception 1929
language English
locationOfPremiere Broadway
New York City
lyricist Andy Razaf
lyricsBy Andy Razaf
mainSubject African American entertainment
Harlem jazz culture
mediumOfPerformance jazz band
voice
musicBy Fats Waller
notableFeature all-Black cast
integration of jazz into Broadway
notableWork Ain't Misbehavin'
Black and Blue
I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling
originallyTitled Tan Town Topics
partOf Harlem Renaissance era entertainment
performingArtsDiscipline dance
music
theatre
productionCompany Broadway theatre producers
significantEvent helped popularize Ain't Misbehavin'
linked to: Ain't Misbehavin'

showcased Louis Armstrong on Broadway

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Ain't Misbehavin' firstAppearanceIn Hot Chocolates
Ain't Misbehavin' partOf Hot Chocolates