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Jan 2, 2017 · JIM BAILEY as Mae West ,more from this musical...
Listen to Harlem Lullaby on Spotify. The Dorsey Brothers/ Mildred Bailey/ Ethel Waters/ Bing Crosby/ Lee Wiley/ Mae West · Album · 2005 · 20 songs.
- Washington, New York and Shuffle Along
- New York, The Ubangi Club
- New York, The Plantation Club and The Kit Kat Club
- New York, The Ubangi Club Closes
Mae Johnson was born Eddie Mae Johnson in Washington DC on November 15, 1910, the fourth of five daughters. Her father was a barber and her mother a hairdresser. Mae attended Dunbar High School in Washington and went to the progressive Hunter College in New York with plans to become a teacher. Beginning her career in New York, her first work was in...
On April 1935 Mae made her debut in at the Club Ubangi, which had recently taken over the location in Harlem at Seventh Avenue and 131st Street that had been vacated earlier by Connie’s Inn. Between engagements at the Ubangi, by way of introducing herself to New York audiences, Mae also appeared for a week at the Harlem Opera House in March and the...
While already a hit at the Ubangi uptown, Mae simultaneously began appearing at the Kit Kat Club at 152 East 55th Street (call El Dorado 2-0543 for reservations) with their new policy of presenting African American entertainers for the mid-town Broadway crowd. It was not unusual for performers to appear on Broadway in the evenings and then dash upt...
In the spring of 1937, the Ubangi Club was unceremoniously closed due to a minor liquor law violation during one of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia’s periodic attempts at purging vice and uplifting morals in New York City. The Ubangi was caught in an unfortunate wave when this time, La Guardia tried and succeeded in finally closing all of the burlesque h...
Jul 20, 2010 · In an interview published in 1976, Eubie Blake explains why black vaudevillians went on in second place — — and tells about the time they were booked in the same Harlem showplace on 125th Street as Mae West in 1919, Keith & Proctor's Vaudeville Theatre.
Listen to Harlem Lullaby on Spotify. The Dorsey Brothers/ Mildred Bailey/ Ethel Waters/ Bing Crosby/ Lee Wiley/ Mae West · Song · 2005.
- 2 min
- January 01, 2005
Mary Jane " Mae " West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned over seven decades. [ 1] . Considered a sex symbol, she was known for her breezy sexual independence and her lighthearted bawdy double entendres, often delivered in a husky contralto voice. [ 2] .
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