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Listen to Harlem Lullaby on Spotify. The Dorsey Brothers/ Mildred Bailey/ Ethel Waters/ Bing Crosby/ Lee Wiley/ Mae West · Album · 2005 · 20 songs.
Jan 2, 2017 · JIM BAILEY as Mae West ,more from this musical...
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- 1831
- JIM BAILEY
- 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...
West was an early supporter of the women's liberation movement, but said she was not a "burn your bra" type of feminist. Since the 1920s, she was also an early supporter of gay rights, and publicly declared against police brutality that gay men experienced.
Harlem Lullaby is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1966 and released on the Atlantic label.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1991 CD release of "Harlem Lullaby" on Discogs.
Listen to Harlem Lullaby on Spotify. The Dorsey Brothers/ Mildred Bailey/ Ethel Waters/ Bing Crosby/ Lee Wiley/ Mae West · Song · 2005.
