I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was… — Lena Horne Copy Share Image
We didn't have any segregation at the Cotton Club. No. The Cotton Club was wide open, it was free. — Cab Calloway Copy Share Image
There was always music in our house and my mother was a Cotton Club dancer for a short time. But they never… — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club. — Cab Calloway Copy Share Image
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