After Jimi Hendrix’s discharge from the army, he earned his living as a traveling musician on the so-called Chitlin’ Circuit—the circuit of venues throughout the segregated South that booked black musicians.Continue reading
Small’s Paradise, Harlem, New York, 1930 (Photograph)
An intimate photograph of the entrance of Smalls Paradise (often called Small's Paradise and Smalls' Paradise, and not to be confused with Smalls Jazz Club), a nightclub at (on the Chitlin Circuit) 2294½ Seventh Avenue at 135th Street, Harlem, New York, 1930, photograph.
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Lee Daniels To Direct Harlem’s Apollo Theater Doc
Lee Daniels is set to direct The Apollo Film Project, an authorized documentary chronicling the history of the famed theater in Harlem, White Horse Pictures announced Thursday.Continue reading
“Burlesque In Harlem,” Film In New York, 1949 (full video)
Burlesque in Harlem (also released as Rock & Roll Burlesque and A French Peep Show) is a 1949 revue film directed by William D. Alexander (also producer of Ingagi and Souls of Sin) that features a cast of singers, dancers and comedians who were prominent on the so-called "chitlin' circuit" of vaudeville theaters and nightclubs that exclusively presented African American talent.Continue reading
