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SMOKING WAS OBLIGATORY
in the 20s and 30s.
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Fats Waller – Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me)
I love my baby.
Cool atmosphere
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Fats Waller was kidnapped in Chicago leaving a performance in 1926. Four men bundled him into a car and took him to the Hawthorne Inn, owned by Al Capone. Waller was ordered inside the building, and found a party in full swing. Gun to his back, he was pushed towards a piano, and told to play. A terrified Waller realized he was the “surprise guest” at Capone’s birthday party, and took comfort that the gangsters did not intend to kill him. According to rumor, Waller played for three days. When he left the Hawthorne Inn, he was very drunk, extremely tired, and had earned thousands of dollars in cash from Capone and other party-goers as tips.
What a story…
Cab Calloway and his orchestra with the Cotton Club Chorus at the Cotton Club, 1936.
March 10, 1927
Dancing in the streets…
Gangsters
Sorry, no gangsters here. These gentlemen are Andy Garcia, Sean Connery, Kevin Costner and Charles Martin Smith in “The Untouchables” playing the squad to stop Al Capone.