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Playboy Dickie Wells, “the most popular man in Harlem”

Posted on July 6, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Harlem playboy Dickie Wells, in photo above with Billie Holiday and Tullulah Bankhead in the Club Ebony night spot in Harlem. Continue reading →

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Harlem History: Gladys Bentley And Gladys’ Clam House (video)

Posted on September 23, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Gladys Bentley was a 250 pound woman dressed in men’s clothes (including a signature white top hat and tails), played piano and sang her own “raunchy” lyrics to popular tunes of the day in a deep, growling voice while flirting outrageously with women in the audience in the 1920′s. Continue reading →

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