Pod's and Jerry's

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Pod's and Jerry’s (also called Pod and Jerry’s ) was a multiracial nightclub from the 1920s and 1930s in Harlem, New York .

The nightclub originally called Catagonia Club existed from 1925 to 1935; the speakeasy was in Harlem at 168 West 132nd Street and had 25 tables. There was a piano on the small stage. a. Willie The Lion Smith , James P. Johnson and Luckey Roberts played. One of the two owners, Charles "Pod" Hollingsworth welcomed every guest as a "Podner"; his co-owner Jeremiah Preston was nicknamed West Indian Jerry . This soon gave rise to the unofficial name Pod's and Jerry’s , under which the nightclub became popular. The frequent guests included u. a. Artie Shaw , Mae West and heavyweight boxers Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney . In the early 1930s, the 15-year-old singer Billie Holiday performed there at the beginning of her career, accompanied by the pianist Bobby Henderson .

The club was also a meeting place for civil rights activists like Charles S. Johnson . After the end of Prohibition , the Pod's and Jerry’s changed its name to Log Cabin in 1933 . In the years that followed, the club became a meeting place for jazz singers, songwriters, producers, promoters and actors such as Tallulah Bankhead , Fredric March and Franchot Tone .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930
  2. ↑ Forever Harlem: Celebrating America's Most Diverse Community, edited by Lloyd A. Williams, Voza Rivers
  3. ^ John White: Artie Shaw: His Life and Music , p. 59
  4. ^ Jill Watts: Mae West: An Icon in Black and White , p. 68
  5. ↑ Norman K. Risjord: Giants in Their Time: Representative Americans from the Jazz Age to the Cold War , p 18
  6. ↑ Cf. u. a. Gary Giddins : Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of Its Second Century , p. 335
  7. ↑ She received $ 18 a week for her engagement; see. Eric Homberger: New York City: A Cultural and Literary Companion . Interlink Books, 2003
  8. ^ Burton W. Peretti: Nightclub City: Politics and Amusement in Manhattan , p. 20
  9. ↑ Gay Harlem
  10. ↑ Theda Palmer Saxton: Heirs to Dirty Linen and Harlem Ghosts , 2013 p. 80
  11. ↑ Timme Rosenkrantz : Harlem Jazz Adventures: A European Baron's Memoir, 1934-1969 , p. 27