#CottonClub

2025-06-22

#OTD (June 22) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Madden is in court after #CottonClub closure, #BronxNY watches Iamascia & Scalise funerals, #Terranova pledges to give up mansion, Zwillman surrenders in #NewJersey, #Trafficante is briefly released in #Havana, #Valachi beats fellow prisoner, #Spilotro grave is found in #Indiana, Salemme & Weadick are convicted.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Image of Danny Iamascia. Text reads: On this date, June 22...
in 1915, a Trumbull County OH grand jury indicts Fedele Penna for the 1914 shooting and stabbing homicide of Angelo Romagnini.
in 1925, Owen Madden appears in court following the forced closure of his Cotton Club.
in 1928, federal agents discover a large illegal distillery belonging to Joe Calafato of Erie, PA, but take no action against him.
in 1931, the funeral cortege of Danny Iamascia, including 35 cars of flowers, draws thousands of spectators to Bronx streets.
in 1937, Ciro Terranova agrees to surrender his mansion in Pelham Manor NY to creditors.
in 1951, Joseph Corbo and Rudolph Santobello are sentenced to life imprisonment for killing NYPD Officer Alfred Loreto.
in 1953, Abner Zwillman of New Jersey surrenders to federal authorities on tax evasion charges.
in 1957, hundreds gather for the funeral of Frank Scalise in the Bronx.
in 1959, Santo Trafficante Jr. is allowed out of a Cuban detention center to attend the Havana wedding of his daughter.
in 1962, Joseph Valachi beats fellow Atlanta Prison inmate John Joseph Saupp with a metal pipe.
in 1986, an Indiana farmer discovers a fresh grave. Authorities find the bodies of Anthony and Michael Spilotro buried there.
in 2018, former New England Mafia boss Frank Salemme and codefendant Paul Weadick are convicted of the 1993 killing of a government witness.
2025-05-10
Discussed in our recent article on Charlie Lucky and Owen Madden, George Emile “Big Frenchy Demange” Jeandemange is a memorable figure from #NewYork #Prohibition Era gangland. Fans of the 1984 film, The #CottonClub, surely remember Fred Gwynne's portrayal of Frenchy as the tough but endearing partner of “Owney the Killer” Madden (played by Bob Hoskins)

Learn about Big Frenchy:
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/more-on-owneys-pal-jeandemange?r=12oapz

#NYC #gangsters #MafiaHistory @MafiaHistory@a.gup.pe
Image of George "Big Frenchy Demange" Jeandemange, image of Fred Gwynn playing Frenchy in The Cotton Club movie. Headline: Here's some more about 'Big Frenchy'
2025-01-03

Es war schön, wie immer. Ich liebe das. 🎸 🎵

#HouseOnAHill #CottonClub #Hamburg

Band auf einer kleinen Bühne. Um die Tische herum sitzen Leute.Band auf einer kleinen Bühne.
Hamburg Journal (inoffiziell)botNdrHamburgJournal
2024-10-16

Steht der Hamburger Cotton Club vor dem Aus?

Es gibt finanzielle Probleme im Cotton Club. Zwar fördert Hamburg seine Live-Clubs - das Clubkombinat fordert jedoch mehr.

ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/ham

"I've Got the World on a String" is a 1932 #popular #jazz #song composed by #HaroldArlen, with lyrics written by #TedKoehler. It was written for the twenty-first edition of the #CottonClub series which opened on October 23, 1932, the first of the Cotton Club Parades.
youtube.com/watch?v=3jTIRkXCaF

"I've Got The World on a String" is a 1932 #popular #jazz #song composed by #HaroldArlen, with lyrics written by #TedKoehler. It was written for the twenty-first edition of the #CottonClub series which opened on October 23, 1932, the first of the Cotton Club Parades.
youtube.com/watch?v=3jTIRkXCaF

2024-04-18

In today's music post, I'm discussing the life & times of one of the true giants of Jazz, Mr. Duke Ellington. From playing at rent parties and The Cotton Club, to helping to introduce Jazz, Big Band and Swing, Sir Duke did it all!

The Sultan of Swing: The Story of Jazz for Beginners like Me…Song #4: Creole Love Call by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra ft. Adelaide Hall tommacinneswriter.com/2024/04/ #BillyStrayhorn, #CottonClub, #CreoleLoveCall, #DukeEllington, #Jazz, #TheStoryOfJazzForBeginnersLikeMe

penpusherpenpusher
2023-12-25

Song of the Day December 25 2023

In remembrance of the birth of Cabell Calloway III bka Cab Calloway

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Call

Cab Calloway - "Minnie The Moocher"

youtu.be/bfsooIT9g_A?si=V8R-vW

2023-12-25

Song of the Day December 25 2023

In remembrance of the birth of Cabell Calloway III bka Cab Calloway

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Call

Cab Calloway - "Minnie The Moocher"

youtu.be/bfsooIT9g_A?si=V8R-vW

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #December25 #CabCalloway #MinnieTheMoocher #BigBand #Jazz #Music #CottonClub #Harlem #Baltimore #1930s

Writers of WrongsWritersofWrongs@zirk.us
2023-11-28
Hamburg Journal (inoffiziell)botNdrHamburgJournal
2023-11-07

John Primer - eine Blues-Legende im Hamburger Cotton Club

In der Szene ist der Musiker John Primer eine Legende. Am Montag spielte das Blues-Urgestein im Cotton Club in der Neustadt.

ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/ham

Writers of WrongsWritersofWrongs@zirk.us
2023-04-24

#OTD in 1965: Former #NewYork underworld leader Owen "The Killer" Madden died of natural causes at #HotSprings Arkansas. Once associated with #NYC West Side street gang wars, #Prohibition bootlegging and #CottonClub entertainment, Madden for decades had lived a quiet retirement in the popular resort community. #CrimeHistory #Histodons
Read more about Madden here:
writersofwrongs.com/2020/04/ow

Client Info

Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.04
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst