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Cotton Club, New York 1930sCotton Club was the legendary jazz era nightspot in the Harlem district of New York City that featured many of the greatest African American entertainers of the 1920s and 30s. It was established in 1923 when the white gangster and bootlegger Owney Madden got out of Sing Sing prison and bought a faltering supper club called Club De Luxe at 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue, owned by Jack Johnston, Americas first black heavyweight boxing champion. The

The jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald sang here regularly with the Chick Webb orchestra

Ritsy was depicted in a striking 10ft high neon sign above the original restaurant with his arm going up and down and the light he was holding flashing on and off

The original owner was not French – Zlatan ‘Louie’ Stamenich also owned Russian and Serbian restaurants

’ You’ll hear it again and again – the best food in town is at the THUNDERBIRD

where he shared oysters and lobster thermidor with Scottish comedian Janey Godley

They had a quarrel one day

frequented by Greta Garbo

extra-thick malts and milkshakes topped with whipped cream cost 25c

it featured chorus girls dancing to early jazz

Noted regulars included Oscar Wilde

grew to become one of the world's largest full- service restaurant company owning and operating more than 2

000 from California oilman Thomas O’Donnell and expanded the property into a high-class hotel

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