Horse Shoe Tavern

Title (Dublin Core)

Horse Shoe Tavern

Description (Dublin Core)

City: Detroit
Address: 606 Club
Appears in the 1950-1955 Green Books
Opened in 1936 and closed in 2000

"The 606 Horse Shoe Bar was the last remaining nightclub from Detroit's legendary Paradise Valley--the center of Detroit's African American community during the 1930s and 1940s. [...]. Places such as 606 Horseshoe Lounge and Club Three Sixes featured national acts including Duke Ellington, Dinah Washington, the Ink Spots and Sarah Vaughan, plus other jazz greats such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine and Count Basie." (https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/08/detroit-jazz-and-blues)

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