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  BJL (bjl) 3-Pundit Username: bjl Post Number: 50 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 172.185.220.244 |
While looking for something else, I found a box with some old flyers etc from '72/'73 and thought I'd share them with you nice people. Hope they bring back some good memories for you! First, some WJLB Soul Charts -    A picnic? August 26th - that's tomorrow!  How about going to a nightclub afterwards?  And finally, a couple of things from Chi-town -  The early days of advertising...  | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) 5-Doyen Username: david_meikle Post Number: 344 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 81.130.211.124 |
BJL Many thanks for sharing these images. They look absolutely fantastic. Check out Jay Butler today at WQBH http://www.wqbh1400.com/person alities I went in search of the Hi Chaparall building when I was in Chicago last month but it was a vacant lot (I think!). | ||
Graham Finch (acooolcat) 5-Doyen Username: acooolcat Post Number: 178 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 210.200.105.226 |
Some very nice items there, BLJ. It's interesting to see that ad for the Anything & Everything 45. Did you know anyone in this group. I think it's Detroit - not Chicago. | ||
BJL (bjl) 3-Pundit Username: bjl Post Number: 51 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 217.205.87.151 |
David - thanks for the Jay Butler link. Do you know if "The Queen" is the same person as "Martha Jean, the queen", also on WJLB? She's mentioned on one of the flyers. Graham - I guess I assumed The Bitter And The Sweet were from Chicago, but not based on any personal knowledge - I know nothing about the group. Do you have the 45? What are the writing and publishing credits? That might give a clue. | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 5-Doyen Username: paladin Post Number: 220 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 206.185.64.23 |
David you're right the once dominant club The High Chappraral is indeed a vacant lot adjacent to the entry/access ramp of the Chicago Skyway on Stony Island........Lord knows I spent many a year in that place...at the time (seventies) it was one of the largest night clubs in the city...and as the Tempts would say....."you could meet anybody there" !!!!!! Kdubya | ||
Graham Finch (acooolcat) 5-Doyen Username: acooolcat Post Number: 179 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 210.200.105.229 |
BJL I don't own the 45, but have a scan of the label which I'll try to get it up here; anyway, the details are: Producer and Writer: Floyd Johnson Arranger: Robert White The label is actually called "The Anything, Everything Records" and it has a "Detroit" address printed on the bottom of the label. It's dated 1973. | ||
Graham Finch (acooolcat) 5-Doyen Username: acooolcat Post Number: 180 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 210.200.105.229 |
PS: Yes, "The Queen" was Martha Jean Steinberg. | ||
Gary (gary) 4-Laureate Username: gary Post Number: 140 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.5 |
The Palmer House Cocktail Lounge??? That's a new one on me and I thought I was familiar with nearly all of the former clubs in Detroit. I never heard of this place, does anyone out there know anything about it? | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) 5-Doyen Username: david_meikle Post Number: 346 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 81.130.211.124 |
Thanks Kdubya. The building still standing close by had me wondering but there was no street number on it. BJL MJTQ owned WQBH (Queen's Broadcasting) before she passed 3-4 years ago. Daughter Sandra and Jay Butler will see this thread, I think. | ||
BJL (bjl) 3-Pundit Username: bjl Post Number: 52 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 217.205.87.151 |
I think that the Palmer House catered more for blues audiences. Joe von Battle reportedly recorded Washboard Willie and Calvin Frazier there c1956, issuing several tracks on JVB. Any longtime Detroiters remember it? | ||
Graham Finch (acooolcat) 5-Doyen Username: acooolcat Post Number: 181 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 210.200.105.229 |
There will be some info on "The Queen" in the Mike Hanks story - here soon on soulfuldetroit. | ||
Gary (gary) 4-Laureate Username: gary Post Number: 141 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.5 |
Thanks BJL...that explains why I never heard of the place. | ||
matt weingarden (mrfinewine) 2-Debutant Username: mrfinewine Post Number: 20 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 64.74.45.38 |
cool stuff! i've got that 45 by the bitter and the sweet, two good sides...though the lyrics on the "babies" song seem slightly comical. wasn't there a high chapparal in detroit, ben's high chapparal?? m | ||
Gary (gary) 4-Laureate Username: gary Post Number: 142 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.73.238.5 |
Matt...The Ben's High Chapparal in Detroit was on Mack. It's been closed for a long time. | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 5-Doyen Username: dvdmike Post Number: 314 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.85 |
Who remembers these Windy City spots? BURNING SPEAR DALLAS ENTERTAIMENT CENTER (Formerly the High Chaparral) BARBARA'S PEPPERMINT LOUNGE DINGBAT'S RON BRISKMAN'S HIDEOUT TRANSITIONS EAST FLUKIE'S GODFATHER LOUNGE SWEET GEORGIA BROWN'S (Owned by Lisa Raye's dad) BBC MOTHER'S SHEBA LOUNGE (Arsenio Hall was the M.C. before he blew up) NIMBUS PERV'S HOUSE (Now East of the Ryan) TIGER LOUNGE (Message edited by dvdmike on August 25, 2004) (Message edited by dvdmike on August 26, 2004) | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 5-Doyen Username: paladin Post Number: 228 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 206.185.64.23 |
Hey Mike been to most of them but Dont forget: The Guys & Gals The CopHer Box Green Bunny Ernies Show Lounge Boss Martins Keymans Club Rivers Edge Brick House GodFather 2 Apartment One Below Taste Mr. Rickys Kdubya..... | ||
dvdmike (dvdmike) 5-Doyen Username: dvdmike Post Number: 325 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.85 |
COPHERBOX I & II NEW APARTMENT LOUNGE HIGHER GROUND CHIC RICK'S STRICTLY BUSINESS TASTE (With the giant lips on the wall) ZANBIBAR MOTELS (After the party) WOODLAWN GARDENS (95th & Dorchester) VALHALLA'S (Hyde Park) BUTLER'S (Short-lived jazz club in Hyde Park) | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 5-Doyen Username: paladin Post Number: 230 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 206.185.64.23 |
Gazebo Cotton Club | ||
David Meikle (david_meikle) 5-Doyen Username: david_meikle Post Number: 354 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 82.1.161.33 |
Graham sends in this scan of the Anything-Everything label  |
