The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-02-16
CLUB
BALLYHOO


City, which employs all Negro en-
tertainers. the other evening whei
telephone call came In the Office
for me 10 come To the Ballyhos
Club between ten and ten thirty
thought II was all joke, or els'
was to be put on the spot,
didn't know just exactly what I.
do or think. anyway | went ans
now that its all settled I am glat
that did go. There Is chorus OF
six lighting fast sepia daners
whom we all call chorus girls
Virginia Lightfoot and Adella
Jackson. Hattie Storey and Mar
tha Ruckye. Hazel Carter and We
( Guild not learn the name of the
! other young lady but believe me
this is a chorus that Is really
worth seeing. real swell bunch
of chorus girls. great dancers and
they are certainly not hard to see
when il comes 10 beauty Burma
dyn Walker lshe said we spelled
her name wrong before. hope we
got II right this timel is the
heat wave at this club. swell
dancer. nice singer md has she
got looks? Well don't ask me.
Shelton Brooks is the production
boss there. YOU know shelton,
Shelton Brooks famous composer
OF hit songs. piano players. mas
ter OF ceremonies and swell fell
low the does not remember me.
but met him In New York quite
some time ago. Chicago's Queen
or The Mite Clubs. Carolyn Snow
den is there also. and she does a
bit OF torch singing. using that
popular number Wagon Wheels"
and does she put it across? Well.
you should Just hear her sing IL.
does II up in grand old southern
style annd makes you think about
those days away back down home
with nice little hot-cha number
and says that she Is "Glutton
For Love-" don't believe q word
OF II Carolyn.
Charles Ray. formerly OF the
Cotton C,wb~New York. Is u rather
nice tenor singer. he croons Mite
and Day" in a very charming way
don't you know. And oh boy. but
the ladies' certainly go for this
little boy from Harlem in big
way.
Willie Green. From New Or
leans. one of the fastest and most
satile dancers in Detroit is plan
ming some real up sets in show
business and we certainly hope
that he gets break and Is able
to carry through his ideas. boy II
YOU do. well. Flo "Ziggie' will
look like piker. And here's wish
ing you lot of luck with your
ideas Willie. they are good. Willie
is formerly of the second edition
"a Lew l.eslies Blackbirds.
JOE NORRIS AND HIS ORCHES
IRA.
Hero is the only organized or
chestra that has been In tact fol
any length Of time in Detroit. Fol
more than two years now this or
chestra has retained the sam,
men and Joe himself who play
the tenor saxophone has been tn
guiding hand. There are clever
musicians who have weathered tn
storms and stuck together throug
all kinds OF adversities and hard
ships and only an orchestra lead
er can tell you how numberou
! these difficulties are Raymon
I Minis, Saunders wilkins ard Jo
: Norris are the saxophone player
Howard Thompson. Robert Port
and John Alexander are the truu
pet players. William Banks an
William Mullins play the tron
bones. Neal Robinson plays plan
]. G. Cochran Is the drummer an
q Herbert Thompson plays that hi
bass fiddle. Through no faults
= JOe's two OF the members of IN
band are not In the BalIyhoo Clu
II Is the local musicians unic
who keeps these two men out
this engagement But just the san
this band puts out some OF n
e sweetest, most mellow. softest an
u most danceable music In Detro
p Guy I.ombardo is only few juml
- ahead of this orchestra. And j
has ideas too. some very gre
ideas. we only hope that luck al
il good fortune will follow him
II lead him or do something and I
u this swell chap get break vii
y his orchetra.
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