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The Club Manhattan was a nightclub at 1320 East Broadway in East St. Louis, Illinois. [1] The venue was owned by Booker Merritt. [2] The Club Manhattan has a prominent place in Greater St. Louis music history. It is best known for being the nightclub where singer Tina Turner met her future husband, bandleader Ike Turner.
The Club Imperial was a nightclub at 6306-28 West Florissant Ave in St. Louis, Missouri. During the club's heyday in the 1950s through the 1960s, acts such as Ike & Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, and Bob Kuban and the In-Men performed at the Club Imperial. [1] [2]
The Ike & Tina Turner Revue was formed in 1960 in St. Louis by songwriter, musician, and bandleader Ike Turner. By 1963, Ike Turner and his wife Tina Turner, lead singer of his band, had a string of R&B hit singles but no charting albums on Sue Records. They recorded on Turners own Sonja label and then signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1964. [4]
Frank L. "Buster" Wortman (December 4, 1904 – August 3, 1968) was an American St. Louis-area bootlegger, gambler, criminal gang leader, and a former member of the Shelton Brothers Gang during Prohibition. Wortman would eventually succeed the Sheltons, and take over St. Louis's gambling operations in southwest Illinois until his death.
Pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and Houston Astros: Born in Belleville Otis L. Miller: Feb 2, 1901: Jul 26, 1959: Third baseman for the St. Louis Browns and Boston Red Sox; served in the Illinois House of Representatives: Lived and died in Belleville Les Mueller: Mar 4, 1919: Oct 25, 2012: Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers ...
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WSDZ (1260 AM) is a radio station licensed to Belleville, Illinois, and serving the Greater St. Louis radio market. It is owned and operated by Relevant Radio, Inc. [2] WSDZ carries a catholic–talk radio format supplied by the Relevant Radio network. WSDZ, along with 1120 KMOX, are responsible for activation of the St. Louis area Emergency ...
The Sunset Cafe, also known as The Grand Terrace Cafe or simply Grand Terrace, [1] was a jazz club in Chicago, Illinois operating during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. It was one of the most important jazz clubs in America, especially during the period between 1917 and 1928 when Chicago became a creative capital of jazz innovation and again during ...