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The Royal Peacock Club provided an elegant setting where many African Americans could perform and bring the changing styles of black popular music to Atlanta. Originally called the Top Hat Club when it opened in 1938, the club hosted local talent and national acts such as B.B. King, the Four Tops, the Tams and Atlanta's own Gladys Knight.
In 1954, Wright signed a contract with Peacock Records, owned by Don Robey, in Houston, Texas. [9] He made his last recordings in 1959. He primarily worked as an MC in Atlanta [9] but continued to perform until he suffered a stroke. He died of a pulmonary embolism [2] just before his 1991 Halloween show at the Royal Peacock in Atlanta.
Hall was born in Oakland City, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. [3] [2] After singing from the age of four at a nearby church, Hall formed a duo with her sister, Barbara, called the Soul Sisters. She later formed the Exotics, singing and dancing particularly at the Royal Peacock Club, one of the premier Atlanta nightclubs.
Lee Moses was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and attended Booker T. Washington High School.In the late 1950s he formed his first band, the Showstoppers. They became a popular live act in the Atlanta area, and were at one time the house band at the Royal Peacock club.
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The May Patterson Goodrum House is a historic home in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia completed in 1932. It is also known as the Peacock House. [3] [4] It is an English Regency style mansion designed by Atlanta architect Philip T. Shutze and is considered one of his "finest works."
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