As proprietor of Roberts Show Lounge and the 500 Room, Roberts booked the likes of Nat “King” Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton—and responded to segregation and its legacy with ingenuity and class
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Blues on the Bandwagon
Midnite Blues Party (Electro-Fi) Eddy Clearwater Rock ‘n’ Roll City (Bullseye) John Lee Hooker was almost a pop star once. Actually, he came close a few times, but the first was with “Boom Boom” in 1962. A top-20 hit on Billboard’s R & B charts, it even saw limited action toward the bottom of the […]