Sammy Louis's Band
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2011-10-04T15:04:46Z
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From the "Sounds & Stories" online exhibit.
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Sammy Louis's band, based at the Ritz, the largest club on Pennsylvania Avenue, toured through Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennslvania in the 1930s, sometimes travelling with a carnival. The band played on an elaborate set with "Harlem Revue" in blazing lights overhead. (Photo courtesy of Roy McCoy Collection)
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Musicians--Maryland--Baltimore., African American musicians.