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Josh White
Singer, guitarist, songwriter
1914–1969, born in Greenville, South Carolina
Neighborhood
Wikipedia ties Josh White to Harlem, Manhattan. A tie, not always an origin
Places
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
Café Society
1938–1948Barney Josephson’s club on Sheridan Square, open from 1938 to 1948, prided itself on treating black and white customers equally. Josephson helped launch Lena Horne’s career, and Josh White, the club’s defining star in the early 1940s, headed the bill for four years. Billie Holiday first sang “Strange Fruit” here, per Wikipedia.
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