Ad: Count Basie at the Birmingham City Auditorium (1940)

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Title

Ad: Count Basie at the Birmingham City Auditorium (1940)

Description

Newspaper advertisement for Count Basie at the Birmingham City Auditorium, Weekly Review, September 1940.

J. Earle Hensley, one of the event's promoters, was a longtime entertainment promoter in Birmingham's Black community.

Date

1940-09

Original Format

Newspaper clipping

Citation

“Ad: Count Basie at the Birmingham City Auditorium (1940),” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 3, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/1352.