• The Chitlin' Circuit was a collection of performance venues found throughout the eastern, southern, and upper Midwest areas of the United States. They...
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  • and Orpheum controlled Chicago and everything to the west of it. The Chitlin' Circuit was a "collection of all-black venues, clubs, [and] theaters". Reopened...
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    Chitterlings (redirect from Chitlins)
    Chitterlings (/ˈtʃɪt(ər)lɪŋz/), sometimes spelled chitlins or chittlins, are the large intestines of domestic animals. They are usually made from pigs'...
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    served Black audiences. Eventually, TOBA was replaced in the 1930s by "chitlin' circuits", which emerged to link black performers and entertainment opportunities...
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    theater stage in the 1920s and became a veteran entertainer of the Chitlin' Circuit of black vaudeville. Mabley later recorded comedy albums and appeared...
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    called the Chitlin' Circuit, named after the dish that was usually associated with Black southerners and soul food. The Chitlin' Circuit was given its...
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    The zoot suit originated in African American comedy shows within the Chitlin' Circuit in the 1920s. Comedians such as Pigmeat Markham, Stepin Fetchit, and...
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    following. The Jackson 5 performed in talent shows and clubs on the Chitlin' Circuit, then signed with Steeltown Records in 1967 and released two singles...
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    frequently performed in Nashville's famed R&B clubs on the so-called "Chitlin' Circuit" in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Jamesetta Hawkins was born on January...
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    performed their own stage acts, working alongside each other on the Chitlin' Circuit and Foxx's TV sitcom Sanford and Son. Page began her showbusiness career...
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  • Hawkins, a golfer from Massachusetts. It was known affectionately as the Chitlin Circuit and included many talented golfers such as Ted Rhodes, Bill Spiller...
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    the most prestigious venues for black performers on the so-called "Chitlin Circuit", which served as a school of the performing arts for blacks who had...
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  • March 8, 2008. Rob Stapleton had earlier told him "Get out of the chitlin' circuit, and get in a mainstream room. Don't worry about how much they pay...
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  • of composer W.C. Handy in 1958. The Club Handy was a stop on the "Chitlin' Circuit," a selection of venues considered safe and acceptable for African-American...
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  • a bassist who performed with Jackie Wilson and Isaac Hayes on the "ChitlinCircuit" in the ’60s and ’70s. His dad also co-founded the Batiste Brothers...
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    Borscht Belt (redirect from Borscht Circuit)
    Resort on Oquaga Lake in Deposit, NY. History of the Catskill Mountains Chitlin' Circuit Sawdust trail Herrmann, Michele. "The Borscht Belt Was a Haven for...
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    Clarksville, then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with...
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    his first single for Duke in 1955. In 1956 he began touring on the Chitlin' Circuit with Junior Parker in a revue called Blues Consolidated, initially...
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  • soon after. The Jackson 5 performed in talent shows and clubs on the Chitlin' Circuit, then signed with Steeltown Records in 1967 and released two singles...
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    as in England and France, in the U.S. Richard had to perform on the Chitlin' Circuit. Richard's flamboyant look, while a hit during the 1950s, failed to...
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    was an American comedian and actor. He worked with Redd Foxx on the Chitlin' Circuit of stand-up comedy during the 1950s and 1960s. He appeared on the television...
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    Bryson to perform as Peabo. Two years later, he left home to tour the Chitlin' Circuit with another local band, Moses Dillard and the Tex-Town Display. Bryson's...
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  • 1929. Her father was a saxophonist and her mother was a dancer on the Chitlin Circuit. Her parents separated during her childhood and her mother remarried...
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  • owner in Indianapolis, who had a leading role in establishing the "Chitlin' Circuit" of United States entertainment venues for black entertainers and audiences...
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  • tonally bipolar, and as predictable as clockwork, this latest from chitlin' circuit impresario Tyler Perry is just a fat slab of ecstatic entertainment...
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    north and southeastern coasts of the United States as part of the Chitlin' Circuit, a series of rock shows performed at venues that welcomed predominantly...
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  • ISBN 978-0313344237. Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed February 2011 Chitlin' Circuit Archived 2011-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, Memphis Magazine (July...
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  • became The Payback. — Alan Leeds, There Was a Time: James Brown, The Chitlin' Circuit, and Me. Page 225. Post Hill Press, 2020. In the song, James Brown...
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  • Ray signs his own record deal and leaves the band. Touring on the Chitlin' Circuit as "Ray Charles", he is introduced to heroin. Ray is discovered by...
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    groups of that name. In 1969, Duane Allman, a veteran of the South's "Chitlin' Circuit" of roadhouses and small local venues who'd gone on to form several...
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