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Neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia
Darktown was an African-American neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. It stretched from Peachtree Street and Collins Street (now Courtland Street), past Butler
Darktown
Series of musical revues
The Darktown Follies were a series of musical revues staged in Harlem at the Lafayette Theatre from 1913 through 1916. All of the revue's creators were
Darktown_Follies
1917 single by Original Dixieland Jazz Band
including "At the Darktown Strutters' Ball", "The Darktown Strutters' Ball", and just "Strutters' Ball". Soon after its 1917 publication, "Darktown Strutters'
Darktown_Strutters'_Ball
1975 film by William Witney
Darktown Strutters is a 1975 blaxploitation musical comedy film from New World Pictures. The film initially focuses on a female gang of outlaw bikers and
Darktown_Strutters
1999 studio album by Steve Hackett
Darktown is the 14th studio album by English musician Steve Hackett, released in 1999. It was reissued in 2013 with 3 bonus tracks. On some copies of this
Darktown_(album)
Lithograph series produced by Currier and Ives
Darktown Comics is a series of Currier and Ives prints first produced in the 1870s that depicted racist vignettes ostensibly portraying a Black American
Darktown_Comics
Topics referred to by the same term
Darktown is a former African-American neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia U.S. Darktown or Dark Town may also refer to: Darktown (album), a 1999 album by
Darktown_(disambiguation)
2016 novel by Thomas Mullen
Darktown, published in 2016, is the fourth novel by American author Thomas Mullen. Its first sequel, Lightning Men, was published in September 2017. In
Darktown_(novel)
1931 film
Darktown Revue (1931) is an 18-minute American Pre-Code short film by Oscar Micheaux, his first short venture into sound film. The dances and ensembles
Darktown_Revue
American film producer and business executive (born 1958)
organization. Together with Sony, Pascal obtained rights for the TV crime drama Darktown, which she plans to executive produce with Jamie Foxx. In May 2019, it
Amy_Pascal
1916 film
Money Talks Downtown is a 1916 American short comedy film with an African American cast. It stars Jimmy Marshall and Florence McCain. It includes derogatory
Money_Talks_in_Darktown
American actor (1938–2022)
the period, including Hit Man (1972); Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973); Darktown Strutters (1975); and The River Niger (1976). Mosley's other film credits
Roger_E._Mosley
American printmaking firm
addition of James Merritt Ives. A perennial bestselling series was the Darktown Comics lithographs. Nathaniel Currier (1813–88) was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts
Currier_and_Ives
English guitarist (born 1950)
and live shows. In 1999, Hackett released his fourteenth studio album, Darktown. The album is named after a book, and the music and lyrical ideas took
Steve_Hackett
Italian American singer (1917–1989)
Monte's first big hit came in 1954, with the release of his version of "Darktown Strutters' Ball". In 1962, Monte released his first million-seller song
Lou_Monte
American actress (1892–1978)
Brother John (1971), and the Blaxploitation films Sugar Hill (1974) and Darktown Strutters (1975). Her TV career went back to what critics call 'the Golden
Zara_Cully
American writer (born 1945)
playwright, and professor. He is best known for his books Tragic Magic and Darktown Strutters. Tragic Magic, Brown's first novel, published in 1978, received
Wesley_Brown_(writer)
American R&B singer (1928–2012)
"Singin' in the Rain", "In a Little Spanish Town", "Sleepy Time Gal", "Darktown Strutters' Ball", "Blues in the Night", and "On the Top of My Mind". Over
Herb_Reed
Musical artist
film. As an actress, she has credited roles in Truck Turner (1974) and Darktown Strutters (1975). After the dissolution of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue
Edna_Richardson
American comedian and actor (1874–1922)
him as being the first Black man to have a leading role in a film with Darktown Jubilee in 1914, other sources have credited actor Sam Lucas with this
Bert_Williams
American production designer and film director (born 1945)
Malick 1974 Phantom of the Paradise Production designer Brian De Palma 1975 Darktown Strutters William Witney 1976 Vigilante Force Art director George Armitage
Jack_Fisk
1976 live album by John Tchicai–Irène Schweizer Group
Producer Niklaus Troxler John Tchicai chronology Afrodisiaca (1969) Willi the Pig: Live at the Willisau Jazz Festival (1976) Darktown Highlights (1977)
Willi_the_Pig
1898 musical
documented uses of the well-known "Who Dat?" comedy motif) and the finale, "Darktown Is Out Tonight". Despite his traditional musical education in music schools
Clorindy: The Origin of the Cakewalk
Clorindy:_The_Origin_of_the_Cakewalk
Seven-note rhythm and melody
is from the introduction of the 1899 Charles Hale minstrel song "At a Darktown Cake Walk". Other songs from the same period also used the tune. The same
Shave_and_a_Haircut
American actress
in Bamboo Gods and Iron Men 1974, T.N.T. Jackson in 1975, as Theda in Darktown Strutters 1975, and in Disco 9000 in 1976. The Redd Foxx Show - "The Old
Shirley_Washington
jazz recordings in 1917, when the Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Darktown Strutters' Ball" and "Indiana". Originally simply called "jazz", the music
List of pre-1920 jazz standards
List_of_pre-1920_jazz_standards
Canadian-American composer of popular music and jazz (1886–1975)
third of the 20th century; including "Some of These Days" and "At the Darktown Strutters' Ball". He composed "Some of These Days" at the Pekin Theatre
Shelton_Brooks
American character actor
Suspect Uncredited 1974 The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder Rodali 1975 Darktown Strutters V.D. 1976 Sparkle Ham 1976 The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars
DeWayne_Jessie
British artist known as Linder
Form, Salle Matisse, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, 2013 The Darktown Cakewalk: Celebrated from the House of FAME, produced by Sorcha Dallas
Linder_Sterling
Simplified or exaggerated artistic image
Egypt. List of caricaturists Cartoon Controversial newspaper caricatures Darktown Comics Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy Persona Physiognomy
Caricature
Canadian alternative rock band
rock Years active 1995 (1995)–2002 (2002) Labels A&M Mercury Polygram Darktown Universal Atlantic Past members Matthew Good Dave Genn Ian Browne Rich
Matthew_Good_Band
American actor (1929–2020)
Year Title Role Notes 1946 Fight That Ghost Fast Delivery Bill 1973 Mean Mother Opening Scene Henchman 1975 Darktown Strutters Six Bits
Raymond Allen (television actor)
Raymond_Allen_(television_actor)
in the 1870s Currier and Ives produced a series of lithographs called Darktown Comics. Prominent collector Harry Peters called the lithographs "mirrors
Portrayal of black people in comics
Portrayal_of_black_people_in_comics
Composition that is an important part of the repertoires of jazz musicians
December 1916 and in 1917, when the Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded "Darktown Strutters' Ball" and "Indiana". The first record with "Jass" on the label
Jazz_standard
English rock musician (born 1941)
during his live sets. Brown signed to Decca Records. He charted with "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" in 1960, and had UK Top 10 hits on the Piccadilly label
Joe_Brown_(musician)
Music genre
to Europe, then on their return recorded Dixieland standards including "Darktown Strutters' Ball". From 1920 to 1933, Prohibition in the United States banned
Jazz
1980 studio album by Alberta Hunter
No. Title Length 1. "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" 5:20 2. "Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out" 3:48 3. "I'm Having a Good Time" 2:35 4. "Always" 3:41
Amtrak_Blues
American composer and violinist (1869–1944)
Playbill from 1898 showing Edward E. Rice's production of Cook's Clorindy, featuring the song "Darktown is Out Tonight"
Will_Marion_Cook
English-Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist (1947–2001)
Car" (September 1975) and top ten appearances with a cover version of "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (February 1976), and with "Jamaica Rum" (January 1977)
Ted_Mulry
Song by Jelly Roll Morton
Blues". It is referenced by name in the 1917 Shelton Brooks composition "Darktown Strutters' Ball". The Red Hot Peppers version is a typical New Orleans
Jelly_Roll_Blues
American actress (1881–1957)
and recorded as a singer and banjoist. They worked together in their act Darktown Entertainer which toured predominantly in Europe from 1903 through 1914
Laura_Bowman
American actor (born 1952)
both released in 1974. The following year he appeared in the musical film Darktown Strutters. In 1976, Shaw starred in the sports comedy film The Bingo Long
Stan_Shaw
American actress, vocalist, choreographer, dancer
Dolls 1970 The Great White Hope 1971 Diamonds Are Forever Thumper 1975 Darktown Strutters Syreena 1976 The Muthers Marcie 1980 The Blues Brothers Dancer
Trina_Parks
Korea-born actor and comedian
Chai Hong Chai Hong and the Darktown Strutters (1919) Born Chai Young Hong 26 November 1882 or 1885 Korea Died 4 January 1946 New York, USA Occupations
Chai_Hong_(actor)
Pejorative name
Minstrelsy by Jim Comer, in fiction such as Adventures of Rufus Rastus Brown in Darktown (1906) and Rastus Comes to the Point: A Negro Farce, in popular songs such
Rastus
American writer
member of ASCAP (1914). His novelty songs, popular in their day, include "Darktown Poker Club" and "I'm Cured", written for the great vaudevillian Bert Williams
Jean_Havez
1997 studio album by the Matthew Good Band
Burnaby, British Columbia Genre Alternative rock Length 57:27 Labels Mercury Darktown PolyGram Producer Warne Livesey Matthew Good Band chronology Raygun (EP)
Underdogs_(album)
Type of dress designed to fit close to the body, relatively unadorned
included the song "Sheath Gown in Darktown", whose chorus mentions a "sheath gown": Oh there's trouble down in Old Darktown, Since Bella came with that sheath
Sheath_dress
Dance
"This dance started in Atlanta Georgia, 1923 in a Negro settlement called 'Darktown'..." The sheet music's cover photograph features dancer Stella Doyle, who
Black_Bottom_(dance)
1984 studio album by Fat Boys
"Arabian Riff (The Streets of Cairo)" (1895) Malcolm McLaren – "Hobo Scratch" (1983) "Can You Feel It" Charles Hale – "At a Darktown Cakewalk" (1899)
Fat_Boys_(album)
Film genre
Song of the South. It features the voice of Barry White as Br'er Bear. Darktown Strutters (dir. William Witney) is a farce produced by Roger Corman's brother
Blaxploitation
1929 film
cast. Al Christie based it on the Octavus Roy Cohen comedy series called "Darktown Birmingham", published in the Saturday Evening Post. Arvid Gillstrom directed
The_Melancholy_Dame
1998 single by Matthew Good Band
Columbia, Canada Genre Alternative rock Length 5:11 4:00 (Radio edit) Label Darktown Records, Mercury Records, Polygram Records Songwriters Matthew Good, Dave
Apparitions_(song)
1936 film by D. W. Griffith, W. S. Van Dyke
lowered down before the film starts. Early in the film, the song "The Darktown Strutters Ball" can be heard; this is a historically inaccurate inclusion
San_Francisco_(1936_film)
1950 single by Ray Anthony and His Orchestra
"Count Every Star" Single by Ray Anthony and His Orchestra B-side "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" Released 1950 Genre Jazz Length 3:01 Label Capitol Songwriters
Count_Every_Star
1997 studio extended play by the Matthew Good Band
The EP was distributed by A&M Records on Matthew Good's own imprint, Darktown. It was the first MGB album recorded with guitarist Dave Genn as an official
Raygun_(album)
American jazz band
after Victor recorded two of the band's supposedly original compositions) "Darktown Strutters' Ball" and "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" as catalogue A-2297
Original_Dixieland_Jass_Band
American singer (1871–1916)
part of various Vaudeville groups of which the most important was his own Darktown Entertainers. In 1903 he starred in the landmark Broadway musical In Dahomey
Pete_Hampton
1995 studio album by the Matthew Good Band
Utopia Parkway Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Manufacturer: Darktown Records Distributor: A&M Records, a division of PolyGram Inc. Words and
Last_of_the_Ghetto_Astronauts
1999 single by Matthew Good Band
Universal Music Canada United States December 5, 2000 Active rock alternative radio Atlantic Australia July 16, 2001 CD Universal Music Australia Darktown
Hello_Time_Bomb
included Spanish, French, Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew. He recorded the song "Darktown Strutters Ball" for Welk in Italian on the Coral record label with Bob
Aladdin_(performer)
American jazz clarinetist (1893-1953)
were re-recorded by later jazz bands. In 2006, his 1917 recording of "Darktown Strutters' Ball" with the Original Dixieland Jass Band was inducted into
Larry_Shields
1989 American buddy cop action comedy film
Cooper "It's No Crime" – Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds "Harlem Nocturne" – Darktown Strutters The film opened on December 22, 1989, and during its opening
Tango_&_Cash
American actor
theater productions as an actor, including in a musical dancing role in Darktown Follies. He was born James Edward Thompson. He married fellow actor Evelyn
Edward_Thompson_(actor)
American composer and producer (1847–1924)
Sheet music cover for the song "Darktown Is Out Tonight", from Rice's Clorindy (1898)
Edward_E._Rice
American actor (1907–1986)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) – Janitor The Day of the Locust (1975) – Butler Darktown Strutters (1975) – Bo The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Alvin_Childress
2003 studio album by Matthew Good
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Genre Alternative rock Length 69:07 Labels Darktown, Universal Music Canada Producer Warne Livesey Matthew Good chronology
Avalanche (Matthew Good album)
Avalanche_(Matthew_Good_album)
Former animatronic attraction at Disneyland
Storks, Geese Quartets (male and female), Pig, Sam and Ollie "Ja-Da" / "Darktown Strutters' Ball" / "Singin' in the Rain" – The Beep-Bop Boys (geese quartet)
America_Sings
Scottish singer-songwriter (1951–2015)
album Soundtracks by Tony Banks in 1986. "Days of Long Ago" on the album Darktown by Steve Hackett in 1999. The 1999 compilation The Best of Jim Diamond
Jim_Diamond_(singer)
Amusement park in Revere, Massachusetts (closed 1910)
Rink Miniature Railroad Palmists and Astrologers Florida Alligator Jungle Darktown Nazzaro, Edward and Nazzaro, Frederick Wonderland: Revere's Mystic City
Wonderland Amusement Park (Massachusetts)
Wonderland_Amusement_Park_(Massachusetts)
American actor (1920–1986)
Michael McDonough at Brigham Young University, 1984 Credited with singing "Darktown Strutters' Ball" in the 1971 film The Abominable Dr. Phibes (as heard on
Paul_Frees
American actor (1928–2019)
Paul Bartel Uncredited White Line Fever "Birdie" Corman Jonathan Kaplan Darktown Strutters Officer Hugo William Witney Crazy Mama Wilbur Janeway Jonathan
Dick_Miller
1917 song
the Original Dixieland Jass Band, (ODJB), who released it as a 78 with "Darktown Strutters' Ball". This lively instrumental version by the ODJB was one
Back_Home_Again_in_Indiana
2003 video album by Various Artists
"Jump in My Car" (1975) and top ten appearances with a cover version of "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (1976), "Jamaica Rum" (1977) and "My Little Girl" (1977)
Gimme_Ted
Annual literary award
Belgravia (2016) Julian Fellowes Juliet Stevenson Hachette Audio Finalist Darktown (2016) Thomas Mullen Andre Holland Simon & Schuster Audio Finalist End
Audie_Award_for_Fiction
American jazz cornetist and trumpeter (1889–1961)
influential cover versions of the jazz standard. In 2006, his 1917 recording of "Darktown Strutters' Ball" with the Original Dixieland Jass Band was inducted into
Nick_LaRocca
1938 film by H. C. Potter
Army Now," "Over There," "Stars and Stripes Forever," "K-K-K-Katy," "The Darktown Strutters' Ball," "(There Are) Smiles," and "Pack Up Your Troubles In Your
The_Shopworn_Angel
Topics referred to by the same term
2006 album Memorial "In Memoriam", by Steve Hackett from the 1999 album Darktown "In Memoriam", by the Oh Hellos from the 2012 album Through the Deep, Dark
In_Memoriam
Former TV programming block, showcasing cult films
number of genres, including but not limited to blaxploitation films (Coffy, Darktown Strutters, The Mack), horror, slasher, and giallo films (Let's Scare Jessica
TCM_Underground
Theatrical makeup caricaturing Black people
1177/0891241606286997. S2CID 146539852. Lott, Eric (1997). "Review of Darktown Strutters". African American Review. 31 (1): 169–172. doi:10.2307/3042205
Blackface
1936 single by Ella Fitzgerald
"This Is My Last Affair" Single by Ella Fitzgerald A-side "Darktown Strutters' Ball" Released December 1936 (1936-12) Recorded November 18, 1936 (1936-11-18)
This_Is_My_Last_Affair
1929 film
and is available online. The film series, based on Octavus Roy Cohen's Darktown Birmingham stories published in the Saturday Evening Post include racial
Music_Hath_Harms
American singer and vaudeville performer (1888 or 1896–1967)
she and Crump reorganized Raisin' Cain, which by then had been renamed Darktown Scandals, and continued to tour the South and Midwest until 1939. In the
Ida_Cox
American director
he directed I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) starring Jim Brown and Darktown Strutters a 1975 blaxploitation musical comedy. Witney was married to former
William_Witney
1942 film by William Beaudine
and June Hershey) Lorenza Flennoy and His Chocolate Drops - "Down in Old Darktown" "Lucky Ghost". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Lucky Ghost
Lucky_Ghost
American blues singer
Works 1921–1926 in Chronological Order. Document Records: DODC-5522. "'The Darktown Follies' In My Friend From Kentucky, With Music, Book, Lyrics and Staged
Daisy_Martin
American novelist (born 1974)
2011 The Revisionists (Mulholland Books US and Mulholland Books UK) 2015 Darktown 2017 Lightning Men 2020 Midnight Atlanta 2023 Blind Spots 2024 The Rumor
Thomas_Mullen_(author)
Swedish crime fiction award
2014) 2017 – Ane Riel, Harpiks, ( Denmark, 2015) 2018 – Thomas Mullen, Darktown, ( USA, 2016) 2019 – Jane Harper, The Lost Man, ( Australia, 2018) 2020
Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation
Best_Crime_Novel_in_Swedish_Translation
and live shows. In 1999, Hackett released his fourteenth studio album, Darktown. It included Julian Colbeck, Hugo Degenhardt, Jim Diamond, John Hackett
List of Steve Hackett band members
List_of_Steve_Hackett_band_members
American singing group of the 1940s–1970s
12, 2017. The Skylarks discography at Discogs The Skylarks at the Vocal Group Hall of Fame The Skylarks perform "Darktown Strutter's Ball" on YouTube
The_Skylarks_(vocal_group)
Musical artist
of the Skies: Genesis Revisited 1997 – A Midsummer Night's Dream 1998 – Darktown 2001 – Live Archive 2002 – Guitare Classique 2002 – Hungarian Horizons
John_Hackett_(musician)
Time Goes By Ask Me Now At Last At Long Last Love At Sundown (At the) Darktown Strutters' Ball At the Jazz Band Ball Au Privave Auld Lang Syne Aunt Hagar's
List_of_jazz_tunes
2011 soundtrack album by Various artists
'Em", performed by Stephen DeRosa "My Man", performed by Regina Spektor "Darktown Strutters' Ball", performed by Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks "Crazy
Boardwalk Empire Volume 1: Music from the HBO Original Series
Boardwalk_Empire_Volume_1:_Music_from_the_HBO_Original_Series
American drummer
kazoo attached to his set, providing some of the band's sound effects. "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (1917) by Original Dixieland Jass Band was inducted into
Tony_Sbarbaro
American actress (1889–1985)
Step Children (1938) Birthright (1939) The Betrayal (1948) As producer: Darktown Revue (1931) Murder in Harlem (1935) Birthright (1939) As miscellaneous
Alice_B._Russell
American blues composer and musician (1873–1958)
Blues (Okeh #4880) (1923) Sundown Blues/Florida Blues (Okeh #4886) (1923) Darktown Reveille/Ole Miss Blues (Okeh #8110) (1923) I Walked All the Way From East
W._C._Handy
1953 American drama film
Laparcerie / Jean Richepin / Auguste Richepin): sung by Nicole Maurey "Darktown Strutters' Ball": sung by Bing Crosby and Nicole Maurey "A Propos de Rien"
Little_Boy_Lost_(1953_film)
1993 compilation album by Chet Atkins
(Burris, Smith) – 2:58 "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 2:42 "Darktown Strutters' Ball" (Brooks) – 2:01 (Performed by: Atkins, Hank Snow) "The
Galloping Guitar: The Early Years
Galloping_Guitar:_The_Early_Years
2011 studio album by Steve Hackett
(Steve Hackett, Fenner) – 3:34 (previously appeared on Japan edition of Darktown as "The Well at the World's End") "Four Winds: West" (Steve Hackett, King)
Beyond_the_Shrouded_Horizon
English writer
subject (2013) (eds. Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh). Greetings from Darktown : an illustrator's miscellany, a collection of the work of Jonny Hannah
Philip_Hoare
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