The Cotton Club Parade, 1934
In 1934 Adelaide starred for nine months in The Cotton Club Parade 24th Edition, at Harlem's Cotton Club (New York City) in the largest grossing show that was ever staged there. In the show she introduced the songs "Ill Wind" and "As Long As I Live", which Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler wrote especially for her.
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