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Ollie Potter (born 1900 in Louisville, Kentucky – 16 August 1953 Manhattan, New York) was an American female blues singer, notably of Cleveland and New York City, and a dancer, particularly of the shimmy style.

Career

Potter flourished regionally in Cleveland during the prohibition, on into the Great Depression, from the late 1920s, then relocated in Harlem, Manhattan, beginning around 1934, performing through the early 1950s with Art Tatum, Dickie Wells, Willie "the Lion" Smith, Ollie Shepard, and others. She made very few recordings — an extant four — but had been acclaimed by various musicologists and critics for one in particular — a 1941 amateur recording with Art Tatum and other singers at "Gee-Haw Stables," in Harlem. That particular recording was not released until 1971. In 1934, Marcus Wright, columnist for the New York Age stated that she was one of Harlem's favorite entertainers.

Death

Potter was admitted to the Sydenham Hospital in June 1953. After a long illness, she died August 16, 1953, in Manhattan.

Selected venues and collaborators

Extant discography

Published works

Marriages

On November 3, 1931, Variety magazine published that Potter was going to marry Herman Ferdinand (1905–1989) in December 1931. Potter was, at the time, performing at the Plaza Club in Cleveland and Ferdinand (born February 1, 1881, Russia) was a Cleveland club manager.^[27]

Notes and references

General references

Notes

1. ^Gee-Haw Stables, West 132nd Street between 7th & Lenox Avenue, c. 1940-45; an after-after-hours club
2. ^Elk's Rendezvous, 464 Lenox Avenue, c. 1930-45 - held social club dances
3. ^Addison Carey (likely a pseudonym; 1899–1952) was initially a dancer and bass singer; he became a prominent choreographer and producer of musical reviews, notably at the Harlem Opera House and the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem from the mid-1920s to the late 1940s; He often collaborated with Charles Davis, also a choreographer; the Lafayette, owned and operated by Frank Schiffman (1893–1974), was at the time Harlem's flagship vaudeville theatre
4. ^The Three Yorkers were composed of one female and two male singers who also danced
5. ^The Cleveland Plaza Club was located at 2515 East 61st Street; in 1931, Frank Burns was the manager; the address is the same as that of the Cleveland Home Brewing Company, Black Forest Beer
6. ^The Creole Kitchen (aka Creole Club), in Cleveland, was, in 1933, managed by Mammy Louise Brooks (née Louise Mae Brooks; 1884–1960); but in 1934, management was taken over by Elmer Waxman (1907–1973) in 1934
7. ^¹[https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INR19280225-01.1.3 "Here And There With The Players,"] Indianapolis Recorder, February 25, 1928, pg. 3, col. 3
8. ^¹"New 'Harlem Revels,'" New York Post, February 26, 1935
9. ^¹"Lion To Play At Suburban Gardens," Washington Afro-American, June 17, 1939; {{oclc|16156417}} (retrieved February 24, 2016 via {{url|http://thereisjazzbeforetrane.blogspot.com/search/label/Ollie Potter}})
10. ^¹[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jelfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QQMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2057%2C2221815 "Bits About 'Em,"] Washington Afro-American, June 6, 1936, pg. 11, col. 7
11. ^¹"Footlights And Bright Lights," Plain Dealer, October 17, 1932, pg. 15 (retrieved via {{url|genealogybank.com}} February 24, 2016)
12. ^¹[https://archive.org/stream/variety104-1931-11#page/n43/mode/2up "Chatter — Cleveland,"] by Glenn C. Pullen, Variety, November 3, 1931, pg. 45, col. 5
13. ^¹"Footlights And Bright Lights," Plain Dealer, January 24, 1933, pg. 15 (retrieved via {{url|genealogybank.com}} February 24, 2016)
14. ^¹"Cleveland's Creole Kitchen And Furnace Club Two of the Hottest Nite Club Spots In The Entire Country," Pittsburgh Courier October 28, 1933, pg. 6
15. ^¹"I Cover New York – From Broadway to Harlem," by Allan McMillan, Kansas Whip (newspaper, Topeka), December 12, 1935 (retrieved via {{url|genealogybank.com}} February 24, 2016)
16. ^¹"'Brooksie' Dies," California Eagle, February 25, 1960, pps. 1 & 3
17. ^¹"Pitt Gardens After 'Different' Acts," Billboard, October 7, 1933, p. 11
18. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/40887723/ "The Talk Of The Town"], by Marcus Wright, New York Age, December 8, 1934, pg. 5
19. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/image/40888134/ "The Talk Of The Town], by Marcus Wright, New York Age, December 22, 1934, pg. 5
20. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/40879142/ "Lafayette Theatre,"], New York Age, January 27, 1934, pg. 6
21. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/40887723/ "The Talk Of The Town"], by Marcus Wright, New York Age, December 8, 1934, pg. 5
22. ^"New Reyue 'A Sender' At Elks Rendezvous," New York Age, February 18, 1939, pg. 7
23. ^"Celeb Sick List," New York Age, June 13, 1953, pg. 6
24. ^"New York is My Beat" (re: "Ollie 'Dollar Bill' Potter"), Alan McMillan, New York Age, August 29, 1953, p. 7 (accessible via Newspapers.com at {{URL|https://www.newspapers.com/image/40478092}})