vintage COPACABANA night club ashtray ORIG c. 1940s

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antique original Bakelite vintage ash tray from the 1940s - from the famous new york city night club THE COPACABANA this is an original black Bakelite { not plastic } ash try in very good to excellent condition not a later day reproduction ! marked on the bottom QUALITY EAGLE MADE U.S.A. guaranteed original ! probably taken home as a souvenir, from a concert featuring one of the famous headliners like Frank Sinatra who sang there in the 40's or 50's The copacabana opened just before the start of world war two at 10 East 60th Street in New York City. started by a man named Monte Proser , but he was soon pushed aside by mob boss Frank Costello. the club originally had a strict "no blacks" policy. In 1944 Harry Belafonte was banned from the Copacabana. He was in the U.S. Navy at the time, and was denied entry with a date. Eventually the club changed its policy, and Belafonte returned in the 1950s as a headliner at the club. Sam Cooke performed there on July 8, 1964, resulting in the LP Sam Cooke at the Copa, Sammy Davis Jr. shattered attendance records with his run in May 1964, and in 1965 The Supremes made their debut there in July, resulting in Motown Records booking The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Marvin Gaye in the next few years Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were frequent performers at the club, and did their last performance there as well, on July 25, 1956, which is seen in the 2002 TV movie Martin and Lewis. This nightclub achieved a degree of notoriety due to a May 16, 1957 incident involving members of the New York Yankees. One evening, the baseball players Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra, Johnny Kucks and Billy Martin of the Yankees, along with the wives of the former five arrived at the nightclub to celebrate Martin's birthday. Sammy Davis, Jr. happened to be the headliner. During the performance, a group of bowlers, apparently intoxicated, started to interfere with Davis' act, even hurling racial slurs at him. This behavior incensed the Yankees, especially Martin, since his club roommate was catcher Elston Howard, the first African American to join the Yankees. Tensions erupted between the two factions, and the resulting fracas made newspaper headlines. Several of the Yankees were fined. One of the bowlers sued Bauer for aggravated assault, but Bauer was found not guilty. In the mid-1970s, the Copa became a discothèque. It was closed for three years in the 1970s after the owner died.[5] the original location at 10 e. 60 St closed in the early 1990s ,... this is a list of some of the Musicians who played there Paul Anka Toni Arden Harry Belafonte Tony Bennett Patti Brooks Cerrone Tina Charles Petula Clark Linda Clifford Nat King Cole Willie Colón Perry Como Sam Cooke Celia Cruz Xavier Cugat Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Billy Daniels Bobby Darin Sammy Davis Jr. Tommy Dorsey Billy Eckstine Ruth Etting Ella Fitzgerald Connie Francis Marvin Gaye Gloria Gaynor Gary Glitter Isaac Hayes Lena Horne Kool & the Gang Stan Keller and his Orchestra Héctor Lavoe Abbe Lane Peggy Lee Rose Marie Dean Martin Tony Martin Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Bette Midler Liza Minnelli Carmen Miranda Wayne Newton Tony Orlando & Dawn Odyssey Edith Piaf Tito Puente Johnnie Ray Della Reese The Ritchie Family Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Silver Convention Frank Sinatra Kay Starr Donna Summer The Supremes Martha Reeves & The Vandellas The Temptations The Trammps Sophie Tucker Tina Turner Barry White Jackie Wilson Stevie Wonder The Village People Bobby Vinton and Comedians Sid Caesar Joey Bishop George Carlin Pat Cooper Rodney Dangerfield Jimmy Durante Frank Fay Jackie Gleason Buddy Hackett Peter Lind Hayes Jack E. Leonard Jerry Lewis Joe E. Lewis Groucho Marx Jan Murray Don Rickles Phil Silvers Danny Thomas Bert Wheeler Robin Williams Henny Youngman Joan Rivers read more

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