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Richard "Dickie" Wells (1908–1949), also sometimes known as Mr. Harlem, was an American tap dancer and nightclub owner. Wells first gained note dancing in the Wells, Mordecai and Taylor Dance Trio with Jimmy Mordecai and Ernest Taylor.
9 Δεκ 2021 · Richard “Dickie” Wells, known as, “Mr. Harlem,” 1908-1949, was one of Harlem’s most gifted tap dancers, nightclub owners, and last but certainly not least, its most notorious male gigolo and playboy. Continue Reading →
17 Φεβ 2015 · By the end of the year, the pair sold the Nest to nightclub impresario Dickie Wells. He managed to keep the party going with headliner "Gloria Swanson," a witty female impersonator who, along with the drag "Mae West" and "Clara Bow," quickly became one of Harlem's most popular entertainers.
19 Ιουλ 2014 · There was Harlem nightclub owner Dicky Wells, who called himself the "Maharajah of Hattan" and who used to embark on cruises with white patrons to Nassau and Cuba.
Death. Dicky Wells (left) and brother Henry Wells at Eddie Condon's of New York City in January 1947. He died of cancer on November 12, 1985, in New York City. [3] Shortly after his death, Wells's family donated his trombone to the Rutgers University Institute of Jazz Studies .
9 Δεκ 2021 · Richard “Dickie” Wells, known as, “Mr. Harlem,” 1908-1949, was one of Harlem‘s most gifted tap dancers, nightclub owners, and last but certainly not least, its most notorious male gigolo and playboy ...
In 1933, Dickie Wells (né Richard Wells; 1907–1949) (not the trombonist by the same name) took over the lease and opened the Shim Sham Club. Carey and Frazier, later, owned and operated the Saratoga Club, on Lenox at 140th Street, which had been founded by Casper Holstein (1876–1944).
