#150 - The Day the Music Died - the legend of Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson (Piccadilly, London, Britain)
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Today’s episode is about a music legend called Ken ‘Snake Hips’ Johnson; a bandleader who could have been one of the all-time greats had his brilliance not been snuffed-out before his time. Only his untimely death wasn’t brought-about because he was black and gay, but owing to one of the most random of tragedies.
Date: Saturday 8th March 1941 at roughly 9:45pmLocation: Cafe de Paris, 3-4 Coventry Street, London, UK, W1Victims: 34 dead including Kenrick Reginald Hijmans "Snake Hips" JohnsonKeywords: jazz, swing, blitz, bombing, casualties, English, British,
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