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Howard Theater

April 28, 2019 By Michael Fitzgerald Leave a Comment

7th St. and T, NW

1910-1970, 1975

Owned by Morton Gerber (), Sam Steifel (1931-). Manager Shep Allen.

Changed to movie theater in 1970, owned by District Theaters.

Recordings by Duke Ellington (1946), Cootie Williams (1947), Lionel Hampton (1948), Charlie Parker (1952), Charlie Parker (1953).

Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis at the Howard Theater
WES 4/13/56 p.A26
Ruth Brown at Howard Theater
WES 2/8/59 p.E2
Ruth Brown at Howard Theater
WP 1/1/60 p.B8
Sam Cooke at Howard Theater
WP 1/8/60 p.B9
The Drifters at Howard Theater
WP 1/15/60 p.C18
Little Willie John at Howard Theater
WP 1/29/60 p.B8
Philly Joe Jones, Lambert Hendricks & Ross, Ernestine Anderson, Sonny Stitt, Three Sounds, Johnny Hammond Smith at Howard Theater
WP 2/12/60 p.B10
Buddy Johnson at Howard Theater
WP 2/19/60 p.C6
Charlie Barnet, Al Cohn & Zoot Sims at Howard Theater
WP 2/26/60 p.C6
Brook Benton at Howard Theater
WP 3/4/60 p.A13
Marv Johnson at Howard Theater
WP 3/11/60 p.B5
African Holiday revue at Howard Theater
WP 4/1/60 p.D12
Roy Hamilton at Howard Theater
WP 4/15/60 p.D7
Louis Jordan at Howard Theater
WP 4/22/60 p.D11
Ray Charles, Cannonball Adderley, Betty Carter at Howard Theater
WP 4/29/60 p.C10
Sam Cooke at Howard Theater
WP 5/6/60 p.C7
Steve Gibson at Howard Theater
WP 5/20/60 p.B9
The Jazztet, Jimmy Smith, James Moody, Gloria Lynne at Howard Theater
WP 5/27/60 p.C6
Gloria Lynne, Shirley Scott, Herbie Mann, Art Blakey at Howard Theater
WES 2/23/61 p.B11
Rick Henderson at Howard Theater
WP 8/14/62 p.A21
Jimmy Smith, Nancy Wilson, Ramsey Lewis, Redd Foxx, Oscar Brown, Jr. at Howard Theater
WP 8/21/62 p.A15

Bibliography

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Coburn, Randy Sue. “At the Howard: The Search for a D.C. Legend.” Washington Star, October 29, 1978.

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