The famous white-suited Cab Calloway (1907-1994) appeared at Fern Brook on August 9, 1932, and again on July 30, 1934 (the rainy night of the American Tragedy Murder at the Lake).  The athletic Calloway and the Cotton Club Orchestra were well-known Chicago and Harlem players - a rival to Duke Ellington.  He appeared in film productions between his Fern Brook appearances and broke the color barrier in 1930 with mainstream radio shows from the Cotton Club in
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