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Events on Sunday 4 December 1927 3
1927Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton ClubStart of Ellington's Harlem residencyDuke Ellington and his orchestra began a long residency at the Cotton Club in Harlem. Regular radio broadcasts from the club gave the band a national audience. The engagement made Ellington one of the leading figures of jazz.
1927 – 1931Duke Ellington's Cotton Club residencyHarlemRadio broadcasts from the Cotton Club make his orchestra famous nationwide.
1927 – 2024William Labov (1927-2024)Died 17 December 2024, aged 97American linguist whose work on regional variation founded the field of sociolinguistics.