Leo’s Casino 7500 Euclid Ave Cleveland OH 44103. Related Locations. Share: Previous The Levitt Shell, Memphis – Considered First Venue For A Rock Concert. An oral history of Cleveland's legendary 1960s club Leo's Casino. Get the John Coltrane Setlist of the concert at Leos Casino, Cleveland, OH, USA on August 20, 1965 and other John Coltrane Setlists for free on setlist. Bennie Jean Johnson remembers seeing the Four Tops at Leo's Casino.
Leo’s Casino, was a premier nightclub in Cleveland Ohio for Motown artists and Rhythm & Blues performers, including Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, the Supremes, the Temptations and many others. Our radio station is in honor of this renowned venue known for its racial diversity during the tumultuous 1960s riot in Cleveland Ohio’s Hough community. Leos Casino Radio was created to allow youths to appreciate the music that mapped the way to the music they enjoy today. They can learn the music’s history, the songs writers and performers and tie the information directly to their favorite musical artist who are sampling these songs today.
Contact Details-
Website:www.leoscasinoradio.com
Email:leoscasinoradio@gmail.com
Language:English
Country:United States
Genres:70s / 80s / R&B
Former Location –
After his first location burned to the ground, Leo Frank along with his business partner Jules Berger, started Leo’s Casino in 1963 at the old Quad Hall Hotel.
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Between 1963 and 1972, an illustrious entourage of musical acts performed at Leo’s Casino, including Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, the Supremes, the Temptations and the Four Tops. Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin gave some of their first performances at the club while Otis Redding made his last stage appearance at the club prior to his fatal plane crash in 1967. The club also provided a springboard for numerous comedians, such as Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson and Redd Foxx.
It closed for good in 1972.
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Leo’s Casino
7500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland OH 44103