Blue Angel

CTL-E-0431 · Address · site · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

During the 1950s U.S. calypso craze, Chicago's Blue Angel nightclub was among the clubs that shifted to an all-calypso format.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-115; source research type(s): Place. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

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