Cotton Club (Portland, Oregon)

Cotton Club
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AddressPortland, Oregon
United States
Coordinates45°32′19″N 122°40′05″W / 45.538621°N 122.668024°W / 45.538621; -122.668024

The Cotton Club was a nightclub located in North Portland, Oregon, United States. Located at 2125 N. Vancouver Avenue (and N. Tillamook Street), the club gained attention during the 1960s as the "only nightclub on the West Coast with wall-to-wall soul."[1] Celebrities such as Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis Jr., Cass Elliot, The Kingston Trio, Joe Louis, and Archie Moore would visit the nightclub when they were in town.[2]

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  2. ^ "Angler Draws Strength from the Willamette River". 2005-04-04. Archived from the original on 2005-04-04. Retrieved 2020-03-01.