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House Rent parties or Skiffles as they were
also known originated in the South with Church socials designed
to raise money. The rent party was refined in Harlem to raise
the funds to pay ones rent. By 1932, Harlem's landlord's were
charging newcomers exorbitant rents in their buildings during
the depression and in order to pay these high rents, rent parties
were thrown which was a good cheap excuse to get together and
socialize.
The rent party was a place
everyone could let loose. Usually the rent party consisted of
a stride pianist, someone's home or building, Alcohol and
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plenty of home cooked food, such as "Hog Maws, Pickled Pigs
Tails/ Feet, Southern Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Chitlin's,
Corn Bread, Crab Soup, Red Beans & Rice, and sometimes Chinese
dishes such as Chop Suey. Much alcohol was supplied to these socials.
Dancers would dance in the living rooms to the music supplied
by the Musician(s). These played a major part in the development
in Jazz and Blues Music.
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1900's |
Church Socials |
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House Blues |
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1930s - Raisin' the Rent (by
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House Rent Party (by Peter
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Ballets / Stage |
| 1933 - Mill's Blue Rhythm Band |
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1929 - Harlem! |
| 1935 - The Life Of The Party |
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Dancers, Choreographers etc. |
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Books, Magazine Articles on the dance... |
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Negroes Support Dance-Hall Policy
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("Rent Parties" as Occasions for "All
Manner of Debauchery.") |
6/21/1926 (pg.5) |
N.Y. Times Newspaper |
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Rent Party Jazz |
William Miller |
2001 |
Lee & Low Books |
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Harlem Renaissance: Rent Party, Harlem Renaissance |
Marita Bonner, Henry Bannarn |
2010 |
Books LLC |
Musicians |
Singers |
Poets / Writers |
| Clarence "Pinetop" Smith |
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| Fats Waller (1904-1943) |
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| James P. Johnson (1891-1955) |
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| Jimmy Yancey (& Mamma) |
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Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches |
| Boogie |
Blues |
Bands |
Blue Monday Party |
| Skiffle |
Jazz |
Pianist / Piano |
Chitterlings Rags |
| House Hop |
House Shout |
Parlor Social |
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