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Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (August 14, 1894 – February 1, 1984), better known as Bricktop, was an American dancer, jazz singer, vaudevillian, and self-described saloon-keeper who owned the famous nightclub "Chez Bricktop" in Paris from 1924 to 1961, as well as clubs in Mexico City and Rome.
- Dancer, singer, vaudeville performer, nightclub owner
- August 14, 1894, Alderson, West Virginia, U.S.
- Ada DuCongé
- February 1, 1984 (aged 89), New York City, U.S.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Ada "Bricktop" Smith, who operated venues in Rome, Paris and Mexico City, brushed shoulders with the likes of Langston Hughes, Salvador Dalí and Gertrude Stein
6 de ene. de 2013 · Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (“Bricktop”), vaudevillian actress, singer, nightclub owner, and international celebrity host, was born August 14, 1894 in Alderson, West Virginia, to Thomas and Hattie Thompson Smith.
El París de Ada «Bricktop» Smith: 1924 – 1939. El músico, musicólogo y escritor Lurent Cugny escribió en 2018 un artículo en el que analizaba lo que significó para los franceses, a principios del siglo XX, escuchar por primera vez una música sincopada norteamericana: “….
By. Steven J. Niven. Published October 1, 2015. In the 1920s and 1930s, Ada “ Bricktop ” Smith reigned as the grande dame of the Paris nightclub scene. T.S. Eliot wrote a poem for her, and...
31 de ene. de 2024 · Ada “Bricktop” Smith died in her Manhattan apartment one night in 1984, aged 89. Cole Porter declared that his friend must have been “an empress” in a former life. It seems an apt description of a no-nonsense woman who carried herself with regal grace (when sober), entertained the world’s political and artistic elite ...
Ada 'Bricktop' Smith played barkeep to the 'Lost Generation' of international ex-patriots living in Paris in the 1930s. The red haired cigar smoking American singer made the jump from Harlem to Montmartre—and her nightclubs became all the rage. A Who’s Who of musicians clamored to play there.
