Site of popular nightclub that brought in Otis Redding, James Brown, Ruth Brown, the Orioles, LaVern Baker and Brook Benton in the 50s and 60s. WDAS disc jockey Jocko Henderson, briefly running the club with Loretta Adams, broadcast from Pep's in 1960. The quote is from http://articles.philly.com/1992-09-18/news/26021555_1_sam-cooke-movie-house-streets.
Publication date | Jun 24, 2018 |
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Site of popular nightclub that brought in Otis Redding, James Brown, Ruth Brown, the Orioles, LaVern Baker and Brook Benton in the 50s and 60s. WDAS disc jockey Jocko Henderson, briefly running the club with Loretta Adams, broadcast from Pep's in 1960. The quote is from http://articles.philly.com/1992-09-18/news/26021555_1_sam-cooke-movie-house-streets.
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Comments : In todays Inquirer, Weekend section, p. W18, A.D. Amorosi writes about a Jerry Blavat show, and mentions Peps Musical Bar, corner of Broad and South, where he said Lloyd Price, John Coltraine, Dinah Washington and Yusef Lateef performed.
Date : 2015-01-24