Mister Kelly's

Mister Kelly's was a nightclub at 1028 North Rush Street in Chicago which operated from 1957 to 1975 and specialized in live performances by popular musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, Ramsey Lewis, Dinah Washington, John Coltrane, Barbra Streisand, Julie London, Anita O'Day, Thelonius Monk, Cannonball Adderley, Nancy Wilson, Rufus with Chaka Khan, Carmen McRae, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli and Barry Manilow. Comedians who also performed at Mister Kelly's included the likes of Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Richard Pryor, Joan Rivers, Bill Cosby, George Carlin, The Smothers Brothers, Freddie Prinze, Dick Gregory, Redd Foxx, Totie Fields, Flip Wilson, David Steinberg, Stiller and Meara, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Tim and Tom, Phyllis Diller, Bob Newhart, Don Rickles, Rodney Dangerfield, Jackie Mason and Lily Tomlin. Musical directors at the club included Dick Marx, Marty Rubenstein and Larry Novak.

External links

Info page in Japanese with exterior photos
Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s includes an excerpt about Mister Kelly's
Bill Cosby talks about performing at Mister Kelly's

Coordinates: 41°54′05″N 87°37′41″W / 41.9014°N 87.6280°W / 41.9014; -87.6280

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