The story
Beale Street's grand Black vaudeville house, where Amateur Night launched B.B. King and Bobby 'Blue' Bland.
Everything that was here
- 1919–1962
Palace TheaterTheater
Beale Street's grand Black vaudeville house, where Amateur Night launched B.B. King and Bobby 'Blue' Bland.
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Nearby history
Pee Wee's Saloon
Beale Street at S. Third (Rufus Thomas Blvd), Memphis, TN 38103 · 29 m away
Club Handy (Mitchell Hotel / Domino Lounge)
Hernando Street at Beale, Memphis, TN 38103 · 56 m away
Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum
324 Beale Street · 64 m away
Lansky Brothers (original Beale Street store)
126 Beale Street, Memphis, TN 38103 · 196 m away
Clayborn Temple
294 Hernando Street · 329 m away
Orpheum Theatre (The Malco)
203 South Main Street · 397 m away
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