A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from March 27, 2005
Hotlanta
The Alman Brothers Band played a song called "Hot'Lanta" in 1971. The Atlanta Constitution is being digitized and we'll soon know if there are any earlier citations, but "Hotlanta" appears to have spread in the 1970s and 1980s.

2 December 1973, New York Times, pg. 651:
"Hotlanta," the good ol' boys from the hinterlands cry, and every night you can find people craning their necks at the glass elevators sliding down the middle of the vast Regency Hyatt House lobby, the No. 1 tourist attraction in the city.

(OCLC WorldCat)
Title: At Fillmore East
Corp Author(s): Allman Brothers Band.
Publication: New York :; Capricorn,
Year: 1974
Description: 1 sound cassette :; 1 7/8 ips.
Language: English
Music Type: Rock music
Standard No: Publisher: M5N-2-0131; Capricorn
Contents: Statesboro blues -- Done somebody wrong -- Stormy Monday -- Hot'lanta -- In memory of Elizabeth Reed -- You don't love me -- Whipping post.

(OCLC WorldCat)
Title: The Allman Brothers Band
Corp Author(s): Allman Brothers Band. (Performer - prf)
Publication: Madrid :; Polydor,
Year: 1982, 1971
Description: 1 sound disc (41 min.) :; analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ;; 12 in.
Language: English
Series: Historia de la musica rock ;; 18
Music Type: Rock music
Standard No: Publisher: 28 61 300; Polydor
Contents: One way out -- Blue sky -- Hot'lanta -- Ain't wastin' time no more -- Little Martha -- Wasted words -- Jessica -- Ramblin' man -- Melissa.
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Rock music -- 1971-1980.
Note(s): Rock songs./ Recorded ca. 1971-1973 and originally released in the US on the Capricorn label.
Other Titles: One way out.; Blue sky.; Hot'lanta.; Ain't wastin' time no more.; Little Martha.; Wasted words.; Jessica.; Ramblin' man.; Melissa.
Material Type: Musical recording (msr); LP recording (lps)
Document Type: Sound Recording

(OCLC WorldCat)
Title: Purple crush
Author(s): Harvey, Alex.
Publication: New York :; Arista Records,
Year: 1977
Description: 1 sound disc :; 33 1/3 rpm, stereo. ;; 12 in.
Language: English
Standard No: Publisher: BDS 5696; Buddah Records
Contents: Every now and then I have to cry -- This time I think I really fell in love -- Just takes time -- Hotlanta lady -- Little girl do you know what you've done -- The stars on the ripplin' water --Mama didn't raise no fool -- She's not the only woman in the world -- Someone I didn't know.
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Rock music.
Popular music.
Note(s): Songs performed by composer./ Includes insert with songs printed on it.
Material Type: Musical recording (msr); LP recording (lps)
Document Type: Sound Recording


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