Crawdaddy Club

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The Crawdaddy Club was a seminal 1960s London music venue famed for launching key British rhythm and blues bands such as The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds.

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instanceOf London music venue
music venue
activeInDecade 1960s
associatedMovement British Invasion NERFINISHED
audienceCapacity small club-sized venue
country United Kingdom
culturalHeritage iconic 1960s British R&B venue
era pre-Beatlemania British rock scene
founder Giorgio Gomelsky NERFINISHED
genre rhythm and blues
rock
hostedBand The Animals NERFINISHED
The Nashville Teens NERFINISHED
The Rolling Stones NERFINISHED
The Yardbirds NERFINISHED
influenced development of live rock club circuit in London
locatedIn London NERFINISHED
Richmond upon Thames NERFINISHED
Richmond, London NERFINISHED
movedTo Richmond Athletic Ground NERFINISHED
namedAfter Bo Diddley song "Road Runner" lyric "I’m a craw-daddy"
notableFor launching the early career of The Rolling Stones
launching the early career of The Yardbirds
openedIn 1963
originalLocation back room of the Station Hotel, Richmond
scene British rhythm and blues boom
significance one of the first London clubs to feature regular R&B bands
status defunct

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British blues boom notableVenue Crawdaddy Club