Whatever happened to the Owner of the famed Leo's Casino in Cleveland,Oh.? Back in the late 60's and early 70's the Casino was my second home.i lived across the street lol.the passing of Gerald Levert brought back alot of memories.i was at the Casino the night,his father Eddie made his first Cleveland appearance.i cried when Leo. Leo's Casino, the legendary jazz and R&B club in the Hough neighborhood may may be gone - the Euclid Avenue hot spot shut its doors in 1972 - but the music, the stories and the spirit of Leo's lives on. Along with Midtown Cleveland, Hough residents are hosting a live music show called the 'Leo's Listening Party' to celebrate the memories of. An oral history of Cleveland's legendary 1960s club Leo's Casino. Get the John Coltrane Setlist of the concert at Leos Casino, Cleveland, OH, USA on August 20, 1965 and other John Coltrane Setlists for free on setlist. Bennie Jean Johnson remembers seeing the Four Tops at Leo's Casino.

Leo S Casino Cleveland Ohio

Cleveland is well known for its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but music pervades the history of this Great Lakes city. From the establishment of the Cleveland Opera Company and Cleveland Orchestra in the early 20th century to Alan Freed and the Moondog Coronation Ball in 1952, the polka craze of the early 1960s, the star-making glory days of WMMS radio, and the pioneering proto-punk sounds of the 1970s, Cleveland's musical culture and history has been both diverse and distinctive, as well as nationally significant. From polka to punk, Cleveland has made an impressive range of musical contributions.

Former Location –
After his first location burned to the ground, Leo Frank along with his business partner Jules Berger, started Leo’s Casino in 1963 at the old Quad Hall Hotel.

Between 1963 and 1972, an illustrious entourage of musical acts performed at Leo’s Casino, including Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick, the Supremes, the Temptations and the Four Tops. Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin gave some of their first performances at the club while Otis Redding made his last stage appearance at the club prior to his fatal plane crash in 1967. The club also provided a springboard for numerous comedians, such as Richard Pryor, Flip Wilson and Redd Foxx.

It closed for good in 1972.

Leo’s Casino
7500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland OH 44103