So in keeping with the times the grocery store shut down and the Cotton Club opened up not associated with the Harlem club by the same name. 47 years ago Markets. Pin On Epoch A Bygone Era But as nightclubs are often wont to do the location wasnt called the Cotton Club for very long. . Famous Amos is a brand of cookies founded in Los Angeles in 1975 by Wally Amos a former talent agent with William Morris Agency. Jim SteinfeldtMichael Ochs ArchivesGetty Images Slash and Danny Saber rocking The Viper Room crowd in 1999.