John Wade Record Shop sat on the northeast quadrant of Shaker Square (next to the present-day coffee shop) from the 1940s until the 1970s. Frank Carie, a former silent movie pianist, owned the store for 32 of those years. His store drew local music lovers, visiting musicians playing with the Cleveland Orchestra at nearby Severance Hall, and even Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos. Grammy-winning musician Marc Cohn, who grew up in Beachwood, shared fond memories of the store when he spoke with The Plain Dealer in 2010. "On Saturdays, my maternal grandmother would take us out for brunch at Stouffer's, right next to John Wade," he remembered, "and if I was a quote-unquote good boy, I'd get to buy a single." | Source: Shaker Historical SocietyDownload Original File
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"John Wade Record Shop, 1943" appears in: Shaker Square
