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This is a list of notable current and former nightclubs in New York City. A 2015 survey of former nightclubs in the city identified 10 most historic ones, starting with the Cotton Club , active from 1923 to 1936.
The first club opened at 116 E. Walton Street in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, on February 29, 1960. The opening acts were comedian Dick Gregory and then 17-year old singer, Aretha Franklin. Chicago jazz pianist, Sam Distefano, was the Musical Director.
New York City The Downtown Athletic Club (1926–2002), founded the Heisman Trophy and awarded it each year until closure; The Engineers' Club (1888–1979) [599] The Friars' Club (1904–2024) The India House Club (1914–2020) [600] The Princeton Club of New York (1866–2021) The Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club ...
Located at 206 South Jefferson Street in Chicago, [3] the club was made out of a three-story former factory. The Warehouse drew in around five hundred patrons from midnight Saturday to midday Sunday. The Warehouse was patronized primarily by gay black and Latino men, [4] who came to dance to disco music played by the club's resident DJ, Frankie ...
The name on the awning over the entrance was Gaiety Theatre, but it was also called the Gaiety Male Burlesque or the Gaiety Male Theatre in advertisements. It was located at 201 W 46th Street, New York, NY 10036, on the second floor of the building that also housed what was the last Howard Johnson's restaurant in New York City. The Gaiety ...
The New York location was the site of Shirley MacLaine's New Age-themed 50th pre-birthday party, and was mentioned in her book Dancing in the Light. The New York location was the subject of the 1985 song "This Disco (Used to be a Cute Cathedral)" by singer Steve Taylor. The song's lyrics mentions the club's name and history.
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In 1962, the Peppermint Lounge in New York City became popular and is the place where go-go dancing originated. Sybil Burton opened the "Arthur" discothèque in 1965 on East 54th Street in Manhattan on the site of the old El Morocco nightclub and it became the first, foremost, and hottest disco in New York City through 1969. [36]