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The Famous Door was a jazz club on New York's 52nd Street. It opened in 1935 and was one of the major clubs on the street, hosting leading jazz musicians until 1950, through changes of location and periods of closure.
By 1980, Record World had a total of 32 stores opened, and had expanded the company's warehouse in Freeport, New York, from 1,500 square feet to 20,000 feet. [3] In 1982, Roy Imber was the operator of the stores, of which there were 40 operating in the U.S. Northeast. [4]
He later opened three more OBI nightclubs and named them according to their geographic location. The OBI North was in Smithtown, New York, the OBI East near the Shinnecock Canal en route to The Hamptons, and the OBI West locations in Island Park, New York (which had two locations: first at 3999 Long Beach Road, and later, briefly, at 50 Broadway).
The 8800 square foot building includes a museum of Long Island music history celebrating its over 120 Inductees, memorabilia, photographs and videos, a rotating exhibit the first of which is “Long Island’s Legendary Club Scene – 1960’s-80’s, a surround sound theater, and 2 stages for musical performances and speaker presentations.
The New York club scene is an important part of the city's music scene, the birthplace of many styles of music from disco to punk rock; some of these clubs, such as Studio 54, Max's Kansas City, Mercer Arts Center, ABC No Rio, and CBGB, reached iconic statuses in the United States and the world.
Western New York Public Broadcasting Association: Public radio: WUFO: 1080 AM: Amherst: Visions Multi Media Group – WUFO Radio LLC: Classic hip hop: WUMX: 102.5 FM: Rome: Galaxy Utica Licensee LLC: Hot adult contemporary: WUNY: 89.5 FM: Utica: Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York: Classical: WUSB: 90.1 FM: Stony Brook: State ...
The music of New York City includes a wide variety of hip-hop, soul, salsa, rock and roll, punk, metal, electronic music, pop music, disco and funk and crosses all (five) borough lines. Jazz in the city is in more-isolated spots in the boroughs outside Manhattan, but is mainly concentrated in the famous Greenwich Village mecca.
When the Long Branch 107.1 did not use 50,000 watts, the Federal Communications Commission subsequently assigned 107.1 to several more communities around New York City. One was Briarcliff Manor, New York (in Westchester County ), another was Belvidere, New Jersey (near Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania ), and a third was Hampton Bays, New York (on ...