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But the balance of his reported $250,000 per year gross income came from his several roles as dance hall impresario, bandleader and promoter, which by August 1943 included seven nights a week at the Aragon Ballroom, Friday and Saturday nights with the Swing Shift Dances (12:30 a.m. to 5 a.m.) at the nearby Casino Gardens, monthly dances for ...
From the earliest years of the twentieth century until the early 1960s, the dance hall was the popular forerunner of the discothèque or nightclub.The majority of towns and cities in the West had at least one dance hall, and almost always featured live musicians playing a range of music from strict tempo ballroom dance music to big band, swing, and jazz.
A nightclub is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a bar and discothèque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who mixes recorded music.
Roseland was founded initially in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1917 by Louis Brecker with financing by Frank Yuengling of the D. G. Yuengling & Son beer family.. In 1919, to escape Philadelphia's blue laws, [7] Brecker and Yuengling moved the venue to 1658 Broadway at 51st Street in Manhattan, [8] on the second floor of that five-story building, opening on December 31, 1919. [7]
Dance styles changed from the ballroom or modern styles featured in the 1920s and 1930s, jitterbug of the WW2 era to rock and roll of the 1950s. Some of the international acts which toured Brisbane dance halls included Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and others. [4] Clubs, discos and other venues thereafter became the standard musical venue for dances.
Amnesia is a nightclub on the Spanish island of Ibiza.It opened in 1976 and won the title of Best Global Club in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 at the IDMA Awards in Miami. [1] [2] [3] The club is located close to the village of San Rafael on the highway between Sant Antoni de Portmany and Ibiza Town.
Strip clubs and other topless entertainment became ubiquitous in Las Vegas. Transition from hotel sponsorship to external financing. "Folies" along with Bally's "Jubilee!," was one of the last in-house productions, in which cast and crew were direct employees of the casino. Most casinos now outsource with third party producers who foot ...
The 2001 clubs were the most prolific chain of disco clubs in the country, and many other clubs, opening in hotel and restaurant locations, aspired to match the mass-market appeal of 2001. [4] Although many other attempts were made to franchise disco clubs, 2001 was the only one to successfully do so in this time frame.