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Latin Quarter (also known later on as The LQ) was a nightclub in New York City. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The club originally opened in 1942 and featured big-name acts. In recent years, it had been a focus of hip hop , reggaeton and salsa music .
In the 1970s, Cheetah's New York venue became a popular Latin-American dance club that helped popularize salsa to mainstream America. It is widely cited as the birthplace of salsa music, or at least of the popular use of the term "salsa" to denote pan-Latin music brewing in New York City.
Wayne Shorter, who lived in the New York City area during the ballroom's heyday, composed a piece during the 1970s called "Palladium" while he was a member of the jazz-fusion group Weather Report. The song appears on their album Heavy Weather, and features a driving Latin rhythm.
In Times Square, a thrilling new venue named 1604, at 1604 Broadway, will open to reinforce New York's persona of "the city that never sleeps." Inside the thrilling new $4M Latin entertainment ...
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.
Note: The Cotton Club (unconnected to the defunct club with the same name) opened in 1943 on the site formerly occupied by the Famous Door; the club was initially managed by Russell Carter. Jimmy Ryan's, 53 W 52 (1934–1962) 154 W 54th (1962–1983) Spotlight Club, 56 W 52; Club Samoa; 62 W 52 (1940–1943) became a strip club in 1943. The Onyx
The 2024 Latin American Music Awards were one star-studded show. The ceremony once brought together the biggest names in Latin music. The stage was filled with performances by talent like Peso ...
The Riobamba was owned by American Mafia boss Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. [2] While Buchalter was awaiting execution on death row, his wife ran the club. [3] From 1942 to 1944 the club was managed by Linton D. Weil and Arthur Jawitz. [4] There was a claim that the Duke of York owned the real estate where the club was located. [5]