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and located at 6th Avenue and West 9th Street and operated from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. It has been described as the only truly “in” spot in Greenwich Village. Some of the acts that got their starts there were Duane and

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History

The club began its days in the early 1960s as a swinging Greenwich Village discothèque, run by a tough entrepreneur named Trude Heller. In the 1960s, go-go dancers could be seen dancing along the walls. Some of the people that danced on the floor there were

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. The end of the disco craze in the early 1980s spelled the end of the club. Nowadays, Lenny's sandwich chain is in the premises.

Acts

Two of the house bands there were Barry and the Remains and Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers. Some of the headlining acts were Ben E. King,

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. Other acts who have appeared there through the years have been The Loving Spoonful, who played, rushed off to the Ed Sullivan show to perform, and returned,

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), The Scoundrels, Artie Stewart and Marion Taylor and the Reggie Moore Trio.New York Magazine 28 Jun 197
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/ref> Jazz singer Anita O'Day and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal also appeared there.

References

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