Trude Heller's

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Trude Heller's
Trude Heller's
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Location 6th Avenue and West 9th Street, New York City, New York, U.S.
Coordinates 40°44′03″N73°59′56″W / 40.734043°N 73.999025°W / 40.734043; -73.999025
Type Nightclub
Events Rock and roll, rock music
Construction
Openedlate 1950s
Closed1980s

Trude Heller's was a nightclub in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City and located at 6th Avenue and West 9th Street and operated from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. [1] It has been described as the only truly "in" spot in Greenwich Village. [2] Some of the acts that got their starts there were Duane and Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers, Cyndi Lauper, [3] and The Manhattan Transfer. [4]

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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 Salvador Dalí, George Hamilton and Lynda Bird Johnson. [5]

The end of the disco craze in the early 1980s spelled the end of the club. [6] Nowadays, Lenny's sandwich chain is in the premises. [7]

Acts

Two of the house bands there were Barry and the Remains [8] and Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers. [9] Some of the headlining acts were Ben E. King, Otis Redding, and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. [10]

Other acts who appeared there include The Lovin' Spoonful, who played, rushed off to perform on television on the The Ed Sullivan Show and returned; the Beastie Boys in their early days; [11] Frankie Paris and the Purple Haze; [12] Funk Steady; [13] Goldie and the Gingerbreads (featuring Genya Ravan); [14] The Scoundrels; [15] Artie Stewart; [16] and Marion Taylor and the Reggie Moore Trio. [17] Jazz singer Anita O'Day and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal also appeared there.

References

  1. ↑ Forgotten New York Greenwich Avenue
  2. ↑ The New York Times News Service Syndicate NY NIGHTLIFE 1964
  3. ↑ Rock Cellar Magazine Rock Meccas of NYC: What Are They Now? Written by: Frank Mastropolo
  4. ↑ The Village Is Places, Lenny's
  5. ↑ Rock Cellar Magazine Rock Meccas of NYC: What Are They Now? Written by: Frank Mastropolo
  6. ↑ Rock Cellar Magazine Rock Meccas of NYC: What Are They Now? Written by: Frank Mastropolo
  7. ↑ NY Curbed Wednesday, May 15, 2013, by Hana R. Alberts, Then and Now
  8. ↑ Forgotten New York Greenwich Avenue
  9. ↑ Funky 16 Corners Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers – I Can’t Turn You Loose
  10. ↑ Forgotten New York Greenwich Avenue
  11. ↑ Rock Cellar Magazine Rock Meccas of NYC: What Are They Now? Written by: Frank Mastropolo
  12. ↑ New York Magazine May 25, 1970 In And Around Town edited by Ruth Gilbert Page 18
  13. ↑ Billboard July 8th 1972 Page 16, Music from the capitals if the world
  14. ↑ Rock Cellar Magazine Rock Meccas of NYC: What Are They Now? Written by: Frank Mastropolo
  15. ↑ Billboard 25 May 1968 Page 50, International News Reports
  16. ↑ The Villager Stewart, the ‘Heart of the Park,’ dies at 68
  17. ↑ New York Magazine 28 Jun 1971 Page 15, After Dark
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