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The Peppermint Lounge was a popular discotheque located at 128 West 45th Street in New York City that was open from 1958 to 1965, although a new one was opened in 1980. It was the launchpad for the global Twist craze in the early 1960s. Many claim The Peppermint Lounge was also where go-go dancing originated, although this claim is subject to ...
Smell of Female is the first live album by the American rock band the Cramps.The mini-album was recorded at The Peppermint Lounge in New York City on February 25–26, 1983, and issued the same year on Big Beat Records in the UK, Enigma Records in the US and New Rose Records in France.
Hey, Let's Twist was a fictional story of Joey Dee (Randazzo and Dino DiLuca played the parts of Joey's brother and father, respectively) and the Peppermint Lounge; its release capitalized on the current twist craze and made the once-obscure Lounge famous. The movie and soundtrack album did their part in making the Peppermint Lounge a world ...
The Village Voice wrote that The Peppermint Lounge was the place to go see rock video's, According to Pop Network's John Richard VP of Programming the company installed $70,000 worth of equipment including three three quarter inch decks, 18 monitors, an Ikegami HL-77a camera and a separate audio system.
In 1962, the Peppermint Lounge in New York City became popular and is the place where go-go dancing originated. Sybil Burton opened the "Arthur" discothèque in 1965 on East 54th Street in Manhattan on the site of the old El Morocco nightclub and it became the first, foremost, and hottest disco in New York City through 1969. [36]
A fortuitous case of mistaken identity led to Ronnie and the Relatives making their debut – as dancers rather than a singing act – at New York City's hip Peppermint Lounge in 1961. [14] It was the height of the Twist craze , and under-aged Nedra and Ronnie disguised themselves to get in. [ 14 ] The girls' mothers showed them how to put on ...
Records compilation Battle of the Garage netted them a series of dates at the Peppermint Lounge in New York City. They continued with this 1960s garage sound through the mid-1980s, releasing two albums— Here are the Chesterfield Kings (1982) which contained entirely cover songs, and Stop!
Twistin' at the Miami Beach Peppermint Lounge: Seven Blends 25173 Back at the Peppermint Lounge: Joey Dee and the Starliters 25174 Twistin' Knights at the Roundtable: Bill Haley and His Comets 25175 Let's All Twist at Peppermint Lounge: Dale Hawkins and His Escapades 25176 The Most of the Twist: Various Artists 25177 The Dixie Sound of Jack ...