That New York nightclub really seemed like the place to be…
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Did Brooke and Calvin date? Or are we off track because they look a little cosy.
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John Benitez, better known as “Jellybean Benitez” (born November 7, 1957) is an American drummer, guitarist, songwriter, DJ, remixer and music producer of Puerto Rican descent. Benitez has produced and remixed for artists such as Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and the Pointer Sisters.
When he relocated to Manhattan in 1975, Benitez was exposed to disco nightclubs, which sparked his interest in DJing. He was soon performing at a nightclub called Experiment 4 and in 1980 Benitez enrolled and attended Bronx Community College, where he studied Marketing and Sales Promotions. Benitez was soon an in-demand DJ, which led to work at Electric Circus and Studio 54.
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Studio 54 was one MJ’s favourite hangouts back in the day.
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Steve Rubell (December 2, 1943 – July 25, 1989) was an American-Jewish entrepreneur and co-owner of the New York disco Studio 54.
In 1974, Rubell teamed up with Schrager to run a chain of steak restaurants, and after spending some time in the NY nightclub scene, the two decided to open a club of their own.
They opened two clubs to start with, one in Boston with John Addison from La Jardin, the other, called The Enchanted Garden, in Queens in 1975. In April 1977, they opened Studio 54 in an old television studio on West 54th Street.
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These are just some of the celebrities that partied at Studio 54 in Manhattan:
Mick and Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Jerry Hall, Brooke Shields, Janice Dickinson, Debbie Harry, Robin Leach, BillyAmato-Smith, Donald and Ivana Trump, Rick and Kathy Hilton, Warren Beatty, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Cher, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Elton John, John Travolta, Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Björn Borg, Mae West, Farrah Fawcett, Olivia Newton-John, Muhammad Ali, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper, Suzanne Somers, Bette Davis, Al Pacino, Zsa Zsa and Eva Gabor, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton, Pelé, Hugh Hefner, Sophia Loren, Gloria Vanderbilt and her 10-year-old son, Anderson Cooper; John F. Kennedy Jr., Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco, Prince Albert, Eartha Kitt, Vladimir Horowitz, Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Moshe Dayan, Fred Astaire, Christie Brinkley, Grace Jones, Steven Tyler, Diana Ross, Betty Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver; Lillian Carter, then-president Jimmy Carter’s mother. Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, The Village People, James Brown, Chuck Berry, The Ritchie Family, Rick James, Stephanie Mills….
These were the owners
Steve Rubell (Left in Photo) & Ian Schrager rent space at 254 West 54th Street it was a vacant CBS Television Studio. The club opened in 1977 and grossed an estimated 7 million after just one year of operation.
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REMOVE THAT SCARF! YOUR HANDSOME!
Awww…
