Elmer Valentine is the founder of two famous West Hollywood, California nightclubs: Whisky a Go Go and The Roxy Theatre. West Hollywood, a city in Los Angeles County California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984. For a fire at the similarly named nightclub in Brisbane, Australia, see Whiskey Au Go Go fire. For other people and places named Roxy see Roxy and Roxy Theatre The Roxy Theatre (often just The Roxy) is a famous He also founded a third that preceded the Roxy, The Trip where famous acts of the time performed, including the Temptations, Joey Bishop, Shelly Berman and others. The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful Joey Bishop ( February 3 1918 &ndash October 17 2007) was an American entertainer who was perhaps best known for being a member A former Chicago police officer, Valentine co-founded the Whisky in 1963 with partners Phil Tanzini, Shelly Davis, and attorney Theodore Flier. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
The Roxy has remained a staple of the Sunset Boulevard club scene in the mid-2000s. Sunset Boulevard is a Street in the western part of Los Angeles County California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles The Whisky still exists but is no longer considered a prestigious venue, and is widely regarded as being in decline. The Trip lasted only a few years, but was very popular for a time.
Valentine was apparently referred to on the Uncle Meat album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Uncle Meat, released in 1969 is the soundtrack to The Mothers of Invention 's long-delayed film of the same name; the front cover designed by Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 The album includes a spoken dialogue between Zappa and Pamela Zarubica (in character as the mythical Suzy Creamcheese), in which the latter says: "I remember Elmer telling me that you really had a lot of talent, but he didn't see how anyone could ever make it who insisted on saying 'fuck' onstage. Suzy Creamcheese was a fictionally credited vocalist and character on and in a number of albums by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. And he used to drive by in his gold Cadillac and peer in the window. 'Cause he could never get over the amount of groupie status that you had and he didn't have, possibly because he's fifty years old and wretched. "