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The Roseland Ballroom (also referred to as Roseland Dance City) is a catering hall/music venue/dance hall in a converted ice skating rink with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree in New York City's theatre district on West 52nd Street. The City of New York The Theatre District is an area in Midtown Manhattan in which are located the many Broadway theatres as well as many other theatres movie theatres restaurants hotels 52nd Street is a 19 mile long one-way Street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan.

The venue according to its website can accommodate 3,200 standing (with an additional 300 upstairs), 2,500 for a dance party, between 1,500 and 1,800 in theatre style and 800-1,000 for a sit-down dinner. [1]

The quirky venue has hosted everything from a Hillary Clinton birthday party to annual gay circuit parties to movie premieres to musical performances from all genres, including Madonna, Paul McCartney, Nirvana, Ramones, and the Rolling Stones. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from A circuit party is a mega dance event extending through a night and into the following day almost always with a number of affiliated events in the days leading up to and following the Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group [2]

The rear of the venue faces West 53rd Street and the Ed Sullivan Theater. 53rd Street is a midtown cross street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, that contains buildings such as the Citicorp Building The Ed Sullivan Theater, which is located at 1697-1699 Broadway between West 53rd and West 54th Streets in Manhattan, is a venerable radio and It is seen virtually every time that comedian David Letterman has outside antics during taping of the Late Show with David Letterman beside his theater (prompting various attempts to paint the industrial looking wall to make it look better on national television). David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late-night Talk show host and Comedian and the host since 1993 The Late Show with David Letterman is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS

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History

51st Street location

Roseland was founded initially in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1917 by Louis Brecker with financing by Frank Yuengling of the D. G. Yuengling & Son beer family. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə DG Yuengling & Son, commonly called Yuengling, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is the oldest operating brewing Company in the

In 1919 they moved the venue to 1658 Broadway at 51st Street in New York. Broadway, as the name implies is a wide avenue in New York City. 51st Street is a 19 mile long one-way Street traveling east to west across Midtown Manhattan. It was a "whites only" dance club called the "home of refined dancing", famed for the big band groups that played there, starting with Sam Lanin and his Ipana Troubadours. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Sam Lanin ( September 4, 1891 - May 5, 1977) was an American Jazz Bandleader. The Ipana Troubadors (aka The Ipana Troubadours) was a musical variety radio program which began in New York on WEAF in 1923 Couples danced the jitterbug, Lindy Hop, and Charleston under the Roseland's famed star-studded ceiling. Jitterbug can be used as a Noun to refer to a swing dancer or various types of Swing dances e Lindy Hop is an African American dance that evolved in New York City in 1927 The Charleston is a Dance named for the city of Charleston South Carolina.

Orchestras that played the venue included Vincent Lopez, Harry James, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller. Vincent Lopez ( 30 December, 1895 &ndash 20 September, 1975) was a United States Bandleader and Pianist. Harry James ( March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American Musician and Band leader, and a well-known Louis Armstrong (August 4 1901 &ndash July 6 1971 nicknamed Satchmo or Sachimo and Pops, was an American Jazz Trumpeter Tommy Dorsey ( November 19 1905 &ndash November 26 1956) was an American Jazz Trombonist, Trumpeter Alton Glenn Miller ( March 1 1904 &ndash presumably December 15 1944) was an American Jazz musician and The appearance by Count Basie was a turning point in his career and a break though in the all-white atmosphere of the club. William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist One of his songs was to be the "Roseland Shuffle".

Brecker popularized Marathon dancing until it was banned, staged female prizefights, yo-yo exhibitions, sneezing contests, and dozens of highly publicized jazz weddings with couples who met at the club. Marathon dancing is a Dance activity that became popular in the 1920s and 1930s [3]

As the club grew older, Brecker attempted to formalize the dancing more by having hostesses dance for 11¢ a dance or $1. 50 a half-hour with tuxedoed bouncers (politely known as "housemen") keeping order. It was to work its way into stories by Ring Lardner, Sherwood Anderson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John O'Hara. Ringgold Wilmer Lardner ( March 6 1885 – September 25 1933) was an American sports columnist and Short story writer best Sherwood Anderson (September 13 1876 &ndash March 8 1941 was an American writer mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg Ohio Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the John Henry O'Hara ( January 31, 1905 &ndash April 11, 1970) was an American Writer.

Current 52nd Street location

The original New York Roseland was torn down in 1956 and it moved to its new venue on West 52nd, a building that Brecker earlier had converted from an ice-skating rink to a roller-skating rink. It had been built in 1922 at a cost of $800,000 by the Iceland ice-skating franchise. A thousand skaters showed up on opening night at the 80-by-200-foot rink on November 29, 1922. Iceland went bankrupt in 1932 and the rink opened as the Gay Blades Ice Rink. Brecker took it over in the 1950s and converted it to roller-skating.

Time magazine described the new Roseland's opening interior as a "purple-and-cerise tentlike décor that creates a definite harem effect. " [3] Brecker attempted to maintain its ballroom dancing style, banning rock and roll and disco. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define In 1974 Brecker told the The New York Times, "Cheek-to-cheek dancing, that's what this place is all about. "

Brecker sold the building in 1981. Under the new owners the Roseland began regularly scheduled "disco nights", which gave rise to a period when it was considered a dangerous venue and neighborhood menace.

In 1984 a teenager was shot to death on the dance floor. [4]

In 1990, after Utah tourist Brian Watkins was killed in the subway , four of the eight suspects (members of the FTS gang) were found partying at the Roseland. As a result, Roseland discontinued the "disco nights". [5]

Its low-rise 3-story structure on top of the quarter-acre dance floor in the middle of midtown Manhattan has stirred concerns over it being torn down for redevelopment. In 1996, a new owner, Laurence Ginsburg, filed plans to tear down the venue and replace it with a 42-story, 459-unit apartment building. A spokesman for Ginsburg said the filing was to "beat a deadline for new, more stringent earthquake codes, which went into effect earlier" in 1996. The interior space has been subsequently renovated. [6]

Notable performances

Recordings at the venue

Movies

Music

See also

References

  1. ^ Roseland Ballroom NYC
  2. ^ Roseland Ballroom Seating Chart, Roseland Ballroom Tickets, Roseland Ballroom Maps
  3. ^ a b "Romp at the Met", Time (magazine), January 7, 1957. Evil or Divine - Live in New York City is a 2005 live album by the heavy metal band Dio, recorded in New York City in 2002 Dio is an American heavy metal band led by Vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. Roseland NYC Live (also referred to as PNYC) is a live album by Portishead with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Portishead (pɔːtɪsˈhɛd IS an English musical group from Bristol. Live Scenes from New York is a 3 disc live Album by Progressive metal band Dream Theater, recorded on August 30, 2000, Metropolis 2000 Scenes from New York is a VHS / DVD release by American Progressive metal band Dream Theater. Dream Theater is an American Progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name " Majesty " by John Myung, John Petrucci Live at Roseland Ballroom is the first live CD from the jam band Gov't Mule. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996. Gov't Mule (pronounced Government Mule is a Southern rock / Jam band formed in 1994 as an Allman Brothers Band Side project. The Hammerstein Ballroom is a two-tiered 12000 square feet (1115m2 Ballroom located within the Manhattan Center Studios on 311 West 34th Street The Audubon Ballroom was a theatre and ballroom located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, north of Harlem. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2007-06-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce.  "When a public dance hall named Roseland opened on Broadway in 1919, smart young people had recently deserted the waltz for the foxtrot, were just beginning to master the delicate nuances of the shimmy. Sam Lanin and his Ipana Troubadours were on the bandstand, thumping out such Ziegfeld Follies hits as Mandy and You Cannot Make Your Shimmy Shake on Tea. Since that distant New Year's Eve, generations of stag-line Romeos and their girls have bunny-hugged Lindy-hopped, Charlestoned, big-appled black-bottomed and jitterbugged under Roseland's star-studded ceiling. At 1 o'clock one morning last week the stars winked out for the last time; the following night Roseland reopened in glittering new quarters, billed as 'a magnificent metropolis of melody and merriment. '" 
  4. ^ "18-Year-Old Is Killed In Roseland Ballroom", New York Times, November 11, 1984. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2007-06-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce.  "A Staten Island teen-ager was fatally shot yesterday morning at the Roseland ballroom in midtown Manhattan, the police said. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name The victim - Robert Dudley, 18 years old, of 62 Roxbury Street - was shot once in the chest at 3:26 A. M. and was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Clare's Hospital and Medical Center. The police said they had not established a motive for the slaying. " 
  5. ^ Discoterror
  6. ^ An Old-Fashioned Dance to the Music of Time - New York Times - October 13, 1996

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