One of the most interesting chapters is on New York City, where a wide variety of places are listed. Many are still there, though quite a few have changed dramatically in the years since.
The first place on the list is the Apollo Theatre at 253 W. 125th St., a major venue for black artists since 1935. The famous Amateur Night winners over the years at the Apollo have included the Ronettes, The Isley Brothers, The Jackson Five, Dionne Warwick, and Luther Vandross. James Brown went against the advice of his manager and hired his own sound engineer and recorded the highly successful The James Brown Show at the Apollo.
The Bottom Line at 4th & Mercer Street is where Bruce Springsteen launched his career when both Time Magazine and Newsweek featured him on the cover after a series of shows here.
Home of the Hits- the Brill Building
You can see the Brill Building at 1619 Broadway, where large record labels hired the best songwriters to provide them with songs, such as Calendar Girl, Teenager In Love, Up On The Roof, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, and hundreds of others. Gerry Coffin and Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote many great hits there.
Café Bizarre at 106 West 3rd Street is where the Velvet Underground started playing regularly, and was discovered there by Andy Warhol.
Café Wha? is located at 117 McDougal in Greenwich Village. Hendrix played there a lot in 1966 and was discovered at the venue by Chas Chandler, who took him back to London.
Carnegie Hall, one of the world’s most famous venues, located at 154 West 57th Street, was where the Beatles played their first New York concert. Other rock groups that played there include the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, and Bob Dylan.
Linda Ronstadt Flees Ramones Concert
CBGB’s is at 315 Bowery, and the legendary club was virtually the birthplace of punk. Bands like Television, The New York Dolls, The Voidoids, The Ramones (who caused Linda Ronstadt to leave after listening for ten minutes), the Talking Heads, The Cramps, and countless others played there.
You can visit Central Park, where massive concerts occurred on the Great Lawn, such as Led Zeppelin, Simon and Garfunkel, and Jefferson Airplane.
The Cheetah is at Broadway and 53rd, and here Jim Morrison invented his tightrope act, teetering along the edge of the stage before falling into the audience.
John Lennon’s Home and Place He Was Shot
The Dakota is where John Lennon lived and died. The building is next to Central Park, and you can walk over and visit the 2-½ acre Strawberry Fields, which was created after Lennon’s death. He was shot at the front door when returning from the recording studio on December 8, 1980. Yoko Ono still lives there, and the address is 1 W. 72nd Street.
The Delmonico Hotel at Park Avenue and 59th Street is where Bob Dylan turned the Beatles on to marijuana. After the experience, Paul McCartney said he had “just begun to think” and had an assistant write down every word. Dylan thought they already got high because his mistook the words in I Want To Hold Your Hand to mean “I get high, I get high.”
The Beatles Played Ed Sullivan Theatre
Next Beatle destination is the Ed Sullivan Theatre, where the biggest stars were filmed and broadcast on the famous television show. Located at 1697 Broadway, there are only 700 seats, and over 50,000 people applied for seats to see the Beatles record their show that went out to 70 million people. Elvis Presleywas taped from the waist up only here, and Jim Morrison went ahead and sang lyrics in Light My Fire Sullivan disapproved, and was banned from the show..
The Fillmore East is at 105 2nd Avenue, and here bands like the Allman Brothers, The Who, Led Zeppelin and many others played this East Coast version of the Fillmore in San Francisco. Pete Townsend of the Who spent a night in jail for assaulting an undercover policemen who jumped on stage trying to warn them the building was on fire.
The Who’s Tommy Opens at Metropolitan
Broadway and 64th Street is the location of the Metropolitan Opera, and The Who performed a 90-minute Tommy for a packed house. Both shows sold out in an hour, and Townsend of smashed his guitar.
The Peppermint Lounge is located at 128 W 45th Street and was the hottest club in town in 1961 after house band Joey Dee and the Starlighters released Peppermint Twist.
Steve Paul’s The Scene was a steady hangout for Jimmy Hendrix, and presented the Doors, The Rascals, and many other rising stars. Led Zeppelin loved hanging out there. It was at 301 W. 46th Street, around the corner from Electric Ladyland.
Pay Your Respects to New York Dolls Graves
If you leave Manhattan, in nearby Queens is St. Mary’s Cemetery, where two of the New York Dolls, including the legendary Johnny Thunders, are buried. It is at 164th Street and Booth Memorial Avenue.
In Brooklyn, the Paramount Theatre is at DeKalb and Flatbush Avenue. This is where DJ Alan Freed booked the top rock and roll acts from 1955 to 1958, including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
You can visit the stomping grounds of Dion and the Belmonts in the Bronx, and walk on Belmont Avenue, and visit his childhood home at 749 East 183rd Street.
New York City is one of the best places in the country to see world famous venues, homes and other locations associated with the music industry, and this detailed book provides an excellent guide.
The first place on the list is the Apollo Theatre at 253 W. 125th St., a major venue for black artists since 1935. The famous Amateur Night winners over the years at the Apollo have included the Ronettes, The Isley Brothers, The Jackson Five, Dionne Warwick, and Luther Vandross. James Brown went against the advice of his manager and hired his own sound engineer and recorded the highly successful The James Brown Show at the Apollo.
The Bottom Line at 4th & Mercer Street is where Bruce Springsteen launched his career when both Time Magazine and Newsweek featured him on the cover after a series of shows here.
Home of the Hits- the Brill Building
You can see the Brill Building at 1619 Broadway, where large record labels hired the best songwriters to provide them with songs, such as Calendar Girl, Teenager In Love, Up On The Roof, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, and hundreds of others. Gerry Coffin and Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote many great hits there.
Café Bizarre at 106 West 3rd Street is where the Velvet Underground started playing regularly, and was discovered there by Andy Warhol.
Café Wha? is located at 117 McDougal in Greenwich Village. Hendrix played there a lot in 1966 and was discovered at the venue by Chas Chandler, who took him back to London.
Carnegie Hall, one of the world’s most famous venues, located at 154 West 57th Street, was where the Beatles played their first New York concert. Other rock groups that played there include the Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, and Bob Dylan.
Linda Ronstadt Flees Ramones Concert
CBGB’s is at 315 Bowery, and the legendary club was virtually the birthplace of punk. Bands like Television, The New York Dolls, The Voidoids, The Ramones (who caused Linda Ronstadt to leave after listening for ten minutes), the Talking Heads, The Cramps, and countless others played there.
You can visit Central Park, where massive concerts occurred on the Great Lawn, such as Led Zeppelin, Simon and Garfunkel, and Jefferson Airplane.
The Cheetah is at Broadway and 53rd, and here Jim Morrison invented his tightrope act, teetering along the edge of the stage before falling into the audience.
John Lennon’s Home and Place He Was Shot
The Dakota is where John Lennon lived and died. The building is next to Central Park, and you can walk over and visit the 2-½ acre Strawberry Fields, which was created after Lennon’s death. He was shot at the front door when returning from the recording studio on December 8, 1980. Yoko Ono still lives there, and the address is 1 W. 72nd Street.
The Delmonico Hotel at Park Avenue and 59th Street is where Bob Dylan turned the Beatles on to marijuana. After the experience, Paul McCartney said he had “just begun to think” and had an assistant write down every word. Dylan thought they already got high because his mistook the words in I Want To Hold Your Hand to mean “I get high, I get high.”
The Beatles Played Ed Sullivan Theatre
Next Beatle destination is the Ed Sullivan Theatre, where the biggest stars were filmed and broadcast on the famous television show. Located at 1697 Broadway, there are only 700 seats, and over 50,000 people applied for seats to see the Beatles record their show that went out to 70 million people. Elvis Presleywas taped from the waist up only here, and Jim Morrison went ahead and sang lyrics in Light My Fire Sullivan disapproved, and was banned from the show..
The Fillmore East is at 105 2nd Avenue, and here bands like the Allman Brothers, The Who, Led Zeppelin and many others played this East Coast version of the Fillmore in San Francisco. Pete Townsend of the Who spent a night in jail for assaulting an undercover policemen who jumped on stage trying to warn them the building was on fire.
The Who’s Tommy Opens at Metropolitan
Broadway and 64th Street is the location of the Metropolitan Opera, and The Who performed a 90-minute Tommy for a packed house. Both shows sold out in an hour, and Townsend of smashed his guitar.
The Peppermint Lounge is located at 128 W 45th Street and was the hottest club in town in 1961 after house band Joey Dee and the Starlighters released Peppermint Twist.
Steve Paul’s The Scene was a steady hangout for Jimmy Hendrix, and presented the Doors, The Rascals, and many other rising stars. Led Zeppelin loved hanging out there. It was at 301 W. 46th Street, around the corner from Electric Ladyland.
Pay Your Respects to New York Dolls Graves
If you leave Manhattan, in nearby Queens is St. Mary’s Cemetery, where two of the New York Dolls, including the legendary Johnny Thunders, are buried. It is at 164th Street and Booth Memorial Avenue.
In Brooklyn, the Paramount Theatre is at DeKalb and Flatbush Avenue. This is where DJ Alan Freed booked the top rock and roll acts from 1955 to 1958, including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
You can visit the stomping grounds of Dion and the Belmonts in the Bronx, and walk on Belmont Avenue, and visit his childhood home at 749 East 183rd Street.
New York City is one of the best places in the country to see world famous venues, homes and other locations associated with the music industry, and this detailed book provides an excellent guide.
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