Studio 54 the Most Star-Studded Night Club in America

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  • @edlore4948
    @edlore4948 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Best years of my life.... I actually walked by it today 2/17/21 and I closed my eyes and yes ..... the feeling was utter happiness and sadness.

    • @flipfloppingwithMike
      @flipfloppingwithMike ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can only imagine what it was like back in the day...I was much too young to go there, even if I could get to New York.
      I truly envy you....maybe one day you can tell us about your times there. Wow!

    • @JohnSmith-zl8rz
      @JohnSmith-zl8rz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      cocaine is a hell of a drug, LOL

    • @bobanthony1297
      @bobanthony1297 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I attended the night club it was too die for Studio 54

  • @frankicool4
    @frankicool4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Before Covid, i happened to be in New York for a business formation and i passed before the ancient studio 54 location. I could only imagine what it must've been like. I could feel the energy through the years !

  • @mariogiresi6792
    @mariogiresi6792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Where else can the average person get a once in a lifetime chance to dance or have a drink near a famous celebrity? I have an older cousin who got in only once in 1978 and he saw Geraldo Rivera and David Bowie just hanging out with office workers and truck drivers, laughing and drinking. Somehow I can’t see Cardi B. and Beyoncé doing that without all kinds of armed security and drama.

    • @Rhythm973
      @Rhythm973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Those “celebrities” are just average people with money and notoriety.

    • @Confettifun
      @Confettifun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Rhythm973 tf? Beyonce is know by damn near everyone on the planet. Don’t disrespect her

    • @holyfox94
      @holyfox94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Want to see celebrities?
      Just go to the famous hotels🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @mattyice1151
      @mattyice1151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I saw Bieber, G eazy and Jackharlow the same night at red martini in Atlanta, I got in free pretty much instantly. Celebs are realz

    • @jonathanmorgan1793
      @jonathanmorgan1793 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Confettifun She's fat and cannot sing

  • @wcwrk
    @wcwrk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I fucking envy those who commented "i was there" and so on. We will never experience this, ever. Gold times. 33 yo here.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We envy those people too, Darktec!

    • @Luke-rt9bx
      @Luke-rt9bx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed! Would’ve been insane! Lol doing a line of coke all luded up with travolta getting to bang a super model

    • @ytallowskids2seedepravityb219
      @ytallowskids2seedepravityb219 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      50% of the people who graced those doors died of Aids or drug use

    • @Unique1Media
      @Unique1Media 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really?
      Nothing but Drugs, Sex n Queers and curruption

    • @bartobruintjes7056
      @bartobruintjes7056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was there at that time. So what?

  • @A.F.U-A
    @A.F.U-A 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Studio 54 was owned by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. Schrager was painfully shy and that’s why Rubell seemed like the sole owner.

    • @edthoreum7625
      @edthoreum7625 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Schrager continue with hotel and restaurant, the Royalton, Hudson, Morgan , paramount, Asia de Cuba and turned the meat packing area into a hot spot.

  • @neverobey1477
    @neverobey1477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Dude lime light danceteria were also amazing.. The 80s man wow Great great times

    • @PohTrain
      @PohTrain 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My pops always talks about the Limelight

    • @velapimpin1
      @velapimpin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the China club

    • @velapimpin1
      @velapimpin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The roxy

    • @velapimpin1
      @velapimpin1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And there was a hip hop spot in Harlem. It I can’t remember the. And I’ll have to find it

    • @neverobey1477
      @neverobey1477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@velapimpin1 rooftop

  • @ricoamor744
    @ricoamor744 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I hung out there In the 80s during the House and club era, but never seen or meet celebrities. But its cool I had a lot of great times, I do miss it.

    • @samcambria3363
      @samcambria3363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No you did not

    • @FeniaBee
      @FeniaBee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lie. My mother went there a few times and told me everyone was there. For example Bianca Jagger was almost every night there with Andy Warhol and his gang. Mick used go ho there but it was her place.

    • @ricoamor744
      @ricoamor744 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FeniaBee whatever I was there for the music and girls wasn't feeling the stars Exspecialy the one's I never heard of like the names you mentioned and still don't know or care now happy your Mom was there but never really meet and if you knew me I was a club hopper Funhouse, Pladiam Roselands, Copacabana, limelights and 1018 etc.. Nuff said

    • @FeniaBee
      @FeniaBee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ricoamor744 You don't know Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol? LOL.

    • @tori2dles
      @tori2dles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@FeniaBee - After the original owners were arrested (1980) and served time for tax evasion they sold it. That owner sold it again in 1984 and it closed in 1986.
      As time went by, some of the original glitz and draw of stars faded. So it’s possible to have been there in a time other than the more elaborate heydays.

  • @keithmerscheim1924
    @keithmerscheim1924 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Being in New York in 1979 we passed by it in a taxi. Saw the crowd outside and said no way are we going to stand outside for hours only to be turned away or not let in at all. We all instead went onto NEWYORK NEWYORK and had the time of our lives.

  • @bernadettemurray8260
    @bernadettemurray8260 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Never realised Studio 54 was only open for three years.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We never knew that too, Bernadette

    • @bernadettemurray8260
      @bernadettemurray8260 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@FactsVerse Yes thanks, As an English woman l was still at school.

    • @tori2dles
      @tori2dles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No, it was open longer than that. It closed in 1980 briefly when Rubbell & Schrager were arrested and later sentenced for tax evasion. But they sold the club to Mark Fleischman. Fleischman reopened it, only to sell it in 1984 to new owners. They closed the dance club in 1986, though it still retains the name.
      It was reconverted back to a theater in 1998 for the Roundabout Theatre Company and was expanded in 2020 into a music imprint business. This includes record label Studio 54 Music and Studio 54 Radio on Sirius XM.
      It still has a basement club named Feinstein's/54 Below that hosts some of the best Broadway and Jazz performers.

    • @DeclanOReilly
      @DeclanOReilly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In Bar years, that's a life time. Most places that opened, like Chris Rock said about music, here today, gone today.

    • @Unique1Media
      @Unique1Media 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because
      Nothing but Drugs, Sex n Queers and curruption

  • @robertborger8321
    @robertborger8321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Had many memorable and wild times there!

    • @Eckoolt
      @Eckoolt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you share some with us?

  • @pepsiq11965
    @pepsiq11965 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In 1978 I was 17 and Studio 54 was an amazing venue and glamorous. I thought the music was too mainstream though. I had a better time at other clubs where they played underground Disco, Euro/Disco, and Synth Music and beginnings of New Wave. Clubs like: NewYork NewYork, Hurrahs, The Loft, The Paradise Garage, Crisco Disco, The Gallery, The Electric Circus had much more progressive music all with amazing energy and over the top

  • @somystery
    @somystery ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Grace's makeup 💄

  • @johnvonhorn2942
    @johnvonhorn2942 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I grew up in Allentown, PA back in the 1970's. My mother was friends with a gay guy that modelled fur coats (of all things). Apparently he was a regular there. That was such a great decade.

    • @huggybear9937
      @huggybear9937 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I grew up in Easton and went to studio 54 1979 got in and it was a great time I'll never forget

  • @dawnduncan9692
    @dawnduncan9692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I would have loved to have been there sooo exciting, we need to bring it back 🙌🏾

    • @thedailyhummm
      @thedailyhummm ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There would be too many fights there nowadays, people were more calmer back in those days

    • @mariogiresi6792
      @mariogiresi6792 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m all for it, but first we have to get rid of all our anger, hatred, and phobias. Then, and only then, can we enjoy the freedoms we once had😊👍🏻And I’ll be the first one there!

    • @wylierichardson-tu6zs
      @wylierichardson-tu6zs ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thedailyhummm that is why all nightclubs have doormen and security staff - to keep order within the place.

  • @tammiealmany6239
    @tammiealmany6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Looked like so much fun 🙂

  • @stopthelies4249
    @stopthelies4249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    It was the most exclusive nightclub in the world this club was international everybody wanted to get in. They used to have to call the police to clear the crowd outside he was getting busted

  • @adama6440
    @adama6440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Back when the photographers had respect of what photos to take and at what time to take them and listened to the rules of being let in with a camera if they follow it and dont leak the stuff that went on in there

    • @wylier
      @wylier 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think they had plenty to actually photograph! lol

  • @pacosotoflorido6153
    @pacosotoflorido6153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I was surprised to see Barbra Streisand there.

    • @tori2dles
      @tori2dles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Streisand had a big disco phase, even recorded with Barry Gibb.

  • @dar76sh59
    @dar76sh59 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Kate Jackson was a regular during a time when she was at the height of her fame. She often went there with good friend Cher. And at the opening night Warren Beatty and Kate tried to get in but I'm not sure they made it because the crowd was huge!!

  • @TooSkinnyKenny
    @TooSkinnyKenny ปีที่แล้ว +11

    it's important to realize that Studio 54 was NO celebration of disco. It was all about money, power, celebrity and exclusion.

    • @Theoriginalbigbrillo
      @Theoriginalbigbrillo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You've just described modern Britain 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

    • @wylierichardson-tu6zs
      @wylierichardson-tu6zs ปีที่แล้ว

      It would be more accurate to say that it was more than 'just' a discoteque. It was meant to be a cultural hub and an 'it' spot for famous people as well as ordinary folks out for a fun night out on the town.

    • @TooSkinnyKenny
      @TooSkinnyKenny ปีที่แล้ว

      yes I agree with that. But I'm a former disco DJ and when we partied we didn't need money or celebrities, just the music and each other. The entertainment scene is exactly the opposite now. People, including myself, now party on our electronics.@@wylierichardson-tu6zs

  • @dawnduncan9692
    @dawnduncan9692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Surprised to see Robin Williams!

  • @2025-e4n
    @2025-e4n 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Its a BIG CLUB! and You ain't in it! You and I are Not apart of the BIG CLUB!" --George Carlin

    • @stevenhosea4849
      @stevenhosea4849 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks. Thanks.

    • @theexotic2983
      @theexotic2983 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Comsidering how it ends for most of them, thank God we're not a part of the BIG CLUB...

  • @ricardocarmo8880
    @ricardocarmo8880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I thought you would also talk about Travolta... And his photo with Sly...

  • @George-rb6bv
    @George-rb6bv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    with my personality, I would have loved that club. What is life without a little hedonism? We are here for a short time, and you must seize the amazing moments when opportunity presents itself. What could be better than dancing, schmoozing, drinking, laughing, in the company of such wanderlust, worldly, interesting people? I can only imagine the bliss of being at that place in 1978, completely surrendered to the addictive escapism on a Friday night. A night at studio 54 must have made time stand still, as the patrons were all disciples of the pleasure principle! The sad thing is that the good times in life usually don't ever come back. Carpe diem!

    • @woofer13
      @woofer13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Big Smile! I just got done leaving a reply on someone else's comment, and then read some of the other comments here. I saw yours and figured I'd copy it, and post it to you.
      "I'm an 'average' person and so was my boyfriend at the time. We lived in Pennsylvania...still do, and decided that it would be fun to go to New York and see if we could get in....with just jeans and t-shirts. It was a spur of the moment decision. There was a long line outside when we arrived, and I could see that no one was getting in. So we danced in place. One of the three bouncers pointed at us and gestured to come in. I had more fun than I ever had in my life, but the crazy thing is, once was enough. I never had a desire to go back again, and I have no idea whether there were celebrities or not. I felt like a star. The music was fantastic and we danced the night away." You said that the sad thing is that the good times in life usually don't ever come back. Well, yes and no. I've had a pretty wonderful life so far, but it's true that that one visit was a night I'll always remember.

    • @wylierichardson-tu6zs
      @wylierichardson-tu6zs ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We can always create more good times, they are not dependent on any one place and time.

  • @tammiealmany6239
    @tammiealmany6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome 👍 thanks

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching, Tammie!

  • @juliopalmerin7973
    @juliopalmerin7973 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cuando fui joven vi a travolta bailando con bose en 1979.

  • @estebanquiroz8096
    @estebanquiroz8096 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It was Ian Shrager and Steve Rubell

  • @beckybuck3559
    @beckybuck3559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when did model Gia go there and how often.

  • @lupechacon-florez7520
    @lupechacon-florez7520 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does anyone remember the VIP parties? Many of them or at studio 54

  • @kevinluschak5241
    @kevinluschak5241 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh yeah I wanted to go there if I was able to travel through time.

  • @tammiealmany6239
    @tammiealmany6239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mick jagger was so funny in the old lady hat with Jerry hall lol cute 🤠

  • @spaceman61
    @spaceman61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember when it was studio 53

  • @Rhythm973
    @Rhythm973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The club held over 2000 people. There were more than celebs there regularly lol.

  • @saralobo631
    @saralobo631 ปีที่แล้ว

    BUENÍSIMO, YO RECUERDO Q LO SEGUIA X LS REVISITAS Cosmopolitan,
    Vanidades, Hola etc, es el recuento de un pasado ' Único, Irrepetible, Glorioso para esa época 🎉❤

  • @energyasylum997
    @energyasylum997 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In the thumbnail pic Travolta is asking the bartender for a Seven-Seven!! Lol

  • @grisellpena9716
    @grisellpena9716 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was one of the lucky ones that for whatever reason had no problem getting in every time my friends and I went. This place was as wild as described! And yes so many celebrities from the fashion world tho showbiz frequent this club and we all partied with them,everyone came together and had a good time.

  • @racheldianeames3729
    @racheldianeames3729 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please do a video on mgm studio acution 1970

  • @TheDjposh
    @TheDjposh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You forgot HALSTON.
    his in a few photos.

  • @kenkwok5906
    @kenkwok5906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I didn’t expect to see Dolly Parton there!

    • @tori2dles
      @tori2dles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They did a birthday party for her one night where they brought in farm animals. I don’t think she frequented there.

  • @adama6440
    @adama6440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Daym in the 80s mystery woman was that fine even for these days she look damn good and modern at 01:59 mark

    • @radamik
      @radamik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She did. And much better than many of the celebrities who, when all is said and done, were often pretty uncool despite their apparent fame. True style often comes from anonymity - that’s how it gets its mystery. I’m sure there were plenty of patrons like this lady who just “had” it.

  • @jameslongo4176
    @jameslongo4176 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Prime example of what happens when an unpopular person gets a taste of power. Studio 54 became big because of a vision. It failed because the person with the idea let their ego and fame get the best of them. They thought they were invincible but obviously they weren’t.

  • @keithmoten8918
    @keithmoten8918 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can see why people would want to go in. Seeing this video, the movie, and another documentary years ago about the club.

  • @johnpuopolo554
    @johnpuopolo554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Betty Ford ? ! Now that's entertainment !

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching!

  • @hapwn
    @hapwn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I worked at Club 33 😎

  • @readynow12345
    @readynow12345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I knew Rubell after he got out of prison, he opened the Palladium on 14st, I knew a club promoter that gave me free passes to the club that is where I met Steve he sent me a drink, at first the the waiter wouldn't tell me where it came from eventually he did & I walked up to him to say thanks, even though he liked me it wasn't obvious we talked for a minute & he gave me his number which I lost, other than that I liked him, he was the type of dude that wasn't afraid to speak his mind.

    • @LuisHernandez-sf5hf
      @LuisHernandez-sf5hf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So…. You smashed??? 😮

    • @FeverFromDaBronx
      @FeverFromDaBronx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't know he opened up the Palladium too......Wow !!

    • @readynow12345
      @readynow12345 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LuisHernandez-sf5hf What does that mean smashed ??

    • @readynow12345
      @readynow12345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@FeverFromDaBronx He owned the Morgan hotel on Madison ave, the weird thing is he couldn't get a liquor license because he was convicted of a felony, so if you want liquor they would send out the doorman to buy it, I know I stayed there a few times, the rooms was grey & black & kinda small but nice & clean, it's what's call a boutique hotel.

    • @FeverFromDaBronx
      @FeverFromDaBronx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@readynow12345 The term ( '' smashed '' ) pretty much means sex.......It's like a slang word people in the inner city use when referring to two people having sex.......He's ( '' trying '' ) to be funny and crack a joke but.......anybody that has basic reading comprehension skills would clearly understand that you said you lost his number.......so therefore , ya'll didn't get a chance to actually hangout together

  • @Riz2336
    @Riz2336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    seems like it would have been fun. lots of drugs, music, and celebrities

  • @herexcelencyebba6123
    @herexcelencyebba6123 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Am here some 👍👍😁

  • @brockhedge2750
    @brockhedge2750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Studio 54 would've been open a lot longer then 3yrs if the owners were to pay the taxes...

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said, we strongly concur! Thank you for watching our content and for sharing your thoughts. What other types of video would you like to see?

    • @Theoriginalbigbrillo
      @Theoriginalbigbrillo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@FactsVerse To be fair , he's makes a valid point 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

  • @jimncaz999
    @jimncaz999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching!

    • @Mrsplanetmaster9
      @Mrsplanetmaster9 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes we were ✌🏻💚

  • @anju2606
    @anju2606 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What days of the week was studio 54 open?

    • @stuartlee6622
      @stuartlee6622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Originally Wednesday through Saturday

  • @thedailyhummm
    @thedailyhummm ปีที่แล้ว

    How were celebrities able to enter with the regular crowd at the entrance. We’re celebrities entering in the back door?

  • @veggigoddess
    @veggigoddess ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It said that Drew Barrymore's loser mother brought her here when Drew Barrymore was nine years old but that wouldn't have been possible since she was born in 1975 comma the club opened April 1977 and closed for good in 1980.

  • @edwarddragan6440
    @edwarddragan6440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Cher was so amazing.

  • @Bala5
    @Bala5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I saw them all! I went 4 or 5 nights every week the whole time it was open at the young gay age of 21 living in NYC.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching, Richard!

  • @ryanrose1565
    @ryanrose1565 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Who did steve think he was judging people. Ryan r

  • @kukkaFeatures
    @kukkaFeatures 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Child actors... no wonder Woody Allen was there

  • @empressmoon5794
    @empressmoon5794 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why u keep saying Steve with no word of Ian he was the one behind the designs

  • @mattyice1151
    @mattyice1151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lot of celebs used to go to red Martini in Buckhead (Atlanta), Ive seen Bieber, Jack Harlow and a bunch of others there. It's free too and pretty much no line. For some reason they stopped going tho recently, that club is weird. I could go on for an hour but this is TH-cam

  • @peteroloughlin1694
    @peteroloughlin1694 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Studio 54: A den of iniquity. There will be a Day of Judgement. Everyone of us will be held to account for the deeds we did on Earth - me included. There is an escape from HELL - repent and believe on the Lord Jesus.

    • @Mrsplanetmaster9
      @Mrsplanetmaster9 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Relax 🕺🏻💃🏻

  • @dirtcollector
    @dirtcollector 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    so is no one going to say that the man in the thumbnail is clearly not brad pitt

    • @cristiansolares2007
      @cristiansolares2007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it was John travolta

    • @tori2dles
      @tori2dles 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      L to R it’s David Keith, John Travolta and Sly Stallone.

  • @courtneyfuller-wp8lw
    @courtneyfuller-wp8lw 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    yu still alive ,ain't we sposed to be

  • @xoslater8479
    @xoslater8479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    U forgot about ian. Studio 54 was a 50/50 thing

  • @margaretandrade8367
    @margaretandrade8367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who is Bianca Jagger! Give me a break! 🥴

    • @billr3724
      @billr3724 ปีที่แล้ว

      Her claim to fame was marrying Mick. But she did do a lot of humanitarian and activist work.

  • @bobanthony1297
    @bobanthony1297 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Indeed

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  24 วันที่ผ่านมา

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  • @Mister-Reno
    @Mister-Reno 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i can only dream

  • @louisgonzalez8846
    @louisgonzalez8846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    No wonder it was filled with celebrities. The owners (Rubel & Schrager)
    Made sure that all waiters
    take champagne and drinks and party favors (i.e.
    drugs) to the celebrities ,
    all night long. So naturally
    celebrities not wanting to
    spend money, wud appear
    constantly. And naive and
    Innocent people wud want to be dancing next to some famous person to
    brag about it the next day.
    So these poor souls are the ones that kept this club
    full of $$$$$ with the entrance fee and high priced drinks. And even tho
    Some nights, the crowd outside would be enormous. But inside there wud be very few people.
    Owners just wanted to show, how popular their club was. Which naturally
    Created more publicity for
    the club. Of people yearning to be let inside.
    Rather sad and pathetic
    of these people waiting outside the club for hours.
    I heard that clubs called
    FLAMINGO , LE JARDIN,
    INFINITY and 12 WEST were much more fun and
    full of energy and frenzy from the excellent dancers
    on the dance floor.

  • @montvilleo
    @montvilleo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Betty Ford ???

  • @OctPSfever
    @OctPSfever 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Betty Ford...

  • @SUGAR_XYLER
    @SUGAR_XYLER 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    🤣 Idiots that stood at the door like homeless dogs.
    I wouldn't have done it !!

    • @Deborahtunes
      @Deborahtunes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Me neither, not worth it. But I was never into the drug scene...

  • @alfaman4113
    @alfaman4113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Michelle Jackson: “ hey Steven Tyler how did you get such beautiful lips, and straight hair and your skin is so white. emmmm” I wonder if I would look good like a white man.

    • @wylierichardson-tu6zs
      @wylierichardson-tu6zs ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny comment, but you misspelled Michael's name. It's not 'michelle' (altho he was certainly more effeminate that most other male celebs. lol).

    • @Mrsplanetmaster9
      @Mrsplanetmaster9 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@wylierichardson-tu6zsthe misspell was intended 😮

  • @thankthelord4536
    @thankthelord4536 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm not surprised that a freaky unsettling club like 54 would let in children. They should have lost their liquor license.

    • @wylierichardson-tu6zs
      @wylierichardson-tu6zs ปีที่แล้ว

      If you mean Brooke Shields, I am pretty sure she didnt have liquor while she was there. I presume they let her have water or soda instead.

  • @JohnSmith-zl8rz
    @JohnSmith-zl8rz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1:54 what a babe! 😍

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      @FactsVerse  10 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @vart7767
    @vart7767 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    CESS POOL

  • @take1jojo
    @take1jojo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    🎉🎉

  • @thegrandhouseofamen7
    @thegrandhouseofamen7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Find out betty ford was gettin it in at the 54 balcony. Lol. I went there is 79. Celebs were gone.

  • @LisaKurgas-ll8dc
    @LisaKurgas-ll8dc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Might as well have been called : Studio HIV!

    • @wylierichardson-tu6zs
      @wylierichardson-tu6zs ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually, the HIV epidemic didnt begin until the early 80s, when the club's doors were shuttered. It was the gay bathhouses that were the real 'hot spots' for the virus spreading, that is why the NYC health department closed them in the 80s. They also went after a few 'swingers clubs' that appealed to straight folks as well, just for good measure.

  • @gabesen1451
    @gabesen1451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Where ever these people are now,,,,Jesus have mercy on their souls

    • @francoisgouws7288
      @francoisgouws7288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where are you?

    • @gabesen1451
      @gabesen1451 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@francoisgouws7288 I live in NY and a follower of HIM to the best of my ability....hoping that those people also have changed their ways.....if not so be it....
      Remember- "every knee shall bow" to him some day and give an accounting of thems.

    • @gabesen1451
      @gabesen1451 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Carlos Sotolongo ...u may not need him now, but u will regret your arrogance come that day when u will meet him face to face.

  • @diamondchanell777
    @diamondchanell777 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A girl can dream…

  • @mrsw2258
    @mrsw2258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's not Brad Pitt🙄🤭

    • @kellie5476
      @kellie5476 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're right, it's not.

  • @robertlong1868
    @robertlong1868 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my, I was a regular on Sunday nights. I became friendly with Marc, and Steve. I was underage at the time but I loved to dance the night away. I loved to dance with Princess Stephanie, one night I was picked up off my feet by two men and carried away from her. They told me that I was never to dance with her again. I can still see her face and outstretched arm reaching for me as I was whisked away.

    • @wylierichardson-tu6zs
      @wylierichardson-tu6zs ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds like the basis for a cheesy romantic comedy. lol Thanks for sharing your story, I am glad you got the chance to meet actual royalty.

  • @warrensilverfox
    @warrensilverfox ปีที่แล้ว +1

    one night i met elton john and we spent the evening dancing the night away

  • @glennday7802
    @glennday7802 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not that it matters, but I actually pity these shallow people.

  • @radamik
    @radamik 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Celebrities at the time were not worshipped anywhere near the level they are today, and very likely the most interesting people there were the anonymous regular people who Steve Rubell recognized as having the right style and attitude (fun loving, not snobbish) to be let in. And as far as fashion, a great pair of jeans, boots, and a cool cotton (not polyester!) shirt surpassed any glittery look, though of course there’s photographic evidence of plenty of the latter.

    • @jmeeksjr.7318
      @jmeeksjr.7318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      celebrities are actually worshipped less today. anybody can become viral

    • @wylierichardson-tu6zs
      @wylierichardson-tu6zs ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, I think the likes of Mick, Liza, Andy, Grace, Diana, Michael and Brooke are a tad more interesting than the 'regular' folks who showed up. (I will let my lack of using their full names speak for itself, it proves my point in a way.) Since Steve Rubell was gay, he also was partial to letting in obviously gay men and drag queens, who are in no way fascinating to me. But to each his own, I guess.

  • @THECDG999
    @THECDG999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But the owner had to open his mouth and said he maid tons of money without paying taxes!

  • @R2ou2x
    @R2ou2x 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    id rather have this guy talking then seeing actual live dancing scenes from the club.......

  • @RandyThompson-hg8lq
    @RandyThompson-hg8lq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Me.😯

  • @kevinluschak5241
    @kevinluschak5241 ปีที่แล้ว

    They were really picky about who was allowed in.

  • @dennisguilder1
    @dennisguilder1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did people get on VIP lists back then????

    • @robertborger8321
      @robertborger8321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who you knew, and who you were. I was invited to many backstage private parties, entering from a back door.

  • @karendenbok3206
    @karendenbok3206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Closed in 1980. Brad Pitt was only 17 or 18. 1980 I was 19 and I know Brad Pitt is youger than me.

    • @wylier
      @wylier 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, they let in Brooke Shields, and she was pretty young in the 70s.

    • @tori2dles
      @tori2dles 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He would have been 16 for most of 1980. Bday’s in Dec.

  • @kevinluschak5241
    @kevinluschak5241 ปีที่แล้ว

    The neighborhood where they had the club was not a great choice.

  • @SekhmetSecretWeapon
    @SekhmetSecretWeapon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used a fake i.d. lmao..

  • @suppe3181
    @suppe3181 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Reeeeee

  • @Unique1Media
    @Unique1Media 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nothing but Drugs, Sex n Queers and curruption

  • @stephiepug81
    @stephiepug81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Qeer? Really? How disgusting, was interesting until then

  • @kialeshayuu_
    @kialeshayuu_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im first in the comments and likes.

  • @andrewwerner2061
    @andrewwerner2061 ปีที่แล้ว

    😡😡😡😡😡😡

  • @Fa3rietales13
    @Fa3rietales13 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    8th hahahaha

  • @sheelamhegde2443
    @sheelamhegde2443 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Commented second

  • @supersimple-caadri
    @supersimple-caadri ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m not impressed, I’m glad it was shut down, sorry people 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @MacDeezy88
    @MacDeezy88 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    gross