Copacabana (night club)

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The The Copacabana (aka The Copa ) is a nightclub in New York City .

history

The club opened at 10 East 60th Street in New York City on November 10, 1940. ( 40 ° 45 ′ 51.5 ″  N , 73 ° 58 ′ 18.3 ″  W ) According to Life Magazine of December 7, 1942, it was named after the Copacabana Palace Hotel in Rio de Janeiro ; Showgirls also had to be able to dance Brazilian samba (“ samba sirens ”).

Monte Proser was the official owner, but the Mafia boss Frank Costello was behind him. Costello replaced Proser a few years after the founding of Jules Podell. Podell didn't let any African Americans into the club. When Harry Belafonte , a soldier in the United States Navy at the time , wanted to go to the club in 1944, he was refused entry. This policy later changed and Belafonte appeared in the club in the 1950s. Sam Cooke appeared in the club in July 1964, resulting in the LP Sam Cooke at the Copa . In July 1965, The Supremes made their first appearance in the Copa. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis performed frequently at the club.

1957 New York Yankees players were present. Sammy Davis, Jr. made an appearance and was racially insulted by drunk bowlers. The Yankees then fought with the bowlers, which resulted in internal penalties. In the mid-1970s, the Copa became a nightclub. It was also closed for three years in the 1970s. The song Copacabana by Barry Manilow (1978) deals with this club. A number of feature films were partly played in the Copacabana such as Goodfellas , Raging Bull , Tootsie , Carlito's Way , The French Connection , Beyond the Sea and Green Book - A Special Friendship .

In 1992 the club was relocated to a different address: 617 West 57th Street (Manhattan). 40 ° 45 ′ 55.8 ″  N , 73 ° 59 ′ 19.5 ″  W In 2001 the club moved again: to 570 W. 34th Street in west Manhattan . ( 40 ° 45 ′ 25.2 ″  N , 73 ° 59 ′ 53.9 ″  W ) Since July 2011, Copacabana has been located on West 47th Street ( 40 ° 45 ′ 36.2 ″  N , 73 ° 59 ′ 13, 5 ″  W )

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  1. ^ Brie Austen: The Great American Supperclub . 2002. Archived from the original on December 31, 2004. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
  2. ^ New York City - The Cabarets . 1959. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved on December 19, 2007.
  3. ↑ Copacabana Girls . In: Life Magazine . December 7, 1942, ISSN  0024-3019 , p. 85 (English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  4. ↑ THE COPA: JULES PODELL AND THE HOTTEST CLUB NORTH OF HAVANA by Mickey Podell-Raber and Charles Pignone . In: Scott Marks' Emulsion Compulsion . November 5, 2007. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 19, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.emulsioncompulsion.com
  5. ^ Mickey Podell-Raber, Charles Pignone: The Copa: Jules Podell and the Hottest Club North of Havana . HarperCollins , New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-124099-7 , pp. 41 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
  6. ↑ a b Mireya Navarro: Night Spots Confront Residential Growth And Higher Rents . In: The New York Times , August 4, 2001, p. B1.  Late Edition (East Coast) article online .
  7. ^ Bill Zwecker: Charging Bias, Owner To Move Copacabana . In: Chicago Sun-Times , Nov. 23, 1992, p. 18. Retrieved May 17, 2009. 

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