 Interactive map of Trude Heller's | |
| Location | 6th Avenue and West9th Street, New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′03″N73°59′56″W / 40.734043°N 73.999025°W /40.734043; -73.999025 |
| Type | Nightclub |
| Events | Rock and roll,rock music |
| Opened | late 1950s |
| Closed | 1980s |
Trude Heller's was a nightclub inGreenwich Village,Manhattan,New York City and located at6th Avenue and West 9th Street and operated from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.[1] It has been described as the only truly "in" spot in Greenwich Village.[2] Some of the acts that got their starts there wereDuane andGregg Allman of theAllman Brothers,Cyndi Lauper,[3] andThe Manhattan Transfer.[4]
The club began its days in the early 1960s as a swinging Greenwich Village discothèque, run by a tough entrepreneur named Trude Heller.
In the 1960s, go-go dancers could be seen dancing along the walls. Some of the people that danced on the floor there wereSalvador Dalí,George Hamilton andLynda Bird Johnson.[5]
The end of the disco craze in the early 1980s spelled the end of the club.[6] Nowadays, Lenny's sandwich chain is in the premises.[7]
Two of the house bands there wereBarry and the Remains[8] andBenny Gordon and the Soul Brothers.[9] Some of the headlining acts wereBen E. King,Otis Redding, andSam the Sham and the Pharaohs.[10]
Other acts who appeared there includeThe Lovin' Spoonful, who played, rushed off to perform on television on theThe Ed Sullivan Show and returned; theBeastie Boys in their early days;[11] Frankie Paris and the Purple Haze;[12] Funk Steady;[13]Goldie and the Gingerbreads (featuringGenya Ravan);[14] The Scoundrels;[15] Artie Stewart;[16] and Marion Taylor and the Reggie Moore Trio.[17] Jazz singerAnita O'Day and jazz pianistAhmad Jamal also appeared there.