August 2,1924 ·Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

November 4,2009 ·Inwood, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (heart attack)

Arthur Joshua Dlugoff

D'Lugoff was a Yeshiva Bochur who discovered music through his cantor,Moshe Nathanson, the creator of the song "Hava Nagila."

Chief operating officer and a co-owner of Village Rathskeller, Inc., acorporation which owned the Village Gate, a nightclub at the corner ofBleeker and Thompson in Greenwich Village, New York. It operated fromthe late 1950s until 1995 and featured such greats as John Coltrane,Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Dizzy Gillespie. The Village Gatewas a stop on the Greenwich Village Walking Tour, in part becauseBob Dylan wrote "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" in September 1962 in thebasement there.

Booked first New York gig ofAretha Franklin.

Hired and later fired a youngDustin Hoffman who worked as a waiter at his club. He also hired such notable stars such asPaul Robeson,Pete Seeger,Lenny Bruce,Billie Holiday,John Coltrane,Count Basie,Miles Davis andDuke Ellington.