| P.J's |
Twist
& dancing here - 1964, Jazz, Latin, Food |
8151 Santa Monica |
?? |
Hollywood |
CA |
N |
Twist |
60's |
2/1961 |
sold 1968 |
Paul Raffles, Chuck Murano, Bill
Daugherty, Elmer Valentine |
| Pabst-Harlem Restaurant |
Ballroom |
?? |
?? |
?? |
NY |
B |
B |
00's |
1904 |
?? |
Pabst? |
| Pacific Square Blrm. |
?? |
?? |
?? |
San Diego |
CA |
B |
B |
40's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Paddock Club |
above Earl
Carrol Theater |
Seventh St. |
50th Avenue |
?? |
NY |
N |
SB |
30's |
1931 |
?? |
?? |
| Paddock Super Club |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Albuquerque |
NM |
N |
B |
60's |
1965 |
?? |
?? |
| Pal Joey's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Palm Springs |
CA |
N |
?? |
60's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Palace Theater |
Palace Theater Music Hall |
?? |
?? |
?? |
NY |
TV |
?? |
?? |
4/5/1913 |
5/1934 |
?? |
| Palace Hotel |
Lu Waters Band |
?? |
?? |
San Francisco? |
CA |
?? |
JS |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Palais Royal |
became Connie's Inn, later Cotton
Club |
Broadway |
W. 48th Street |
New York |
NY |
N |
?? |
20's |
?? |
9/1936 became Cotton
Club |
?? |
| Palladium,
The |
Benny Goodman, Very crowded for
dancing |
6215 Sunset Blvd. |
Gower Avenue |
Hollywood |
CA |
B |
BS |
30's |
10/29/1940 |
?? |
Maurice Cohen, Norman Chandler |
| Palladium |
?? |
?? |
?? |
London |
EN |
B |
B |
20's |
1926? |
?? |
?? |
| Palladium,
The |
?? |
126th Street East |
14th Street |
New York |
NY |
B |
BS |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Palladium, the |
was Academy of Music in 1930s |
?? |
?? |
New York |
NY |
B |
B |
70's |
early 1970s |
?? |
?? |
| Palladium Dance Hall |
1st to host a Latin night (Sun) "The Temple of Mambo" |
53rd St. |
Broadway |
Manhattan |
NY |
H |
L |
?? |
1947 |
1967 |
Max Hyman |
| Palais d'or |
?? |
Broadway |
at 43rd Street |
?? |
NY |
RN |
B |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Palais de danse |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Britain |
EN |
B |
B |
10's |
1919 |
?? |
Hammersmiths |
| Palais de danse |
was Rendezvous Inn |
Hill Street |
6th Ave. |
Hollywood |
CA |
NR |
B |
30's |
8/1925 |
?? |
Mike Lyman (aka Mike Simon) |
| Palais de danse roof Garden |
Chez Maurice |
?? |
?? |
?? |
NY |
G |
?? |
10's |
1914 |
?? |
Shuberts |
| Palasis de Danse |
Electric Park |
?? |
Belle Isl. Bridge |
Detroit |
MI |
B |
B |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Palais de danse |
Persian Garden, Winter Garden. |
Broadway |
50th Street |
?? |
NY |
N |
B |
10's |
1914 |
3 floors of clubs. |
Lee Shubert |
| Palais Royal |
aka:
Club de Vingt, became Latin
Qtr. |
Broadway |
48th Street |
Times Square |
NY |
N |
B |
10's |
1917 |
1940? |
?? |
| Palisades
Dance Hall |
Palisades Park |
?? |
?? |
Palisades Park |
NJ |
H |
B |
14's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Palmer House |
Empire Room |
?? |
?? |
Chicago |
IL |
B |
B |
40's |
?? |
?? |
Hilton |
| Palomar
Ballroom |
Formerly El
Patio, and Rainbow Gardens | Swing Craze started here (summer
1934) |
3440 West 2nd. Street |
No. Vermont Avenue |
Los Angeles |
CA |
B |
SB |
30's |
1925 as El Patio |
10/2/1938 (Fire) |
?? |
| Palamino, the |
Country Western |
6907 Lankershim |
?? |
No. Hollywood |
CA |
N |
CW |
60's |
?? |
?? |
Tom & Bill ? |
| Pandora's Box |
Teen/adult club |
Sunset Blvd |
Crescent Heights |
Hollywood |
CA |
R |
F |
60's |
?? |
?? |
Jimmy O'Neil |
| Pansy Club, the |
Gay Nightclub |
204 W. 48th Street |
?? |
Manhattan |
NY |
N |
?? |
30's |
?? |
1931 |
?? |
| Paradis, La |
Hope, Burns, etc |
1 Thomas Circle |
?? |
Washington |
WA |
RN |
JZ |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Paradise |
?? |
18th Street |
?? |
Kansas City? |
MO |
N |
S |
30's |
?? |
?? |
Lucille Webb |
| Paradise
Gardens |
Ballroom |
Madison Street |
Crawford Avenue |
Chicago |
IL |
B |
B |
10's |
1916 |
n/a |
J.L. Guyan |
| Paradise Ballroom |
?? |
Broadway |
49th |
Manhattan |
NY |
N |
S |
30's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Paradise Cafe |
Sextuplets, Davis Dells |
230 Illinois Ave |
Boardwalk |
Atlantic City |
NJ |
N |
S |
40'S |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Paradise Club |
Closed to Prohibition |
?? |
?? |
London |
EN |
N |
SB |
30's |
1930? |
5/1939 |
?? |
| Paradise Club |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Hollywood |
CA |
N |
SJ |
40's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Paradise Club |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Harlem |
NY |
N |
?? |
?? |
10/26/1925 |
?? |
Ed Small's |
| Paradise Park |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Calistoga |
CA |
N |
SB |
30's |
?? |
?? |
Jack Williams |
| Paradise Pavillion |
Ballroom |
?? |
?? |
Hampton |
ME |
B |
B |
30's |
?? |
1930 Burned |
?? |
| Paradise Theater |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Detroit |
MI |
?? |
S |
40's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Paramount
Theater |
Goodman returned
here in 1936 |
43rd Street |
?? |
New York City |
NY |
T |
?? |
30's |
1938? |
?? |
?? |
| Paramount Theater |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Los Angeles |
CA |
T |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Paria Inn |
?? |
?? |
?? |
San Diego |
CA |
N |
S |
50's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Paris Inn |
Near Civic Cntr. (tore down &
became county jail)
Later moved to 210 E. Market, then 845 N. Broadway |
210E. Market St. Later moved to
110 Market |
E. Main St. |
Los Angeles |
CA |
NR |
B |
40's |
bought in 12/31/1924 |
1950 (eminet domain) |
1924 Umberto Guiseppi "Bert"
Rovere, Mr. Innocente Pedroli. |
| Parisian Room |
Palase
de Danse, Chez Maurice, Persian Garden. |
Broadway |
50th Street |
(2nd Floor) |
NY |
N |
B |
10's |
1915 |
?? |
Maurice
Mouvet, The Shuberts |
| Park Ballroom |
Minnosota |
?? |
?? |
New Prague |
MT |
B |
B |
50's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Park Central Hotel (roof). |
"A Castle In The Air" |
56th Street |
7th Avenue |
?? |
NY |
H |
?? |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Park Central Hotel. |
?? |
640 Ocean Dr. |
?? |
Miami Bch. |
FL |
H |
B |
20's |
1925 |
current |
?? |
| Park Lane |
?? |
299 Park Avenue |
48th |
?? |
NY |
NR |
B |
30's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Park Plaza Hotel |
?? |
64 Arlington St |
?? |
Boston |
MA |
H |
B |
20's |
1927 |
current |
E.M Slater |
| Park Wilshire Hotel |
?? |
2424 Wilshire Bl. |
?? |
Los Angeles |
NY |
?? |
B |
40's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Parkway Ballroom |
dances promoted by Mckee Fitzhugh |
4457 S. Parkway Bl |
?? |
Chicago |
IL |
B |
BS |
40's |
3/9/1940 |
?? |
Fred Guy mgr. (1947) |
| Parody Club |
?? |
48th Street |
W. Of Broadway |
?? |
NY |
N |
B |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Passaic Garden Blrm |
?? |
W. Howe |
Garden St |
Passaic? |
NJ |
B |
B |
60's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pauls Place |
?? |
1521 Alhambra Ave |
?? |
Martinez |
CA. |
N |
BS |
30's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Paulais Cafe |
next to Grauman’s Egyptian theater |
Hollywood Blvd. |
?? |
Hollywood |
CA |
NR |
B |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
The Pavillion
(the Grand Strand) |
Atlantic Ocean (Shag) |
n/a |
n/a |
Myrtle Beach |
SC |
B |
BS |
40's |
1900 & 1948 |
current |
n/a |
| Pavillion Hotel |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
NY |
?? |
?? |
10's |
1918 |
?? |
?? |
| Peabody Hotel |
?? |
149 Union Ave. |
?? |
Memphis |
TN |
H |
B |
87's |
1869 |
current |
?? |
| Peacock Alley |
?? |
Hollywood Blvd. |
?? |
Hollywood |
CA |
N |
S |
50's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pekin Dance Hall |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Fort Lee |
NJ |
D |
B |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pekin Restaurant |
Need Info? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
1925 |
out of Bus. (Prohibition) |
?? |
| Pelham Cafe' |
aka:
"Nigger Mikes" |
?? |
?? |
Chinatown |
NY |
?? |
?? |
?? |
1920's |
?? |
?? |
| Pence Opera House |
Burlesque |
?? |
?? |
Minneapolis |
MN |
?? |
?? |
87 |
1870 |
?? |
?? |
| Pendennis Club |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Louisville |
KY |
N |
?? |
00's |
1909 |
?? |
?? |
| Pensylvania Hotel |
- Penn-6-5000,
- Cafe Rouge
- Madhattan Rm. |
Seventh Avenue |
32-33rd Street |
Manhattan |
NY |
?? |
S |
30's |
1920 |
1947? |
?? |
| Penta Hotel |
?? |
Seventh |
33rd. Street |
?? |
NY |
N |
?? |
30's |
1938 |
?? |
?? |
| Penthouse |
(Bob Dulane-1st DJ.) |
Western Ave. |
?? |
?? |
CA |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Peony
Park Ballroom |
was Terrace Ballroom |
?? |
?? |
Omaha |
NB |
B |
B |
30's |
1919 |
1994 |
Joseph Malec |
| Peppermint Lounge |
said to be first disco. |
?? |
?? |
Paris |
FR |
N |
D |
60's |
? |
?? |
?? |
| Peppermint
Lounge |
The Twist Started here. |
?? |
?? |
Manhattan? |
NY |
N |
D |
60's |
1960? |
?? |
Shirley Cohen |
| Pepermint West |
was Tailspin. Famous for the Twist |
Cahuenga |
Franklin |
Hollywood |
CA |
N |
S |
50's |
?? |
?? |
Johnny La Tazano |
| Perseverance Hall |
?? |
Villere Street |
- |
New Orleans |
LA |
N |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Persian Garden |
Winter Garden, Palais de Danse. |
Broadway |
50th Street |
?? |
NY |
GB |
B |
10's |
1914 |
?? |
Shuberts,
Joan Sawyer-mgr. |
| Persian Room |
Plaza Hotel |
Fifth Avenue |
at 59th Street |
?? |
NY |
HN |
B |
30's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pete Lala's Cafe |
?? |
Basin Street |
?? |
New Orleans |
LA |
NR |
B |
00's |
1907 |
?? |
Pete Lala? |
| Phoenix Club |
Memo Bernabel Orch |
1566 Douglas Road |
?? |
Anaheim |
CA |
H |
S,B |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pfister Hotel |
?? |
424 E. Wisconsin Av |
?? |
Milwalkee |
WI |
H |
B |
89's |
1893 |
current |
?? |
| Piccidilly Hotel |
Need Info! |
?? |
?? |
ENGLAND |
?? |
?? |
-- |
?? |
1925? |
?? |
?? |
| Pickwick
Club |
Collpased during dance |
?? |
?? |
Boston |
MA |
N |
S |
?? |
1911 |
1920's? |
?? |
| Pickwick Hotel |
Jessie Crump |
?? |
?? |
Kansas City |
MO |
B |
B |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pier Ballroom |
Electric Park |
?? |
Belle Isl. Bridge |
Detroit |
MI |
B |
B |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pier Ballroom |
Chautaugua Lake |
Celeron Park |
?? |
Jamestown |
NY |
B |
B |
40's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pierre Hotel |
Corinthian Room |
Fifth Avenue |
at 61st Street |
?? |
NY |
B |
B |
30's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pips |
West
Coast Swing | Sandra
Giles, Kenny Wetzel |
?? |
?? |
Beverly Hills |
CA |
N |
S |
80's |
?? |
?? |
Stan Herman, |
| Pirates Den, the |
Had a dance floor |
335 N. La Brea |
?? |
West Hollywood |
CA |
RN |
?? |
30's |
?? |
?? |
Bob Hope and others, Don Dickerman |
| Pismo
Dance Hall |
Pismo Beach |
?? |
?? |
Pismo Beach |
CA |
H |
B |
20's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| PJ's |
The Wisk Dance |
8151 Santa Monica Blvd |
?? |
Hollywood |
CA |
N |
?? |
60's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pla - Mor |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Kansas City |
MI |
N |
?? |
30's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Pla - Mor |
Info |
?? |
?? |
Glencoe |
MN |
B |
B |
50's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Place Pigally |
?? |
215 22nd St. |
|
Miami Beach |
FL |
Burl |
Strip |
40s |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Plantation Cafe' |
was next door to Sebastians
Cotton Club |
7600 Washington Blvd. ? |
11700 Block of Washington Blvd. |
Culver City |
CA |
R |
?? |
40's |
8/2/1928 |
1930 |
Fatty Arbuckle |
| Plantation Cafe' |
was Al Turner's Cafe, Moved~ New
Plantation |
338 E. 35th St. |
Grand Bl. |
Chicago |
IL |
NR |
SB |
20's |
10/29/1924 |
1934 |
Edward Fox & Al Turner &
Al Capone |
| Plantation Club (1) |
atop Winter Garden |
Broadway |
50th Street |
Manhattan |
NY |
N |
SB |
20's |
? |
?? |
Harry Block |
| Plantation Club (2) |
also Manhattan |
W.126 Street |
Near Lennox |
Harlem |
NY |
N |
SB |
20's |
?? |
1925 |
Harry Block, Murdered by O. Madden |
| Plantation Club (3) |
Relocated to Original Cotton
Club Spot. |
Lenox Ave. |
142nd. Street |
Harlem |
NY |
N |
SB |
30's |
1938 |
?? |
?? |
| Plantation Club (4) |
?? |
108th Street |
Central |
Hollywood |
CA |
N |
SB |
40's |
1942 |
1947 |
?? |
| Plaquato Ballroom |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Chehalis |
WA |
B |
B |
50's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Players Club |
3 floors. opposite Garden of Allah. |
8225 Sunset Blvd. |
?? |
Hollywood |
CA |
N |
R |
40's |
1940 |
1953 |
Preston Sturges |
| Playhouse Club |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Independence |
MO |
N |
S |
30's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Playroom, The |
?? |
Vine Street |
So. Of Hlywd Bl. |
Hollywood |
CA |
NR |
? |
40's |
?? |
?? |
Mike Lyman |
| Plaza
Hotel, The |
?? |
1637 N. Vine Street |
Hollywood Blvd. |
Hollywood |
CA |
?? |
SB |
40's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Plaza Hotel, The |
Persian Room
Veloz/Yolanda |
Fifth Avenue |
59th St. / Central Pk |
New York |
NY |
NB |
SL |
30's |
1907 |
1938?/ current |
?? |
| Pod's & Jerry's |
Located by Small's/Connie's |
?? |
?? |
Harlem |
NY |
N |
?? |
20's |
1925? |
?? |
?? |
| Pony Moore's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
Chicago |
IL |
N |
?? |
10's |
1911 |
?? |
?? |
| Poodles Patio Night Club |
Burlesque |
?? |
640 Bourbon Street |
New Orleans |
LA. |
N |
Burl |
40's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Prelude, The |
West
Coast Swing |
Lankershim |
Victory? |
North Hollywood |
CA |
N |
WCS |
50's |
?? |
?? |
Dean
Collins, Jack
Carey |
| Press Box, The |
was "Kings
Table Lounge" (Dancers came prev. from Lion D'
Or. to Kings Table) West
Coast Swing |
6451 Westminster Blvd |
405 Freeway |
Westminster |
CA |
N |
WCS |
80/90's |
?? |
Dancing
stopped after Kenny's death, later still going but not
by legendary Rebels SDC |
Kenny
Wetzel, Al
White, Dino |
| Primrose Dancing Palace |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
B |
B |
30's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Prince Igor |
Russian Club |
16 E. Huron St |
?? |
Chicago |
IL |
N |
B |
40's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Princess
Ballroom |
also a restaurant |
route U.S.3 |
?? |
West Concorde |
NH |
BR |
B |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
| Proctors |
?? |
Fifth Avenue |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
1890 |
?? |
?? |
| Prom
Ballroom |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
(Surf, Terp blrm chain) |
| Prospect Gardens, Hubers |
became: Hollywood Club |
1600 Broadway |
49th Street |
?? |
NY |
N |
?? |
89's |
1890 |
?? |
Huber? |
| Purcell's |
?? |
?? |
?? |
San Francisco |
CA |
N |
S |
20's |
1920's |
?? |
Lou Purcell? |
| Pyramid Club |
?? |
101 Avenue A |
?? |
?? |
NY |
N |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |
?? |