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Legend: aka = Also Known As / B=Ballroom / C=Cabaret / G=Roof Garden / H=Dance Hall / J=Juke Joint / N=Night Club / R=Rest-Supper Club / S=Saloon / T=Theatre / V=Vaudeville / M=Minstrel / X=Casino / Z=Hurdy Gurdy / n/a=Not Available
Name Note Cross Street Address City State Type Dance Era opn Clsd Org Owner/
or Mgr
Radio City
Music Hall		 The Rockettes!, Corps de Ballet 6th Avenue 50th Street Rockefeller Center-NYC NY T V - 12/27/1932 current Samuel L. Rothafel (Roxy)
Radio Room Hellzapoppin' Type Club 1539 N. Vine Street Sunset Hollywood CA N   40's - - -
Radium Club Open All Night - - Harlem NY N ? 30's - - -
Rag Doll - Western Devon Chicago IL N   40's - - -
Rag Doll, The (Dean Collins), WCSwing Victory Colfax North Hollywood CA N S 50's - - Tony Ferra & Joe Gianjuli
Rainbow Ballroom n/a Vermont 2nd St Los Angeles? CA B - 20s - - -
Rainbow Gardens became Palomar Blrm. - - Los Angeles CA B BS 30's - - -
Rainbo Gardens Formerly Moulin Rouge Gardens-1917. 4812-36 N. Clark St. - Chicago IL N B 10's 1919?/1922 reopened Current as Rainbow Casino Fred and Al Mann
Rainbow Gardens - Waldameer Park n/a Erie PA B B - - - -
Rainbow Room Rainbow Grill Rockefeller Center 5th at 59th - NY N B 30's - - -
Ramona Electric Park - Belle Isl. Bridge Detroit MI B B 20's - -  -
Raymor - - - Boston MA B B 30's - - -
Rector's originally in Chicago 2)Broadway 1)43rd Street.
2) 46th Street		 - NY N - 89's 1898 - George Rector
Rector's (Times Sqaure) Longacre Square 43/44th Streets Manhattan N.Y T - 89's - $ Horse & Buggy Era vol. 1 Charles Rector
Regent, The Theater - - - NY T - - - - Sam. L Rothafal
Reese & Weber - Broadway - - NY N - 20's - - -
Regal Theater Contests - - Chicago IL T - 30's - - -
Reisenweber's became O'Meara Grdns. 981 8th Avenue, (Columbus crcl) 57-58th Streets - NY N - - 1908 1924? -
Renaissance Ballroom Rennaissance Casino/2 story. on Strivers row. 2351 7th Ave. 150 W. 133rd St. Harlem NY BC BS 30's 1915 - Robert Douglas untill 1971.
Renaissance Hotel - 24 Public Sq. - Cleaveland OH H B 10's 12-6-1918 current -
Renaissance- Mayflower Hotel - 1127 Conecticut Ave. - Washington DC H B 20's 1925 current -
Renaissance Room Gotham Hotel Fifth Ave. 55th Street Manhattan NY H B 30's - - -
Rendezvous Ballroom burnt down, rebuilt Newport-Balboa Harbor Palm & Washington Newport Beach CA N S 40's 3/24/1928 rebuilt in
1/27/1935		 8/7/1966 (burned down twice)
Rendevous Biltmore? - - Santa Monica CA - S 50's - - -
Rendezvous, The - St. Nicholas Avenue - Harlem NY N N 30s - - -
Rendez-vous Club & Cafe - - - Chicago IL N B 20's 1926 - -
Reno Club - - - Kansas City MO N - 30's 1935 - -
Rhodes Ballroom Taxi Dancers - Pawtuxet Providence RI B B - 1901 - Rhodes Brothers
Rhumboogie Club aka: Onyx Club 732 Highland Ave   Hollywood CA N - 40s - - -
Rhythm Club - - - London EN N - - - - -
Rialto Theater - - - - NY T - - - - Samual Rothafal (Roxy)
Ringside Club - - - Paris FR N - 50's - - -
Rio Bamba -Rhumba 151 E. 57th - NYC NY N - 40's - - Linton Weits
Rio Cabana Nancy Doran, Berry Bros. 400 N. Wabash - Chicago IL N - 40s - - -
Rio Cafe' - - - Harlem NY N L 40's 1948 - -
Ritz Ballroom - - - Dodge City KA B B - - - -
Ritz-Carlton & Ritz-Grill Crystal Grdn.
Oak Room		 Madison Ave 46th Street - NY H B 30's - - -
Roane's Place - 141st Street Lennox Ave Harlem NY N - 30's - - -
Rococo Ballroom - - - - NY B B 00's - - -
Roman Garden Revolving
Dance Floor		 W. 42nd Street - - NY CN B ? - - Murray ?
Rose Danceland - 125th Street 7th Avenue Harlem NY B S 20's - - -
Rose Bud Cafe' Famous Ragtime Bar 2220-2222 Market Street - St. Louis MI NR - 89 1900 1906 Tom Turpin
Roseland Original 12th Street Chestnut - - - B 20's 1918 - 1 of 3, Louis J. Becker
Roseland Ballroom "America's Foremost Ballroom" 239 W. 51st. Street Broadway New York City NY B BS 30's 1919 current 2nd Of 3, Louis J. Becker
Roseland Blrm # 3 of 3 Massachusetts Astor Place Boston MA B B - - - -
Roseland Blrm # 2 of 3 Fulton Flatbush Brooklyn NY B B - - - -
Rosemary's Ballroom - 13020 Sherman Way Laurel Canyon North Hollywood CA B B 60's - - -
Rosevelt Hotel Guy Lombardo Madison 45th Street NYC NY B B 30's 1934 - -
Rosevelt Grill - - - Harlem? NY N - 30's 1934 - -
Ross Ballroom (Morey's Ballroom) 114 W. 15th St. - Huntington Beach? CA B S 40's - - -
Round Robin became: Forge, Blue Moon Colorado - Glendale CA N DS 50's - Current name Unk. Eddy?
Royal Cafe' - - - Brooklyn NY N - 10's 1910? - -
Royal Garden - - - Chicago IL N - 20's - - -
Royal Roost see Bop City, Embers Broadway - Harlem NY N - 40's 1947 - Ralph Watkins
Rowe Hotel - - - Grand Rapids MI N - 50's - - -
Roxy Theater The Roxettes!, changed to Rockefeller Center 50th Street 7th Avenue - NY C - 20's 3/11/1927 1934-1959, Rock Cntr. 1960 Samuel L. Rothafel
Rupnecks - - - Chicago IL - - 50's - - -
Russian
Tea Room 		Ballet Restaurant W. 57th Street  - - NY R - 30's 1932 - -
Ryans Jimmy - - - NY C - 40's - - Jimmy Ryan?
 
August 20, 2004
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