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...awed surprise the evening she brought Steffie to a party, stuck the child in a wicker basket and put her in a closet to sleep. Later the party moved off in search of a progressive jazz pianist who was never found. Far later it wound up at a nightspot called the Crescendo. Steffie was still in the closet, sleeping peacefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: The Ring -a- Ding Girl | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

...female choruses soon found their stride and by the climactic scenes of the second act, successfully projected their spirit to the audience. Their singing and dancing of such numbers as "Swing" and "Conga" was not only circusy but buoyant. Jim Fadiman's Valenti, the sleezy operator of a Village nightspot, was perhaps the outstanding member of the chorus...

Author: By James W. B. benkard and Bartle Bull, S | Title: Wonderful Town | 3/14/1959 | See Source »

Although some trails are still incomplete, Sugarbush night life is off to a running start, and New York restaurateur Ormando Orsini has already opened a nightspot for skiing roues...

Author: By Victoria Thompson, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/13/1959 | See Source »

...discharge my duties as King . . . without the help and support of the woman I love ..." Millions listened to the abdication speech of Edward VIII, rebroadcast in England for the first time, as the Duke of Windsor danced away the evening with the woman he loved in a Manhattan nightspot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 9, 1959 | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

...artistic or temperamental, set by such prima donnas as Giulia Grisi, Nellie Melba, Emma Albani. In the '90s, Adelina Patti, who imperiously ignored rehearsals, once filled the stage with detectives disguised as supers to guard her diamonds. Famed Manager Augustus Harris made Covent Garden London's choicest nightspot for rich and royal patrons who came to monocle each other-and protested violently when he doused the house lights during performances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Not So Bad for England | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

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