Studio 54 opened its doors in 1977 in New York. It’s “the place to be” of disco, a nightclub that could bring in up to 57,000 euros in one evening (270,000 FF at the time). All the stars of the 70s met there.
The Studio 54 At New York ? it was the disco star. This 100% disco club welcomed many stars between 1977, its opening year, and until 1980. This certainly explains the colossal sums that a single evening could bring in. The evenings at Studio 54 were very lively, with an extravagant atmosphere and a sense of showmanship. Drag queens, artists, workers, the club was an extraordinary place of freedom.
Bianca and Mick Jagger, Lilian Carter (mother of US President Jimmy Carter), Actress Margaux Hemingway, Calvin Klein, Liza Minnelli and the fashionable French, including Patrick Juvet et Leroy Gomezsinger of the group holy emerald. For Radio disco, they entrusted their memories, lived in this mecca of disco in the USA.
Despite its immense popularity, Studio 54 also faced legal issues. In 1979 its owners, Rubell and Schrager, were arrested for tax evasion and the club was temporarily closed. They were both convicted.
Studio 54 closed its doors for good in 1986. In 2018, a film was dedicated to it
Episode produced with excerpts from the 1 p.m. news on TF1 “the disco phenomenon in the USA” broadcast on November 3, 1978, in collaboration with Anne Delaveau, documentalist at INA
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