Palladium (club)
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The Palladium was a nightclub in New York City.
Initially, the Palladium was a theater which was later converted into a club by Steve Rubell, after he was forced to sell Studio 54. Rubell soon sold the Palladium to Peter Gatien, under whose ownership the club achieved renown.
One of the more noteworthy weekly parties held at the Palladium was Arena, an afterhours party that lasted from 10pm Saturday through noon Sunday, which featured DJ Junior Vasquez, known for his remixes and progressive house music sets.
The Palladium closed in 1998 at the height of its success. The building was sold to New York University (NYU), and subsequently demolished. NYU's aptly-named "Palladium Dormitory" now stands on the site.
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Several music videos were filmed inside the Palladium, among them the video for "Because Of You" by The Cover Girls (#27 Billboard Hot 100, #47 R&B, #16 Dance/Club Play).
In 1992, C+C Music Factory recorded a song under the moniker S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. for the Soundtrack to movie The Bodyguard (starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner). The song, "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day", was the only song on the soundtrack performed by an artist other than Whitney Houston to be released as a single in the US. The remixes of the song, which were released via Arista Records on CD single, cassette single, and Double-12" Vinyl single, were titled "The Palladium House Anthem I" and "The Palladium House Anthem II". At that time, C+C Music Factory member Robert Clivillés was the resident DJ at The Palladium.
Junior Vasquez's Arena party, held at Palladium between September 1996 and September 1997, was commemorated in the titles of the remixes he produced for recording artists. During that time period, he named many of his remixes "Junior's Arena Anthem". Among the noteworthy remixes commercially released with this title are Cher's "Paradise Is Here", Whitney Houston's "Step By Step", K.D. Lang's "Theme From The Valley Of The Dolls", and Dolly Parton's "Peace Train" (a cover of the Cat Stevens song).
In 2004, punk pioneers the Ramones reissued a live album they recorded at The Palladium. The album is called "Live January 7, 1978 at the Palladium, NYC [LIVE]" and was released by Sanctuary Records. That album was recorded prior the club's incarnation as a dance club, during a time when the space was primarily used as a venue for rock concerts. During this same era, the photo which would later be used for the cover of the Clash album London Calling was taken from their September 21, 1979 show at Palladium.[1]
Also prior to the venue's dance club days, Frank Zappa and his band performed on and around Halloween several times, including performances in 1977 which were included in the film Baby Snakes, a legendary series of shows in 1978, and a 1981 performance which was simulcast live on radio and MTV.
