Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s
Joel Selvin, John Johnson, Dick Cami$31.44
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The never-before-told story of The Peppermint Lounge, the famed Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout that launched an era
The Peppermint Lounge was intended to be nothing more than a front for gambling and other rackets but the club became a sensation after Dick Cami Camillucci began to feature a new kind of music, rock and roll. The mobsters running the place found themselves juggling rebellious youths alongside celebrities like Greta Garbo and Shirley MacLaine. When The Beatles visited the club, Cami's uncle-in-law had to restrain a hitman who was after Ringo because his girlfriend was so infatuated with the drummer. Working with Dick Cami himself, Johnson and Selvin unveil this engrossing story of the go-go sixties and the club that inspired the classic hits Twisting the Night Away and The Peppermint Twist.Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 11/13/2012
ISBN: 9780312581787
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/03/2012 pg. 59
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2012
Library Journal 10/01/2012 pg. 87