From: "Lucille" <----> View Contact Details
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 08:08:54 -0400


my reply/post wouldnt work.

please post it for me. thanks
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>I have tried to register to see who this is but i cant. it wont let
me.
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> do me a favor post a reply. say that I am Lucille and my dad is
charlie
> from the Valentino room. Ask if he knows Joel the chef and Vito the
> bartender and peter?
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> Then ask who it is. give him my e mail add too
> PLEASE!!!! thanks xopxxooxox
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>> You have been sent this message from Gary as a courtesy of
DiscoMusic.com
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>> Lu, check out this article I came across at Discomusic.com. The
author
>> of the note worked at the Limelight in Hallandale and wants to know
what
>> happened to Bobby lombardi..
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>> To view this article, please visit:
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>> http://www.discomusic.com/clubs-more/3204_0_6_0/
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>> Limelight
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This is a copy of an e-mail forwarded to me. It is from Jackie of the Long Island Record Pool

Bobby was a good friend of mine. He originally worked at two important clubs on Long Island during the very early days of the club scene. One was called Rum Bottoms and it hosted packed crowds of dancers that would normally come to see popular bands and Bobby worked the break sessions, keeping them dancing. He also worked one of the earliest Gay Clubs on Long Island called The Corral. He worked alone at that venue.
Bobby was the first DJ to use the Beats-Per-Minute method of mixing. He devised this method because he never used turntables, he used radio station type "carts". These "carts" had no rewind on them, if you missed your mix point, you would have to "fast forward" through the entire song to the original start point and begin your mix all over again. By that time the song playing would have run out, so it was a one-shot-only attempt to get the mix "right" on your first try. Bobby would choose a song that was just a bit faster than the one playing, so he could start it, wait until the newer song caught up to the song playing, then make his mix. Although it sounds crude by today's standards, at the time it was futuristic and very progressive. Back then, there were no Technics turntables, no slip-pads, nobody else synchronizing an incoming song with the song that was playing, Bobby was the innovator.
I asked Bobby what all the little numbers were on his "carts" and he explained the method to me. I asked him if I could adopt his unique method and he said that it was fine, but not to expect him to give me the numbers, I would have to "time" my music by myself, which I did (and became the first DJ to use the BPM system with records). Bobby was a mentor to two DJs that could be considered his protégées, me and Wayne Scott. In 1972, Wayne took one of the nights at Rumbottoms as I got the job at The Bijou, a very big Long Island club. Wayne also adopted the BPM method and eventually became the DJ at the famous New York nightspot The Flamingo.
Bobby moved to Florida, where he worked at The Limelight which was located between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. I visited him at the club. It was quite impressive. He eventually moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he continued to spin for a while, until he passed away (I think it was in the late 80's). He had an adopted son, who I saw once in the early 90's, but not afterward. His son was still living in Atlanta at the time.
If the person asking you about Bobby wants to know more about him, have them contact me directly. I have a photo of him and a story that ran in a music publication back in the '70's that verifies him as being the creator of the BPM method of categorizing music. I keep in touch with Wayne, who is retired from the music business, but he would verify that Bobby in fact was the first DJ to use the BPM system.

Regards,
Jackie

Glad to share this info...

Glasd to share the info

Been to this club - in 1980. I think it was the best dance floor around - huge stainless steel floor - great for really moving around. First Choice ( Group) was there and the place was jumping!
Great club!

Hey Disco 79 - there used to be a club in N.Miami Beach called Disco 79. any relation?

There was also a Rum Bottoms in Miami

Rum Bottoms was the first “Mega Club” in the South Florida area which opened around ’75, The LimeLight occupied the same location later when it first opened around ’77, Rum Bottoms and later the LimeLight still are celebrated to this day by many South Florida Disco fans of the era as this was the hottest club of the day and where many Disco recording artist performed, artist like Grace Jones (rolling in a Motor Bike)Gary Tom’s Empire and so many other I sadly can’t remember now; Lombardi’s mixing skills were the talk of up and coming DJs that flocked to this club to take notes and listen to his mixing, although I believe he was already using Turntables not Carts by then, after Lombardi’s departure DJ Luis Martinez (Lewis Martinee) took over DJ duties until the club burned down (1979?) destroying his record collection in the process….

I am Orlando, I was one of the dancers from Rum bottoms and the limelight, i even remember the mans name in the bathromm that use to keep our dry shirts so that we could change and keep on dancing, his name was Jimmy, I have a copy of the vynyl tracks magazine when tommy and cindy won, to go and represent the club around the country.

luis martinez took over after Lombardi left and was there untill it burned, no it was burned down, because the city of halandale took away the licence to stay open to 6 am and that was not the limelight as we knew it, so it was burned, luis martinez became a music producer afterwards, he was a friend of mine, he lived in Carol City.

Hey Orlando.

Its always so nice to hear from someone who remembers those great days at the Limelight. That was my home away from home. I remember when Tommy & Cindy won too. Remember Pat DeLuca was always trying to win the dance contests but Tommy beat him out every time. Too funny. Well, at least we have good memories. The morning it burned down I stood in the parking lot with a group of people and we played Disco Inferno. How appropriate. Have a good day. Lucille

I think that Luiz Martinee' ran Pantera Records and had EXPOSE ' as an act.

hey Lucille, thanks for the reply, I use to be part of the group that allways was fighting with Pat Deluca and his friends in the parking lot, he use to hate us, because we dance better than him, remember the disco marathon, that he won with Ana, his brother was one of the judges, it was all riged. if you want to I can scan and send you a copy of the vinyl tracks magazine cover, so that you can see the stainless steel dance floor and tomy and cindy dancing with all of us around them looking., I am also in the pivture and so is Ana and the others.

Luis Martinez, did run Pantera records, we use to be close friends, untill I moved away from Miami.

AHHHHHHHHHH, QUE TIEMPOS!. LOL. IT WAS ALL SO COOL. THIS CLUB WAS INDEED HIP.
I MET LUIS MARTINEZ LONG B4 THAT, WE WERE BOTH TEENS & LOOKING FOR OUR SPOT IN LIFE. I REMEMBER HE WAS FUND OF THE BARRABAS SOUND. WE USED TO FOLLOW THE PERCUSSION BEAT AT A FURNITURE STORE DOWN ON SW 12AVE & 6 ST IN MIAMI WHERE WE WORKED. HE BECAME LEWIS MARTINEE, IN CHARGED OF PANTERA AND ON TO EXPOSE. LAST TIME WE BUMPED INTO EACHOTHER WAS AT A WEDDING FOR SOME LADY RELATED TO EXPOSE LEAD SINGER. I WAS THE PHOTOGRAPHER AT THAT WEDDING. SALUTE TO ALL THE SURVIVORS OUT THERE & TO LUIS MY BEST.
THANKS.

hey there Felipe, those were the days, we had alot of fun, I actually wet to the lime light in atlanta and in chicago to dance, but there was none like the one in Hllandalle Florida.

I VACATIONED IN LAUDERDALE AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CLUBS IWOULD GO TO . REMEMBER SEEING GLORIA GAYNOR THERE PROBABLY 79 OR 80.

hey orlando, you are right papo, i think the 1 in hallandale rocked. do y0ou remember a club named "MIX2"

hey there Felipe, I remember mix2, but dont remember wear it was, I also remember the club that next to the fountain blue hotel on the beach, and the reckbar and the castaways, this is all mid 70's

Hola Orlando. El mix2 was a real earlyone man, if im not mistaken it sat where the red lobster sits now on the 79 causeway. Not long after that the "Top drawer" opened acroos the street further east. Years later "Disco 79" opened on the same side of the street but at at next corner where the parking is now. Wow! that is some time ago bro. Estoy viejo or what? lol.

Hi Orlando and Felipe Thanks for the mention, I happened to come across this site WOW! Great memory’s I hope to hear from you…

Mixmachine What's up It's Lewis/ Luis I tlaked about to Jimmy E. What's up?

Hey there Felipe, those are the great old days, the DJ at the top draw was Jimmy, he had a scar on his face from a knife fight at the club, and my sister use to go to disco 79 next to the top draw, and yes I remember mix2 now, it was a few blocks west on the same side of the street, I used to go out with the owner of the top draw daughter, he was italian, i forgot his name and hers, there will never be music like that again.

I remember the Limelight very well. Prior to that it was Rumbottoms. This was in 1976-1978. I was in high school then. The Limelight was one of the best clubs ever in florida. There will never be another Limelight. And for us people who experienced this...Hold on to the memories...I can still see the light show and hear the great sounds in there...My grand children will definitely hear the stories...

"The Limelight" the best club ever!!!

Luis Matinez was the best DJ in the disco years, and Jimmy from Top Draw was pretty good also.

here is a picture of the night that Tommy and Cindy wone the contest to go a represent us around the country, it is the vinyl tracks magazine from may of 1978 issue, we where all there, My self Anita Carlos, Annete, Waldo and many others that i forgot their names at the moment, Luis was the DJ that night. does any one know wear i can contact Luis?

WOW! That picture is a real classic- it truly depicts the true disco dancing that was the time when you went to clubs to dance, dance, dance! That is so amazing! I was there when that contest was happening, the Limelight was the best place for disco dancing, any new styles for dancing, too. I saw so many bands there- Grace Jones on her motorcycle, The Trammps, and many more! I remember Pat DeLuca- he was in my chemistry class at Miami Dade college, back in 1976,77? I wonder if he became a Mortition? I think he was a close relative of Tommy's, plus he had a brother, too. Hey, didn't Tommy & Cindy get to go on TV with Danny Terrio- I think it was Dance fever, or something, I remember seeing them in a dance contest on TV! I'd love to see more pictures!! Thanks, Beth P.S.- does anyone remember Manny Alvarez-tall, red hair??

I remember Rum Bottoms used to be $10 cover all you can drink. I went up to the DJ
booth and had some Drambui with Bobbi many times . As I recall there were six turntables and He would constantly be using a technique called fasing to create an echo effect . I have some reel to reel recordings with the infamous RUMBOTTOMS sound effects and some of the best mixed music ever. I knew Pat and Tommy somewhat but I usually hung out with Bambi, Lila, China, Wendy, Jose , Johnny. What a club dancing, drinking, partying never to be duplicated.
I was one of those dancers that would occasionally end up clearing the floor as others watched . Hey anyone know where these guys are? e-mail me.

I visited the Limelight several times. I was going to dental school in Atlanta at the time disco hit big. During X-mas break 1978, I went home to N. Miami and several times took my girlfriend to the Limelight. Loved the club and remember seeing George McCrae there one night. I still recall the most popular song from that X-mas was "From Here to Eternity" by Georgio Morodor. My dad was in the spirits business and used to sell to the Limelight and knew the owner well. He told me that the owner burnt the place down. I started going a disco called the Limelight in Atlanta around 1979. I suspect that it might have been owned by the same person. The Limelight in Atlanta was quite an elabroate place with dancing on the lower floor and private rooms upstairs. Saw Burt Reynolds there one night. The Atlanta club must have survived about a year before disco's popularity dimmed.

pat deluca was good friend's of my family's his brother was frank, pat died in a boating accident, we all hung out with pete, jerry, vito

hey there Gus, I was on the dance floor also clrearing it as you say also, I was allways in the circles, with anita pat carlos tommy cindy, i am in the picture that i posted here, let me ask you a question, how much would you charge me for a copy of that music from RumBottoms

hey i know all of your moments were great because i danced on that floor
as hustle was what it was .i was also that dj at disco 79 on the beach also the dj in dr feelgoods and la cellier
next to the fouitainbleu hotel yes the good days of sleepless nights and waking up at the eden rock beach with all your friend on the beach so you did not miss a thing here are the real survivors clubs did you know any
sammys 79st this was our space also mutinny cc honey for the bears ,napanthas ,scaramouche ,and there was another in the same omni hotel i just dont recall well remeniss
and a special hello to all those
that are not with us anymore

My brother Marty, was a good friend of Bobby's, the dj at Limelight - Atlanta. He lived in Hallandale, FL until 1977, then moved back to Long Island. I'm sure they knew each other from the Corral here on Long Island.
Bobby invited Marty to the opening of the Limelight in Atlanta, and I tagged along. We stayed at Bobby's house for the weekend, and I remember his big smile, and how welcome he made me feel. The club was a huge mess after the first night, and I was amazed how great it looked, ready to go the next night. The view from the booth, the guy Peter with the patch on his eye, and his office upstairs.
I was a wannabe dj later on, and a dj from Long Island taught me the bpm thing. I never knew how important Bobby was to it all. I'm so glad I found this site, and especially what you wrote, Jackie.

I would go three to for times a year when I vacationed in Florida. I rebember the dancefloor wos sunken in and stainless steel. I had been the to New York and Atlanta Limelight. I became a regular while i was there on vacation ..

just starting out as a DJ in 1976 The Limelight was a source for all my mix inspirations Bob Lombardi in my opinion was the best his mixes would go on for hours ( of course actually only minutes )but it seemed that way without missing a beat, unfortunately locally this is a lost art.
Does anyone have the Vinyl Track with the big picture of Bob on the cover?

I used to go to Limelight in Hallendale while on vacation from college. It was across from Gulfstream Racetrack. A wonderful disco. They said it had 40000 lights in sync to the music.

I also visited The Limelight in Atlanta. It was also impressive with a fish tank under the dance floor.

I liked The Limelight in Manhattan but was not as impressed and it started after the disco age was over.

It had over a million lights, and the best DISCO deejay is argumentative. Scotty Blackwell was awesome, so was John Benitez A.k.a. JELLYBEAN. The best "remixer" live? I was in that conversation, turning a two minute version into a fifteen minute one. Little Louie Vega was fantastic, but THE BEST OVERALL was Eddie "The Worm"Rothstein of BINGHAMTON"S FERRY BOAT amongst many clubs he played.

Next stop after the Flying Machine every night.............

Hi! I'm responding to a post by "Gus" way back in "04.". My name is Bambi, at least it was back then. I have been trying to locate my disco crowd from back then, and Gus was the best dance partner ever. He was right about the people we hung around with; Wendy was my roommate, and we watched all the dance contests. I figured I was the only one who remembered those times, but I guess not...so when did Rumbottoms or the Limelight burn down? Left Miami in early '77 and never heard anything since. I would really love some updates. Kathy Sweeney, Wendy Taub, Gus, Tommy Vento, and Gus (of course) post asap if you can!!