Galaxy 21
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Galaxy 21
23rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenue, New York, New York
Great disco club, first one I ever attended in NYC.
I believe Walter Gibbons spinned there!
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I was a member at the Galaxy 21 for several years when Walter Gibbons was the DJ there. This was one of the most beautiful clubs at the time. It had three floors with various interesting rooms to dance or hang out in. The top floor had pool tables and showed X rated movies for the gay crowd. I lov'd this place it had great people / and Walter Gibbons was one of the great DJ's of the time. The line dance was very popular at the time and it was amazing to see the masses of people looking great all instep to the music.
When the Galaxy closed I remember two of the owners gave my husband and I free invitations to the new club that they had invested in which was the "Inferno".
Thanks, I have years of great memories.
When the Galaxy closed I remember two of the owners gave my husband and I free invitations to the new club that they had invested in which was the "Inferno".
Thanks, I have years of great memories.
I thought it was a dream, Galaxy 21 was my first NYC club! It was such a beautiful experience. A warm, beautiful mixed crowd. It was fantastic. I remember hearing Ritchie Family's "Arabian Nights" played there, Carol Douglas "Midnight love Affair", oh my goodness, those were great times. I was just a kid, however what an introduction to the disco world!
I am now a full fledged dance music producer.
Galaxy 21 and great DJ's like Walter Gibbons inspired me to pursue music as a career!
Thanks for sharing your experiences there with me!
I am now a full fledged dance music producer.
Galaxy 21 and great DJ's like Walter Gibbons inspired me to pursue music as a career!
Thanks for sharing your experiences there with me!
I was 23 at the time and worked part-time as barback/coat check. It was amazing! All of the energy and fun. Walter did spin there and Ten Percent rocked that place for days!!!. It was intimate with small table with candles and an awesome jazz singer, I want to say Juanita Hall played there. I am glad I found this site, I was a club kid then and I guess now at almost 55, I still am lol
Long live Galaxy 21 and long live DISCO!!!
Long live Galaxy 21 and long live DISCO!!!
After a series of wild dance parties at the 5th Ave Hotel Grand Ballroom Galaxy 21 was my first NYC club! It was a dazzling episode with a gorgeous mixed crowd. It was out of this world for me. I also remember hearing Ritchie Family's "Arabian Nights", Carol Douglas "Midnight love Affair", yes, those were great times. I too was just a kid, and what introduction to the world of dance. The DJ’s I have met like the late great Walter Gibbons and others truly brought out the sprit of dance! I owned Galaxy 21 and went on to build Experiment-4 NYC, The Monastery Seattle, Skoochie’s Seattle, Club Broadway Seattle, Vortex Seattle, SoundStage Las Vegas, NV, and Phantom Seattle & San Jose CA. I am currently in production with “Cathedral” which we hope to preview by summer of 2007. Thanks to all the dancers, I’ve had the pleasure of dancing with.
George
George
George,
Is that you?
Amazing after all of there years. Hope that all is well. Remembering the Galaxy Years.
Regards,
Greg
Is that you?
Amazing after all of there years. Hope that all is well. Remembering the Galaxy Years.
Regards,
Greg
Living in Jersey, a lot of my friends loved going there because it was so wild. The times I tagged along and wet with them, not only was I treated to a wild night, but talked about it the rest of the week. Sex shows, open drug use, the light show was new and spectacular for its time, a fantastic deejay heard through the loudest sound system in town. Cheap sex was easy to find. the drinks were watered down, but who went there to drink? On my scale, it gets a 9.
I was a jr in highschool hanging out at G21 ,what an exprience. That was 1974/1975 and the buzz was just gaining full steam for NYC dance clubs. Prior they were few and far between places like, Better Days, the Loft, and then the venues exploded. G21 was amazing you could dance and "whatever" till the very early hours when the doors at the end of the dance floor opened and daylight streamed in. "get on down and party" oh man bring me back!
I was a regular and then became a member, thanks to NBC's late night talk show the "Tomorrow Show", hosted by Tom Snyder. He hosted the show from his studio at 30 Rock. with a live feed from Galaxy 21, regarding the 1976 Gay Pride March and the hot new disco Diva...Donna Summer. Tom announced, compliments of NBC, free lifetime membership cards if you showed up at the club and agreed to not hide from the cameras! I never had to pay for a drink, nor admission for my many guests along with their free drinks! Till the place closed years later.
Donna preformed on the ground floor dance floor, to a recorded tape of her follow up to Love to Love You; her Four Seasons of Love album.
And yes I do believe it was Juanita Hall who preformed in the third floor lounge more then a few times.
Gay Rights moved on, as did Galaxy 21, Inferno....on to Crisco's Disco!
Thanks for the great times and memories.
Donna preformed on the ground floor dance floor, to a recorded tape of her follow up to Love to Love You; her Four Seasons of Love album.
And yes I do believe it was Juanita Hall who preformed in the third floor lounge more then a few times.
Gay Rights moved on, as did Galaxy 21, Inferno....on to Crisco's Disco!
Thanks for the great times and memories.
hello,
What was the address of Galaxy 21? what is in that location now?
Thanks!
What was the address of Galaxy 21? what is in that location now?
Thanks!
My name is Eddie, DJ Walter Gibbons’ nephew. I never new him, but have recently been looking into my family history. I had no idea he was so influential. If anyone new him personally I’d love to hear any stories, maybe even talk if you’re willing.
When I was sixteen I started going to Galaxy, it was open Wednesday - Sunday from 11P-7A. After Walter left John Cellini took over as d.j., the bartender's when I went there were Garrett & Eddie. Juanita Fleming sang in the caberet which was on the top floor next to George Freeman's office. I remember going to the record pool downtown with the dj and getting a copy of "Disco Inferno" and he had to sign that he wouldn't play it until Midnight on New Year's Eve. Even though I didn't work there one night they asked me to go over to Cento Vasco restaurant in the Chelsea Hotel to borrow a "real" glass because Barry Manilow was in the house and he didn't like to drink out of a plastic cup. Donna Summer rocked the house! I remember the day the Feds came and closed it down for tax evasion, very sad.
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