For two decades a top attraction was the white baby grand piano that was lowered from the ceiling by a hydraulic motor, with go-go dancers sitting on top.

24:24. [3] Her parents divorced when she was three, and Doda dropped out of school and became a cocktail waitress at age 14. Then out came six chorus girls, a vocalist, an acrobat jumping through a ring of fire, a tap dancer and finally the lights would go down as Yee took the floor.

[18] Peter Mattioli owned the Condor Club by 1967 and Doda still appeared in shows there. [24], As of 2009, one could be sure to find Doda on any given evening at Gino & Carlo bar in North Beach. [5] Her mother's maiden name was Hoss. Chapter 13,“NIGHT TWO: Busted!”: On April 22, 1965, the San Francisco Police Department arrested Carol Doda, Pete Mattioli and his parner, Gino Del Prete, charging Mattioli and Del Prete with keeping a disorderly house, and Doda with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and outraging public decency. She was 78 years old. A stripper underneath him, sheltered by his body, had survived night. Set off by itself, near the corner of Sutter and Stockton streets in a space now occupied by Wilkes Bashford, was Forbidden City, the biggest and most famous of the clubs. [25][23] Doda said she was never married. Eventually, clubs opened all over the world and featured some of the most famous musicians and comedians of the era. Co-owned by the author’s husband, Pete Mattioli, The Condor’s claim to fame is that it introduced topless dancing in 1964. She self-published it in December 2018, and it’s available on Amazon. When you follow a story, the next time a related article is published — it could be days, weeks or months — you'll receive an email informing you of the update. Despite Playboy’s later reputation, the club was swank and classy rather than sleazy. After closing one night, Jimmy Ferrozzo, a bouncer, was with his girlfriend, Theresa Hill, on top of the piano when the lift was accidentally activated. Chapter 23, “NIGHT THREE: The Mysterious Death of Jimmy the Beard”: On Nov. 23. The specialty drink Sex on the Piano commemorates a gruesome 1983 incident. Your access to the comments has been temporarily suspended for the following reason(s): This is a family newspaper, please use a kind and respectful tone. “It could have been a lot raunchier.”. Although the act proved to be a boon for the club, Benita Mattioli said the impetus came from the dancers themselves. Modeled on a Parisian bar of the same name, the Whisky opened on the Sunset Strip in 1964 and became one of the most famous (or notorious) clubs of the decade, hosting pretty much every famous act you would associate with the era, from The Doors to Jimi Hendrix to The Beatles.

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