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Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s

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Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s - Johnson, John, and Selvin, Joel, and Cami, Dick
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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 ...

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Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s 2012, Thomas Dunne Books

ISBN-13: 9780312581787

Hardcover