Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill NJ



The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill NJ.
Many Burg folks were familiar with this place.
Frank played here. As did many others:)

10 comments:

Saxman said...

THS Senior Prom after the prom place June 1961. Got the picture if anyone is interested in seeing a "young Saxman"!!! Entertainment was Rowan & Martin...you remember..right Pass?

Tom Pass said...

Saxman is absolutely correct. That was the spot!

SJBill said...

A great club it was. I saw Ray Charles there more than once.

Was it LaMaina's(?) that was not too far away? Not a cabaret club, but a super night club with plenty of action and big names.

IIRC, I saw the Temptations play a club gig there. Smoking! I was just trying to remember if I had turned 21. ;-)

Anonymous said...

I was here for my 21st...saw Sammy Davis, Jr-the man was a genius. It was my first, street-legal drink, after many that weren't.
SJBill, are you thinking about the Rickshaw Inn? The home of everybody that was anybody in the Philly mob.

SJBill said...

Barb, thx for the Rickshaw Inn. I do remember taking someone there for a very special something who later became a Dept. of Agriculture figure. Then there was the Geisha Room at the Hawaiian Cottage, for another spot.

It was pretty amazing that most everybody else showed up in Cadillacs at these places.

Philly had mob types? Whoonoo?

JoeZ said...

Rosemary and I went there once when we were dating, saw Teddy Pendergrass, he put on a great show. Is the Valley Forge Music Fair still open?

Saxman said...

The Latin and the Rickshaw and the Hawaiin Cottage...great places and yes, many Caddies and Lincolns outside..but the place to go if you were "in" or "made" was the Charles Lounge...played many a gig there and was "sworn to secrecy"!!

Mack said...

I knew you folks would have some good comments on this item and you came through again:)
My Ma & Dad saw Tom Jones here sometime in the 70s.

Whenever it came to "our friends
with cadillacs"
I had the Burg attitude ..
There are things that don't concern
me:)) !!!

Anonymous said...

OH YES, We went there after the THS prom 1962.

Tom Pass said...

Bob R,

Didn't you take Cathy, don't recall last name, to the 1962 prom? I know we doubled to either your junior or senior prom. Help me out here.

Pass