Trude Heller's was a nightclub in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City and located at 6th Avenue and West 9th Street and operated from the early 1960s to the early 1980s.Forgotten New York Greenwich Avenue It has been described as the only truly "in" spot in Greenwich Village.The New York Times News Service Syndicate NY NIGHTLIFE 1964 Some of the acts that got their starts there were Duane and Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers, Cyndi Lauper,Rock Cellar Magazine Rock Meccas of NYC: What Are They Now? Written by: Frank Mastropolo and The Manhattan Transfer.The Village Is Places, Lenny's
History The club began its days in the early 1960s as a swinging Greenwich Village discothèque, run by a tough entrepreneur named Trude Heller.
In the 1960s, go-go dancers could be seen dancing along the walls. Some of the people that danced on the floor there were Salvador Dalí, George Hamilton and Lynda Bird Johnson.Rock Cellar Magazine Rock Meccas of NYC: What Are They Now? Written by: Frank Mastropolo
The end of the disco craze in the early 1980s spelled the end of the club. Nowadays, Lenny's sandwich chain is in the premises.NY Curbed Wednesday, May 15, 2013, by Hana R. Alberts, Then and Now
Acts Two of the house bands there were Barry and the RemainsForgotten New York Greenwich Avenue and Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers.Funky 16 Corners Benny Gordon and the Soul Brothers – I Can’t Turn You Loose Some of the headlining acts were Ben E. King, Otis Redding, and Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs.
Other acts who appeared there include The Lovin' Spoonful, who played, rushed off to perform on television on The Ed Sullivan Show and returned; the Beastie Boys in their early days; Frankie Paris and the Purple Haze;New York Magazine May 25, 1970 In And Around Town edited by Ruth Gilbert Page 18 Funk Steady;Billboard July 8th 1972 Page 16, Music from the capitals if the world Goldie and the Gingerbreads (featuring Genya Ravan); The Scoundrels;Billboard 25 May 1968 Page 50, International News Reports Artie Stewart;The Villager Stewart, the ‘Heart of the Park,’ dies at 68 and Marion Taylor and the Reggie Moore Trio.New York Magazine 28 Jun 1971 Page 15, After Dark Jazz singer Anita O'Day and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal also appeared there.
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