The Ritz Ballroom was a popular cabaret, jazz, and swing nightclub located in the Black Rock neighborhood of Bridgeport, Connecticut near Ash Creek .
6-408: Ritz Ballroom may refer to: Ritz Ballroom, Bridgeport , Connecticut, USA Ritz Ballroom, Kings Heath , Birmingham, England Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ritz Ballroom . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
12-474: The Brooklawn Pavilion, another hall owned by Barry and McCormack. The hall set a record attendance of 1,724 people in 1943 for a Stan Kenton show, and again that same year with a similar sized crowd for Duke Ellington ; a ticket was priced at $ 0.88. However, in 1950 a one-night event with big band leader Ralph Flanagan drew 3,054 people at $ 1.50 a ticket. A variety of musical artists played
18-540: The ballroom throughout its existence, including Les Brown , Frankie Carle , Guy Lombardo , George Shearing , and Frank Sinatra as well as Bing Crosby , Connie Haines , Frankie Laine and Artie Shaw . The hall was also often used for formal functions, such as the farewell dinner honoring Clare Boothe Luce on April 10, 1953, before she took up her post in Rome as United States Ambassador to Italy . On January 2, 1938,
24-537: The final show of Glenn Miller 's first band was held at the Ritz. Miller would then go on to form the Glenn Miller Orchestra . In January 1939, jazz musician Bunny Berigan was famously charged $ 117 by the city of Bridgeport for permission to play the ballroom after missing a concert at the city's Pleasure Beach Ballroom . A dance scheduled for May 22, 1955, featuring Fats Domino was cancelled by
30-473: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ritz_Ballroom&oldid=933088981 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ritz Ballroom, Bridgeport The ballroom opened on March 23, 1923, under the management of owners Joe Barry and George McCormack. The final event held
36-614: Was the New Year's Eve Dance on December 31, 1961. After it was closed on January 1, 1962, the building became a furniture store but was then completely destroyed by a fire on June 12, 1970. The ballroom was located on Fairfield Avenue near Davidson Street and Courtland Avenue. The wood for the dance floor was originally the ice skating rink at the Parlor Rock Amusement Park in Trumbull, which had been moved to
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