Basin Street East

Basin Street East was a notable nightclub of the 1960s in New York City. Several live albums were recorded there, including Peggy Lee's Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee (1961), and Billy Eckstine's At Basin St. East (1961).[1]

The club was located in the then-Shelton Towers Hotel (more recently known as the New York Marriott East Side),[2][3] and replaced a previous club in the hotel called Casa Cugat.[1][3] Basin Street East operated from 1959 to 1967.[3]

  1. ^ a b James Gavin (11 November 2014). Is That All There Is?: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee. Simon and Schuster. pp. 217–. ISBN 978-1-4516-4168-4. Retrieved 13 February 2015 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Carter B. Horsley. "The New York Marriott East Side". The City Review. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Basin Street East Plans Conversion Into a Restaurant". The New York Times. 25 October 1967. Retrieved 14 July 2024.