Dancehalls, music venues and nightclubs are rich with personal and social history. Many have had an influence on music way beyond their four walls. But which have done it best?
The Hammersmith Palais de Danse opened in west London in October 1919. Vast and sumptuous, it was the blueprint for all the plush public dance halls that followed. Reviewers were madly enthusiastic. “This new super-palace of jazz and other dances of the day is declared to be without its equal as a dancing hall anywhere in Europe,” sang the Daily Express.
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