John Johnson

Joel Selvin

Dick Cami

Traces the story of the influential 1960s Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout, detailing how the club's introduction of rock-and-roll music attracted rebel youths and celebrity patrons in an account that also shares colorful stories from the club's history. Co-written by the award-winning co-author of Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock. 30,000 first printing.

The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s

Peppermint Twist

Dick Cami is a storyteller like no other. Whether he is talking the beetles, Muhammad Ali, or Jimmy Hoffa. his words have the power not just to chronicle, but to transport readers and listeners back to any decade. The Top Of The Home was a place where the who's who would meet.You would find famous singers such as Tony Bennett and others, movie stars, mobsters, judges, politicians, and friends of Mr. Cami's. Dick had friends all over the world. Once you meet him you realize there's something special about him. He made you feel special because he's just a goodhearted real man with great qualities.

A Look Back: My Fifty Years Hosting Entertainers, Celebrities and the Mob

John Johnson, Jr.

The never-before-told story of The Peppermint Lounge, the famed Manhattan nightspot and mobster hangout that launched an era The Peppermint Lounge was intended to be nothing more than a front for gambling and other rackets but the club became a sensation after Dick "Cami" Camillucci began to feature a new kind of music, rock and roll. The mobsters running the place found themselves juggling rebellious youths alongside celebrities like Greta Garbo and Shirley MacLaine. When The Beatles visited the club, Cami's uncle-in-law had to restrain a hitman who was after Ringo because his girlfriend was so infatuated with the drummer. Working with Dick Cami himself, Johnson and Selvin unveil this engrossing story of the go-go sixties and the club that inspired the classic hits "Twisting the Night Away" and "The Peppermint Twist."

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