Title supplied by cataloger. The La Ronde Rue, located at 4401 Pacific Coast Highway, occupied the site hugging the Long Beach Traffic Circle. It was a Big-Band supper-club with swanky decor and performers such as Scatman Crothers and trumpeter Ziggy Elman; it closed in 1962. That same year, on Dec. 6, 1962 it re-opened as KRLA DJ Bob Eubanks' "Cinnamon Cinder". The impressive grand opening brought 1,000 young-adults, mostly between the ages of 18 and 25, to see and hear the Beach Boys. The nonalcoholic teen nightclub was monitored closely by manager Mickey Brown, a former LAPD officer and showcased such acts as the Beach Boys, Ike & Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, The Righteous Brothers, Brenton Wood, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Shirelles, to name a few. Unfortunately, the legendary club closed eight years later. For a brief time, it became a restaurant-bar called The Insider, which was also managed by Brown. It was finally torn down completely, and as of 2008 a Toyota dealership had taken its place. Aerial view of La Ronde Rue restaurant located at Los Alamitos Circle in Long Beach; view is looking east. Pacific Coast Hwy runs bottom middle to middle right, and Atherton Street is visible from bottom left to middle top. The Los Alamitos Circle area is sparse, but the sprawling city lies beyond. Photograph dated June 18, 1957.
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1 negative :safety ;11 x 14 cm. Photographic safety negatives
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