| 词条 | Crazy Daisy Nightclub |
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| name = The Crazy Daisy Nightclub | image = | image_caption = The site of The Crazy Daisy Nightclub Today ('Blacks' is where the main entrance once stood) | nickname = | location = 20 - 21 High Street, Sheffield, S1 1PU, England. | coordinates = | type = nightclub | genre = New wave | broke_ground = | built = 1920s | opened = 1973 (as Crazy DaiZy) 1978 (As Crazy DaiSy) | renovated = | expanded = | closed = 1988 | demolished = | owner = Tetley | former_names = The Bier Keller, The Geisha Bar, Legends | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | website = }} The Crazy Daisy Nightclub was a discothèque and dance club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England in the mid-1970s to late 1980s, located originally on the corner of York Street and High Street, Sheffield S1 1PU.{{Citation needed|date= January 2018}} It was known as The Beer Keller in the early to mid-1970s. It was renamed the Crazy Daizy in 1973 and run by Mecca. The club's best known manager was David Jameson.{{Citation needed|date= January 2018}} Lunch-time discos and Brian Ferry nights were popular in 1976. In 1978 it was taken over by the Tetley company. Situated in the basement of an art deco building, it featured numerous supporting pillars and a steep, sweeping staircase down from the entrance, which was infamous for being responsible for many alcohol-related trip accidents.{{Citation needed|date= January 2018}} The Crazy Daiz(s)y club was in business from 1973 to the late 1980s. At the time it became synonymous with the avant-garde early 1980s music scene. During its tenure it was a central social focal point in Sheffield city centre and claims a key role in 1980s Sheffield culture and British pop music history.{{Citation needed|date= January 2018}} It later became the Geisha Bar (in the 1980s), then Legends Nightclub, and subsequently closed in the mid-1990s when the Sheffield social scene shifted to the redeveloped West Street area. The building is now used as a bank and shops, next to a Sheffield Supertram stop. The Human League story{{main|The Human League}}The club is principally known in UK/US pop history and worldwide as the 'birthplace' of the 'Mark Two' (commercially successful) version of the pop group The Human League.{{Citation needed|date= January 2018}} In October 1980, Philip Oakey (lead singer of the group) spotted two teenage girls dancing together on the dance floor. Susan Ann Sulley (17) and Joanne Catherall (18) were two totally unknown schoolgirls and best friends on a night out together.{{Citation needed|date= January 2018}} Neither had any experience of singing or dancing professionally. With no preamble, Oakey asked both girls to join the tour as dancers and incidental vocalists. The Human League continues recording and touring internationally to this day, 30 years later, still complete with Sulley and Catherall who are now in their fifties.[1] Other famous connectionsAnother regular patron of the Crazy Daisy in the early 1980s was stage and Hollywood film actor Sean Bean who recalls his nights in the club during an interview for Exposed magazine in January 2007.[2] The building todayThe last nightclub to occupy the building was Legends, which closed in the mid-1990s. Because the nighttime social scene had since moved on, the site was redeveloped into commercial units. Since its redevelopment, an outlet of Blacks outdoor pursuits store is now where the main entrance once stood and the bank Santander dominates the main building. Today there is no indication of the building's heritage or history. Because of its history, the site is mentioned on a number of Sheffield tour guides, Sheffield city web sites and almost every Human League website/book.[3] In the media
References1. ^A Band Called The Human League by Alaska Ross. {{ISBN|978-0-86276-103-5}} 2. ^Interview Sean Bean, Exposed Magazine January 2007 3. ^HUMAN LEAGUE BIOG 1977 - 1979 4. ^BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Rock history landmarks celebrated 5. ^VH1 Documentary 'The Nations Music Cities' first broadcast in UK 26/05/07 6. ^The Sheffield Star 15 April 2008 External links
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