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Ruth Polsky (December 5, 1954 - September 7, 1986) was a booker and music promoter in New York City. Polsky was raised in Toms River, New Jersey and graduated from Clark University, where she worked on the students newspaper.[1] During the period 1979 until her death, Polsky was talent buyer{{huh|date=August 2017}} at Hurrah[2] and then Danceteria[3] in New York, also promoting shows at The Ritz and booking bands out across the country. In this role she was crucial in breaking many, particularly UK-based, post-punk acts in the USA, including tours for The Smiths, New Order, Einstürzende Neubauten, The Only Ones, The Sisters of Mercy, The Birthday Party, Cocteau Twins, and The Chameleons.[4] She worked closely with Shirley O'Loughlin[4] at Rough Trade to bring in The Raincoats, Delta 5, Young Marble Giants, Cabaret Voltaire, The Go-Betweens, The Slits and The Pop Group for their US debuts. Ruth booked the Joy Division USA tour in May 1980, which was canceled after Ian Curtis' death. Other bands that got their first USA break via Polsky are A Certain Ratio, Echo & the Bunnymen, Simple Minds, The Teardrop Explodes, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Gene Loves Jezebel, and the Jesus & Mary Chain.[5] She died after being crushed by a runaway cab on the steps of the Limelight club in New York. "A driver for a car service has been charged with running a red light after his vehicle collided with a taxicab that spun out of control, struck and killed a woman in front of the Limelight discotheque in Chelsea, the police said yesterday. The victim, who was killed instantly Sunday night when the cab pinned her against the front of the building at 47 West 20th Street, was identified yesterday as Ruth Polsky of 90 West Houston Street, according to a police spokesman, Officer Joseph McConville"[6] Notes 1979-1986Polsky is quoted after attending Elvis Costello's first USA shows including the notorious April Fools' Day Marathon on April 1, 1979.[7] Polsky wrote an article on Lene Lovich for The Aquarian in July 1979.[8] Polsky booked Simple Minds into Hurrah for a show on October 24, 1979, where the band were filmed by The Old Grey Whistle Test, giving them crucial UK TV exposure.[9] Polsky's efforts were not exclusively dedicated to European groups, in 1981 she also brought Big Star to New York for some of their first live dates.[10] Polsky's close relationship with Stiff Records led to a package show Taking Liberties at The Rainbow in Finsbury Park on February 21, 1981, featuring New York bands The dB's, The Fleshtones, Raybeats, Bush Tetras, The Bongos, and Polyrock.[11] Live tracks recorded at the show of all except Polyrock were released on a Stiff compilation called Start Swimming.[12][13] In 1983 Sonic Youth's Kill Yr Idols recording session was financed by Polsky who "drunkenly" double paid Lydia Lunch for a band performance at Danceteria.[14][15] Polsky managed Certain General from 1984–1986, and released Will You on her own S.U.S.S. label.[4] Polsky almost managed The Smiths in February 1984 [16] Polsky contributed photography to the Sisters of Mercy 1985 album First and Last and Always.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} Posthumous notesMorrissey dedicated The Smiths' single Shoplifters of the World Unite to her memory.[19]The Virgin Prunes dedicated their 1986 live album The Hidden Lie (Live in Paris 6/6/86) to Polsky - "If this is a goodbye LP then it's a special farewell to Ruth Polsky." [17] On December 5, 1986, New Order played a benefit for Ruth at the Roxy in New York, encoring with Joy Division tunes Atmosphere and Love Will Tear Us Apart. The first time the band had played these songs live since Joy Division.[18] A story was told by her dad at her funeral of how Ruth fell out of a car when she was a baby, but was retrieved when they drove back looking for her. {{citation needed|date=February 2017}} A brief obituary on The ARChive of Contemporary Music website read:
2017In February 2017 the New York Post ran a profile of Polsky entitled The forgotten New Yorker who changed the ‘80s music scene.[20] References1. ^Phull, Hardeep. [https://nypost.com/2017/02/07/the-forgotten-new-yorker-who-changed-the-80s-music-scene/ "The forgotten New Yorker who changed the ‘80s music scene"], New York Post, February 7, 2017. Accessed March 19, 2017. "Born in 1954, Polsky grew up in Toms River, NJ, as one of four siblings. Obsessed with music from a young age, she majored in English at Clark University in Massachusetts, writing a column for the school paper and even interviewing a young Bruce Springsteen." 2. ^Joe, R.: Disco Forum Report: Keys to Successful Programming Are Mulled, pg. 48, Billboard, August 16, 1980 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Lawrence|first1=Tim|title=Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980-1983|date=Sep 9, 2016|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=9780822373926|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sY4BDQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT345&dq=%22ruth%20polsky%22&pg=PT345#v=onepage&q=%22ruth%20polsky%22&f=false}} 4. ^http://www.girlmonster.info/zine5.htm 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Howe|first1=Zoe|title=The Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses|date=2014|publisher=St. Martin's Press|location=New York|isbn=978-1-250-03024-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0_-gBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA88&dq=%22ruth%20polsky%22&pg=PA88#v=onepage&q=%22ruth%20polsky%22&f=false}} 6. ^[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50713FE3B580C7A8CDDA00894DE484D81 ,New York Times] September 9, 1986 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~perrymp/bb/docs/bb202120yrs.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-01-25 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929104807/http://www.btinternet.com/~perrymp/bb/docs/bb202120yrs.htm |archivedate=September 29, 2007 |df= }} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Polsky|first1=Ruth|title=Lene Lovich (Lay-na Luv-itch) Dials The Lucky Number|url=http://www.heavyhenry.com/body_lovpolsk.html|accessdate=12 February 2017|publisher=The Aquarian|date=July 4, 1979|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021044112/http://www.heavyhenry.com/body_lovpolsk.html|archivedate=21 October 2007|df=}} 9. ^http://www.simpleminds.org/sm/dvds/stl/stl1.htm 10. ^{{cite book|last1=Eaton|first1=Bruce|title=Big Star's Radio City|date=2009|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=9780826428981|edition=Volume 65 of 33 1/3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7U9xj4EE8RgC&lpg=PA126&dq=%22ruth%20polsky%22&pg=PA105#v=onepage&q=%22ruth%20polsky%22&f=false}} 11. ^{{cite news|last1=Palmer|first1=Robert|title=POP JAZZ; NEW YORK ROCK BANDS EXCITE LONDON|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/20/arts/pop-jazz-new-york-rock-bands-excite-london.html|accessdate=12 February 2017|publisher=New York Times|date=February 20, 1981}} 12. ^http://www.thedbsonline.net/discography/compstartswim.html 13. ^{{cite book|last1=Jarnow|first1=Jesse|title=Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock|date=Jun 5, 2012|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=9781101588680|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oPT5ND18iQ4C&lpg=PT78&dq=%22ruth%20polsky%22&pg=PT78#v=onepage&q=%22ruth%20polsky%22&f=false}} 14. ^{{cite book|last1=Chick|first1=Steve|title=Psychic Confusion: The Sonic Youth Story|date=2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857120540|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pytWr18SiLsC&lpg=PT133&dq=%22ruth%20polsky%22&pg=PT133#v=onepage&q=%22ruth%20polsky%22&f=false}} 15. ^{{cite book|last1=Azerrad|first1=Michael|title=Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground|date=Dec 1, 2012|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=9780316247184|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7CZRPZ27TQC&lpg=PT165&dq=%22ruth%20polsky%22&pg=PT165#v=onepage&q=%22ruth%20polsky%22&f=false}} 16. ^{{cite web|title=The Smiths First UK Tour|url=http://foreverill.com/interviews/post87/firsttour.htm|website=BigMouth|publisher=Q Magazine|accessdate=12 February 2017|date=February 2001|deadurl=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031106045841/http://foreverill.com/interviews/post87/firsttour.htm|archivedate=6 November 2003|df=}} 17. ^ 18. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Hook|first1=Peter|title=The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club|date=2009|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=London|isbn=978-1-84737-135-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Vx5ZtIt0AwC&lpg=PT136&ots=oN13qLiuN7&dq=1986%20%22New%20Order%22%20benefit%20polsky&pg=PT136#v=onepage&q=1986%20%22New%20Order%22%20benefit%20polsky&f=false}} 19. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20030918152216/http://www.arcmusic.org/data/today/sep/sep14.htm The ARChive of Contemporary Music] 20. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Phull|first1=Hardeep|title=The forgotten New Yorker who changed the ‘80s music scene|url=https://nypost.com/2017/02/07/the-forgotten-new-yorker-who-changed-the-80s-music-scene/|accessdate=12 February 2017|publisher=New York Post|date=February 7, 2017}} External links
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