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Former discotheque in New York City

Paradise Garage, also known as "the Garage" or the "Gay rage", was a New York City discotheque notable in the history of dance and pop music, as well as LGBT and nightclub cultures. in the SoHo neighborhood. It operated from 1977 to 1987 and featured resident DJ Larry Levan. The Garage is credited with influencing the development of modern nightclubs, and is cited as a direct inspiration for London's Ministry of Sound. Unlike other venues of its time, Paradise Garage promoted dancing rather than verbal interaction, and it was the first to place the DJ at the center of attention. It was known for its enthusiastic yet unforgiving nature toward performers. It hosted many notable musicians including Diana Ross and a young Madonna.

Paradise Garage derived its name from the building's origin as an early automobile parking structure. Its initial certificate of occupancy, dated March 26, 1925, identifies the architect of the two story commercial building at 80 86 King Street as Victor Mayper. Michael Brody's imprint on the space began in 1977 with the club opening as 84 King Street Garage. After a year long renovation, it officially became Paradise Garage on January 28, 1978. Among the improvements were a sprung dancefloor and custom sound system, developed by Richard Long of Richard Long & Associates (RLA). The club's main room layout and dancefloor were reportedly purpose designed around the sound system, which is said to have been the best in New York City at that time and described by François Kevorkian as a "temple of music." but a 1978 expansion when the main dance floor opened raised its legal capacity to 1,400 people and then Brody added a rooftop lounge in 1984 styled after the coastal scrubland and beachside villas of nearby Fire Island Pines, where Brody owned a summer home. In April 2018, it was demolished As of 2008, the Paradise Garage trademark is owned by GMHC.

Paradise Garage was an epicenter for early pioneers of dance music under the curation of resident DJ Larry Levan. The unique and eclectic styles of disco and dance music featured at the Garage gave rise to descriptive encompassing terms like New York house, "garage", "garage style", and "garage classic" (to describe a record that was made famous at, or associated with, the club). Although the term "garage music" (not to be confused with UK garage) does not exclusively mean house music, the latter saw extensive development and promotion among Levan and his contemporaries, Frankie Knuckles and Nicky Siano. Nonetheless, these DJs played all kinds of music at Paradise Garage so long as it was danceable; for example, The Clash and The Police, as well as traditional "disco" artists like Gwen Guthrie and Sylvester. Among those who benefitted from what became known as "The Garage Sound" or "Garage Music" was Mel Cheren, a partial backer of the club and owner of New York label West End Records. West End's successes included such hits as "Sessomatto" by Sessa Matto, "Hot Shot" by Karen Young, "Heartbeat" by Taana Gardner (remixed by Levan), "Do It to the Music" by Raw Silk, and "Don't Make Me Wait" by the Peech Boys (produced by Levan). West End Records folded for a number of years, then re opened in the late 1990s and released one of Levan's DJ sets recorded live at the Garage.

In the 2000 book Last Night A DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, a chart was detailed that listed the "Top 100" of the Paradise Garage, selected by "The Committee". It is unclear whether this list represents the hundred most played songs at the club or the hundred fan favorite/DJ favorite tracks. +ArtistSong"Don't Go Away"1983Carl Bean"I Was Born This Way"1977Hamilton Bohannon"Let's Start The Dance"1978Dee Dee Bridgewater"Bad for Me"1979James Brown"Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose"1969Peter Brown"Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me"1977Central Line"Walking Into Sunshine"1981Chicago"Street Player"1979The Chi Lites"My First Mistake"1977Chocolette"It's That East Street Beat"1985The Clash"The Magnificent Dance"1981Company B "Fascinated"1987Dinosaur L"Go Bang! #5"1982D Train"You're the One for Me"1981Ian Dury"Spasticus Autisticus"1981Brian Eno and David Byrne"The Jezebel Spirit"1981ESG"Moody"1981ESG"Standing In Line"1984Marianne Faithfull"Why D'Ya Do It"1979Family Tree"Family Tree"1975Fingers Inc."Mystery of Love"1986First Choice"Let No Man Put Asunder"1983First Choice"Double Cross"1979Frontline Orchestra"Don't Turn Your Back On Me"1982Taana Gardner"Heartbeat"1981Manuel GöttschingE2 E41984Eddy Grant"Living on the Front Line"1979Eddy Grant"Nobody's Got Time/Time Warp"1980Gwen Guthrie"Seventh Heaven"1985Gwen Guthrie"Padlock"1985Loleatta Holloway"Love Sensation"1980Loleatta Holloway"Hit And Run"1977Ednah Holt"Serious, Sirius Space Party"1981Thelma Houston"I'm Here Again"1978Imagination"Just an Illusion"1982Inner Life"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"1981Instant Funk"I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)"1978The Jackson 5"I Am Love"1974Mick Jagger"Lucky in Love"1985Marshall Jefferson"Move Your Body"1985Grace Jones"Slave to the Rhythm"1985Grace Jones"Pull Up to the Bumper"1981Tamiko Jones"Can't Live Without Your Love"1979Kebekelektrik"War Dance"1978Eddie Kendricks"Girl You Need a Change of Mind"1972Chaka Khan"Clouds"1980Chaka Khan"I Know You, I Live You"1981Klein + M. B. O. "Dirty Talk"1982Kraftwerk"The Robots"1978Labelle"What Can I Do for You? "1974Patti LaBelle"The Spirit's in It"1981Lace"Can't Play Around"1982Loose Joints"Is It All Over My Face"1980M"Pop Muzik"1979Man Friday"Love Honey, Love Heartache"1986Martin Circus"Disco Circus"1979MFSB"Love Is the Message"1977Steve Miller Band"Macho City"1981Modern Romance"Salsa Rapsody"1981Melba Moore"You Stepped into My Life"1978Alicia Myers"I Want To Thank You"1981New York Citi Peech Boys"Life Is Something Special"1982Stevie Nicks"Stand Back"1983Nitro Deluxe"Let's Get Brutal"1987North End featuring Michelle Wallace"Tee's Happy"1981Nu Shooz"I Can't Wait"1986Yoko Ono"Walking on Thin Ice"1981Peech Boys"Don't Make Me Wait"1982Phreek"Weekend"1978Pleasure"Take A Chance"1979The Police"Voices Inside My Head"1980Sharon Ridley"Changin'"1976Alexander Robotnick"Problemes d'Amour"1983Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin"Walking On Sunshine"1982Diana Ross"Love Hangover"1976Diana Ross"No One Gets the Prize"1979The Salsoul Orchestra"Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)"1983Sister Sledge"Lost in Music"1978Sister Sledge"We Are Family"1978Sparque"Let's Go Dancin'"1981Cat Stevens"Was Dog A Doughnut? "1977Nick Straker Band"A Little Bit of Jazz"1981The Strikers"Body Music"1981The Sugarhill Gang"Rapper's Delight"1979Donna Summer"I Feel Love"1977Sylvester"I Need Someone To Love Tonight"1979Sylvester"Over And Over"1977Syreeta"Can't Shake Your Love"1981Talking Heads"I Zimbra"1979Talking Heads"Once in a Lifetime"1980Tom Tom Club"Genius of Love"1981Touch"Without You"1987T. W. Funkmasters"Love Money"1980Two Tons O' Fun"I Got The Feeling"1980Two Tons O' Fun"Just Us"1980Visual"The Music Got Me"1983Will Powers"Adventures In Success"1983Womack & Womack"Baby I'm Scared Of You"1984Yazoo"Situation"1982Yello"Bostich"1981

Multiple tribute sites are dedicated to the Paradise Garage, such as paradisegargenyc. com and TheParadiseGarage. net.

In 2019, the DJ Corrado Rizza directed and produced a documentary movie called Larry's Garage.