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Regine, self-described Queen of the Night and inventor of the modern disco, has died.
It killed the atmosphere.
Instead, I installed two turntables so there was no gap in the music.
I was barmaid, doorman, bathroom attendant, hostess, and I also put on the records.
It was the first-ever discotheque, and I was the first-ever club disc jockey.
She opened her New York club, Regines, in 1976 on the ground floor of Delmonicos.
I am the one who saved this city from bankruptcy.
I made it happy again.
Mick Jagger was once turned away at the door for wearing sneakers.
She didnt have what people wanted when the times changed.
