Who entered Studio 54 in New York City in 1977 for her 32nd birthday party on a white horse, resulting in publicity that established it as the preferred nightclub for celebrities?
Rose Hartman Rose Hartman Rose Hartman (born May 16, 1937) is a photographer, travel writer, and author who lives and works in New York. Hartman claims she got hooked on photography during an assignment From DNR (a fashion publication) to shoot an elaborate Hemingway wedding in Sun Valley, Idaho in 1976." Hartman is the subject of the 2016 documentary film "The Incomparable Rose Hartman". Hartman is known for her celebrity portraiture. Her photograph of Bianca Jagger riding a white horse at the Studio 54 nightclub at her 30th birthday party is widely known as her most recognizable photo. Lloyd Grove, writing in
Studio 54 was a doorman during the late 1970s. The band Chic wrote a song in 1978, "Le Freak", after being refused entry to the club on New Year's Eve 1977, despite being invited by Grace Jones. In December 1978, Rubell was quoted in the New York newspapers as saying that Studio 54 had made $7 million in its first year and that "only the Mafia made more money". This got the attention of the IRS. Shortly thereafter the nightclub was raided and Rubell and Schrager were arrested for skimming $2.5 million. Studio 54 closed with a final party in February 1980