Studio 54 | Behind The Scenes Documentary 

I actually danced in studio 54 in my early twenties. And there was this beautiful girl who asked me to dance and of course I followed her to the dancefloor. One of the bartenders later said: That was Gia. Gia Carangi. A topmodel. Can you imagine that? I didn't even know she was so famous. But she sure was gorgeous.

I went there from Chicago in 1978. It was a crazy place with everything I didn't want to see. But I can say I danced my ass off with celebrities. I had no problem getting in. At 74 years old, I look back, and tell myself, "I was there, the young people of today will never understand what it was like or how it felt!

I feel sorry for the people who missed the 70’s nothing can compare!!

I’m still a diehard rock n roller (and always hung out in Max’s, CBGBs, Gildersleeves, Trax, etc) but I loved my “other” nights in Studio 54.

I was in my 20’s in the 70’s, now I’m in my 70’s in the 20’s. And yes, the 70’s were awesome........

In the 70's my mom was in her 20's. In 1969 I was 3 years old my sister and my oldest brother my baby brother was born here in Orlando. In other words coming from Rome New York up state into Orlando was very different at that time. But, getting back to the story at hand. my mom passed away last year 12-25-2021.I remember her being this beautiful woman in the 70's and 80's even though she never when to studio 54, but she would te me about friends that she new went there. I miss my mom everyday and now the year of my mom's passing is this month 12-25-2022 please pray for me. I 'm asking God as the days get closer to give me strength because I really truly need it. To the once that lost a love one we have to always remember we are love, and don't lose yourself because our love once don't want that for us. Be bless always my sister and brother. My God continues to keep us all safe in his name , amen

The first time they got busted, they thought the Police were the Village People! Lmao

That place was the best! Lucky enough to have danced on that floor several times! Like no other club!🎉🎉

I am amazed at the ppl in these pics that are still alive after this club..

I was at Studio 54 on the night of the White Horse and it was Bianca Jaggers Birthday...so fabulous...so many good times and great memories...

I was too young to go to 54 but wish I could have. My version of 54 was a club in Houston, TX called Numbers. From about 1982-1986 I was a regular. I swear they pumped poppers through the vents; and the bathroom, and area upstairs were memorable for various salacious reasons (lol). Glad I survived it and can talk about it now. I don't think those times will ever be repeated .....

Wow! Studio 54 sounded like the most amazing party place. That could only have happened during the 70’s. A place like that wouldn’t exist in todays era. Things have certainly changed since 1the 1970’s.

I grew up in the 70’s and always loved and still love disco. I would’ve loved to be there just one time. I watch any and everything Studio 54 related

The whole Studio 54 situation, including what happened to owners and its demise, should be a poster child of "if you dance with the Devil, he's gonna want to get paid"

The 70's were the BEST!!!!!!!! I feel sorry for those who missed it!!!!!!

I wish I was one of the gogo boys there..But, I was dancing in Hawaii. The bar was called Hulus. I was on the dance floor. I was dancing with RuPaul.. I felt like l was at Studio54...I'll never forget that night..🌙 ❤

I'm 34 and my mom used to play disco music like crazy. She told me that she loved every second of that era,an era when labels didn't apply. And I love the 70's music.❤❤❤❤👍👍👍🗽🗽🗽

my birthday is New Years Eve. i was at Studio 54 on my 24th birthday. We flew all the way from Alabama and spent a week in NYC. it was crazy there in the 80s. anything goes atmosphere.

The place was great. They let me and my late buddy Stuart, and our dates in, circa 1978. We stepped out of our cab with our gorgeous dates (sisters by the way) and the door guy waved us right through the big crowd.

I grew up in the rural South and my Studio 54 double album was the envy of my friends and the horror of their parents. With "Push, push, in the bush," echoing through the neighborhood, I'm sure they thought I was a deviant, lol. But I loved it and always wished I was old enough to go there.

I danced there and it was amazing as were all the clubs in nyc in the eighties, a great era

every time I have travelled to New York I always go to the original 54 club location just to feel the magic from the amazing foyer that is still there. you can still feel the spirit of the club.

I wanted to go here so much. I knew about it when I was in my teens. It was so intriguing, but when you’re a closeted gay boy growing up in Detroit, it wasn’t going to happen. Then when I was 20, I discovered Backstreet in Detroit. It was 20 minutes from my home, and it was the closest I’d ever get. Then, my folks found out, and I was thrown out. I left with only a suitcase. I got a job at a high end restaurant, working my way up to lead on the floor. Then my fantasies started to become reality. I was clubbing almost every night, but at work I started meeting everyone who was anybody in the 80’s. I met everyone from Liza Minnelli to Andy Warhol. I partied with the Village People, and met Divine in her dressing room. It was a heady time, I even dated a celebrity for a second when he appeared in a play in Detroit. It wasn’t fun because of autograph seekers. I smile whenever I think of that time. I survived it, barely, then met the man of my dreams in 1990. We’re still together 30 years later, I think he saved my life. It was as glittery and loud as you could imagine, there will never be another time like that. It was a fun decade.

a documentary about a club definitely exceeded my expectations ..

Studio 54. Disco is Where the happy people go. 🎉🎉🎉

The fashion from the era was something to see

Something like studio 54 is what the youngsters nowadays are missing, good music, nice atmosphere, good friends, etc.

The Studio 54 themed events at our club were always so much fun and such a hit. There was an energy during the disco era that will never be equaled. I don’t think there can ever be a club like it again because society has changed so much.

I am an 80's baby and I have heard SO MUCH about Studio 54 !!! They are still talking about this place in 2019....it must have been VERY MAGICAL.

Drove past it in 1979, there were so many people on line. You could hear the music.

I recently went to a club in Hollywood CA that had a "Studio 54 disco night" and let me tell you, it was magical! Every so often I would snap-out of it and say to myself: "This is magical so I can't imagine what the 70's Studio 54 was like! The most beautiful thing I experienced at that party was how everyone was one with the music. Everybody on the dance floor was just dancing, smiling, laughing and having the best time ever!

I loved the disco era, Donna Summers.

Studio 54 playlist: 1978 1) "Plug me to Death" by Erotic Drum Band 2) "Summer Love" by Musique 3) "Rio De Janeiro by Gary Criss 4) "Come on Dance Dance" by Saturday Night Band 5) "I don't know what I would do if you ever left me" by Sweet Cream enjoy the music and Dance!

I worked for Rubell and Schrager after they got out of prison and opened Palladium....it was very similar as an 80's scene, and they cleaned up as Rubell died from his lifestyle, and Schrager thrived as he invested into chic hotels... I made my way into the downtown music scene while working... I saw Rubell always wacked out late at night(we couldn't close until he left), and Schrager was low-key.....the building no longer exists but I have my memories of taking uptown girls home to my Lower East Side apartment.....for a young man in his 20's it was a hell of a time.....AIDS did kill the nightlife in NYC, and then the clubkids like Michael Alig took over......it was all dead by 1995

As a music aficionado born I was born too late. I have several places where I wish I could have been over the years Ciros, The Sands for The Rat Pack, The Whiskey, Laurel Canyon 1960’s, Woodstock, The Cotton Club, Studio 54, and the original Copacabana in Rio. I’m sure that I’m missing several immortal places that made music, changed lifestyles, and made history but I’m just thinking off the top of my head. How electrifying each place had to have been, the people, the atmosphere, and just the sense that history was in the air. The music made it all possible. Thank you to each, and every venue, person, idea, and musical note…it all made my life meaningful, bearable, and many times joyful!!!!

I was born in ‘71 & not in the U.S. but deep down I’m a hippie. What a time I would’ve had in those days!

I loved the 70s, got sober in the 80s and never looked back

Parties aren’t meant to last....looked like one AMAZING time! 💃🏼🕺

I was only born in '79 but I ❤ disco music and bc of that, im always fascinated by the studio 54 history. if I could time travel I go to my birth year and TRY to get in. 😂😂 ❤

"A star that didn't burn long" Is that person kidding?!! The club itself may have not lasted long enough but, the times u had there stay with you FOREVER!!

If I could go back in time and be 21 yrs old or even a little older then I would choose to go back to 1977 so I could spend 3 yrs trying to get into Studio 54. I would LOVE that shit.

I still love the disco days of the 70's when music would have you dancing on the floor or in your seat. The music today is a good reason why our youth are so disoriented. I finally grew out of the scene and frankly on a better road. THANK YOU JESUS!!!!

I’m 14 at the moment, I wish I lived the 70s Disco Lifestyle. The fashion, music and everything around it, it’s amazing. Wish I could go back in time. I hope someday a club like 54 comes back with the same music and all. What a time.

I have scores of stories that my mom has told me, not only about Studio 54 which she was a regular, but also a regular of the infamous Mutiny Hotel and nightclub in Miami. Even n today’s society I’m still shocked at the stories my mom has told me about these places.

In fact the group Chic made Le Freak due to Studio 54🎉🎊🎶🎵❤️

Who’s watching this in 2020?!?🦋

There will never be another Studio 54 !

So envious...that was a historical period to live through. ❤️

This video is more vivid for me than the best LSD of the early seventies. I was one of the four main bartenders during the last third of its initial run, working even the closing night, Feb. 2, 1980. I had the presence of mind to actually swipe the liquor license - a copy posted by law at the bar. The young faces of the glitterati are here (a few I actually dated), for me to recall all the stories one must never tell. Most celebrities are still alive. Divulging personal info would be insanely self-serving and a betrayal, yet this film nails the overall effect. Oh, my, my, my .. the dismissers and judgers have little knowledge to base their limited opinions on and they will never get that knowledge). Well done. Scott Utley LA CA USA

70s were just wild-may it be rock or disco.

I was born in ‘74, but I still remember the afterglow of those times while growing up in the late 70’s and 80’s. Still had great music coming out then. Also, I loved watching “Solid Gold” and other dance shows from that era! I missed the free flowing sex and drugs, but it just became more clever at hiding things behind closed doors...... lololol.......

I’ve just been invited to a Studio 54 party for NYE 😅 wish me luck 🪩 🕺🏾 💃🏿

I was 14 and living in Palm Springs I would escape in the music and pretend I was at studio 54 sweet memories 😍

My 2 cousins lived for Studio 54. Ironically, just for the music and dancing. I, on the other hand, was into hard rock(Pink Floyd and mostly pot (coke didn't come in until 86). We are all much older now. The past is behind us. No regrets...

I loved disco music. So happy, long playing, melodies.

The nicest club I’ve ever been to was The Limelight in Atlanta Georgia back in the 70s and 80s !!❤❤❤❤❤

Sharing a wall with Studio 54 was TransAudio which did sound for movies and TV. In June 1977 I was at TransAudio visiting and asked what that “blank black marquee with the 54” was next door. He said “I don’t know but they sure make a racket when we’re trying to work here at night”.

On here, to check out more on Studio 54 era.... was just watching the documentary on Netflix! My mom got me into disco music. Wishing I was able to to be apart of those precious unforgettable nights. From 77-80. 💃🏻🕺🏻 3yrs of non-stop fun, dancing,drinks. ATMOSPHERE OF INEVITABLE DiSCO 🎶🎵🎶🎵💃🏻🕺🏻(BiTTERSWEET)🎭

I was there once when I was 18 years old. At the time, my best friend's dad took her there for her birthday, and she invited me along. Her dad, as I recall, was a record producer. At any rate, I have some vague memories of the place. I danced with a guy on the stage (dancing area) and remembered while dancing looking up, and in the loft area was my friend looking down at me. I felt a little guilty because it appeared to me that I was having a better time than she was on the night of her birthday. I didn't see people taking drugs or having sex, nor do I recall seeing prominent people. Overall, I was just a naive kid who was having fun dancing at a notorious place. That's my memory of Studio 54...

Back in the day everyone had a Studio 54 to go to! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

54 was a star that didn't burn long, but it burned bright.

No cocaine was harmed in the making of this ...plenty went "missing" though

I was in my 20's in the 70's , knew of Studio 54 , and was into , still am into disco , amongst various generes . It would have been a brilliant experience , to be there for a night .

I wish I was old enough to have gone. I was a Blitz Kid in London in 1981 and spent weekends at the Blitz Club run by Steve Strange. This would have been right up my street. Still love the music and the scene. as a kid 1975-1980 best time ever!!!

Damn they just had a 3year run felt like 10 to me

I tried to get in, New Year's Eve 1978. Stood out in the cold with my GF. While we waited a white stretch pulled up, Warhol came out and sauntered right in. We waited until 2:00 am then left. Walked around the city side streets singing "Spam" from Monty Python.

I Graduated from High School , in the year 1976 , so I was born a Disco baby . I was at " XENON'S " / 124 West 43th street , in New York City this was his second nightclub he had . The music was right and the stars were out all night . The dance floor was pack , the music was right , we both had good timing . And we gone twice , that year 1979 . There was this guy , smoking a long , long , joint . And my old Disco hang-out was the " LOFT " on Prince St & Mercer Ave in Soho , and that was jumping , besides other nightclubs . I would do it all over again . For all you Disco Babies still alive , never give up on love and never stop dancing .

I was too young at that time! But my elder brother was at studio 54 every weekend having fun! That was a hell of a fun🕺 for sure! Those days are now gone.....

Looking back there was a very brief moment in time from 1975-80 in which we more or less all got along. Black white, gay straight, old young, disco created a true feeling of egalitarianism that hasn’t happened since. It’s a pity the young people of 2020 will never experience the freedoms that their parents, and now grandparents, got to enjoy without all the PC and #MeToo politics attached. What a magical trip it was😊

The music from that era was on another level. Bee Gees, Abba, Blondie, Donna Summer. Just orgasmic dance music. Now everything sounds so forced and fake

Got in twice out of 6 attempts so i consider that pretty lucky. Got in because i was a bodybuilder and handsome(i think this was why) one thing alot of folks get mixed about especially ones that didnt get it all thought you had to be rich and or famous which yes would help bigtime however wasnt always the case. Depended on looks, style, celebrity, attirude and vibe. Place was wild though, the movie doesnt do it justice as it doesnt capture the aura but yea it was a naughty place forsure. Thats what isnt stressed enough...yes people know about it but it was everywhere, almost too much in a way. I remember seeing quite a few celebs during my nights i got in but they still had their own areas and wasnt as simple as walking up and bugging them like alot think...yes on the dance floor you could get close but they werent having any of that paparazzo/bugging them at all and rightfully so. Basically everyone who was in was an equal other than the sectioning for sitting but it was great all around. My fondest memory was steve rubell grabbing my biceps and admiring them everytime hed come by and say some comment about them. Im not gay but of course a compliment stuck and felt nice. Fun nights good partying and no bs like nowadays. No fighting shootings stabbings etc...everyone just letting loose and having a blast. ALOT AND I MEAN ALOT of drugs but people were mature about it and seemed to control their highs very well. Anyways i miss those days but will never forget that feeling when steve pointed to me and let me in, you truly felt like a star. Rip steve rubell, you threw one hell of a party!

1 thing nobody can deny was the music was great to dance to back then

It was a gift for my high school graduation... a perfect all night till breakfast at Tiffany’s morning. It was so very fun. Beautiful people to look at, feeling wonderful and that loud music inside my body. It was perfection... sorry you missed it.

As a 80s baby I wish I experienced the 70s and 80s as an adult. Loved the 90s tho

I was 28, lived in the Borrows & will never forget this era!

Could you imagine partying in the same building with Michael Jackson and Steven Tyler? A dream come true!!!!🤗🤗🤗

Man...how times have changed.

fantastic...... I'm born and raised in Hell's kitchen and in the late 90s was a regular at the sound Factory. I'm too young to have been able to go to studio 54 but I truly believe that it was the most amazing party and my wonderful times at The sound Factory were extremely important to me in the fact that I could take away all my worries and disappointments in my Monday through Friday life and walk into a club and forget all of those things because of that beat and for this I thank studio 54. I wish I could have been there

We used to fly from Detroit to Manhattan for the weekend. Experienced studio 54 in the tail end. 1982. Gave myself a tour of the place. Heard some stories. Fabulous! There were a bunch of clubs in industrial warehouses in the early 80ies that picked up the torch.

54 always be a part of history never fogotten very nostalgic memories two creative minds created such lime lights

Wish I could have gone to Studio 54, looks like it was a blast!

Knew a very good looking guy in Ks that saved as much money as he could for a year, went to school to be a bar tender, bought all new high end clothes & a newer car then headed for studio 54 in pursuit of landing a job. He came back about 3 weeks later financially broke & mentally broken too saying he couldn't even get in the door in order to dance & party for a night. You could see the devastation in his eyes. Got to believe things happen for a reason or don't in this case. Probably would've ended up with a disease he couldn't get rid of or even worse back in the day one that could take you completely out of the game called life.

When I was- young teenager in love with Whitney Houston I read in an Inquirer Magazine Whitney’s frequent visits to Studio54. The next Saturday night, I called and asked to speak with Whitney ..they put me on hold and SHE ANSWERED!

I worked for the Caterer party designer at 54 it was a lot of fun from behind the scenes

I bet no words compare to what actually happened inside

I was here when the video was first uploaded. Its great to read all the comments now bc its as close as Im going to get to relive this great time in my life. There was nothing like it. If anyone remembers a club in the 20’s near 7th ave that was a warehouse- you had to take a freight elevator to get up. It was a huge open space and the guys served Oreo cookies on silver platters to the patrons- please list it. I have been trying too remember the name for decades! I thought it was el Jardin but that was another place I went to in Douglaston owned by Steve rubell. Near where I lived at a country club. Fantastic place but it closed after a year or so. I loved how the guys got dressed upo to dance. Dancing was the best at discos. And getting all dressed up in my dance dresses and heels

When I was a tiny little boy in NYC, my aunt Miracle aka Millie, used to go dancing there. With her great personality, she had a blast everywhere.

1977 I WAS 12 YEARS YOUNG LIVING IN STATEN ISLAND N.Y. AND STUDIO 54 USED TO BE ON THE T.V. NEWS STATIONS TALKING ABOUT HOW GREAT THIS PLACE WAS AND THE CELEBRITIES THAT WENT THERE , THE GOOD AND BAD WAS REPORTED ....

I was only 12 in 1977 and I remember hearing about studio 54 and wishing I was older. I would have never survived it though 😂

I was just a kid in the 70’s so the closest thing to this was the Limelight in Manhattan, to which my girl and I were there just about every Saturday for about a year. It was an absolutely crazy and magical place and I was told that 54 was 100 times crazier.

I came of age in the Disco Seventies and it was truly over the top - clubs desperately tried to emulate the Studio 54 vibe, some better than others - we dressed up and partied down - Sylvester's "Mighty Real" comes to mind (perfect) and Taste of Honey's "Boogie Oogie" was also the classic stereotypical disco song - and, of course, hearing Donna Summer's "Last Dance" meant last call at the bar and the party moved somewhere else. It wasn't all great but when it was, oof!

The 70s were a fantastic time to be young. Just like the 20s.

Omg! What a great time I had partying and dancing away. Favorite dance club ever.

Wish I could have went here I was seven years old when this club opened up and in my house the majority of the music was disco so I'm a huge fan always will be.

I would’ve loved to have gone to Studio 54 for the dancing xx 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

The night clubs today can't hold a candle to 54. Club goers today don't dance nor party. The guys Stand around watching the girl's dancing with each other. Clubs close at 2am. The woman are stuck up and the men are sexually frustrated and want to fight the next guy for no reason. The club scene today have no love or excitement. The magic is gone.

"Drugs were handed out like party favors"..........Drugs ARE party favors!

DISCO NEVER SUCKED! THEY WERE HATING!! IT BROUGHT SO MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER, NO ONE WAS EXCLUDED!! EVEN, THOSE VERY SAME HATERS!!! THAT'S WHAT REALLY FUELED THE MAGIC! INCLUSION!! AND ONE DAY IF I'M EVER ABLE, I AM GOING TO TRY TO DUPLICATE THAT VERY SAME MAGIC 🪄✨!!

The 70s and 80s were the Bomb!!!! Had to be there.... this video is so true...it was Crazy Fun.... no one got hurt... everyone just had Fun

I had a beer with Lou Reed at Studio 54 'back in the day' (I was working in the unit mgrs dept of ABC at the time)