Michael Andrew leads The Rainbow Room Orchestra/ Rockefeller Center

Photos of Michael Andrew as he was going to work at the world famous Rainbow Room in New York City. He was the bandleader and singer on the 65th floor of The Rockefeller Center for over 2 years. Also photo of Michael leading the Rainbow Room Orchestra in the famous ballroom filled with dancers. The evenings were broadcast live on NY radio - these concert tapes are archived and may be released at a future date.

The famous Rainbow Room, so named by patrons for the colors in its lighted glass floor, was one of only three such dance floors constructed in the world by 1928. More than 2,600 red, green, blue, and amber lights beneath 360 glass blocks could be synchronized with music from the elaborate custom-made pipe organ. the floor lights pulsed to the beat of entertainers. The Art Deco-style restaurant and nightclub located on the top of the NBC building in Rockefeller Center is as famous for it's spectacular city views and romantic ambiance as it is for A-list clientele. Over the years, singers and performers such as Tommy Dorsey,Guy Lombardo, Louis Armstrong, Lawrence Welk,Tony Bennett, Bill Cosby and Michael Andrew have entertained dinner guests at the legendary Manhattan hotspot.
The club all but closed down to the public in December 1998 for renovation.

n 1934, in the depth of the greatest depression in history, John D. Rockefeller Sr. completed his testimony to faith in New York City and the economy of America, Rockefeller Center. From that time Rockefeller Center would be the benchmark that all urban development is measured against. The crowning jewel of this magnificent project was the Rainbow Room on the sixty-fifth floor of Thirty Rockefeller Plaza, the tallest and most prominent building in the complex. The room was designed to symbolize all the glamour and elegance of New York nightlife. From its opening day The Rainbow Room has epitomized Manhattan luxury to both native New Yorkers and visitors from around the world. In 1974 John D. Rockefeller's son David oversaw a painstaking twenty-five million dollar restoration and expansion of the Rainbow facilities, ushering in a new era of prominence for what many architects and designers consider to be the "most perfect room in New York".

In 1998 Rockefeller Center approached the Cipriani family of Venice, owners of the famed "Harry's Bar" to take over the operation of The Rainbow Room facilities. The Cipriani family has achieved legendary status for their restaurants in Venice, New York and Buenos Aires by their commitment to the highest standards of food and service. Their guiding principles, established in 1931 by Giuseppe Cipriani the founder of Harry's Bar, are to serve the finest food in a simple straight forward manner with precision and care. Today Harry's Bar is ranked as one of the ten best restaurants in the world. Now this same expertise and dedication is being applied to The Rainbow Room to make it once more New York's premier showcase.

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