celebrating holidays (1947)
celebrating Jules’ 60th birthday,
in Copa lounge
courtship and marriage
daily routine
death of Claudia
death of Jules
emotions and
family night at Copa
golfing
having marriages annulled
home environment
Joe DiMaggio and
marriage of
Mickey birthday parties and
parties at home
relationship
separate residence wings
See also Podell, Claudia; Podell,
Jules
Podell, Jules (photographs)
Billy Martin
Bobby Rydell
Buddy Hackett
Campanella, Cole, and Copa Girls,
charity work
Claudia and. See Podell, Jules and
Claudia
Clem Lebine
in Copa kitchen
Danny Thomas
Dean Martin
Earl Wilson
Ernie Kovacs
family gatherings
famous ring
Gabby Hayes
gifts to needy
golfing
Governor Thomas E. Dewey
group of friends
Jerry Lewis
Jimmy Durante
Joe DiMaggio
Joe E. Lewis
Mickey
Nat King Cole
parties at home
Paul Anka
Peter Lawford
playing vibes
Rafer Johnson and Pee Wee
Red Skelton
Sam Branson
Sam Hausman
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sophie Tucker
Sugar Ray Robinson
Tony Martin
Vic Damone
Podell, Malka, xii
Podell, Nathan, xii
Podell family arriving in United States
changing name from Podlubno
fleeing Russia
photograph
photographs
in Ukraine
See also specific family members Podlubno family. See Podell family Powell, Mel
Preston, Sy
Prima, Louis
Prohibition
prom season
Proser, Monte
Prowse, Juliet
Pujal, Pedro
radio broadcasts
Randazzo, Teddy
Rat Pack. See also specific member names Ray, Johnnie
Raye, Martha
Raye, Mary
recording, at Copa
Reese, Della
Rich, Buddy
Rickles, Don
ring, of Jules
Ritz Brothers
Rivers, Joan
Robinson, Sugar Ray
rock-and-roll music
Romano, D’Aldo
Rose, Aunt
Roselli, Jimmy
Ross, Diana, and the Supremes, x
Rydell, Bobby
Sahl, Mort
Salmaggi, Robert
Samba Sirens
. See also Copa Girls Sands hotel
Shannon, Lynn. See Kessler, Lynn
Shannon
Shedon, Mary Ann
Sidney, Uncle
Silvers, Phil
Sinatra, Frank, ix
Anita Ekberg and
Ava Gardner and
breaking Copa color barrier
at Copa
on Copa and nightclub era
Dean Martin and
first Copa performance
Gloria Vanderbilt and
Jack Entratter and
Jerry Lewis and
Jules and
with lady friends
last engagement at Copa
(continued) Look magazine on
“Meet Me at the Copa” and
on Peggy Lee
Peter Som fraternity brothers and,
Phil Silvers and
Rat Pack and
Sammy Davis Jr. and
at Sands in Las Vegas
singing without license
Tommy Dorsey and
vocal hemorrhage
Skelton, Red
Smith, Keely
Soldo, Joe
Solters, Lee
Som, Dr. Max
Som, Ethel
Som, Peter
speakeasies
sports figures
Stabile, Dick
Starr, Edwin
Stork Club
Sullivan, Ed
Taylor, Rip
Temptations
Thomas, Danny
Tinker (dog)
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Torme, Mel
Tucker, Sophie
Vale, Jerry
Vallee, Rudy
Vanderbilt, Gloria
Villa, Joey
Villa Vallee
Vinton, Bobby
Wallis, Hal
Warwick, Dionne
Will Mastin Trio
Wilson, Earl
Wilson, Jackie
Winchell, Walter
Yankees. See New York Yankees
About the Authors
MICKEY PODELL-RABER is the only child of longtime Copacabana owner Jules Podell. She grew up going to the club every Sunday night for dinner and a show, and even had a direct line into the kitchen to order all her meals and shared many of the big moments in her life with many of the stars who graced her father’s stage.
CHARLES PIGNONE, author of New York Times bestseller The Sinatra Treasures and one-time president of the Sinatra Society of America, works as an archivist and producer for the Sinatra family.
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Credits
Jacket design Kelly Lynch
Jacket Illustrations courtesy of Mickey Podell-Raber
Copyright
THE COPA. Copyright © 2007 by Mickey Podell-Raber with Charles Pignone. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Photography and memorabilia copyright Podell Family Collection.
ePub edition August 2007 ISBN 9780061740886
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