Most of the headliners that I remember are Annette Heinz,Seka Vanessa Del Rio, Leslie Bovee, Phadera Grant, Venus Del Haven, Kristina Fox, Samantha Fox, Veri Knotty, Desiree Cousteau, Kandi Barbour, Tina Russel, Raven Del la Croix, Long Jean Silver, Toni Rose,Candida Royale, Susan Nero, Margie Villa, Jean Dalton ,and Bambi Woods. If I think of any more headliners I’ll list them later. I’ll give by list of the regulars tomorrow. Looking at the list of ladies above makes me realize the Melody/Harmony was the place to be.
I will name all the Melody ladies that I can recall, but not right now. Probably tomorrow. Right now I have information that I think all you Melody fans might appreciate. THE MELODY OPENED IN 1973! If anyone is looking for a really good book about the Melody and other burlesque halls read Josh Alan Friedman’s “Tales of Times Square.” On page twenty in the last paragraph Al Kronish says “ When this location came along in 1973, it just happened to be on 48th street. The real estate was good, so we took it.” This book gives you loads of information about the Melody and other places. I didn’t know this but before the Melody Bob Anthony was manager of the Follies. They even had a three piece orchestra. If you can’t find it in a bookstore look online. I’ve had my copy for over thirty years. Josh even autographed it for me. He wrote “ to one of the Harmony’s most distinguished gentlemen.” There’s alot of good stuff in this book. Once you read it you’ll really understand if you already didn’t know that the Melody/Harmony was the place to be.
Glad to hear Margo did so well for herself. I always liked her. I especially liked her friend June. They say Silka made it big on wall street. For every one that made it there’s a sad story about one who didn’t. Remember Chantal? Such a pretty thing from Jersey. She overdosed and died in a hotel. Her folks had to come from Wallington NJ to claim her body. The Melody was the place to be for alot of us. However for alot of the women it wasn’t
Casting for my Melody/Harmony Mega movie. Bob Anthony would be played by Richard Gere. Jerry T would be played by John Turturro. Al Kronish would be played by Pierce Brosnan. Dominique would be played by Annette Heinz. Since she knew her so well she could bring out the character. If she was unavailable to play the part we’d put a blonde wig on Marcia Gay Harden(Mystic River-The Mist). Megan Fox would play Crystal Blue or Tiffany Clark. Scarlett Johannsen would play Rose Marie or Joey Karson. Kim Kardasian would play Susan Nero. Jennifer Lopez would play Margie Villa. As a matter of fact Megan, Scarlett, Kim and Jennifer could play who ever they wanted as long as they played with me first. Hey this is my Melody/Harmony Fantasy Mega movie remember! So I’m going totally off the hook with it OK! Time for a reality check.
If I ever hit the Mega or Powerball for about a hundred million I’d use some of the money to make a film about the Melody/Harmony experience. I’d use the lounge five as my consultants. I’d have open auditions for lapdancers and bacala participants If possible I’d make it in 3-D Imax so I could get the best special effects on all the T&A shots. I’ll have to wait until I hit the lottery. Unless someone out there knows Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or Steven Speilberg. It could happen. A dollar and a dream right? You gotta be in it to win it. One big lotto hit and the Melody/Harmony goes Hollywood. Lights, Action, bring out the lapdancers! It would take
Mega type of money to do justice to a Melody/Harmony flick. Hey it
was the place to be. It would be the film to see. Soon coming to a
theater near you. If all the guys in the country that ever had a
lapdance came to see it, it would be bigger than Avatar!
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
There is a place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma called “Sugars.” Its by a army base. On occasion they still have dollar a minute lapdances. Anybody ready to jet to Oklahoma?
After getting to the Melody at about 10:00 am on Saturday sometimes the lounge five wouldn’t leave until about 10:00pm. Inbetween doing our lapdance sessions, and our bacala sessions, we were allowed to leave the Melody(by Bob Anthony), and come back without paying another admission. I saw more movies and plays inbetween Melody visits. One moment I’d be sitting among the theater goers watching Angela Lansbury in “Sweeny Todd.” An hour later I’d have magic on my lap getting me off. All in a day in the life of the Melody. Most definitely the place to be.
Does anyone remember a headliner named Toni Rose. She was heavy into S&M. However, when she was on the Melody stage she was a pleasure for the eyes to behold. She put most of the Melody regulars to shame. She wasn’t into giving lapdances or indulging in bacala sessions, but once you saw her dance you didn’t care. Every move was mesmerizing. The way she use to glide across the stage was hypnotizing. She was like a “swan among a pond of toads.” She wouldn’t take photos either. She just did her show and left me in a daze. She made the Melody a place to be, and her act, the performace to see. More about Toni later.
Calico was one of my favorite Melody ladies. She help to close down the Melody . Her husband was killed while she was working. She got out of the business and moved back to Michigan. She reminded me so much of Heather Locklear. Does anyone remember June. She was Margo’s friend. She use to whisper the nastiest things into my ear while giving me a lapdance. It would really help to get me going. Just two of the ladies that made the Melody/Harmony the place to be. I miss them so much.
I’ve written about many things in this column. One thing I haven’t talked about too much are the GUYS. So to those who have passed on, and to those who rock on. To Seymour, Freddy, Eddie, Subway John, Ray, Bob, Nat, George, Big J.J, Howard, Greg, Alex and any of you guys that I may have come in contact with that I failed to mention it really was a stone cold blast. All you guys along with the Melody ladies help to make the Melody the place to be for me.
All those happy lapdance customers at the Melody that would leave all those condoms in the toilet were afraid to flush it according to Ray. Ray was part of the lounge five. He was the oldtimer of the group. He would tell stories about the “old days.” When certain streets had fifty hookers within a one block area. Ray and alot of the other Melody oldtimers would talk about a place called the Empire Room that was located in Newark, New Jersey back in the sixties. His favorite lady was Crystal Blue. Ray had hundreds of photos with her. Dispite Jerry T and his involvement with Crystal Ray was intimate with her for many years. The funny thing about it Ray and Jerry T were good friends. Ray had a stroke a few years ago. He recovered partially. Whenever I run into him and mention the Melody he can’t stop smiling. Ray was a fixture of the Melody. He was one of the reasons the Melody was the place to be.
Bob Anthony was walking through the lounge area once singing “When I was seventeen that was a very good year” when Eddie runs over to him and tells him he’d better come look at the toilet in the men’s bathroom. We couldn’t figure out what Eddie was talking about. So all of the lounge five get up to see what Eddie is talking about. The toilet is filled with about fifty used condoms. It was totally gross. Bob Anthony just starts laughing and tells us he’ll take care of it. All those condoms. A result of many happy lapdancers. Only at the Melody. It was the place to be.
There was this one headliner at the Melody who could play a plastic instrument with her private part. Does anyone remember her name? She would also smoke cigarettes and blow out smoke the same way. Then there was Veri Knotty. She could actually tie her private parts into a knot. They were just two of the acts that made the Melody so unique. The Melody was the place to be.
At the Melody Once you lapdanced and bacalaed yourself into a frenzy,there was a perfect way to release some of that energy. Especially if you hadn’t already done so in your lapdance session. Right next to the Melody through a side door was a place called Sophisticated Ladies. It was a massage palor owned by one of the Melody owners. He also owned a massage palor called Lucky Lady on 45th street, and Happy Place on 43rd Street. All of these places had above average looking women. Some were actually hot to trot. It was ten dollars for half and half. You couldn’t go wrong for that price. When I first met Joey Karson she was working at the Melody. However, she also worked at Lucky Lady. She had a good friend named Lisa Wilson who worked both places. After Sophisticated Ladies shut down a few months before the Melody closed I had one session with Joey there. We snuck into the vacant building through that side door. The electricity was already off. We had to use the blinking lights from the neon signs outside to see what we were doing. Joey always did what she did well. I was appreciative that she saw me for that last time. That was the last time I saw Joey. After a breast enlargement she went on to headline at more upscale places like Flashdancers, and she made a few porno movies. She died in 1998 of heart failure. I became good friends with her friend Lisa Wilson. After she stop working and moved back to upstate New York we still remained good friends. When I went to visit her and her family last October we talked alot about Joey, but we couldn’t stop talking about the Melody. We both agreed that in the seventies the Melody was the place to be.
Bob, Nat, and George were as much a part of the Melody as any performer om the Melody stage. They were the Melody photographers. Besides taking photos of all the stars when they came they took hundreds of photos of the regular Melody ladies. Bob and Nat reminded me of ‘Mutt and Jeff.“ Bob was tall, and Nat was short. George was the "old man” of the group. When he wasn’t taking photos Bob hung out alot with the lounge five. He loved wrestling, Dolly Parton, and the Melody. Maybe not in that order. Nat was a college professor in New York somewhere. He was very secretive about that. One could understand why. George kept mostly to himself when he wasn’t taking photos, but the ladies loved him. Besides my polaroids with the porno stars I had many photos with the regular Melody ladies that were taken by Bob, Nat and George. I had photos with Joey Karson, Francine, Silka, Crystal Blue, and Lisa Wilson just to name a few. I lost most of these photos years ago when the house I was living in burned down to the ground. I have just two polaroid photos left. One of Calico and one with Leslie Bovee and Phaedra Grant. I’d like to thank Bob, Nat, and George for all the photos they took of the Melody ladies for me. The photos I had have burned away. However, the memories of those years, those Melody memories are burned into my brain and will always remain. You guys help make the Melody the place to be for me.
Leslie Bovee and Phaedra Grant put on the hottest show I ever saw at the Melody. It was so hot that the women that work there stayed to see their show. It was so hot that Bob Anthony, Al Kronish, and the other owners came there to watch their show. It was September 1979. First they both did separate acts on stage. However, it was when they came onstage together that they really sizzled, and they drove the audience crazy. They did this lesbian act that was like something right out of a porno movie. They were lying down onstage kissing each other. Then Leslie went down on Phaedra. Then Phaedra would go down on Leslie. Each simulating climaxes that really got the crowd rocking. Maybe they were really climaxing it looked so real. All the moaning and groaning. They had this huge dual dildo with a handle in the middle. The thing was at least four feet long. Half went inside Leslie. The other half inside Phaedra. They start moving like their having sex with each other while the loud music is playing “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summer. It was so hot. Things got even hotter when “Love to Love You” comes on. They start moving faster and faster to the music, moaning and groaning louder and louder like their reaching this ultimate climax. The crowd is going wild. All the Melody ladies are screaming. Leslie and Phaedra both fall onstage exhausted and hug each other as the crowd goes wild. The guys just couldn’t stop clapping once they got their hands out of their pants. It was the hottest show ever. The fun continued when thet came off the stage into the lounge area to take three dollar keepsake polaroid photos with the guys. They must have taken over a thousand photos that week. Big J.J a four hundred pound mandingo of a man and myself must have taken over a hundred photos between us. Its nothing like getting to hold, hug, and kiss them in person. I took off a week from work for their shows. I only missed the two late shows on Friday and Saturday night. I was the biggest fan that week. Both of them knew it. I was rewarded by being taken backstage after the last show on Sunday night. It was the first and only time that I was backstage at the Melody. They were both still sweating from their last performance. They thanked me for coming I received hugs and kisses from both Leslie and Phaedra. I was smiling all the way home. I still had their musk perfume smell on my clothes. I didn’t wash those clothes for weeks. Just another day,but a very special day,No! week in the life of the Melody. The Melody for me that week was most definitely the place to be. Leslie and Phaedra you were so hot! Thanks for everything!
Lena Tyler was a hot, HOT Melody lady. She had a rear end to die for. Her caboose had this perpetual motion to it that drove me crazy. I could never get her. It went on for weeks. She was always busy lapdancing with another customer. When she’d be leaving for the day she come by me in the lounge and smack her rear. She told me that if I came early the next day she would let me be first. The next day I was there before the Melody opened. I was the first guy there, but she didn’t show up for about two hours. When she comes in she nods to me to let me know I’ll be the first one she sees. After she dresses into her skimpy outfit she comes straight over to me. I’m standing against the wall. A wall dance is the best thing when your confronted with a rear end like Lena’s. I give her ten bucks for ten minutes she backs into my crotch. Instant BOING! She turns her head and smiles. She says “I can feel you.” I just smile. She says “Are you ready.” I nod my head up and down. Yes, yes, yes Lena I’m ready for you. Lena Tyler you sexy,sexy lady. She begins rubbing up and down against my legs and crotch area. I’m ready to explode. I’m about to shoot my “Freeze don’t anybody move.” Huh! What? The Melody was busted. A raid right in the middle of my wass session with Lena. Lena runs to the dressing room like a bat out of hell. All the other ladies start running to the dressing rooms. I’m standing there with my hard on. the under cover police women run right behind the ladies to the back. The male cops tell all the customers to leave. We are all standing across from the Melody on 48th Street when the paddy wagon pulls up. All the Melody ladies, including Lena come out handcuffed together they are still wearing their skimpy stage outfits. I felt so bad for all of them. Later we found out that one of the owners didn’t pay off the police. So they raided the place. I never saw Lena again after that. Just another day in the life of the Melody. It was the place to be even if I only had Lena for a moment. Lena Tyler I still love you!
Lapdances and bacala were just a few of the things I loved Melody and Harmony ladies for. Tongue kissing was another. The Melody/Harmony had some of the best tongue kisser ever. Francine was a great tongue kisser. Chantal was another. So was Rose Marie. However the best tongue kissing experience I ever had was from a Melody lady, but we were at the follies when it happen. We had a whole session in the Follies burlesque closet. I’m not going to reveal her name. I just respect that private moment with her too much for that. It was a raunchy, sloppy, nasty, but senuous tongue kiss. Its thirty years later and I can still remember the wonderful scent of the woman. I can still remember the taste of her tongue in my mouth. All I can say to her is thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! That day the Follies was the place to be,and she was the lady to be with. Thanks again.
Most of the headliners that I remember are Annette Heinz,Seka Vanessa Del Rio, Leslie Bovee, Phadera Grant, Venus Del Haven, Kristina Fox, Samantha Fox, Veri Knotty, Desiree Cousteau, Kandi Barbour, Tina Russel, Raven Del la Croix, Long Jean Silver, Toni Rose,Candida Royale, Susan Nero, Margie Villa, Jean Dalton ,and Bambi Woods. If I think of any more headliners I’ll list them later. I’ll give by list of the regulars tomorrow. Looking at the list of ladies above makes me realize the Melody/Harmony was the place to be.
I will name all the Melody ladies that I can recall, but not right now. Probably tomorrow. Right now I have information that I think all you Melody fans might appreciate. THE MELODY OPENED IN 1973! If anyone is looking for a really good book about the Melody and other burlesque halls read Josh Alan Friedman’s “Tales of Times Square.” On page twenty in the last paragraph Al Kronish says “ When this location came along in 1973, it just happened to be on 48th street. The real estate was good, so we took it.” This book gives you loads of information about the Melody and other places. I didn’t know this but before the Melody Bob Anthony was manager of the Follies. They even had a three piece orchestra. If you can’t find it in a bookstore look online. I’ve had my copy for over thirty years. Josh even autographed it for me. He wrote “ to one of the Harmony’s most distinguished gentlemen.” There’s alot of good stuff in this book. Once you read it you’ll really understand if you already didn’t know that the Melody/Harmony was the place to be.
Glad to hear Margo did so well for herself. I always liked her. I especially liked her friend June. They say Silka made it big on wall street. For every one that made it there’s a sad story about one who didn’t. Remember Chantal? Such a pretty thing from Jersey. She overdosed and died in a hotel. Her folks had to come from Wallington NJ to claim her body. The Melody was the place to be for alot of us. However for alot of the women it wasn’t
Sorry my comment about lapdance on wikipedia was printed so many times. I only wanted it there once. Thank you Internet Explorer.
Casting for my Melody/Harmony Mega movie. Bob Anthony would be played by Richard Gere. Jerry T would be played by John Turturro. Al Kronish would be played by Pierce Brosnan. Dominique would be played by Annette Heinz. Since she knew her so well she could bring out the character. If she was unavailable to play the part we’d put a blonde wig on Marcia Gay Harden(Mystic River-The Mist). Megan Fox would play Crystal Blue or Tiffany Clark. Scarlett Johannsen would play Rose Marie or Joey Karson. Kim Kardasian would play Susan Nero. Jennifer Lopez would play Margie Villa. As a matter of fact Megan, Scarlett, Kim and Jennifer could play who ever they wanted as long as they played with me first. Hey this is my Melody/Harmony Fantasy Mega movie remember! So I’m going totally off the hook with it OK! Time for a reality check.
If I ever hit the Mega or Powerball for about a hundred million I’d use some of the money to make a film about the Melody/Harmony experience. I’d use the lounge five as my consultants. I’d have open auditions for lapdancers and bacala participants If possible I’d make it in 3-D Imax so I could get the best special effects on all the T&A shots. I’ll have to wait until I hit the lottery. Unless someone out there knows Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or Steven Speilberg. It could happen. A dollar and a dream right? You gotta be in it to win it. One big lotto hit and the Melody/Harmony goes Hollywood. Lights, Action, bring out the lapdancers! It would take
Mega type of money to do justice to a Melody/Harmony flick. Hey it
was the place to be. It would be the film to see. Soon coming to a
theater near you. If all the guys in the country that ever had a
lapdance came to see it, it would be bigger than Avatar!
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
Type in Lapdance and go to wikipedia. They mention the Melody also. I was there for that first Lapdance ever back in the seventies. I wrote about that in an earlier article.
There is a place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma called “Sugars.” Its by a army base. On occasion they still have dollar a minute lapdances. Anybody ready to jet to Oklahoma?
TONI ROSE
She spins in rythmic Harmony.
A gift on stage at the Melody.
She glides into a senuous pose.
Everybody wants, but no one holds Miss Toni Rose.
The mesmerizing Miss Toni Rose.
A swan among a pond of toads.
A dancing phenom in stripper clothes.
Everyone loves, but nobody knows Miss Toni Rose.
Just one reason, in one day at the Melody,
that Miss Toni Rose made it the place to be.
After getting to the Melody at about 10:00 am on Saturday sometimes the lounge five wouldn’t leave until about 10:00pm. Inbetween doing our lapdance sessions, and our bacala sessions, we were allowed to leave the Melody(by Bob Anthony), and come back without paying another admission. I saw more movies and plays inbetween Melody visits. One moment I’d be sitting among the theater goers watching Angela Lansbury in “Sweeny Todd.” An hour later I’d have magic on my lap getting me off. All in a day in the life of the Melody. Most definitely the place to be.
Does anyone remember a headliner named Toni Rose. She was heavy into S&M. However, when she was on the Melody stage she was a pleasure for the eyes to behold. She put most of the Melody regulars to shame. She wasn’t into giving lapdances or indulging in bacala sessions, but once you saw her dance you didn’t care. Every move was mesmerizing. The way she use to glide across the stage was hypnotizing. She was like a “swan among a pond of toads.” She wouldn’t take photos either. She just did her show and left me in a daze. She made the Melody a place to be, and her act, the performace to see. More about Toni later.
Calico was one of my favorite Melody ladies. She help to close down the Melody . Her husband was killed while she was working. She got out of the business and moved back to Michigan. She reminded me so much of Heather Locklear. Does anyone remember June. She was Margo’s friend. She use to whisper the nastiest things into my ear while giving me a lapdance. It would really help to get me going. Just two of the ladies that made the Melody/Harmony the place to be. I miss them so much.
I’ve written about many things in this column. One thing I haven’t talked about too much are the GUYS. So to those who have passed on, and to those who rock on. To Seymour, Freddy, Eddie, Subway John, Ray, Bob, Nat, George, Big J.J, Howard, Greg, Alex and any of you guys that I may have come in contact with that I failed to mention it really was a stone cold blast. All you guys along with the Melody ladies help to make the Melody the place to be for me.
All those happy lapdance customers at the Melody that would leave all those condoms in the toilet were afraid to flush it according to Ray. Ray was part of the lounge five. He was the oldtimer of the group. He would tell stories about the “old days.” When certain streets had fifty hookers within a one block area. Ray and alot of the other Melody oldtimers would talk about a place called the Empire Room that was located in Newark, New Jersey back in the sixties. His favorite lady was Crystal Blue. Ray had hundreds of photos with her. Dispite Jerry T and his involvement with Crystal Ray was intimate with her for many years. The funny thing about it Ray and Jerry T were good friends. Ray had a stroke a few years ago. He recovered partially. Whenever I run into him and mention the Melody he can’t stop smiling. Ray was a fixture of the Melody. He was one of the reasons the Melody was the place to be.
Bob Anthony was walking through the lounge area once singing “When I was seventeen that was a very good year” when Eddie runs over to him and tells him he’d better come look at the toilet in the men’s bathroom. We couldn’t figure out what Eddie was talking about. So all of the lounge five get up to see what Eddie is talking about. The toilet is filled with about fifty used condoms. It was totally gross. Bob Anthony just starts laughing and tells us he’ll take care of it. All those condoms. A result of many happy lapdancers. Only at the Melody. It was the place to be.
There was this one headliner at the Melody who could play a plastic instrument with her private part. Does anyone remember her name? She would also smoke cigarettes and blow out smoke the same way. Then there was Veri Knotty. She could actually tie her private parts into a knot. They were just two of the acts that made the Melody so unique. The Melody was the place to be.
At the Melody Once you lapdanced and bacalaed yourself into a frenzy,there was a perfect way to release some of that energy. Especially if you hadn’t already done so in your lapdance session. Right next to the Melody through a side door was a place called Sophisticated Ladies. It was a massage palor owned by one of the Melody owners. He also owned a massage palor called Lucky Lady on 45th street, and Happy Place on 43rd Street. All of these places had above average looking women. Some were actually hot to trot. It was ten dollars for half and half. You couldn’t go wrong for that price. When I first met Joey Karson she was working at the Melody. However, she also worked at Lucky Lady. She had a good friend named Lisa Wilson who worked both places. After Sophisticated Ladies shut down a few months before the Melody closed I had one session with Joey there. We snuck into the vacant building through that side door. The electricity was already off. We had to use the blinking lights from the neon signs outside to see what we were doing. Joey always did what she did well. I was appreciative that she saw me for that last time. That was the last time I saw Joey. After a breast enlargement she went on to headline at more upscale places like Flashdancers, and she made a few porno movies. She died in 1998 of heart failure. I became good friends with her friend Lisa Wilson. After she stop working and moved back to upstate New York we still remained good friends. When I went to visit her and her family last October we talked alot about Joey, but we couldn’t stop talking about the Melody. We both agreed that in the seventies the Melody was the place to be.
Bob, Nat, and George were as much a part of the Melody as any performer om the Melody stage. They were the Melody photographers. Besides taking photos of all the stars when they came they took hundreds of photos of the regular Melody ladies. Bob and Nat reminded me of ‘Mutt and Jeff.“ Bob was tall, and Nat was short. George was the "old man” of the group. When he wasn’t taking photos Bob hung out alot with the lounge five. He loved wrestling, Dolly Parton, and the Melody. Maybe not in that order. Nat was a college professor in New York somewhere. He was very secretive about that. One could understand why. George kept mostly to himself when he wasn’t taking photos, but the ladies loved him. Besides my polaroids with the porno stars I had many photos with the regular Melody ladies that were taken by Bob, Nat and George. I had photos with Joey Karson, Francine, Silka, Crystal Blue, and Lisa Wilson just to name a few. I lost most of these photos years ago when the house I was living in burned down to the ground. I have just two polaroid photos left. One of Calico and one with Leslie Bovee and Phaedra Grant. I’d like to thank Bob, Nat, and George for all the photos they took of the Melody ladies for me. The photos I had have burned away. However, the memories of those years, those Melody memories are burned into my brain and will always remain. You guys help make the Melody the place to be for me.
Leslie Bovee and Phaedra Grant put on the hottest show I ever saw at the Melody. It was so hot that the women that work there stayed to see their show. It was so hot that Bob Anthony, Al Kronish, and the other owners came there to watch their show. It was September 1979. First they both did separate acts on stage. However, it was when they came onstage together that they really sizzled, and they drove the audience crazy. They did this lesbian act that was like something right out of a porno movie. They were lying down onstage kissing each other. Then Leslie went down on Phaedra. Then Phaedra would go down on Leslie. Each simulating climaxes that really got the crowd rocking. Maybe they were really climaxing it looked so real. All the moaning and groaning. They had this huge dual dildo with a handle in the middle. The thing was at least four feet long. Half went inside Leslie. The other half inside Phaedra. They start moving like their having sex with each other while the loud music is playing “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summer. It was so hot. Things got even hotter when “Love to Love You” comes on. They start moving faster and faster to the music, moaning and groaning louder and louder like their reaching this ultimate climax. The crowd is going wild. All the Melody ladies are screaming. Leslie and Phaedra both fall onstage exhausted and hug each other as the crowd goes wild. The guys just couldn’t stop clapping once they got their hands out of their pants. It was the hottest show ever. The fun continued when thet came off the stage into the lounge area to take three dollar keepsake polaroid photos with the guys. They must have taken over a thousand photos that week. Big J.J a four hundred pound mandingo of a man and myself must have taken over a hundred photos between us. Its nothing like getting to hold, hug, and kiss them in person. I took off a week from work for their shows. I only missed the two late shows on Friday and Saturday night. I was the biggest fan that week. Both of them knew it. I was rewarded by being taken backstage after the last show on Sunday night. It was the first and only time that I was backstage at the Melody. They were both still sweating from their last performance. They thanked me for coming I received hugs and kisses from both Leslie and Phaedra. I was smiling all the way home. I still had their musk perfume smell on my clothes. I didn’t wash those clothes for weeks. Just another day,but a very special day,No! week in the life of the Melody. The Melody for me that week was most definitely the place to be. Leslie and Phaedra you were so hot! Thanks for everything!
Lena Tyler was a hot, HOT Melody lady. She had a rear end to die for. Her caboose had this perpetual motion to it that drove me crazy. I could never get her. It went on for weeks. She was always busy lapdancing with another customer. When she’d be leaving for the day she come by me in the lounge and smack her rear. She told me that if I came early the next day she would let me be first. The next day I was there before the Melody opened. I was the first guy there, but she didn’t show up for about two hours. When she comes in she nods to me to let me know I’ll be the first one she sees. After she dresses into her skimpy outfit she comes straight over to me. I’m standing against the wall. A wall dance is the best thing when your confronted with a rear end like Lena’s. I give her ten bucks for ten minutes she backs into my crotch. Instant BOING! She turns her head and smiles. She says “I can feel you.” I just smile. She says “Are you ready.” I nod my head up and down. Yes, yes, yes Lena I’m ready for you. Lena Tyler you sexy,sexy lady. She begins rubbing up and down against my legs and crotch area. I’m ready to explode. I’m about to shoot my “Freeze don’t anybody move.” Huh! What? The Melody was busted. A raid right in the middle of my wass session with Lena. Lena runs to the dressing room like a bat out of hell. All the other ladies start running to the dressing rooms. I’m standing there with my hard on. the under cover police women run right behind the ladies to the back. The male cops tell all the customers to leave. We are all standing across from the Melody on 48th Street when the paddy wagon pulls up. All the Melody ladies, including Lena come out handcuffed together they are still wearing their skimpy stage outfits. I felt so bad for all of them. Later we found out that one of the owners didn’t pay off the police. So they raided the place. I never saw Lena again after that. Just another day in the life of the Melody. It was the place to be even if I only had Lena for a moment. Lena Tyler I still love you!
Lapdances and bacala were just a few of the things I loved Melody and Harmony ladies for. Tongue kissing was another. The Melody/Harmony had some of the best tongue kisser ever. Francine was a great tongue kisser. Chantal was another. So was Rose Marie. However the best tongue kissing experience I ever had was from a Melody lady, but we were at the follies when it happen. We had a whole session in the Follies burlesque closet. I’m not going to reveal her name. I just respect that private moment with her too much for that. It was a raunchy, sloppy, nasty, but senuous tongue kiss. Its thirty years later and I can still remember the wonderful scent of the woman. I can still remember the taste of her tongue in my mouth. All I can say to her is thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! That day the Follies was the place to be,and she was the lady to be with. Thanks again.