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Hilly Kristal
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American club owner and musician (1931–2007)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- CBGB
- CBGB's
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1931
- Active to
- 2007
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,025
- Total plays
- 3,182
Tags
folk
Hilly Kristal, birth name Hillel Kristal, (September 23, 1931 – August 28, 2007) was an American club owner and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club, CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute. Kristal was born in New York, New York in 1931 but his family moved to Hightstown, New Jersey when he was an infant. He studied music from a young age and eventually attended the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia. Kristal also spent a period of time in
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Image
- HillyKristal@CBGB's.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1931-09-23
- date of death
- 2007-08-28
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- owner of
- CBGB
- Commons category
- Hilly Kristal
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