THE BEAT GOES ON
Dr. Hook had it all wrong. While the rock star may want to make it to the cover of Rolling Stone, the ambition of the rock musician is to make it onto the wall of Manny’s, a music store on West 48th Street in New York. Manny’s is undoubtedly the most famous music store in the world;
THE BEAT GOES ON
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Ode to Manny's
Dr. Hook had it all wrong. While the rock star may want to make it to the cover of Rolling Stone, the ambition of the rock musician is to make it onto the wall of Manny’s, a music store on West 48th Street in New York. Manny’s is undoubtedly the most famous music store in the world; musicians passing through New York make it a point to stop there; in fact, musicians come to New York from all over precisely to visit Manny’s.
The present Manny’s is a huge, new store at 120 W. 48, which from opening to closing is filled to overflowing with salesmen, stockboys, customers, parents of customers, gawkers, unpacked shipping cartons, guitars, amplifiers, stars and friends of stars. Almost $5 million in musical instruments changes hands there every year.