Régine, discotheque founder, singer and actress, dies aged 92
msn.comLiza Minnelli, Andy Warhol and the Kennedy family. Régine, who was born Regina Zylberberg in Begium in 1929, opened her first nightclub – the original Chez Regine – in Paris’ Latin Quarter in the 1950s, opting to use turntables and disc jockeys over the more traditional juke box of the time.
This change in format was hugely popular, catching on and earning her the nickname ‘Queen of the Night’, as she opened up venues in Miami, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and the iconic Régine’s in New York in the 1970s.
At its height, her discotheque empire boasted 22 separate nightclubs. Boy George took to Twitter to pay tribute to her, sharing a photo of the two of them together and writing: ‘R.
I. P to the legendary French Diva Regine! x’She also enjoyed a reputation as a singer in her native France, with French singer Renaud considering her the last historical representative of the French chanson.
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