The Rum Runner nightclub was opened on Broad Street in the Birmingham city centre in 1979. The city from above Centenary Square. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

The founding members, Paul and Michael Berrow, opened their new club with an eclectic power playlist borrowed from Studio 54 in New York. The original Studio 54 logo. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...

Roxy Music and David Bowie nights were accompanied by jazz funk nights which were strongly influenced by New York's CHIC Powerdisco. Roxy Music is a British art rock group founded in the early 1970s as a collaborative project between art school graduates Bryan Ferry (vocals, keyboards) and Brian Eno (electronic music specialist). ... David Bowie (born David Robert Hayward-Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English rock singer, musician and actor. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... CHIC is an American band that was formed in 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. ...

A real milestone in the history of the Rum Runner was when a newly-formed group of musicians called Duran Duran walked in one day with a tape. There was an instant mutual appeal between the Berrows and the band, and the Berrows offered Duran Duran a place to rehearse and play gigs. The band found themselves becoming heavily involved with the running of the club with John Taylor working the door, Nick Rhodes deejaying for £10 a night, Roger Taylor working as a glass collector and Andy Taylor polishing mirrors, painting and cooking burgers for cash. Duran Duran quickly became the resident band at the venue. Duran Duran are a new wave and post-punk band, often classified into the aggregate 80s rock genre and notable for a long series of catchy, synthesizer-driven hit singles and vivid music videos. ... Taylors first solo recording was a hit single for the 9½ Weeks movie soundtrack. ... Nicholas James Bates (born Moseley, England, June 8, 1962) is a keyboardist for Duran Duran. ... Roger Andrew Taylor (born April 26, 1960) is the drummer for the pop band Duran Duran. ... Taylor in 2001 Andy Taylor (born 16 February 1961) is an English guitarist who plays guitar in the electronic rock/pop band Duran Duran. ...

After many months, Michael and Paul Berrow signed as Duran Duran's managers. The Berrows and the band then formed the Tritec Music company (named after the triangular-themed bar inside the club). The label used the Rum Runner office upstairs from the club as its official address.

In developing the club's musical identity they also gave free rehearsal space to bands like Dexys Midnight Runners and UB40, with The Beat filming a video for their song 'Mirror In The Bathroom' taking full advantage of the many mirrors that walled the club. Too-Rye-Ay (1983) Dexys Midnight Runners – the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe [1] – were a British New Wave and Northern Soul band, who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. ... UB40 is a popular dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, England. ... The Beat, known in the United States as The English Beat, was an essential Two Tone ska and pop music group. ...

As time went by they opened more and more different evenings and one of the residents became DJ Dick who later went on to form Rockers Hi-Fi and who now hosts the city's main Funk Acid Jazz night called Leftfoot, situated at The Medicine Bar. Rockers Hi-Fi were an electronic Dub/dance outfit formed in Birmingham england in the mid 90s. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... Acid jazz (sometimes groove jazz) is a musical genre that combines jazz influences with elements of soul music, funk, disco and hip hop. ... Leftfoot is a musical event. ... The Medicine Bar in Birmingham, England started as a collaboration in the 1990s between the London Medicine bar and local Hip Hop DJ Simon Fat Head, who began his career at the legendary Brothers and Sisters at the Coast to Coast club on Broad Street. ...