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The term "gogo" (as it applies to a music venue) originated in France in the early 1960s, at the Whiskyagogo nightclub, named after the French title for the British comedy "Whisky Galore!".<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1111699686|title=The castle on Sunset: life, death, love, art, and scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont|first=Shawn|last=Levy|date=August 25, 2020|oclc=1111699686|access-date=August 25, 2021|via=Open WorldCat|archive-date=August 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825205342/https://www.worldcat.org/title/castle-on-sunset-life-death-love-art-and-scandal-at-hollywoods-chateau-marmont/oclc/1111699686|url-status=live}}</ref> The club also featured [[Go-go dancing|go-go dancers]]. In January 1964, capitalizing on the emerging popularity of "go-go dancers", the name was licensed to a Los Angeles club, the [[Whisky a Go Go]], and from there the term "go-go" spread nationwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/greatest-rock-venues-1112.aspx|title=Showtime! The 10 Greatest Rock Venues of All Time|date=April 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414065042/http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/greatest-rock-venues-1112.aspx|access-date=August 25, 2021|archive-date=April 14, 2012}}</ref> The [[Cafe Au Go Go]] in NYC was also in business during that time, gaining notoriety when [[Lenny Bruce]] was arrested there in April 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bruce/brucetrial.html |title=The People v Lenny Bruce: Excerpts from the Cafe Au Go Go Trial |access-date=May 29, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628084404/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bruce/brucetrial.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 1965, "go-go" was a recognized word for a music club, as evidenced by the TV show ''[[Hollywood A Go-Go]]'' (march 1965-1966), or the song title of that year's hit ''[[Going to a Go-Go]]'' by [[Smokey Robinson]] & [[the Miracles]] (released November 1965). At a go-go club, dancers could expect to hear the latest [[top 40]] hits, performed by local bands and DJ's. (The French Whiskyagogo had been one of the first venues in the world to replace live music with records selected by a disc jockey.)<ref name="auto"/>
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