Editing Hotel Chelsea (section)

=== Musicians ===
Composer and critic [[Virgil Thomson]], once described by ''The New York Times'' as the hotel's "most illustrious tenant",<ref>{{cite news|last=Hodgson |first=Moira |date=October 29, 1980 |title=Virgil Thomson Orchestrates a Meal And Reminisces |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/29/archives/virgil-thomson-orchestrates-a-meal-and-reminisces-virgil-thomson.html |access-date=October 20, 2023 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221415/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/29/archives/virgil-thomson-orchestrates-a-meal-and-reminisces-virgil-thomson.html |url-status=live}}</ref> lived at the hotel for nearly five decades before his death in 1989;<ref>{{Cite news |first=Bill |last=Zakariasen |date=October 1, 1989 |title=Virgil Thomson, composer, dies |page=18 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|via=[[newspapers.com]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-virgil-thomson-composer-die/133783096/ |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221419/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-virgil-thomson-composer-die/133783096/ |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news|last=von Rhein |first=John |date=October 1, 1989 |title=Virgil Thomson, Prize-winning Composer, Influential Music Critic |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-01-8901180542-story.html |access-date=October 13, 2023|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127163120/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-10-01-8901180542-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Thompson persuaded Stanley Bard in 1977 to let composer [[Gerald Busby]] stay at the hotel where Busby still lived in 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gopnik|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Gopnik|title=The Last Living Bohemian in Chelsea Tells All|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-last-living-bohemian-in-chelsea-tells-all|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=2015-06-15|access-date=2024-12-29}}</ref> The composer [[George Kleinsinger]] lived with his pet animals on the tenth floor.<ref name="Clines 1978" /><ref name="Hilts 1975" /> The activist [[Stormé DeLarverie]] was also a long-term resident,<ref name="Moore 2022" /> as was the actress [[Candy Darling]].<ref name="Harrington 2014" />

The Chelsea was particularly popular among [[rock music|rock]] musicians and [[rock and roll]] musicians in the 1970s.<ref name="Brown 2021" /> These included [[Sid Vicious]] of the [[Sex Pistols]], who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend [[Nancy Spungen]] to death at the hotel in 1978;<ref name="Schindler 1978" /><ref name="The Telegraph 2011" /> after Vicious's death, their room was split into two units to prevent the room from being turned into a shrine.<ref name="Brown 2021" /><ref name="Kaufman 1994" /> Numerous rock bands frequented the Chelsea as well, including [[The Allman Brothers Band|the Allman Brothers]], [[the Band]], [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]], the [[Paul Butterfield Blues Band]], [[the Byrds]], [[Country Joe and the Fish]], [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[Lovin' Spoonful]], [[Moby Grape]], [[the Mothers of Invention]], [[Quicksilver Messenger Service]], [[Sly and the Family Stone]], and [[the Stooges]].<ref name="Miller 1999" /><ref name="Tippins p. 234">{{harvnb|Tippins|2013|ps=.|p=234}}</ref> [[The Kills]] wrote much of their album ''[[No Wow]]'' at the Chelsea prior to its release in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Pauline |date=February 6, 2005 |title=The Kills: The Power of 2 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/fashion/the-kills-the-power-of-2.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529173130/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/fashion/the-kills-the-power-of-2.html |url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last=Montgomery |first=James |title=The Kills Track Down Cursed Studio Gear For Dark New Album — News |publisher=MTV |date=April 13, 2005 |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/nz4mau/the-kills-track-down-cursed-studio-gear-for-dark-new-album |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221414/https://www.mtv.com/news/nz4mau/the-kills-track-down-cursed-studio-gear-for-dark-new-album |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Grateful Dead]] once performed on the roof.<ref name="Dwyer 2007" /><ref name="Tippins p. 229" />

Other prominent musical acts that stayed in the Chelsea include:
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* [[Ryan Adams]], singer-songwriter<ref name="Hamilton p. XV" />
* [[Joan Baez]], folk musician<ref name="Miller 1999" />
* [[Chet Baker]], jazz trumpeter and vocalist<ref name="Weidman 2023" /><ref name="Brown 2021" />
* [[John Cale]], musician, composer, and record producer<ref name="Weidman 2023" />
* [[Leonard Cohen]], singer-songwriter<ref name="Kellogg 2014">{{Cite news |last=Kellogg |first=Carolyn |date=January 5, 2014 |title=Before notoriety, hotel was a utopian dream |page=F.6 |work=Orlando Sentinel |id={{ProQuest|1473957921}}}}</ref>
* [[Alice Cooper]], rock singer<ref>{{cite book |last=Cooper |first=Alice |title=Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's Life and 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict |publisher=Crown |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-307-38291-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1I-lN2IAo_wC&pg=PA1 |access-date=October 21, 2023 |page=1 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221416/https://books.google.com/books?id=1I-lN2IAo_wC&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Chick Corea]], composer, pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and percussionist<ref name="Carlson 2019">{{cite web |last=Carlson |first=Jen |title=Inside The Iconic Hotel Chelsea, As It Enters Year Eight Of Construction Hell & Tenants File Lawsuit |website=Gothamist |date=January 24, 2019 |url=https://gothamist.com/news/inside-the-iconic-hotel-chelsea-as-it-enters-year-eight-of-construction-hell-tenants-file-lawsuit |access-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218151736/https://gothamist.com/news/inside-the-iconic-hotel-chelsea-as-it-enters-year-eight-of-construction-hell-tenants-file-lawsuit |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Julie Delpy]], actress and songwriter<ref name="Hamilton p. XVI">{{harvnb|ps=.|Hamilton|2007|p=XVI}}</ref>
* [[Donovan]], multi-instrumentalist and songwriter<ref name="Miller 1999" />
* [[Bob Dylan]], singer-songwriter<ref name="The Telegraph 2011" /><ref name="Mackrell 2013">{{Cite news |last=Mackrell |first=Judith |date=October 30, 2013 |title=Room to move: why New York's Chelsea Hotel is being immortalised in dance -GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/30/chelsea-hotel-new-york-dance |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102232928/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/oct/30/chelsea-hotel-new-york-dance |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Marianne Faithfull]], rock singer<ref name="Hamilton p. XVI" />
* [[Jimi Hendrix]], guitarist<ref name="Carlson 2019" /><ref name="Miller 1999" />
* [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]], lyricist<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dodd |first1=David |title=The Greatest Stories Ever Told – "Stella Blue" |url=https://www.dead.net/features/greatest-stories-ever-told/greatest-stories-ever-told-stella-blue |website=Grateful Dead |date=November 14, 2013 |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
* [[Abdullah Ibrahim]], pianist and composer<ref name="Tippins p. 325" />
* [[Janis Joplin]], singer<ref name="Heyman 2013" /><ref name="Tippins p. 228" />
* [[Jobriath]], singer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hari |first=Johann |date=April 12, 2004 |title=Jobriath: Oh! You pretty thing |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jobriath-oh-you-pretty-thing-55714.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Independent |archive-date=August 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822201348/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jobriath-oh-you-pretty-thing-55714.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tippins 2022" />
* [[Madonna]], singer and actress;<ref name="Mackrell 2013" /> shot photographs for her 1992 book ''[[Sex (book)|Sex]]'' in room 822{{sfn|Hamilton|2007|pages=XV, 151}}
* [[Bette Midler]], actress<ref name="The Record 1988" />
* [[Buddy Miles]], drummer and singer<ref name="Miller 1999" />
* [[Joni Mitchell]], singer-songwriter<ref name="Heyman 2013" />
* [[Jim Morrison]], singer-songwriter<ref name="The Telegraph 2011" />
* [[Nico]], singer<ref name="Hamilton p. XV" /><ref name="Tippins 2022" />
* [[Phil Ochs]], songwriter<ref name="Katz 2018" />
* [[Édith Piaf]], singer<ref>{{cite web |last=Waldek |first=Stefanie |title=Explore the Famous Hotel Chelsea's Last Bohemian Private Homes |website=Architectural Digest |date=November 12, 2019 |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/hotel-chelsea-bohemian-apartments |access-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613065028/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/hotel-chelsea-bohemian-apartments |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Iggy Pop]], rock musician<ref name="Weidman 2023" /><ref name="Miller 1999" />
* [[Dee Dee Ramone]], punk rock musician{{sfn|Tippins|2013|p=308}}<ref name="Dwyer 2007" />
* [[Robbie Robertson]], singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Marc |date=November 29, 2016 |title='The Weight' by the Band's Robbie Robertson|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weight-by-the-bands-robbie-robertson-1480436811 |url-access=subscription |access-date=October 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102054336/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-weight-by-the-bands-robbie-robertson-1480436811 |archive-date=November 2, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ravi Shankar]], musician<ref name="Tippins p. 234" />
* [[Patti Smith]], singer<ref name="The Telegraph 2011" /><ref name="Hoby 2010" />
* [[Johnny Thunders]], guitarist and singer-songwriter<ref name="Weidman 2023" />
* [[Rufus Wainwright]], singer-songwriter and composer<ref name="Hamilton p. XVI" /><ref name="Connelly 2013" />
* [[Kurt Cobain]], guitarist and singer-songwriter<ref name="Azerrad 1993" />
* [[Courtney Love]], singer-songwriter<ref name="Azerrad 1993" />
* [[Tom Waits]], jazz musician, composer, songwriter<ref name="Weidman 2023">{{cite book |last=Weidman |first=Rich |title=Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond |publisher=Backbeat |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-4930-6241-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUWWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA273 |access-date=October 20, 2023 |pages=273–274 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021221916/https://books.google.com/books?id=yUWWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA273#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Edgar Winter]], multi-instrumentalist<ref name="Miller 1999" />
* [[Johnny Winter]], guitarist and singer<ref name="Miller 1999" />
* [[Frank Zappa]], guitarist, composer, and bandleader<ref name="Miller 1999" />
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