LIFE Presents: Studio 54: The Hotspot's Heyday

The Night That Changed Everything

A week after the club opened, co-owner Steve Rubell agreed to host a lavish party to celebrate the 32nd birthday of Bianca Jagger (actress, fashion icon, and Rolling Stone Mick Jagger's wife). She made her entrance on a white horse, generating scads of publicity and envy among celebrities. From then on, Studio 54 was the place to see and be seen.

A sample from this great photo gallery at Life on the legendary Studio 54.