[15] Also in 1946, the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron saw an advertisement for the club in the magazine The New Yorker, prompting them to rename themselves the Blue Angels.
[7] Throughout the 1950s, pianist Jimmy Lyon led a jazz trio at the club as well as provided piano accompaniment for all performers who brought their acts there,[21] while Bart Howard, composer of "Fly Me to the Moon," played piano there as well, also acting as the club's "master of ceremonies," or director of shows, throughout the decade;[22][23] "Fly Me to the Moon" is said to have debuted at the Angel in 1954, as sung by Felicia Sanders.
[27] Other stars to play the club included Harry Belafonte, the Weavers, Mort Sahl, Blossom Dearie, Martha Davis, and Johnny Mathis.
[31] In 1960, Woody Allen made his debut at the Angel, introduced by comedian, actor, and writer, and teacher Shelley Berman,[32][6] with French-American entertainer Jean-Paul Vignon on the same bill.
[45] Comedian and actor Godfrey Cambridge and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson alumna Kathy Woodruff appeared at the Angel.
[3] The club closed in 1964, partly because television was "making serious inroads on the talent pool available to nightclubs," hence affecting business at the Angel.
[8] The establishment was sold to hotel entrepreneur Ed Wynne, who at first planned on making it a restaurant but ultimately converted the space into a go-go club called The Phone Booth.