[1] The Cardiff Top Rank Suite opened in 1963 on Queen Street in the centre of the city.
It advertised Dancing from 8:00 pm – 2:00 am, Tickets were strictly limited at a cost of 30 shillings and this price included a buffet and music provided by two bands with a Cabaret and Fully Licensed Bars.
The Reading Top Rank Ballroom opened in October 1967, with the building being demolished in 2015 to make way for the Station Hill redevelopment.
The Southampton Top Rank opened in the mid 1960s, was renamed The Mayfair, and closed in the late 1980s.
In 1972, Leslie Harvey, guitarist and co-founder of the band Stone the Crows, died after being electrocuted on the stage of the club.
It was subsequently renamed Bailey's, then Paradise Lost, Kudos, Destiny, Oceana, and most recently Pryzm.