 Mel Cheren

Melvin Cheren (1933 – December 7, 2007) was a record executive who helped start the Paradise Garage, also known as "Gay-rage", a New York City gay discothèque popular in the 1970s and '80s.Melvin "Mel" Cheren was born on January 21, 1933, in Everett, Massachusetts, and grew up in the Boston area.