<P> The song 's lyrics refer to the Copacabana nightclub , `` the hottest spot north of Havana '' . The story starts in the late 1940s , focused on Lola , a Copacabana showgirl , and her sweetheart Tony , a bartender at the club . One night , a mobster named Rico takes a fancy to Lola , but he overplays his hand while trying to seduce her and is attacked by Tony . The ensuing brawl results in a shooting ; after it is initially unclear `` who shot who , '' it soon becomes clear that Tony has died . Thirty years later , the club has been transformed into a discotheque , but a drunken Lola , mad with grief at having lost Tony , still spends her nights at the Copacabana dressed in her glamorous showgirl attire . </P>
<P> The song 's lyrics refer to the Copacabana nightclub , `` the hottest spot north of Havana '' . The story starts in the late 1940s , focused on Lola , a Copacabana showgirl , and her sweetheart Tony , a bartender at the club . One night , a mobster named Rico takes a fancy to Lola , but he overplays his hand while trying to seduce her and is attacked by Tony . The ensuing brawl results in a shooting ; after it is initially unclear `` who shot who , '' it soon becomes clear that Tony has died . Thirty years later , the club has been transformed into a discotheque , but a drunken Lola , mad with grief at having lost Tony , still spends her nights at the Copacabana dressed in her glamorous showgirl attire . </P>
name of the showgirl in barry manilows song copacabana
name of the showgirl in barry manilows song copacabana
Lola
Lola