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Scheer said, “Girls felt free to go topless. Studio 54 flourished at a time after the Pill’s introduction and before the onset of the AIDS epidemic. “Andy used to say that Studio 54 was a dictatorship at the door and a democracy inside - everyone was a star,” she said. One of the many little-known facts that surfaced during show tapings was that the fair-haired pop artist made a habit of clubbing only after Studio 54 opened, Scheer said. He, like Halston and several others, was on Rubell’s master call list. Scheer said she found herself ringing up Andy Warhol during her first day on the job. Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” made its debut at the club when DJ Richie Kaczor took a chance by playing the a-capella-laced tune. Numerous other long-forgotten memories have surfaced as the show has developed. “It was spectacular when the black cut drop was lifted revealing the choir in white robes under black light singing the lovely piece of music written for the occasion,” Bacon told Scheer. Bacon tracked down a choir director who wrote a musical tribute to Graham in one weekend and rounded up a group of singers from his church to perform it. The event planner Bacon (whose brother is the actor Kevin) told the radio hosts about her four-day frenzy pulling together the party Halston threw for Martha Graham. Issey Miyake Dies at 84: A Look Back at the Designer’s Career That is, if you care about the history of fashion,” Colacello told Scheer and Benecke. After Halston stood up and embraced Saint Laurent, another cellar dweller, Truman Capote, told Hugo Guinness, “You have just witnessed one of the great moments in the history of fashion. During a recent taping of the new radio show, Colacello recalled sitting in Studio 54’s basement with Halston when Yves Saint Laurent sauntered in with Marina Schiano. Herrera’s designer career was just getting going, and Halston, a regular at the club, encouraged her. ET on Studio 54 Radio on SiriusXM Channel 15. Through “The Marc and Myra Show,” Marc Benecke, who manned the door, and Myra Scheer, Rubell’s former executive assistant, will talk about the famed nightclub with the likes of Carolina and Renaldo Herrera, Pat Cleveland, Stephen Burrows, Bob Colacello, Karin Bacon and Jackie Rogers on their weekly show, which makes its debut Sunday at 10 p.m. For many revelers, every night was a fashion show at Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell’s Studio 54, and soon designers and other stylish club goers will dish about what actually went on there.