York debuts at the Copacabana.  The 1978  Barry Manilow  song " Copacabana " is named after, and is about this nightclub. Part of the 2003  Yerba Buena  song "Guajira" is set there.  The Copa was used as a setting in the films  Goodfellas ,  Raging Bull ,  Tootsie ,  Carlito's Way ,