There's very little trace of the ol' Dropper left now. With the widening of Yale last year, even that relic has been removed. Caught fire and burned to the ground in the early 2000's, only the neon sign remained afterwards. You never have to worry about the Name Dropper wrecking any more marriages, though. My wife caught this going on daily, after we first moved to Parkway in the 90s, got me to start paying attention, then it continued until they subsequently divorced and moved out of the house. We used to live two blocks away from this little doozy, and our neighbor catty corner from us used to get dressed up in her little tight pants and heels, sache down the street around 11am, then come running back home around 3:30-4, ditch the get up, and be outside to greet her husband in the driveway donning a pair of sweat pants and tennis shoes, when he inevitably showed up at home around 5. Another "pressure cooker" club like this is the old "Name Dropper" on Yale, just before Parker Rd. There was another "pressure cooker" bar called the Four Palms that was apparently somewhat well known. There were a couple of more in town but I did not know the name of them. So their relationship was saved for another day. Had he walked through the door we would have seen him at once but he could have never seen us. Just for the record, my friends boy friend never showed up. they had a juke box or a band and the dancing was fun but all the men were intent on going home with someone before about three in the afternoon. You had to be in the place a few minutes to get your eyes adjusted before you could see. I was once there with a friend looking for her boyfriend and the place was very dark. The women that showed up there were mostly house wives and probably a few single women looking for a man.
Mostly frequented by men that worked evenings they would show up there around noon time. The Cedar lounge was the most popular located on Airline drive just down the street from Dance Town USA.
When you say singles bars, are you talking about the pressure cooker clubs? If so Houston had a few of them.