The Apollo Theater Opens Its Doors - January 26 1934

from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus

On January 26, 1934, the Apollo Theater opened in Harlem a former whites-only burlesque house transformed into the most important stage in American popular music. From Ella Fitzgerald's Amateur Night debut to James Brown's legendary live album, the Apollo shows us how commercial calculation can become cultural institution, and how a community claims a space as its own.

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