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Apollo Theater 8th Annual Spring Gala Concert with Chaka Khan

Posted on April 13, 2013 by | Leave a comment
Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez

Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan

The Apollo Theater, a leading not-for-profit performing arts institution and one of the nation’s greatest cultural treasures, announced that its 8th Annual Spring Gala Concert will induct Chaka Khan into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame on Monday, June 10, 2013 in celebration of Ms. Khan’s 40th anniversary in the music business. Continue reading →

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Harlem Legend Bobby’s “Happy House” Robinson Dies

Posted on January 10, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Bobby Robinson, whose tiny record shop on Harlem‘s 125th St. spawned No. 1 national hits and made him an uptown patriarch for six decades, died yesterday. He was 93 and had been ill for several years – though he regularly went to work at his shop until it was forced to close in January 2008. Continue reading →

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Apollo’s New Walk of Fame

Posted on May 11, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Walk of fame plaques were installed it was showtime at the Apollo again yesterday, as memories of some of music’s biggest stars were cemented into the Harlem theater’s incomparable history. Continue reading →

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