Apollo Theater
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Oct 27, 2026
Max CoughlanHOST
definitely and the key there is originality and that's something that you've always stood for and it comes through in the music and you have such a background with getting the award to Berkeley the School of Music then NYU you were out there and then I mean you were with Interscope working for them and then Bob Marley's label I mean you've been around the world with the things that you've been able to do
Ari LehmanGUEST
I actually got a standing ovation at the Apollo Theater
Max CoughlanHOST
that's a tough theater that's a tough place to perform
Ari LehmanGUEST
as the only white guy in an African band, by the way.
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Ari LehmanGUEST
But he heard me.
Ari LehmanGUEST
You know, he listened.
Ari LehmanGUEST
I was like, I did this, and I've got a standing ovation in the Apollo Theater.
Ari LehmanGUEST
And he was listening, but he was like, well, I do have Wendy and Lisa, and I have Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.
speaker_0HOST
In 1937, famed theater composer Cole Porter suffered an accident at the Piping Rock Club in Long Island, New York, when his horse reared up and fell completely on top of him, crushing both of his legs and causing severe compound fractures that left him in chronic pain for the rest of his life.
speaker_0HOST
In 1962, soul icon Mr. James Brown recorded his trailblazing breakthrough performance at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.
speaker_0HOST
At this point in James' career, he had the hit song Night Train and wanted to build his reputation even more by putting out a live album.
speaker_0HOST
The powers that be at the record label, King Records, did not like that idea at all.
James GoldenHOST
The year was 1962.
James GoldenHOST
James Brown recorded the legendary album Live at the Apollo.
James GoldenHOST
From the Apollo in Harlem, New York.
James GoldenHOST
Harlem, New York.
James GoldenHOST
It was listed number 24 in Rolling Stones magazine of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
James GoldenHOST
And it cemented James Brown as a superstar.
James GoldenHOST
The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and six years later selected by the Library of Congress.
James GoldenHOST
To be added to the National Recording Registry, James Brown, live at the Apollo.
Roy Wood Jr.SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Luke Cage don't care about the rest of the world.
Roy Wood Jr.SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Luke Cage is like, look, until Thanos come by the Apollo Theater, that ain't none of my business.
Roy Wood Jr.SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Sweet Christmas.
Roy Wood Jr.SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's not that black people don't care about what you're going through.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
That's my whole life, right? like i've lived my whole life you know like that's the center of it kind of everything i've ever had you know i've gotten from playing in a rock and roll band you know every like every decent meal i ever had every well i'm not going to say what every all the things are but you know like Anyway, no, I can't single out anything and say, oh, that's a definitive rock and roll moment.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
But I mean, a real crucial moment for me was when I sang with the Funk Brothers at the Apollo Theater for the New York premiere of Standing in the Shadows of Motown.
Will HarrisHOST
Yeah.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
That was a moment, like in my own mind, I just said to myself, okay, from now on, I don't care what anybody says.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
Or would anything anybody ever did say? I'm on the stage at the fucking Apollo Theater.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
End of story.
Marshall CrenshawGUEST
I just said
Abigail DevoeHOST
She wrote and recorded Something's Got a Hold on Me, blending soul, the blues, and gospel, reaching back to her time with St. Paul.
Abigail DevoeHOST
She made good money playing the Apollo Theater in New York three times a year.
Abigail DevoeHOST
A sad fact about wealthy and successful Black stars, however, is that they're surrounded by danger.
Abigail DevoeHOST
Etta and Harvey Fuqua's friend, singer Jesse Belvin, and his wife were killed in a car accident.
Gary NullSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So one day I get a call from Bill Tatum, and he said, "It's time that African American community in New York knows your work.
Gary NullSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Are you willing to do a lecture up at the Apollo Theater?" I said, "Sure." Well, I didn't realize till I got up there that it was packed.
Gary NullSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There was a long line down the block and around the block.
Gary NullSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So I said, "We'll have to..." I told these people, "Come back tomorrow." It was free.
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Gary NullHOST
I was doing well as a bestselling author and, and lecturer, so I just, I donated that to help them because most of them were struggling.
Gary NullHOST
So we saved at least a minimum of 2,000 lives.
Gary NullHOST
And, uh, and you saw the Apollo Theater packed three days in a row, every single seat, over 5,000 people, but only from the African American community.
Gary NullHOST
And the largest publisher of African American new- of the MSam News, Bill Tatum, he must have come to the center 100 times.
LuenellHOST
I doubled it up with my slot machine.
LuenellHOST
I think maybe when I did the Apollo Theater, that was a really, really, really, really big deal for me to do it twice and to sell it out twice as a West Coast comic in an East Coast venue.
LuenellHOST
What year was
Jimmy KimmelGUEST
that, Linnell?
Uncle LazerGUEST
Uh, passionate hobby, but I played, uh, Madison Square Garden with Tony.
Uncle LazerGUEST
I played, my name was at the A- Apollo Theater on their marquee.
Uncle LazerGUEST
I, I hung out with Kenan Thompson from Saturday Night Live, the after party and all that shit.
Uncle LazerGUEST
I played Caroline's on Broadway before it closed, Chocolate Sundaes, uh, Earthquakes, Podca- I've been all over the place, man.
Steffi GirlHOST
A pop-up tent left standing overnight in a forecast wind can become a serious hazard.
Steffi GirlHOST
ridiculous and i mean it is a mess just in advance and i quote i have not seen a single shred of evidence that donald trump participates in corruption i've not seen evidence that he's enriched himself shut the entire f up i guess amber geiger just got released they reported it about a week early that she was already out but i guess it must have happened friday of this week The Apollo Theater gives tribute to Freddie Jackson.
Steffi GirlHOST
I think they had the breast cancer survivors, health care workers, and community members for the first annual Flamingo Challenge Bridge Walk.
Steffi GirlHOST
And they are out there donned in pink.
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