apollo theatre

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Definition of apollo theatre in English English dictionary

During and after the Harlem Renaissance, a centre of African-American popular music on 125th Street in New York City's Harlem district. Built in 1914, it hosted musical performers such as Bill Robinson, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, and others in the 1930s and '40s; stars such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and James Brown were discovered on Wednesday amateur nights. In the 1960s the Apollo featured soul artists such as the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye. Converted into a movie theatre in 1975, it was reopened as a performance venue in 1983

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Apollo Theater

famous theater in Harlem New York where numerous legendary black musicians began their careers (such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and others)

Hyphenation

A·pol·lo the·a·tre

Turkish pronunciation

ıpälō thiıtır

Pronunciation

/əˈpälō ˈᴛʜēətər/ /əˈpɑːloʊ ˈθiːətɜr/