NEW YORK – Icon and legend are some of the many words to describe Usher and Babyface, and on Tuesday, they were given the official titles from the Apollo Theater. The historic theater in New York's ...

Ninety years ago, Amateur Night began at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and nothing was ever quite the same for performers with big dreams and unproven talent. What started as a radio show for amateurs ...

On November 21, 1934, a timid teenager stood paralyzed before the demonstrative Apollo Theater audience during amateur night competition. She had rehearsed a dance routine but was preceded by a duo ...

The Apollo Theater is celebrating 90 years of soul-lifting showtimes with legendary acts such as Louis Armstrong (bottom left) and Leslie Uggams (top right). When a 9-year-old Leslie Uggams made her ...

*This October, the Apollo Theater announced some special additions to its lineup for 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella on Saturday, October 22 nd at 8 p.m, a special concert celebrating the centennial ...

Harlem’s Apollo Theater has unveiled a new walk of fame, boasting such music legends as James Brown, Patti LaBelle and Ella Fitzgerald Suggested Reading Exclusive: Smino, More Black Leaders, Celebs ...

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...

The legendary Apollo Theater - the soul of American culture - has played a vital role in cultivating emerging talents and launching some of the biggest names in music history. "Legends: OWN at the ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 -- Columbia University and the Apollo Theater Foundation http://www.apollotheater.org plan to create an oral history of the famed Harlem theater ...

The legendary Apollo Theater - the soul of American culture - has played a vital role in cultivating emerging talents and launching some of the biggest names in music history. "Legends: OWN at the ...