The Sixties

Nancy Wilson makes her Apollo debut and The Miracles, with Smokey Robinson, appear on Ray Charles’ show.
A Scepter Records show package includes the Shirelles, Chuck Jackson, Tommy Hunt, Maxine Brown and the Isley Brothers.
Amateur Night winners include Gladys Night, King Curtis, Ronnie Spector, Billy Stewart, Jimi Hendrix and Charlie and Inez Foxx.
The Jewel Box Revue, “25 Men and 1 Girl”, is one of the most popular shows and features performances by transvestites.
Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Joe Tex, and especially Aretha Franklin, present the grittier side of soul at the Apollo
James Brown records live shows at the Apollo in 1962.
The “Motortown” Revue debuts with the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, the Temptations, the Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Commodores and “Little” Stevie Wonder.
“Blues Nights” features B.B. King, Bobby “Blue” Bland, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Odetta.
Bill Cosby makes his first Apollo appearance.