<span>1. IT WASN'T ALWAYS CALLED THE APOLLO THEATER. </span><span>2. IT DIDN'T CATER TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUDIENCES AT FIRST. </span><span>3. IT'S WHERE LEGENDS ARE BORN </span><span>4. THE LUCKY STUMP HAS DEEP ROOTS. </span><span>5. THE SANDMAN HAD MANY HATS. </span><span>6. MANY CELEBRITIES HAVE LEFT THEIR MARK AT THE VENUE. </span><span>7. YOU CAN RENT THE THEATER. </span><span>8. THE APOLLO DEFIES GENRES. </span><span>9. IT WILL WELCOME ONE DEATH-DEFYING ACT. </span><span>10. IT REALLY IS A PIECE OF HISTORY. </span>
Since opening its doors in 1914 and introducing the first Amateur Night<span> contests in 1934, the Apollo has played a major role in the emergence of jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, and soul — all quintessentially American music genres. Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, Bill Cosby, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, and countless others began their road to stardom on the Apollo stage. Today, the Apollo is a respected not-for-profit, which presents concerts, performing arts, education and community outreach programs. </span>
Working in the middle colonies was attractive because European immigrants wanted to farm the fertile soil. The soil of many regions in the Americas was fertile and good for farming. That was the case of the Jamestown colony in Virginia or other middle colonies such as Maryland or Pennsylvania.
