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.