Bush awarded Ella Fitzgerald the Presidential Medal of ... she had the voice of that teenage girl who stepped off the stage of the Apollo Theater and transformed herself into one of the most ...

And at just 9 years old, she recently accomplished a major music milestone: she performed at the Apollo Theater ... the careers of music legends, like Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, Michael ...

If, like me, you never got a chance to see the great Ella Fitzgerald live ... and trombonist Dennis Wilson (quite affable as an Apollo Theatre amateur night emcee) never slip in quality, providing ...

"the Apollo" started as a burlesque theater in 1914. By the 1930s, it transformed into a concert hall that helped launch the career of several black musicians. A then-unknown Ella Fitzgerald ...