Saturday, December 28, 2024

Apollo Theater and, Remarkably, Buddy Holly

The Apollo Theater turned 90 years old this week and unfortunately for everybody involved it turns out I am the whitest person in the history of Earth since the second I heard this little tidbit of information the first thing I thought of was Buddy Holly playing there, as told below by the delectable Jackée. I knew about them being the first white act to play there, but I didn't know they dedicated an entire night to him in 1992.

PS - watch the Apollo Theater scene from The Buddy Holly Story HERE - the story's slightly different/condensed of course but gets the point across.

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