Apollo Theater to pay tribute to Michael Jackson

Jun 27th, 2009 - Washington Post

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NEW YORK -- The Harlem theater that helped launch Michael Jackson's career plans a star-studded musical memorial on the same stage where he and his brothers once did 31 shows in one week, for $1,000.

"They couldn't pay their hotel bill," recalled Bobby Schiffman, whose family owned Harlem's Apollo Theater in 1967.

That summer, after the Jackson 5 won the Apollo's Amateur Night competition, Schiffman says he gave them the gig that covered the bill so they could go home to Indiana.

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