We’re at the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City, where Joseph Gray has reigned supreme for 20 years as the theater’s ‘set it off’ man. Gray recalls some of the iconic stars who have graced Apollo’s amateur night stage. It's one of our top stories today: abcn.ws/2Ejguh2 | On Location

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The Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York is the most famous performance venue associated with Black American entertainers throughout history.The Apollo has played a major role in the emergence of jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, and soul — and brought us early performances and debuts of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, and countless others who began their road to stardom on the Apollo stage.O