Curated teaching resource
Apollo Theater history (R&B revue format introduced 1955 by Tommy Dr. Jive Smalls)
By Apollo Theater Foundation
- Collection
- Teaching Activities
- Subject
- History
- Grades
- Grades 7-12
- Format
- Primary Source
- Curriculum
- Cross-curricular
- Publisher or host
- apollotheater.org
Why this resource is included
In 1955 DJ Tommy Dr. Jive Smalls brought the R&B Revue concept to Apollo manager Bobby Schiffman. By September 1958 the house was three years into this format with as many as a dozen vocal acts on one bill. Specific September 20 1958 booking not findable in free sources; the Smithsonian Frank Schiffman Collection contains the 5x8 cards that would resolve this. Free.