Harlem v Hackney at the Apollo. Like anyone knows what Hackney is

Talent night at Harlem's illustrious Apollo Theater offered the chance to appear at London's Hackney Empire in JulyAmateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem has a long, illustrious history going back to the discovery of Ella Fitzgerald there in 1934, up through Billie Holiday, Dionne Warwick, Luther Vandross and beyond. This week, in front of a capacity crowd, performers appeared in an event billed as "Harlem versus Hackney", a contest that would have had slightly more impact if anyone in th...

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