Play makes the picks: Best of the best

For decades, Harlem's Apollo Theater has been a launching pad for African-American music and artists. To mark the legendary venue's 75th anniversary, the Smithsonian Institution has created "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment," which is kicking off its national tour at Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Among the rarities to be seen in the multimedia exhibit are James Brown's cape and Duke ...

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