I'd always win the auditions, and finally the Schiffmanns, who owned the Apollo, said, 'We're never gonna get rid of this kid! Nobody else will get a chance.' So they put an act together for me and put me on the same bill with Louis Armstrong.
I'd always win the auditions, and finally the Schiffmanns, who owned the Apollo, said, 'We're never gonna get rid of this kid! Nobody else will get a chance.' So they put an act together for me and put me on the same bill with Louis Armstrong.