Stephanie Mills and Bobby Short performed on stage for the first time at the Apollo Theater .
Other performers whose careers started at the Apollo include Billie Holiday , Pearl Bailey , James Brown & The Famous Flames , King Curtis , Diana Ross & The Supremes , Wilson Pickett , The Miracles , Gladys Knight & the Pips , Rush Brown , Stephanie Mills , Dionne Warwick , Bobby Short , The Jackson 5 , Patti LaBelle , Marvin Gaye , Luther Vandross , Stevie Wonder , Aretha Franklin , Ben E. King , Mariah Carey , The Isley Brothers , Lauryn Hill , Sarah Vaughan , Jazmine Sullivan , Ne-Yo , and Machine Gun Kelly.
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