What theater were Buddy Holly and the Crickets the first "white" performers to play at in August 1957?

star_gazer

Buddy Holly and The Crickets were the first white group to play the Apollo Theater in Harlem. They were booked there in 1957 by a promoter who assumed they were black. Their show went over well. http://timelines.com/1957/8/16/buddy-holly-and-the-crickets-perform-at-the-apollo-theater Oct 10 10, 1:15 PM

Zbeckabee

On August 16, 1957, Buddy Holly was allegedly the first white rock and roll performer to play at the Apollo. That claim is challenged by Jo-Ann Campbell who performed November 30, 1956, and also the week of May 3, 1957, Jimmy Cavallo and the House Rockers who say they performed there in December 1956, and Dale Hawkins, who says he performed there in July 1957, about a month before Holly. Jimi Hendrix won the first place prize in an amateur musician contest at the Apollo in 1964. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Theater Oct 10 10, 3:35 PM