“Billie Holiday, age 19 ¨ 1934 Pearl Bailey, age 16 ¨ 1934 Ella Fitzgerald, age 17 ¨ 1934 Sarah Vaughan, age 18 ¨ 1942 Clyde McPhatter, age 18 ¨ 1950 Leslie Uggams, age 8 ¨ 1951 King Curtis, age 18 ¨ 1952 Joe Tex, age 19 ¨ 1954 James Brown, age 22 ¨ 1956 Dionne Warwick, age 18 ¨ 1958 Jimmy Charles, age 16 ¨ 1959 Gladys Knight (and the Pips), age 15 ¨ 1960 Jimi Hendrix, age 22 ¨ 1964 Wilson Pickett, age 25 ¨ 1966 Stephanie Mills, age 11 ¨ 1968 Michael Jackson (with the Jackson 5), age 10 ¨ 1969 ”

— Winners at the Night at the Apollo