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James Brown Live At The Apollo '68

James Brown Live At The Apollo '68

Music

August 5, 2008 (17 years ago)

Overview

This was one of a series of concerts James Brown gave at the Apollo in Harlem in March 1968. This performance was broadcast on television as James Brown: Man To Man. In addition to 16 vintage color performances from the concert, this special also includes film of James Brown walking the streets of Harlem and Watts as he speaks to the state of Black America and describes the political and socioeconomic advances that need to be accomplished: “My flight is for Black American to become American.”—James Brown This concert is much a 1968 James Brown time capsule as it is a timeless representation of how music can change the world.

ActorAge thenAge now
James Brown

James Brown

Self

Birthday: May 3, 1933

75 December 25, 2006 (73)
Bobby Byrd

Bobby Byrd

-

Birthday: August 15, 1934

73 September 12, 2007 (73)
Clyde Stubblefield

Clyde Stubblefield

-

Birthday: April 18, 1943

65 February 18, 2017 (73)
John 'Jabo' Starks

John 'Jabo' Starks

-

Birthday: October 26, 1937

70 May 1, 2018 (80)