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"I'd always win the auditions, and finally the Schiffmanns, who owned the Apollo, said, 'We're never ..." — Leslie Uggams

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.
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