# Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

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- Book: [Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-carlin/aint-nothing-like-the-real-thing) ([Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-carlin/aint-nothing-like-the-real-thing.md))
- Authors: [Richard Carlin](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-carlin), [Kinshasha Holman Conwill](https://www.bookquiver.com/kinshasha-holman-conwill), [Smokey Robinson](https://www.bookquiver.com/smokey-robinson)
- Publisher: smithsonian_books
- ISBN: 978-15-8834-269-0
- Pages: 264
- Published: 2010-04-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment celebrates the seventy-five year history of the Apollo Theater, Harlem's landmark performing arts space and the iconic...