** FILE ** In this Sept. 8, 1994 file photo, James Brown greets fans during a ceremony honoring him outside the famed Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Columbia University and the Apollo Theater Foundation on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008 announced a joint project to create an oral history of the famed Harlem theater that launched the careers of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, and other music legends. (AP Photo/Monika Graff)