Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (part 1)

A Celebration Of Sound

Hitsville, it started here 25 years ago, the sound that rocked the world. Hitsville became Motown and Motown became our lives.
Hosted By Richard Pryor, this is a fast-paced, all-star reunion that spotlights performances by the biggest acts ever to come out of Detroit including vintage footage of the groups from the sixties and seventies. We look behind the scened into what made Motown tick, the songwriters who helped bring the Motown sound to fame and the man who started it all, the legendary, Berry Gordy.
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is a celebration of the sound and the people who made it happen.

Featuring:
Adam Ant
Cindy Birdsong
Dick Clark
The Commodores
DeBarge
Jose Feliciano
Four Tops
Marvin Gaye
Howard Hesseman
High Inergy
The Jacksons
Jermaine Jackson
Michael Jackson
Rick James
The Miracles
John Moschitta, Jr.
Richard Pryor
Martha Reeves
Tim Reid
Lionel Richie
Smokie Robinson
Linda Ronstadt
Diana Ross
T.G. Sheppard
The Temptations
Jr. Walker
Mary Wells
Billy Dee Williams
The Lester Wilson Dancers
Mary Wilson
Stevie Wonder

Category:

Music

Tags:

• motown
• 25
• full
• concert

[mad4you1000]

I thought it was the michael jackson show starring everybody else..

[selby16]

No mention of the funk brothers ,without them ,there would have been no motown .

No disrespect to all the artists but without the funk brothers they would have not gone as far as they did THE FUNK BROTHERS ARE MOTOWN

[MaryJaneBurns]

i remember watching this live when i was a child. im so happy to watch it as an adult. thank you for posting.

[redboy587]

mary wells

[redboy587]

marvin is gone and ernie barnes too

[betterlate00]

Times have changed....Dick has had a stroke, Richard is gone, Michael is gone, Stevies hair line was visible, Ms. Ross had a voice, Gordy was alive.....sigh

[betterlate00]

Ah, the good ol days when black men wore belts and showing their underwear was a sin.

[javajen19]

OK...that opening number was ridiculous. Oh well, it was the 80's.

[williamg2552]

THE MIRACLES are my favorites.You know , the group that started the entire Motown Record Co? Everybody tends to give credit to all of the Motown artists that came AFTER The Miracles. But, if not for them,according to Berry Gordy, there would be NO MOTOWN....and none of those other artists would have even had a JOB !!!

[enzpet]

This is a real Motown record!!!These are a real Artist of ever!!!!

[medic72264]

and watching all these again.....i had the video at one time....its so sad that alt of these great performers have left us. i have played music for 30 years ( all kinds ) Motown is my favorite.

[medic72264]

@ Bolder...it was Marvin Gayes last televised performance before his father killed him