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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 16 may 1983 with Michael Jackson

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1983)

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
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Released in USA 16 may 1983
Length 2h10
OriginUSA
Genres Documentary,    Musical
Rating87% 4.39224.39224.39224.39224.3922

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is a 1983 television special, produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown Records, to commemorate Motown's 25th year (Motown was founded in January 1959). The program was taped before a live studio audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983, and broadcast on NBC on May 16. Among its highlights were Michael Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean", Smokey Robinson's long awaited reunion with The Miracles, a Temptations / Four Tops "battle of the bands", Marvin Gaye's inspired speech about black music history and his memorable performance of "What's Going On", a Jackson 5 reunion, and an abbreviated reunion of Diana Ross & the Supremes, who performed their final #1 hit, "Someday We'll Be Together" from 1969. The show was co-written by de Passe with Ruth Adkins Robinson who would go on to write shows with de Passe for the next 25 years, including the follow-up label tributes—through "Motown 40," Buz Kohan was the head writer.

Actors

Michael Jackson

(Self)Diana Ross

(Self)Lionel Richie

(Self)Howard Hesseman

(Johnny Caravella (Doctor Johnny Fever))John Moschitta, Jr.

(Self)
And :
Richard Pryor
Tim Reid
Smokey Robinson
Linda Ronstadt
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