Motown 25 : yesterday, today, forever [with Bonus Features] /

Television special commemorating record company Motown's 25th anniversary, featuring performances and interviews.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kohan, Buz (Screenwriter), Robinson, Ruth Adkins (Screenwriter), De Passe, Suzanne, 1947- (Screenwriter)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [New York, New York] : StarVista Entertainment, [2014]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Disc 1, The show. Dancing in the street (the Lester Wilson Dancers)
  • Smokey Robinson
  • Richard Pryor
  • Medley. Shop around ; You've really got a hold on me ; The tears of a clow ; Going to a go-go (Smokey Robinson & the Miracles)
  • Dick Clark
  • I wish ; and, Medley. Uptight (Everything's alright) ; Signed, sealed, delivered I'm yours ; My cherie amour ; Sir Duke ; You are the sunshine of my life (Stevie Wonder)
  • Money (that's what I want) (Motown songwriters)
  • Smokey Robinson
  • Medley. Reach out, I'll be there ; Get ready ; It's the same old song ; Ain't too proud to beg ; Baby I need your loving ; My girl ; I can't get next to you ; I can't help myself ; (I know) I'm losing you (the Temptations and Four Tops)
  • What's going on (Marvin Gaye)
  • Howard Hesseman and Tim Reid of WKRP in Cincinnati
  • Heat wave (Martha Reeves)
  • My guy (Mary Wells)
  • Shotgun (Jr. Walker)
  • Brick house (Commodores)
  • John Moshitta
  • Lonely teardrops (José Feliciano)
  • Where did our love go (Adam Ant)
  • You mean more to me (Lionel Richie)
  • Medley. I want you back ; The love you save ; Never can say goodbye ; I'll be there (the Jackson 5)
  • Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
  • I want you (the Lester Wilson Dancers)
  • Billy Dee Williams, Motown and the movies
  • Richard Pryor, What is the Motown sound?
  • All this love (DeBarge)
  • He's a pretender (High Inergy)
  • Can't stop (DeBarge and High Inergy)
  • Medley. Ooo baby baby ; The tracks of my tears (Smokey Robinson and Linda Ronstadt)
  • The Motown company song
  • Medley. Being with you ; Cruisin' (Smokey Robinson)
  • Richard Pryor, The Motown story...a fairy tale
  • Ain't no mountain high enough (Diana Ross)
  • Someday we'll be together (Diana Ross and the Supremes, with entire cast)
  • Reach out and touch (somebody's hand) (entire cast)
  • Bonus material. Motown 25 performers roundtable (featuring Smokey Robinson, Duke Fakir (Four Tops), Otis Williams (founder/leader, the Temptations), Suzanne de Passe) ; featurette: Signed, sealed & delivered : the making of Motown 25.
  • Disc 2, Rehearsal. Marvin Gaye rehearsal
  • Featurette: What's going on: Marvin Gaye
  • Interviews (Suzanne de Passe, Don Mischer).
  • Disc 3, The reunion. Roundtables. Yesterday, today, forever : the Motown 25 production roundtable ; Motown 25 performers roundtable, part 2 (featuring Smokey Robinson, Duke Fakir (Four Tops), Otis Williams (the Temptations)
  • Featurettes. Reach out, I'll be there: the Temptations and Four Tops ; Come and get these memories: inside Hitsville
  • Interviews: Duke Fakir (Four Tops), Otis Williams (the Temptations), Claudette Robinson (the Miracles), Martha Reeves (Martha & the Vandellas).
  • Disc 4, History.Songwriters roundtable; Mickey Stevenson, Norman Whitfield, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Ron Miller, Featurette; Dancin' in the Streets: The History of Motown.Exclusive Interviews; Norman Whitfield, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Gloria Jones, Shelly Berger, Mickey Stevenson, Suzanne Coston.
  • Disc 5, Legacy. Stevie wonder rehearsal. Featurettes; You've really got a Hold on Me, My guy, I Heard it Through the Grapevine, Motown 25 Reboot. Exclusive Interviews; Smokey Robinson, Iris Gordy, Adam Ant, Russ Terrana.
  • Disc 6, The People. Exclusive interviews; Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Nelson George, Ruth Adkins, Buz Kohan, David Goldberg, Janie Bradford, Don Waller, George Schlatter, Jolene Schlatter, Michael Lovesmith, Rick Ludwin, Michael Black, Tony Jones.