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Motown: The Musical is a jukebox musical that premiered on Broadway in April 2013. The musical is based on Berry Gordy's autobiography To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown (1994), [1] and on the history of his founding and running of the Motown record label, and his personal and professional relationships with Motown artists such as Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye ...
The brothers performed in 37 US cities, including Los Angeles, California, where the band concluded their tour with four sold-out shows. [4] [14] 1984: Victory Tour: July 6 – December 9, 1984 (United States and Canada) 55 The Victory Tour began shortly after the release of the Jacksons' Victory and Michael Jackson's successful Thriller album ...
Kennedy William Gordy [1] (born March 15, 1964), [2] known professionally as Rockwell, is an American singer, and actor. He is best known for his hit 1984 single "Somebody's Watching Me", which features Michael Jackson on chorus vocals. [3] Gordy is the son of Motown founder Berry Gordy.
Motown Michael Jackson: 1970s Motown The Jackson 5: 1970s Motown Jada: 21st century Motown Rick James: 1970s Gordy Mable John: 1960s Tamla Marv Johnson: 1960s Tamla Wade Jones [2] [3] 1959 Rayber Jords: 2020s Motown First British rap act signed to Motown. [4] Jr. Walker & the All Stars: 1960s Soul Keff James: 1970s Rare Earth Kem: 21st century ...
Forty years ago, Michael Jackson took the stage and made an indelible impact on pop culture with his solo performance on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, a televised celebration of the famous ...
The Motortown Revue was the name given to the package concert tours of Motown artists in the 1960s. Early tours featured Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Mary Wells, The Marvelettes, Barrett Strong, and The Contours as headlining acts, and gave then-second-tier acts such as Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips and The ...
Obba Babatundé as Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records. Erik Michael Tristan as a young Smokey Robinson, the lead singer of The Miracles and The Temptations' primary songwriter and producer during the early 1960s. The real-life Smokey Robinson appears as himself in a cameo at the end of Part Two, where he sings at Melvin's funeral.
The Motown Museum's new "Motown Mile" exhibit on the Detroit RiverWalk links classic songs with modern music, like this panel with the Supremes' "Someday We'll Be Together" and Janet Jackson's "If."