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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is a 1983 television special, produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown (founded in January 1959), to commemorate its 25th anniversary. The program was taped before a live audience at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983, [1] and broadcast on NBC on May 16.
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 ...
In May 2014, a viral video of a high school-aged teenager imitating Jackson's Motown 25 performance of the song helped the song re-enter the Billboard Hot 100 at number 14, with much of its chart performance was 95% credited to streams of the viral video. [42] On August 29, 2022, the digital sales of "Billie Jean" were certified Diamond in US. [43]
In 1983, Walker was re-signed with Motown. [1] In the same year, he appeared as a part of the Motown 25 television special which aired on May 16, 1983. In 1988, Walker played opposite Sam Moore as one-half of the fictional soul duo The Swanky Modes in the comedy Tapeheads.
Named president of Motown Productions in 1982, de Passe started her new role with a bang: the Emmy-winning “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever,” where the Supremes reunited and Michael ...
"Forever Came Today" is a 1968 song written and produced by the Motown collective of Holland–Dozier–Holland, and was first made into a hit as a single for Diana Ross & the Supremes in early 1968. A disco version of the song was released as a single seven years later by Motown group the Jackson 5.
The 11-piece live band for “A Motown Christmas” will be led by Emmy Award-winning musical director Rickey Minor. NBC previously aired two Motown television specials, including “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever” and “Motown Returns to the Apollo,” which both won Emmy Awards. What was Motown's purpose?
The only real explanation for retaining them is that High Inergy was the brainchild of Gwen Gordy, Berry's sister. Original lead singer Vernessa Mitchell left at the start of their third album "Shoulda Gone Dancin'" to go into gospel music. Motown did feature the remaining trio on its highly rated Motown 25 tv special in 1983.