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The Motown Years (also known as The Motown Years 50) is a 3-disc compilation box set by American singer Michael Jackson and the group The Jackson 5, released on September 9, 2008, by Motown Records and Universal Music Group to celebrate Jackson's 50th birthday.
4 set 2008 · Album, Compilation. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2008 CD release of "The Motown Years" on Discogs.
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50 Best Songs: The Motown Years è una raccolta del cantante statunitense Michael Jackson pubblicata il 1º settembre 2008 .
The Motown Years by Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5 released in 2008. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Junior Walker
Junior Walker performed 30 seconds of his signature hit "Shotgun". It was performed as a solo; the All-Stars, his long-time group, did not participate.
Lionel Richie / The Commodores
Lionel Richie performed his hit "You Mean More to Me" in a pre-taped segment. Appearing with him was Lynette Butler, identified as a "Sickle Cell Poster Child". Richie did not appear with his former group the Commodores, who appeared without him on a separate live segment of the special, singing "Brick House", which was led, as on the original recording, by Commodore Walter "Clyde" Orange. The other original Commodores, William King, Ron LaPread, Milan Williams, and Thomas McClary were presen...
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye, who had left the label a year before to sign with Columbia Records and had a current hit with "Sexual Healing", agreed at the last minute to join the roster of other Motown legends to perform. When he came on, he played the piano and gave the audience a narrative of black music history before he stepped off the piano and sang his classic 1971 hit, "What's Going On", to thunderous applause. Gaye's performance on the show, following his appearances on February 23, 1983, on the Gram...
The special was the highest-viewed prime time show in the United States for the week.9pm to 11pm; Rating: 22.8; Viewers: 33.9 million
DVD release
Motown 25 was released on DVD through Star Vista Entertainment/Time Life in six-DVD, three-DVD and one-DVD versions on September 30, 2014. Prior to this, the special could only be found on VHS, Laserdisc and a rare pre-recorded 8mm tape. The only footage of Motown 25 on DVD was Michael Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean" which was officially released on the HIStory on Film, Volume II DVD and the DVD included in Thriller 25. There are some differences between the VHS video release and the D...
Album release
The original vinyl release of the album, narrated by Lionel Richie and Smokey Robinson, was produced by Jon Badeaux in 1983. The name of that release is The Motown Story: First 25 Years. That album received a Grammy nomination for Best Historical Recording at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards.
Ruth Adkins Robinson and Suzanne de Passe would continue writing shows together for the next 25 years, including other Motown tributes. Another similar television special, Motown 45, hosted by Lionel Richie and Cedric the Entertainer, was held on May 17, 2004. Performers included Backstreet Boys, the Four Tops, Macy Gray, Nick Lachey, Smokey Robins...
Posner, Gerald (2002). Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power'. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-375-50062-6.Wilson, Mary and Romanowski, Patricia (1986, 1990, 2000). Dreamgirl & Supreme Faith: My Life as a Supreme. New York: Cooper Square Publishers. ISBN 0-8154-1000-X.Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for The Motown Years by Michael Jackson & Jackson 5. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
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