OMG! I don't watch much television. So thank you for posting. I watched all the clips and so wished I hadn't missed this. Diana Ross absolutely nailed her tribute to Berry Gordy. I had tears in my eyes. So much love for Berry Gordy and Motown.
WOW !!!! awesome tribute
And Mickey HDH Valerie Smokey
Yes we wouldn’t even get a minimum budget PBS special without name artists; maybe on local stations though; but we did get the writer segment which was very nice
American Idol is being cancelled and that is not why Lionel Richie dropped out at the last minute for the Motown 60 show. He knew his schedule when he originally agreed to do the Motown show. He dropped out because of something else. It will come out eventually........
That show sucked. I don't know what you are talking about. They did the writer segment for Motown 25. Motown 60 couldn't come up with something more creative, which is why they also used the "DJ segment" with Cedric the Entertainer just like "Motown 25" had Howard Hessman play a DJ! What was that audience sing a song crap all about? LOL!
I'd like to watch this, but not sure how to, being in the UK.
Berry and Diana can help you out!
Y'all would argue about 2+2=4 if the opportunity presented itself. Good grief.
I read on Facebook that our Forum is known for driving things into the ground and rehashing things again and again
Motown 60 was a huge success; the best since Motown 25 in terms of success
As usual, we wish some of the lesser known people could have been highlighted more - but the choices that were made are understandable
To me Motown 25 with the Tempts vs 4 Tops and Michael Jackson were great.
The others after that were not as good as M 25
edafan
Or Lynda Laurence. Or now.........Motown 60
I watched the Motown 60 show last night with my nephew and his husband and we all really loved it. Highlights was Ciara as Rick James and Ne-Yo as hes real talented and Thelma Houston who tore the room down and Stevie and Smokey and John Legend who did a real nice tribute to Marvin and Diana Ross who looked so gorgeous and in such great voice. It was a real good special imo.
More class!
Thank you. I did miss Martha Reeves on the Motown Special but got a real nice glimpse of her right behind Mr Gordy.
In terms of success, it looks like Motown 60 has been the most successful since Motown 25 - mainly due to Diana Stevie and Smokey
Motown Legends!!!!
Both Marvin and MJ - My two faves from 25, are now gone, yet I still enjoyed the show as a whole. I know there are folks who want more historical content, and this would be a disappointment to them, but for the casual fan, it was gold. My main issue was not using Martha in some fashion, otherwise, I think they did a great job. Ratings like this will ensure some type of follow-up , which would be cool.
I finally got to see it last night after I found a download of it: I enjoyed it a lot.
But I noticed no mention of Boyz II Men who were the biggest earners for Motown in the 90's or did I miss something?
Lionel was doing American Idol; what happened to Boyz?
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