Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever is a 1983 television special, produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown, to commemorate Motown's 25th anniversary (Motown was founded in January 1959). 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. Among its highlights were Michael Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean" (which popularized the moonwalk), Smokey Robinson's reunion with the Miracles, a Temptations / Four Tops "battle of the bands", Marvin Gaye's inspired speech about black music history and his memorable performance of "What's Going On", a Jackson 5 reunion, and an abbreviated reunion of Diana Ross & the Supremes, who performed their final #1 hit, "Someday We'll Be Together" from 1969. The show was co-written by de Passe with Ruth Adkins Robinson, who would go on to write shows with de Passe for the next 25 years, including the follow-up label tributes—through "Motown 40", Buz Kohan was the head writer.
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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever | |
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Written by | Buz Kohan Ruth Robinson Suzanne de Passe |
Directed by | Don Mischer |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Suzanne de Passe |
Producers | Don Mischer Buz Kohan Suzanne Coston |
Production locations | Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California, USA |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 130 minutes |
Production company | Motown Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | May 16, 1983 (1983-05-16) |