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Motown briefly returned to feature films with Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon, which became Motown's final theatrical feature. In 1986, Motown Productions had inked an agreement with video distributor MCA Home Video in an effort to expand the direct-to-video market with a series of "Motown Video Originals" mini-movie series.
The style created by the Motown musicians was a major influence on several non-Motown artists of the mid-1960s, such as Dusty Springfield and the Foundations. In the United Kingdom, the Motown sound became the basis of the northern soul movement. Smokey Robinson said the Motown sound had little to do with Detroit:
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.
Also on Motown 25, Michael Jackson reunited with his brothers for a medley of the Jackson 5’s greatest hits. (Photo: Getty Images). (Photo: Getty Images). Ultimately, Jackson was happy with ...
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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 ...
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Searing vocals and the familiar drive of the Motown supporting cast assure another giant here." [7] Billboard said: "This pulsating swinger has all the sales and chart potential of the initial entry ['I Want You Back']." [8] Record World said the song proved that "the Jackson 5 are Motown's newest supergroup". [9]