• Ended
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  • 1h 25m
  • United States
  • Documentary, Special Interest
Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration, which airs April 21 on CBS, pays respect to a history-making, game-changing record company. The two-hour show, co-hosted by Cedric the Entertainer and Motown legend Smokey Robinson, features such Motown icons as Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder, as well as non-Motown artists like John Legend and Little Big Town. Motown, founded in 1959, was 14 years old before the label received its first Grammy nominations for record, album or song of the year. The recognition came in 1973 when Wonder was a finalist in all three categories for "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" and Innervisions, which won for album of the year. That means Grammy voters passed over such classics as The Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go," The Temptations' "My Girl” and Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine” for record and song of the year, as well as Gaye's What's Going On and Wonder's Music of My Mind for album of the year.

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Season Premiere

2019x01 The Grammys Celebrate Motown

  • no air date1h 25m

CBS, the Recording Academy™ and AEG Ehrlich Ventures will celebrate the historic American record label Motown Records by presenting Motown 60: A Grammy® Celebration, hosted by Cedric the Entertainer and GRAMMY Award winner Smokey Robinson. The special will be broadcast Sunday, April 21 (8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. The tribute to the iconic sound that changed America will feature Boyz II Men, Chloe X Halle, Ciara, Lamont Dozier, Fantasia, Brian & Eddie Holland, Thelma Houston, Tori Kelly, John Legend, Little Big Town, Ne-Yo, Pentatonix, Martha Reeves, Diana Ross, Valerie Simpson, Mickey Stevenson, Meghan Trainor and Stevie Wonder. Motown 60: A Grammy® Celebration is produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures, LLC. Ehrlich is executive producer, Ron Basile and Chantel Sausedo are producers, and David Wild is the writer/producer.

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