Motown's 25-Year Anniversary in 1983 featuring a rare TV performance by Michael Jackson and the J5

Motown 25 was a Television special commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of Motown Records. Motown Records had arguably the best artist roster and promotion, production, studio musicians, and grooming machine ever assembled. Artists included: Barrett Strong, the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Tammi Terrell, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, the Four Tops, Rick James, Teena Marie, Switch, the Isley Brothers, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Marvelettes, studio musicians 'the Funk Brothers', Grover Washington Jr., the Commodores, Jr. Walker and the All-Stars, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Brenda Holloway, Bill Cosby, Boyz II Men, and performing - in the above video - on the Motown 25 Television Special in 1983, are the Jackson Five featuring Michael Jackson. Enjoy. Classic Motown link: http://classic.motown.com/artists/