Motown 40: The Music is Forever

Melvin Franklin as Self (archive footage) (as The Temptations) Levi Stubbs as Self Bette Midler as Self (archive footage) Bonnie Raitt as Self Luther Vandross as Self Otis Williams as Self Cindy Birdsong as Self (archive footage) RuPaul as Self Julian Bond as Self Clive Davis as Self Valerie Simpson as Self Mary Wilson as Self Branford Marsalis as Self Smokey Robinson as Self Cornel West as Self Eddie Holland as Self James Taylor as Self Diahann Carroll as Self Little Richard as Self Mariah Carey as Self Brian Holland as Self Rick James as Self Nick Ashford as Self Aretha Franklin as Self Jackie Wilson as Self (archive footage) Rod Stewart as Self Diana Ross as Self - Hostess Dick Clark as Self Sean Combs as Self (as Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs) Berry Gordy as Self Martha Reeves as Self (archive footage) Michael Bolton as Self Babyface as Self Lionel Richie as Self Russell Simmons as Self Dennis Edwards as Self (archive footage) Marvin Gaye as Self (archive footage) Don Cornelius as Self George Clinton as Self Lamont Dozier as Self

Dana Heinz Perry Producer