MusiCares 2023 at the Grammy Awards
Season 2023 Episode 5 | 2m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
MusiCares Persons of the Year honored Motown legends Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson.
For the first time ever, MusiCares’ annual Person of the Year gala honored two Motown greats: Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson. The concert featured top artists paying tribute to the honorees, with a night-capping performance by Smokey Robinson himself
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MusiCares 2023 at the Grammy Awards
Season 2023 Episode 5 | 2m 23sVideo has Closed Captions
For the first time ever, MusiCares’ annual Person of the Year gala honored two Motown greats: Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson. The concert featured top artists paying tribute to the honorees, with a night-capping performance by Smokey Robinson himself
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[ Cheering and applause ] We appreciate you.
We thank you.
-Oh.
-We love you.
-Thank you.
-Smokey, congratulations.
-Congratulations.
-An award for you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And, Berry, congratulations.
Thank you so much.
It's a wonderful, wonderful night.
I can't beat this.
I'm getting honored with my very best friend in the world, so, that's very special.
Rogers Robinson: I'm so happy for both of them today.
We actually met Mr. Gordy in 1957.
We went for an audition and Mr. Gordy was there and he was like, "I like that group."
He said, without The Miracles, there would be no Motown.
Morton: Berry is a new label owner, you know.
For me, I became an independent record label owner and a lot of that is just really his blueprint of Motown.
Knowing that a Black man can exist in that position, knowing that it's possible for me to use my mind and use my influence to help others.
As an executive, I think Berry Gordy is so influential to how I try to run my record company.
[ Playing "I'll Be There" ] ♪ You and I ♪ ♪ Must make a pact ♪ To me, the honor is me getting to honor them, honestly, and I get to look down and see them and sing a Jackson 5 song, which was the first album I ever owned, so, it's all full circle.
♪ When I had you to myself ♪ ♪ I didn't want you around ♪ Holland: When I heard Smokey write, I was so impressed and I was so moved.
I learned how to write, listening and watching with Smokey and looking and studying the lyric.
♪♪ ♪ Did you know ♪ ♪ When you dreamed your dream ♪ ♪ You know you could've been a candle ♪ ♪ The way you swept me off my feet ♪ ♪ Off of my feet ♪ ♪ You know you could've ♪ The music that they made and that they put out there and written and produced is just so influential in American music, as a whole.
Everybody's influenced by Motown, some type of way.
That's the type of impact they had.
You know, they were writing music and they were doing it because they loved it, you know.
That was the path for them.
As these kids come up, the next generation of musicians and performers and writers and artists, MusiCares will be there for them.
They have been two of my best friends for as long as I've been in the industry, and that's many, many years.
That's the influence.
♪ Get ready 'cause here I come, now ♪ ♪ Get ready 'cause here I come ♪
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