Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder to lead Grammys Motown tribute show
A cavalcade of Motown heavyweights will descend onto LA's Microsoft Theatre next week for the Grammys tribute to the Detroit-born record label.
Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder are among those set to perform at Tuesday's "Motown 60: A Grammy Celebration," two days after the Grammy Awards. The Motown show will air April 21, Easter Sunday, on CBS.
Comedian Cedric the Entertainer will co-host the event with Robinson, the Recording Academy announced this morning.
Other Motown alum enlisted for the tribute show include Martha Reeves, Valerie Simpson, Thelma Houston, Mickey Stevenson and the songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland.
Guests including John Legend, Fantasia, Boyz II Men, Chloe x Halle, Ciara, Pentatonix, Tori Kelly, Little Big Town, Ne-Yo, Pentatonix and Meghan Trainor are also set to appear, performing songs made famous by Hitsville.
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The Motown celebration, coming as the company marks its 60th anniversary, is the latest in a recent tradition of Grammy-presented tribute concerts, including shows devoted to Wonder, the Beatles and Frank Sinatra.
An Aretha Franklin tribute concert was taped last month at LA's Shrine Auditorium for broadcast on CBS in March.
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