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[[image - MOTOWN RETURNS TO THE APOLLO 50TH ANNIVERSARY]] May 4, 1985 MOTOWN PRODUCTIONS AND INNER CITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH DON MISCHER PRODUCTIONS Present "MOTOWN RETURNS TO THE APOLLO" Executive Producer SUZANNE de PASSE Produced and Directed By DON MISCHER Co-Produced By SUZANNE COSTON, MICHAEL WEISBARTH Writing Supervised By BUZ KOHAN Written By PETER ELBLING, SAMM ART WILLIAMS Executive In Charge of Production DAVID J GOLDBERG Associate Producer JUDITH ZAYLOR Musical Director GIL ASKEY Production Designer BOB KEENE Choreographed By MARLA BLAKEY "Tall, Tan, Teasin'" Segment Choreographed by DEBBIE ALLEN Special Music Material EARL BROWN Costumes Designed By PETE MENEFEE Associate Director JAN CORNELL Assistant To The Producer LESLEY MAYNARD Talent Coordinator CAROLYN BAKER Creative Consultant to MOTOWN Productions RUTH A. ROBINSON Film Packages Supervised By BOB GREENBERG Production Manager GEOFF BENNETT Production Coordinator MAUREEN KELLY Production Assistants JULIE MEEHAN, KIKI KAZANAS YVONNE HUDSON, KENNEY HAYNES Assistants To The Production Designer ROSARIA SINISI, TOM BUDERWITZ Assistant Choreographer CARLETON JONES Assistant To Suzanne de Passe CINDY MORTON Production Secretary MAVIS Film Clearances DON DUDLEY Production Associates MICHAEL HANNA, JOSEPH BROWN Technical Director GENE CROWE Lighting Director BILL KLAGES Audio ED GREENE Stage Managers ERNEST BAXTER, JR., JIMMY BAYLOR AL BRODERICK, HANK NEIMARK, CHUCK VINSON Video KEITH WINIKOFF Cameras JUAN BERRERA, BRETT FRANCIS, TOM GEREN LARRY HEIDER, BOB KEYS, MARVIN A. McLINN LUIS ROJAS, RON SHELDON Video Tape Operator BRUCE SOLBERG Video Tape Editors MARK WEST, FRANK MAZZARO FOR INNER CITY BROADCASTING Chairman Of The Board PERCY E. SUTTON Group Chairman HAROLD B. JACKSON President PIERRE M. SUTTON Executive Vice President CLARENCE B. JONES Vice President/Director of Engineering and Apollo Theatre Project Director JERRY KUPFER Assistant To The Chairman OLIVER C. SUTTON II, ESQ. Chairperson JEWELL JACKSON McCABE National Public Relations SOLTERS/ROSKIN/FRIENDMAN, INC. GUESTS ARTISTS Debbie Allen Tempestt Bledsoe Lisa Bonet Boy George Bunny Briggs James Brown Gregg Burge Cadillacs Cab Calloway Joe Cocker Commodores Bill Cosby Sammy Davis, Jr. DeBarge Drifters Billy Eckstine Four Tops Al Green Chuck Green Sam Harris Gregory Hines Jennifer Holiday Thelma Houston Chuck Jackson Ludie Jones Kid Creole & The Coconuts Patti LaBelle Little Richard Manhattans Marilyn McCoo George Michael New Edition New Jersey Mass Choir Herold Nicholas Wilson Pickett Billy Preston Keshia Knight Pulliam Lou Rawls Martha Reeves Smokey Robinson Diana Ross Nipsey Russell Sandman Sims Jimmy Slyde Mavis Staples Rod Stewart Temptations Willie Tyler & Lester Luther Vandross Sarah Vaughan Malcolm Jamal Warner Mary Wells Vanessa Williams Stevie Wonder 71