Legends - Season 4

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The Motown Invasion

1 - The Motown Invasion

Air Date: February 20, 2009

In 1965, the Motown Revue - that label’s first UK tour - played to half-empty venues and was nicknamed ‘The Ghost Tour’ despite an incredible line-up that included Little Stevie Wonder, the Supremes, and Smokey Robinson. Young, sharp black Americans from Detroit zig-zagged across small-town provincial Britain as the country awoke from its post-war slumber and entered the swinging Sixties. Motown and the UK had a life-changing impact on each other. All interviewees were a part of the original events, including Paul McCartney, Motown Revue artists such as Mary Wilson of the Supremes and Martha Reeves, and British fans who experienced it all.

The Beverley Sisters: Tickled Pink

2 - The Beverley Sisters: Tickled Pink

Air Date: February 27, 2009

The Andrews Sisters: Queens of the Music Machines

3 - The Andrews Sisters: Queens of the Music Machines

Air Date: March 6, 2009

Julie London: The Lady's Not a Vamp

4 - Julie London: The Lady's Not a Vamp

Air Date: May 5, 2009

Josephine Baker: The First Black Superstar

5 - Josephine Baker: The First Black Superstar

Air Date: July 9, 2009