Standing in the Shadows of Motown tells the story of the Funk Brothers, the Motown musicians who were behind more number one hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined.
Drawn together in 1959 from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene, they helped shape the Motown sound from its origins in Detroit to its demise in Los Angeles during the 1970s. This film reunites the Funk Brothers for the first time in 30 years.
This film includes specially recorded live performances by the Funk Brothers and:
Gerald Levert: Reach Out and Shotgun Joan Osborne: Heat Wave and What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Meshell Ndegeocello: You Really Got A Hold On Me and Cloud Nine Bootsy Collins: Do You Love Me and Cool Jerk Ben Harper: Ain't Too Proud to Beg and I Heard It Through The Grapevine Chaka Khan: What's Going On? Chaka Khan and Montel Jordan: Ain't No Mountain High Enough
SOUL DEEP
First broadcast in May 2005
Landmark six-part documentary on BBC Two
