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Standing in the Shadows of Motown

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Last broadcast on Sat, 30 May 2009, 21:00 on BBC Four (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Documentary telling the story of the Funk Brothers, the Motown session musicians who were behind more number one hits that the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined. Drawn together from Detroit's jazz and blues scene, the film recounts their evolution of the Motown sound from its origins to its demise in LA during the 1970s, and reunites the surviving Funk Brothers for the first time in thirty years.

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Director
Paul Justman

Broadcasts

  1. Sun 9 Mar 2008
    00:00
  2. Fri 20 Feb 2009
    22:00
  3. Sun 22 Feb 2009
    02:00
  4. Sat 30 May 2009
    21:00

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105 minutes

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