On the Motown Records' 25th-anniversary special -- a May 1983 TV extravaganza with notable turns by the Temptations, theFourTops and Smokey Robinson -- it was Michael Jackson who stopped the show.
They played behind Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, the Temptations, theFourTops, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and all the rest, played on more monster hits than the Beatles, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys combined.