The Motown family rings in the holiday season with their own brand of music and comedy. Host Philip Michael Thomas reads "A Visit From St. Nicholas"; the Temptations sing "White Christmas"; the Pointer Sisters perform "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"; Smokey Robinson and the Temptations sing "The Christmas Song"; Ronnie Specter and Darlene Love perform a holiday medley... and more!
Captures the band's electrifying 1964 US debut amid fan frenzy. With rare behind-the-scenes footage, it chronicles their unprecedented rise to global superstardom after performing on The Ed Sullivan Show to over 73 million viewers.
Ronnie Spector
/ Self - The Ronettes (archive footage) Jack Douglas
/ Self - Music Producer Terence Trent D'Arby
/ Unknown Jane Tompkins
/ Self - Writer Smokey Robinson
/ Self - The Miracles Harry Benson
/ Self - Photographer David Lynch
/ Unknown Ronald Isley
/ Self - The Isley Brothers Murray the 'K'
/ Self - DJ, WINS 1010 (archive footage) Muhammad Ali
/ Self - Boxer (archive footage) Michael Aspel
/ Self - Host, Aspel & Company (archive footage) Leonard Bernstein
/ Self - Musical Director, New York Philharmonic (archive footage) Sid Bernstein
/ Self - Music Promoter (archive footage) Pat Boone
/ Self - Singer (archive footage) Rick Dees
/ Self - Host, Into the Night Starring Rick Dees (archive footage) Brian Epstein
/ Self - Beatles Manager (archive footage) Betty Friedan
/ Self - Author, The Feminine Mystique (archive footage) Bob Hope
/ Unknown John F. Kennedy
/ Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage) Little Richard
/ Self - Musician (archive footage) Brian Matthews
/ Self - BBC Radio Saturday Club (archive sound) Marshall McLuhan
/ Self - Author, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (archive footage) Elvis Presley
/ Self - Singer (archive footage) The Ronettes
/ Themselves (archive footage) Tom Snyder
/ Self - Host, The Tomorrow Show (archive footage) Ed Sullivan
/ Self - Host, The Ed Sullivan Show (archive footage) Cynthia Lennon
/ Self - Johns Wife (archive footage)
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