Performances by George Michael, Smokey Robinson, The Manhattans, The Cadillacs, The Drifters, The Four Tops, Willie Tyler and Lester, Mary Wells, Martha Reeves, Stevie Wonder, Sam Harris, Rod Stewart, Billy Preston, Joe Cocker, Patti LaBelle, Jennifer Holliday, Thelma Houston, Marilyn McCoo, Vanessa Williams, Debbie Allen, New Edition, Boy George, Wilson Pickett, Chuck Jackson, Little Richard, Gregory Hines, Mavis Staples, Al Green, New Jersey Mass Choir, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, James Brown, Luther Vandross, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green, Gregg Burge, Ludie Jones, Jimmy Slyde, Sandman Sims, Harold Nicholas, The Commodores, El DeBarge, Lou Rawls, Diana Ross.