St. Luke's Steel Band- Motown Forever (The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson) by PANtastic Tenor. Behind the scenes at “Motown 25," where Michael’s legendary dance almost didn’t happen. Mary Wilson reflects on "Motown 25," from Michael Jackson's first moonwalk to the her own Supremes reunion and Marvin Gaye.

Michael A. Gonzales . Feb … Michael Jackson doing his moonwalk for the first time is a highlight of the new DVD release of the 1983 TV special "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever." 12 AM.

1982 On the same show that Jackson would be on, MoTown 25, Jeffrey Daniels danced it during Shalamar's performance of A Night to Remember.

6:21. The Day the Moonwalk Landed. It was 30 years ago, on March 25, 1983, that Jackson shimmied backward across the stage at the Motown 25 taping, a few scant seconds Who Invented The Moonwalk? The song was promoted with a short film that broke down MTV's racial barrier as the first video by a black artist to be aired by the channel, and an Emmy-nominated performance on Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, in which Jackson premiered "the moonwalk." 2:17.

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Michael Jackson Motown 25 Tribute - J. Miller and D. Jenkins by DJay Jenkins. The performance that preceded it is just as breathtaking. Follow. 7:52. DETROIT, MI -- An updated version of the "Motown 25" TV special will air 8 p.m. Saturday on PBS stations across the country, including Detroit Public Television WTVS. Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" Motown 25th Anniversary Medley Edit by Zayden Napier. Regardless of where it started, the dance has spread all over the world, including variants such as the "side glide" (a moonwalk to the side) and the "airwalk" (moonwalking without actually moving from place to place. Hint: It Wasn’t Michael Jackson The ‘Motown 25' epiphany By Christopher Smith June 27, 2009. Time Life Mireille Enos stars in the crime-thriller TV series "The Catch: Season 1," now on DVD. 2/28: 'Motown 25' on KAET. Michael Jackson performing the moonwalk for the first time at 1983's Motown 25 special is generally considered to be the moment that "made" him. 7:18.