“The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House” is a PBS music special in the East Room of the White House.  President and Mrs. Obama will host the event on Thursday, February 24 in celebration of Black History Month and the legacy of Motown, the distinctive soul-infused pop music sound, style and presentation that was born in Detroit and embodied by the Motown Records label.

The talent line-up for the show is program host Jamie Foxx and performances by Foxx, Natasha Bedingfield, Sheryl Crow, the group Gloriana, Nick Jonas, Ledisi, John Legend, Amber Riley, Smokey Robinson, Mark Salling, Seal and Jordin Sparks.

The program will premiere Tuesday, March 1 at 8 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide.  (Check local listings)

It will also be broadcast on March 11 via the American Forces Network to American service men and women and civilians at U.S. Department of Defense locations around the world.

To celebrate this we had added the brand new video of “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” from the PBS Special featuring David Foster.