SAN DIEGO — How sweet it is: Veteran Motown Records artists Lionel Richie, The Temptations, The Four Tops and The Isley Brothers are all slated to perform Feb. 3 at the 2023 MusiCares Person of the Year fundraising concert at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This year’s edition honors Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records, and one of his earliest musical proteges and enduring Motown stars, Smokey Robinson.
The 2023 MusiCares lineup also includes Dionne Warwick, Brandi Carlile, John Legend, Michael McDonald, Usher, Trombone Shorty, Mumford & Sons, Sebastián Yatra. Sheryl Crow, Jimmie Allen, Lalah Hathaway, Samara Joy, Chloe x Halle, Mumford & Sons, Molly Tuttle, Rita Wilson and PJ Morton.
“I am so excited to share the always wonderful MusiCares event with my best friend Smokey Robinson and I can’t wait to hear these wonderful artists celebrate the Motown music,” said Gordy, in a statement released Thursday.
Added Robinson: “These artists are my friends and I not only love them, but I’m honored that they will be performing my music, along with hits from the Motown catalog.”