Stars (in credits order)
Debra Crable
Self - Co-Host
Darryl Dennard
Elliott Francis
Greg Gumbel
Sherri Paysinger
Tom Joyner
Self - Host
Stephanie Mills
Self
Natalie Cole
Gladys Knight
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Denzel Washington
Bill Cosby
Redd Foxx
Sammy Davis Jr.
Marla Gibbs
Jermaine Jackson
Luther Vandross
Tim Reid
Michael Bivins
Ronnie DeVoe
Ricky Bell
Smokey Robinson
Patti LaBelle
Freddie Jackson
Quincy Jones
Vanessa Williams
Terry Lewis
LL Cool J
Johnny Gill
Gerald Levert
Spike Lee
Michael Jordan
BeBe Winans
CeCe Winans
Will Smith
James Brown
Barry White
Louis Gossett Jr.
Grace Jones
Jayne Kennedy
Kim Fields
Aretha Franklin
Richard Pryor
Gregory Hines
Daphne Reid
Debbie Allen
Clifton Davis
Walter Payton
Whitney Houston
Whoopi Goldberg
Frankie Beverly
B.B. King
Ralph E. Tresvant
Oprah Winfrey
Melba Moore
Ruth Pointer
June Pointer
Anita Pointer
Mario Van Peebles
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Robert Townsend
Jody Watley
The Winans
Themselves
Nancy Wilson
Jimmy Jam
Marc Gordon
Sean Levert
Blair Underwood
Jasmine Guy
Kadeem Hardison
Dawnn Lewis
Miki Howard
Kool Moe Dee
Sinbad
Lionel Richie
Gary Coleman
Michael Jackson
Roger E. Mosley
Isabel Sanford
Shari Belafonte
Flip Wilson
Maurice White
The 5th Dimension
Magic Johnson
El DeBarge
Joe Williams
Little Richard
Bill Overton
Robert Guillaume
Ray Charles
Sheila E.
Vanity
Marlon Jackson
Diahann Carroll
Della Reese
Kevin Hooks
The Temptations
The Four Tops
Third World
Alfonso Ribeiro
Stevie Wonder
Jennifer Holliday
Jeffrey Osborne
Anne-Marie Johnson
Tina Turner
Michael Winslow
Debbi Morgan
Esther Rolle
Clarence Clemons
Branford Marsalis
Deniece Williams
Anita Baker
Linda Hopkins
The Jets
Jackée Harry
Morris Day
Ray Parker Jr.
Billy Ocean
Teddy Pendergrass
Janet Jackson
Dionne Warwick
Phyllis Hyman
The Whispers
James Earl Jones
Glynn Turman
Donna Summer
Kimberly Russell
Don King
Darren Robinson
Damon Wimbley
Mark Morales
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
Najee
George Howard
Paul Anthony
Nick Ashford
Bowlegged Lou
B-Fine
Valerie Simpson
Mike Tyson
Herbie Hancock
Al Jarreau
Whodini
Avery Brooks
Meshach Taylor
Bo Jackson
Anna Maria Horsford
Tisha Campbell
Richard Lawson
Shanice
Keith Sweat
Danny Glover
Olivia Brown
Al B. Sure!
Pebbles
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Marsha Warfield
Earth Wind & Fire
Paul Winfield
Ruby Dee
Kristoff St. John
Bobby Brown
Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds
Mae C. Jemison
Regina Belle
L.A. Reid
Holly Robinson Peete
Christopher Reid
Heavy D
Christopher Martin
Ronald Isley
Eddie Levert
Karyn White
Take 6
Hakeem Abdul-Samad
DJ Jazzy Jeff
The Boys
Pepa
Tracie Spencer
Cheryl 'Salt' James
Peabo Bryson
Spinderella
Tajh Abdul-Samad
Bilal Abdul-Samad
Vesta Williams
Khiry Abdul-Samad
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Morgan Freeman
Jackie Jackson
Ice-T
M.C. Hammer
Cindy Herron
Terry Ellis
Dawn Robinson
Maxine Jones
Kevon Edmonds
Melvin Edmonds
Keith Mitchell
Evander Holyfield
Wesley Snipes
Tevin Campbell
Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes
Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas
Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins
Eddie Murphy
Scatman Crothers
Todd Bridges
Harry Belafonte
Marvin Gaye
Merald Knight
Glodean White
Leslie Uggams
Billy Dee Williams
LeVar Burton
Roxie Roker
Bill Withers
Marilyn McCoo
Marc Copage
Charles 'Honi' Coles
George Kirby
Kym Washington Longino
Billy Davis Jr.
Suzette Charles
Martha Wash
Andraé Crouch
Sandra Crouch
Richard Washington
Izora Rhodes-Armstead
Mary Jane Girls
Debi Thomas
Dave Bing
Richard Roundtree
Fred Williamson
Denise Nicholas
Cicely Tyson
Clarence Williams III
Garrett Morris
Apollonia Kotero
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Michael Schultz
Teddy Wilson
Ralph Carter
Cab Calloway
Adolfo Quinones
Melvin Van Peebles
Rodney Allen Rippy
Nina Simone
Chubby Checker
Sugar Ray Leonard
Cissy Houston
Darnell Williams
Kool & The Gang
Stephanie Williams
Mary Wilson
Wynton Marsalis
Jermaine Stewart
Nathan Purdee
Martha Reeves
John Thompson
William King
DeLeon Richards
Denise Pearson
Doris Pearson
Spud Webb
Carla Dunlap
Peg Leg Bates
Willy T. Ribbs
Tramaine Hawkins
William Guest
Delroy Pearson
Percy Heath
Edward Patten
Stedman Pearson
John Lewis
Walter King
Milt Jackson
Donna Marie Cheek
Carl Strong
Jim McGowan
Connie Kay
Lorraine Pearson
Mother's Band
Kevin Peter Hall
Eartha Kitt
Lonette McKee
Philip Michael Thomas
Keshia Knight Pulliam
Isaac Hayes
BernNadette Stanis
Ted Lange
Alaina Reed-Hall
Willie Tyler
Dick Gregory
Julius Erving
Verónica Porche Ali
Al Green
Joseph Simmons
Danitra Vance
Katherine Jackson
Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.
Bobby McFerrin
Patrice Rushen
Willie Brown
Darryl McDaniels
Ben E. King
Jam Master Jay
Gregory Abbott
Philip Bailey
Clint Holmes
Jerry Butler
Anthony Gourdine
Narada Michael Walden
Stanley Jordan
Donald Mills
Atlantic Starr
Roy Ayers
Jalil Hutchins
The Clark Sisters
Meli'sa Morgan
Dorothy Donegan
John 'Ecstasy' Fletcher
Grandmaster Dee
Bobbi Humphrey
Klymaxx
Colonel Abrams
Loose Ends
Itself
Frankie Gaye
Bruce Heath
John Mills
George Clements
Lee Elder
Paula Abdul
Phylicia Rashad
Pam Grier
Carl Weathers
Carl Lumbly
Ossie Davis
Sherman Hemsley
Georg Stanford Brown
Tempestt Bledsoe
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Lena Horne
Vonetta McGee
Jester Hairston
Helen Martin
Sade
Lola Falana
Altovise Davis
Tracy Chapman
Harold Nicholas
Nile Rodgers
George Benson
Otis Williams
Brenda Russell
Eddie Kendricks
Douglas Turner Ward
Robert Cray
Fayard Nicholas
Millie Jackson
Ed Bradley
Arthur Mitchell
Bobby Bland
KoKo Taylor
Living Colour
Katherine Dunham
Walter Hawkins
Alvin Ailey
Alexander O'Neal
Kashif
Jonathan Butler
Edwin Hawkins
Zina Garrison
Doug Williams
Dominique Wilkins
Shirley Verrett
Calvin Peete
Earl Klugh
Gerald Wilkins
Deborah J. Crable
Lori McNeil
Forest Whitaker
Cree Summer
Damon Wayans
Michael Dorn
John Amos
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Rain Pryor
Sabrina Le Beauf
Angela Bofill
Ahmad Rashad
Roz Ryan
Ziggy Marley
Self - Performer
Johnny Mathis
Taurean Blacque
Joan Pringle
Downtown Julie Brown
Darryl M. Bell
Barbara Montgomery
Savion Glover
Howard Hewett
Ruth Brown
James Ingram
Carl Lewis
Aaron Neville
Randy Jackson
Patrick Ewing
Mica Paris
Patti Austin
Roberta Flack
Tito Jackson
Arthur Ashe
Siedah Garrett
Isiah Thomas
Cameo
Dianne Reeves
Cherrelle
Teddy Riley
Walter Williams Sr.
Angela Winbush
Ramsey Lewis
Joe Sample
Nathan Leftenant
Art Neville
Larry Blackmon
Aaron Hall
Surface
Guy
Charles Neville
Tomi Jenkins
Midnight Star
Damion Hall
Sammy Strain
Terri Lyne Carrington
Steel Pulse
Cyril Neville
Charles Robinson
Lisa Bonet
Alfre Woodard
Reginald VelJohnson
Dorian Harewood
Telma Hopkins
Michael Boatman
Tone Loc
Joie Lee
George Clinton
Maya Angelou
Laura Carrington
J.T. Taylor
Christopher Williams
August Wilson
Jerome Benton
Chuck D
Hakeem Olajuwon
Warren Moon
Reggie Warren
Lionel Hampton
Sybil
Allen McNeil
Grover Washington Jr.
Jazzie B
Valerie Watson
Jesse Johnson
Evelyn King
Rodney Benford
Steve Russell
Troop
Monte Moir
Omar Hakim
The Time
Debbye Turner
Jay A. King
John Harreld
Art Shell
David Peaston
The Boys Choir of Harlem
Miles Jaye
Marjorie Vincent
Sharon Bryant
Stu Jackson
Louil Silas Jr.
Rosie Perez
Queen Latifah
Bill Duke
Raven-Symoné
Tatyana Ali
Joe Morton
Lynn Whitfield
Karyn Parsons
Phil Morris
Lenny Kravitz
Janet Hubert
Jo Marie Payton
Don Franklin
Tommy Davidson
Hinton Battle
Thomas Carter
Charnele Brown
Gordon Parks
Big Daddy Kane
Shawn Stockman
Lalah Hathaway
Wanya Morris
Will Downing
Michel'le
Nathan Morris
Michael McCary
Dizzy Gillespie
Keith Washington
Oleta Adams
Andre Dawson
Tony Dorsett
Kathleen Battle
Another Bad Creation
Judith Jamison
Samuel L. Jackson
Martin Lawrence
Laurence Fishburne
Halle Berry
David Alan Grier
Charles S. Dutton
Mariah Carey
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Regina Taylor
Arsenio Hall
Mark Curry
Reginald Hudlin
Russell Simmons
Karl Malone
Danny Tartabull
Lisa Fischer
Kris Kross
Susan Fales-Hill
Ce Ce Peniston
Arrested Development
Warrington Hudlin
Jodeci
Shabba Ranks
Freedom Williams
Ernie Isley
Benjamin Carson
Morris Chestnut
Chris Rock
John Singleton
Victoria Rowell
James Avery
Nell Carter
Kevin Clash
Ella Joyce
Arnetia Walker
Nurse Annie Roland
Toni Braxton
Lou Myers
Anthony 'Treach' Criss
R. Kelly
Chanté Moore
Neneh Cherry
Salt-N-Pepa
Vin Rock
Jackie Joyner
George Duke
Clyde Drexler
Maxi Priest
DJ Kay Gee
Gail Devers
Prince Be
D.J. Minute Mix
John Lucas
Carol Moseley Braun
Sharon Nash
Self (1983)