VH1's Legends (1995)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 29 episodes

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This music documentary series profiles legendary artists who have made major contributions to music history. Each episode covers an artist's entire career using rare concert footage and music videos.

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What happens

Legends (aka VH1's Legends) is a music biography television series on VH1. Originally sponsored by AT&T Corporation, this series documents those artists (living or dead) who have made a significant contribution to music history to be profiled on the show (as opposed to VH1's companion series, Behind the Music, which profiles mostly moderately significant artists). The show goes in-depth into the entire career of the artist(s), with each episode containing rare concert and music video footage. The initial episodes were narrated by Kris Kristofferson, however other narrators have included Sheryl Crow, Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith), Ossie Davis, Tate Donovan, Levon Helm, Henry Rollins, Charlie Rose, and James Justice. Recent episodes have been narrated by William Baldwin (husband of singer Chynna Phillips). Tina Turner, Elton John, and John Lennon are the only artists so far to have been profiled on both Legends and Behind the Music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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