Richard 'Pistol' Allen

饰：Himself

Jack Ashford

饰：Himself

Bob Babbitt

饰：Himself

Benny 'Papa Zita' Benjamin

饰：Himself (archive footage)

Eddie 'Bongo' Brown

饰：Himself (archive footage)

Bootsy Collins

饰：Himself

Johnny Griffith

饰：Himself

本·哈珀

Ben Harper

饰：Himself

Joe Hunter

饰：Himself

James Jamerson

饰：Himself (archive footage)

Uriel Jones

饰：Himself

蒙特尔·乔丹

Montell Jordan

饰：Himself

夏卡·康

Chaka Khan

饰：Herself

Gerald Levert

饰：Himself

Joe Messina

饰：Himself

Meshell Ndegeocello

饰：Herself

Joan Osborne

饰：Herself

Rudy Robinson

饰：Himself

Tom Scott

饰：Himself

Earl Van Dyke

饰：Himself (archive footage)

Robert White

饰：Himself (archive footage)

Eddie Willis

饰：Himself

Brian Marable

饰：James Jamerson

安德鲁·布劳尔

Andre Braugher

饰：Narrator

Florence Ballard

Florence Ballard

饰：Herself (archive footage)

Ruth Brown

饰：Herself (archive footage)

凯蒂·谢纳卡斯

Katie Chonacas

饰：Interview Subject

丹尼斯·科菲

Dennis Coffey

饰：Himself

马文·盖

Marvin Gaye

饰：Himself (archive footage)

Lottie 'The Body' Graves

饰：Herself

乔治·哈里森

George Harrison

饰：Himself (archive footage)

James Jamerson Jr.

饰：Himself

Penny Jamerson

饰：Herself

约翰·列侬

John Lennon

饰：Himself (archive footage)

保罗·麦卡特尼

Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE

饰：Himself (archive footage)

埃尔维斯·普雷斯利

Elvis Presley

饰：Himself (archive footage)

Martha Reeves

饰：Herself

Paul Riser

饰：Himself

史摩基·罗宾逊

Smokey Robinson

饰：Himself (archive footage)

黛安娜·罗斯

Diana Ross

饰：Herself (archive footage)

林哥·斯塔尔

Ringo Starr

饰：Himself (archive footage)

斯莱·斯通

Sly Stone

饰：Himself (archive footage)

Thomas Michael Ventimiglio

饰：Joe Messina

唐·渥斯

Don Was

饰：Himself

Otis Williams

饰：Himself

杰基·威尔逊

Jackie Wilson

饰：Himself (archive footage)

玛丽·威尔逊

Mary Wilson

饰：Herself (archive footage)

斯蒂夫·旺达

Stevie Wonder

饰：Himself (archive footage)

戴夫·丹尼尔斯

Dave Daniels

饰：Motown Fan (uncredited)

Jennifer Secord

Jennifer Secord

饰：Extra (dancer) (uncredited)

Dean West

饰：Mo-Town Fan (uncredited)

Brian Holland

饰：自己

史蒂夫·乔丹

Steve Jordan

饰：自己

Alan Slutsky

饰：自己

Nathan Watts

饰：自己

迪恩泰斯特

Dean Teaster

饰：自己

Eddie Holland

饰：自己

Michael Ellison

饰：Young Benny Benjamin

Antoine McKay

Antoine McKay

饰：Young Jack Ashford

Lynch R. Travis

Lynch R. Travis

饰：Young Earl van Dyke

法兹·多米诺

Fats Domino

饰：Self,(archive footage)

The Funk Brothers

饰：Themselves

伯瑞·高迪

Berry Gordy

饰：Self,(archive footage)

米克·贾格尔

Mick Jagger

饰：Self,(archive footage)

Big Joe Turner

饰：Self,(archive footage)

Gary Bosek

Gary Bosek

饰：Young Bob Babbitt

Mark Mutafian

Mark Mutafian

饰：Young Studio Musician

Marcus Belgrave

饰：Self

德怀特·戴维·艾森豪威尔

Dwight D. Eisenhower

饰：Self,(archive footage)

比莉·哈乐黛

Billie Holiday

饰：Self,(archive footage)

Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan

饰：Self,(archive footage)