Paramount at the Movies Presents: Standing in the Shadows of Motown [PG]

They played on more #1 records than the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, and Elvis Presley combined… This is their story.

Based on the book by Allan Slutsky and directed by Paul Justman, this wistful, engaging documentary profiles the largely anonymous studio players, known as the Funk Brothers, who laid down the tracks for the Detroit label’s all-star list of performers. The surviving members of this group of musicians tell their stories and back up today’s stars on versions of some of the era’s greatest hits.