he spent years on the road with otis redding and marvin gaye. he snapped these pictures while on tour. one of the biggest hits was the eisley brothers hit, it's your thing. steve jordan who plays with eric clap and keith richards said it was his drumming that inspired him. >> he is one of the greatest drummers of all time and a deep influence on my playing. >> today he struggle and able to get himself around his two-story home, but it's not easy. >> it is rough. it's rough. >> unable to work for years because of diabetes, he gets by on the few checks he does get, but he gots nothing for his work on two of otis reddings's biggest records. >> otis got two out at the whiskey a go-go. i should see money somewhere. >> without a leg, he is unable to play the drums like he once d. his friends are trying to help him out. >> hoary is a guy that nobody knows about. he is super bad. totally increatible. he needs a leg. >> what are woodson really wants is to play. >> it would tickle me to death not to play a gig, but to be able to play a couple of songs. if

one of the greatest songs ever written was a song called "what's going on" by marvin gaye.ng "what's going on" but he also sang "let's get it on." i don't want to put that pressure on black filmmakers. steve mcqueen brings us "12 years a slave." you bring us "belle," you both have that funny accent. >> my what? my accent? >> i mean, is there something in the water that you all are drinking in the uk? i know you live in holland now. but what's happening that these films are coming from the other side of the pond? >> i think we've been starved of the opportunity to be able to tell our stories. with kgs "12 years a slave" there was a lot of -- there was some talk about steve being british and this being an american story. i can honestly tell you in britain, we just think of ourselves as black folk and we just think -- you know, we don't have so much of that division of they're african-american and we're african brits. we don't really feel like that. we felt from our part the area of the world we were in was starving us of being able to tell our stories and by "our," i mean sto

marvin gaye years ago told us what's going on. with this ecology and the fish and everything else. so it's time to look up. >> you've gone from vin gaye to corn fields and everyone is all ears right now. i hope this all works out, we've enjoyed having you on the program, councilman sykes a pleasure sir. >> thank you. >> all right chinese rescue workers have found more than two dozen survivors in homes destroyed by yesterday's earthquake but rain is slowing down the search effort. a magnitude 6.1 earthquake killed at least 391 people. adrian brown has the latest. >> relief and rescue workers are doing everything they can but their efforts are hurt by communications and poor weather. search teams have been able to reach the edges of the quake zone. >> translator: all these houses already claptioned when we arrived. there were dead bodies everywhere, lots of dead people. >> the place rescuers have to reach on foot. the people's liberation army is involved. to reinforce those already in the disaster zone. the operation will be exprfd by china's premier who arrived in the area early on

. >> gordy signed diana ross, smokey robinson and marvin gaye among others. >> i found the right peoplehem things that my father taught me. >> today, hundreds of fans gathered on the steps of oakland city hall to see the man they credit with shaping the songs that defined their youth. national, state, and local politicians sang his praises, and they handed gordy a key to the city. >> we present mr. gordy with a key to the city. >> the cast of motown the musical performed 4 of the show's 40 songs in honor of berry gordy day in the east bay. ♪ >> hands clapped, and for moment, oakland felt like oaktown of old. ♪ i guess you'd say >> gordy has no time to slow down, but he's starting to think of his legacy and the message he wants young artists to know. >> anybody who gets joy out of making people happy is a good person and will usually succeed. >> gordy's success means there's 240 songs and countless memories for all who hear them play. in oakland, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> what a career. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at fiver:00 begins now.

you smile ♪ ♪ i wanna thrill you like michael i wanna kiss you like prince let's get it on like marvin gaye of my mind thinking i was born in the wrong time one of a kind living in a world gone plastic ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> all right. great stuff. deejay, let's do it again. ♪ playing my song fly away my hands in the air like yeah moving my hips like yeah ♪ ♪ playing my favorite song it'll be okay ♪ ♪ rocking in the usa >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> dad is excited. >> yes. >> that was very exciting. no lack of energy. that's for sure. very inventive, nice break dance moves. nice running man. that was really good. i like the way you reacted to like the surprise song, i thought you guys did fantastic. >> you guys are great too. come back out here. we have a little surprise for both cups right now. danced to the mtko song "classic." malcolm kelly has something to say to both teams. >> this is malcolm from mkto. you guys rock. thank you guys for jamming to "classic." we appreciate it. [ cheers and applause ] >> all right. time for all of you to get in on the action. which team cops

remember those late evenings -- i'm not sure if you can hear, but a second ago, we were listening to marvin gayeeginning on. people are gathering like a block barbecue. religious groups are giving out food. the emotion on the ground seems to be "let's get together." but we know based on what is happening and in that several days, that could change very quickism and with the naacp coming down shortly with their march demanding some changes in the police department, they would like, for instance, to have cameras mounted on police officers. that's one of their requests. things can change. we have the grand jury. the two officers that were suspended. it's very quickly that things could change, but the sense is right now, t.j., that people just on this saturday, be it 94 degrees, just want to spend time together right here in ferguson. >> different tone there on the ground. thank you so much. we'll be checking back in with richard, and also as we've been reporting there, local leaders in ferguson expecting a three-night trend of calm. we'll continue hours from now when the sun goes down. captain ron

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