(in alphabetical order)
(in credits order)
- Rick James(archive footage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
- George Clinton(archive footage)
- Berry Gordy(archive footage)
- Michael Jackson(archive footage)
- Ron Jeremy(archive footage)
- M.C. Hammer(archive footage)
- Teena Marie(archive footage)
- Charlie Murphy(archive footage)
- Eddie Murphy(archive footage)
- Stevie Wonder(archive footage)
- Stewart Copeland(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Don Cornelius(archive footage) (uncredited)
- David Crosby(archive footage) (uncredited)
- John Denver(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Bo Diddley(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Merv Griffin(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Levon Helm(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Jimi Hendrix(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Mick Jagger(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Lyndon B. Johnson(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Grace Jones(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Quincy Jones(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Louis Jordan(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Don Kirshner(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Cyndi Lauper(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Charles Manson(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Joni Mitchell(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Thelonious Monk(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Graham Nash(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Bill O'Reilly(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Lionel Richie(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Robbie Robertson(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Smokey Robinson(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Diana Ross(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Gene Simmons(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Stephen Stills(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Andy Summers(archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Temptations(archive footage) (uncredited)
- Neil Young(archive footage) (uncredited)
