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  • VH1 Legends (1996– )
  • TV Series | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
VH1 Legends (1996– )
TV Series | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Hour-long documentary detailing the lives and careers of celebrities in the music industry.
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Seasons
3   |   2   |   1   |   Unknown   See all
Creator
Gay Rosenthal (co-creator)
Head Writer
Producer
Matthew Ginsburg (producer) (episode "Legends: Bruce Springsteen")
Cinematographer
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jun 6, 1996

Release date (First episode)
Dec 2, 1996 (United States)

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Cast

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160 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
William Baldwin
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
5
Kris Kristofferson
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Bob Geldof
Self - Pink (archive footage) Self - Pink (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Henry Rollins
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
John Lennon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
George Harrison
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
2
Sam Cooke
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
2
James Justice
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
2
2
2
Pete Townshend
Self (The Who) Self (The Who)   See fewer
2
2
1
1
1
1
Janis Joplin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Marvin Gaye
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Grateful Dead
Themselves (as The Grateful Dead) Themselves (as The Grateful Dead)   See fewer
1
Peter Grant
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ossie Davis
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Levon Helm
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Pattie Boyd
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bonnie Bramlett
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Mark Knopfler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jim Morrison
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bob Marley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jeff Beck
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Chuck Berry
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Lory Del Santo
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Muddy Waters
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Steve Winwood
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
John McVie
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ronnie Wood
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Band
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Robert Johnson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Jack Bruce
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Ginger Baker
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
John Mayall
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Delaney Bramlett
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jim Gordon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Carl Radle
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Kenny Jones
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Alice Ormsby-Gore
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Freddie King
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Eddie Izzard
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Whitney Houston
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bono
Self Self   See fewer
1
Freddie Mercury
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Ray Charles
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Mike Douglas
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Dinah Washington
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Martin Luther King
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Cissy Houston
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Jackie Wilson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Otis Redding
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Carolyn Franklin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Art Tatum
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
James Cleveland
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Erma Franklin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ted White
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
C.L. Franklin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Clara Ward
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Jeffrey Wright
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Craig Fairbrass
Himself presenter Himself presenter   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ambrose Smith
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
1
1
David Gilmour
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Roger Waters
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Pink Floyd
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Richard Wright
Self (archive footage) (as Rick Wright) Self (archive footage) (as Rick Wright)   See fewer
1
Nick Mason
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Syd Barrett
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Joe Boyd
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Peter Jenner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jerry Shirley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bob Klose
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Steven Tyler
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Roger Daltrey
Self (The Who) Self (The Who)   See fewer
1
Sheryl Crow
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
1
Geri Horner
Self (as Geri Halliwell) Self (as Geri Halliwell)   See fewer
1
1
Mel B
Self (as Melanie Brown) Self (as Melanie Brown)   See fewer
1
John Entwistle
Self (The Who) Self (The Who)   See fewer
1
1
Keith Moon
Self (The Who) (archive footage) Self (The Who) (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Melanie C
Self (as Melanie Chisholm) Self (as Melanie Chisholm)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Adrian Mott
Self - Photographer Self - Photographer   See fewer
1
Nelson Mandela
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
King Charles III
Self (archive footage) (as Prince Charles) Self (archive footage) (as Prince Charles)   See fewer
1
Simon Fuller
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jonathan Hackford
Self - Publicist Self - Publicist   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Tom Cruise
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Paul Newman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
1
The Rolling Stones
Themselves (archive footage) (uncredited) Themselves (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Bobby Whitlock
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
1
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