Dionne Warwick as Self

Quincy Jones as Self

Burt Bacharach as Self

Clive Davis as Self

Gladys Knight as Self

Cissy Houston as Self

Smokey Robinson as Self

Olivia Newton-John as Self

Whitney Houston as Self (archive footage)

Elton John as Self

Gloria Estefan as Self

Bill Clinton as Self

Berry Gordy as Self

Melissa Manchester as Self

Jerry Blavat as Self

Carlos Santana as Self

Jesse Jackson as Self

Valerie Simpson as Self

Damon Elliott as Self

David Elliott as Self

Chuck Jackson as Self

Kenneth Cole as Self

Charles Rangel as Self

Kevin Robert Frost as Self

Lonnie Bunch as Self