‘Motown 25’ fundraiser and Elvis Presley’s TV concert specials

Variety cites a March 17, 1983, ad for tickets to the ‘Motown 25’ taping at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, a fundraiser for the National Association for Sickle Cell Diseases. It says a December 13 item reported a $100,000 donation from the special’s proceeds. Variety also recalls Presley’s 1968 concert special, later known as ‘the Comeback Special,’ and describes 1973’s ‘Aloha From Hawaii’ as the first full-length concert beamed around the world by satellite.