Diana Ross & Patti Labelle - I Wanna Know What Love Is (Live @Apollo Theatre 1985)

On May 5th, 1985 the Apollo’s renovation is celebrated with a 50th Anniversary grand reopening and television special, “Motown Salutes the Apollo.“ and was hosted by Bill Cosby. “I Want To Know What Love Is“ is a 1984 power ballad recorded by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The song hit #1 in both the United Kingdom and the United States and is the group’s biggest hit to date. It remains one of the band’s best known songs and most enduring radio hits charting in the top 25 in 2000, 2001, and 2002 on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents chart. In order of appearance... (2:16) Harold Nicholas, (2:28) Patti Labelle; (2:30) George Michael; (2:35) Bill Cosby, Emmanuel Lewis (Webster) being held by Walter Clyde Orange of the group “The Commodores“; (2:45) You hear Wilson Picket with his signature shriek while Patti Labelle belts out her note making it sound like she didn’t hit the note right; (2:52) Thelma Houston; (2:58) Debbie Allen; (3:03) El Debarge of the group Debarge; (3:08) Bunny Brig
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