VH1's Legends

VH1's Legends
Also known as	Legends
Genre	Music television documentary
Written by	Mary Wharton
Directed by	Shari Springer Berman Robert Pulcini Matthew Ginsburg
Narrated by	Kris Kristofferson Henry Rollins Eddie Izzard Steven Tyler William Baldwin Ossie Davis James Justice
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Mary Wharton Jim Berman Matthew Ginsburg Brian Briskman Tom Kaniewski Angela Quilala
Cinematography	Mark Ritchie
Editors	Miles Barken Alexander Hall Sakae Ishikawa
Production companies	Gay Rosenthal Productions Viacom Productions VH1 Television
Original release
Release	1995 (1995) – 2001 (2001)

Legends (aka VH1's Legends) is a music biography television series on VH1. Originally sponsored by AT&T Corporation, this series documents those artists (living or dead) who have made a significant contribution to music history to be profiled on the show (as opposed to VH1's companion series, Behind the Music, which profiles mostly moderately significant artists).

The show goes in-depth into the entire career of the artist(s), with each episode containing rare concert and music video footage.

The initial episodes were narrated by Kris Kristofferson, however other narrators have included Sheryl Crow, Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith), Ossie Davis, Tate Donovan, Levon Helm, Henry Rollins, Charlie Rose, and James Justice. Recent episodes have been narrated by William Baldwin (husband of singer Chynna Phillips).

Episodes

Name	Episode	Aired
Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett	Season 3, Episode 3	2002-13-01
Sam Cooke	Season 3, Episode 2	2001-12-17
Jimi Hendrix	Season 3, Episode 1	2001-05-20
The Bee Gees	Season 2, Episode 6	2000-07-21
Neil Young	Season 2, Episode 5	2000-06-16
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Season 2, Episode 4	2000-03-13
The Clash	Season 2, Episode 3	1999-12-20
George Clinton	Season 2, Episode 2	1999-11-29
The Pretenders	Season 2, Episode 1	1999-10-26
John Lennon	Season 1, Episode 20	1997
Led Zeppelin	Season 1, Episode 19
Janis Joplin	Season 1, Episode 18
Bruce Springsteen	Season 1, Episode 17
Queen	Season 1, Episode 16
Stevie Ray Vaughan	Season 1, Episode 15
B. B. King	Season 1, Episode 14
John Fogerty	Season 1, Episode 13
Elton John	Season 1, Episode 12
Aretha Franklin	Season 1, Episode 11
Curtis Mayfield	Season 1, Episode 10
Tina Turner	Season 1, Episode 9
Johnny Cash	Season 1, Episode 8
David Bowie	Season 1, Episode 7
U2	Season 1, Episode 6
The Doors	Season 1, Episode 5
Eric Clapton	Season 1, Episode 4
Marvin Gaye	Season 1, Episode 3
The Grateful Dead	Season 1, Episode 2
The Who	Season 1, Episode 1	1996

Tina Turner, Elton John, and John Lennon are the only artists so far to have been profiled on both Legends and Behind the Music.

External links

• Official website
• VH1's Legends at IMDb