Suzanne de Passe (born in 1948 in New York City, New York) is an African-American entertainment executive; the CEO of television production company de Passe Entertainment. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... New York, New York redirects here. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or simply blacks, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and sub-Saharan Africa. ... Entertainment is an amusement or diversion intended to hold the attention of an audience or its participants. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...

de Passe first became notable as an executive for Motown Records, a company which she joined in 1968 after being introduced to Motown chief Berry Gordy by Supremes member Cindy Birdsong. At Motown, de Passe helped to produce television specials such as TCB and G.I.T. on Broadway, both starring Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations, and was responsible for signing, coaching, and developing Motown's most popular act of the 1970s, The Jackson 5. Motown, also known as Tamla-Motown outside the U.S., is a record label founded on December 14, 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Berry Gordy, Jr. ... Reissue album cover showing The Supremes in 1966. ... Cindy Birdsong (born December 15, 1939 in Camden, New Jersey) was a member of Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles (1960_1967) and later, the Supremes (1967-1972, 1973_1976). ... A television special is a television program, typically a short film or television movie. ... TCB was a 1968 live television special produced by Motown Productions and George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions. ... G.I.T. on Broadway was a 1969 live television special produced by Motown Productions and George Schlatter-Ed Friendly Productions. ... Reissue album cover showing The Supremes in 1966. ... The Classic 5 lineup of The Temptations, circa 1965. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known as The Jacksons) were an American popular music act, active from 1962 to 1990, whose repertoire combined R&B, soul, funk, and later disco. ...

de Passe continued to work for Motown, mostly producing television specials such as Motown 25, into the 1980s. By the 1990s, she was the owner of her own company, dePasse Entertainment, which has produced such television shows and feature films as Class Act, Sister, Sister, Smart Guy, and It's Showtime at the Apollo. A number of de Passe Entertainment productions hearken back to de Passe's Motown days, including the miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream (in which she is a character, played by Vanessa L. Williams) and The Temptations, and the Motown 45 special in 2004. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Class Act is a 1992 comedy motion picture, released by Warner Bros. ... Sister, Sister is the name of several works. ... Smart Guy is an American television sitcom that aired on The WB for two seasons from 1997 to 1999. ... Its Showtime at the Apollo (now simply Showtime at the Apollo) is a syndicated music television show, first broadcast in 1987, and produced by Apollo. ... A miniseries, in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ... Vanessa Lynn Williams This article is about Vanessa Williams the actress and singer, for the actress on Melrose Place see Vanessa Williams (actress). ... The Temptations was a four-hour television miniseries broadcast in two-hour halves on NBC, based upon the history of one of Motowns longest-lived acts, The Temptations. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...