WKAR-TV will repeat two viewer favorites on Sunday, September 18, beginning at 8 p.m.

MOTOWN: THE EARLY YEARS at 8 p.m.

Motown: The Early Years presents a mix of classic full-length archival performances, rare and never-before-seen performance footage mixed with the current line-ups of Motown groups performing all their big hits, charted between 1960 and 1966-67. Mary Wilson, Martha Reeves, Duke Fakirr of the Four Tops and Claudette Robinson of the Miracles are the program co-hosts.

Producer TJ Lubinsky was granted exclusive access, for the first time since the original recording sessions, to present the original recordings, by the original artists, in true stereo for the first time ever.

The program features many up-tempo and uplifting emotional highlights — from the Contours, the Marvelettes, the Velvelettes and Brenda Holloway making their debut on any televised Motown special — to classic archival moments from “Little” Stevie Wonder, the late Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terell, and original members of the Temptations. This all new celebration is bound to have boomers — and anyone else who loves the Motown sound — “dancing in the streets!”

“Since most of these original Motown recordings were originally mixed for mono AM car radios, previous stereo attempts often lack the punch and drive of the mono 45s,” says Lubinsky. “What we’ve done, for the first time ever, is to not only create the first true stereo versions of so many classics hits, but we’ve also gone back to the actual parts like guitars, pianos, percussion, horns and strings to create extended mixes of the original songs that were never before available in stereo.”

Motown: The Early Years features:

ACT I

• “Dancing in the Streets” – Martha Reeves
• “Do You Love Me” – The Contours
• “My Girl” – The Temptations (archival full performance)
• Dennis Edwards Temptations medley:

“Get Ready,” “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” (dedication to original members, all deceased), “My Girl” (reprise)

ACT II

• “Uptight! Everything Is Alright” – “Little” Stevie Wonder (archival)
• “Ain’t That Peculiar” – Marvin Gaye (archival)
• “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” (archival tribute to Levi Stubbs, former lead of the Four Tops)
• “Baby I Need Your Loving” – Four Tops
• “Bernadette/It’s The Same Old Song” – Four Tops
• “Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch (I Can’t Help Myself)” – Four Tops

ACT III

• “(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave” – Martha Reeves
• “Nowhere to Run” – Martha Reeves
• “Ooh Baby Baby” – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (archival full performance)
• “Tracks of My Tears” – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (archival full performance)
• “You Really Got a Hold on Me” – The Miracles
• “Going to a Go-Go” – The Miracles

ACT IV

• “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terell (archival)

Ladies of Motown tribute:

• “My Guy” – Mary Wells
• “Every Little Bit Hurts” – Brenda Holloway
• “Please, Mr. Postman” – Gladys Horton’s Marvelettes
• “Needle in a Haystack” – The Velvelettes
• “Stop! In the Name of Love” – Diana Ross & the Supremes (archival)
• “Back in My Arms Again” – Diana Ross & the Supremes (archival)

Motown: The Early Years concludes with vintage Motown clips from the Apollo Theater in 1964.

HARRY CHAPIN — REMEMBER WHEN at 10:30 p.m.

Harry Chapin: Remember When is a definitive collection of Harry Chapin performances of hits from throughout his short career.

Harry Chapin continues to be one of the most beloved performers in American music history, a spokesman of the people and poet laureate to cabdrivers, housewives, handymen, watchman, dry cleaners and so many others so often overlooked.

This special features unique classic performances of Chapin’s most important hits and notable songs including “Cats in the Cradle,” “Taxi,” “W.O.L.D.,” “Mr. Tanner,” “I Want to Learn a Love Song,” “All My Life’s a Circle.” “Tangled Puppet.” “Dreams Go By” and others, interspersed with insightful and personal commentary from Chapin’s widow, Sandy Chapin (the subject of “I Want to Learn a Love Song” and co-writer of “Cats in the Cradle”) and their children Jennifer and Josh. The performances are presented in their entirety. Photos and memorabilia enhance the commentaries.

Harry Chapin died in a car accident on Long Island in 1981; he was on his way to perform a benefit concert in support of his charity — Chapin was the catalyst, chief fundraiser and face of the World Hunger Fund.