January 15 is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. It is observed as a USA national holiday on the 3rd Monday of the month.

In 1973, six top music artists, along with comedian Flip Wilson, packed the Omni arena in Atlanta, Georgia rallying around the concert theme Keep The Dream Alive. The show was for the benefit of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change.

King's widow Coretta Scott King provided the message. The Jimmy Castor Bunch, Jose Feliciano, The Friends of Distinction, Linda Hopkins, The Main Ingredient and Wilson Pickett provided the music.

The concert was recorded by RCA Records as a double vinyl album.

Let's Keep The Dream Alive and support the King Day of Service as a national holiday!

The Videos

First, a fresh 2026 video that's 59 seconds. 

The second full-length video was done in 2009! It's still valuable. You'll see how video production styles have changed. Video 2 does feature the music. Enjoy them both!

The third version (for 2026) was cut down to 2:59 minutes for BlueSky, then expanded slightly to 3:09 for YouTube.

Bonus

From 2024, this 59 second bonus video, I produced for another website, tells the King Day story. 

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