SOUL!

1968

Talk

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About SOUL!

SOUL!

is a pioneering performance/variety television program produced by New York City PBS affiliate, WNET, broadcast from 1968 to 1973.

Showcasing African-American music, dance and literature, it was created and hosted by Ellis Haizlip, an openly gay Black man closely associated with the Black Arts Movement.

Status
Ended
TMDB rating
Not rated
Seasons
6
Episodes
23

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

Latest aired season

Season 6

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S6 E1

January 3, 1973

Guest: an evening with singer Al Green Host: Ellis Haizlip

S6 E2

January 10, 1973

Guests: Tony Award-winning singer Linda Hopkins & the Soul Quintet, and musical group Earth, Wind & Fire Hosts: Gerry Bledsoe and Ellis Haizlip

S6 E3

January 17, 1973

Guests: The Spinners and the Jimmy Castor Bunch

S6 E4

February 7, 1973

Guest: Stokely Carmichael

S6 E5

February 14, 1973

Guest: singer Esther Phillips, and a performance of “The Johnson Girls,” which centers around six young Southern ladies.

S6 E6

February 21, 1973

Guests: vocal group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, singer Esther Marrow, and Encore magazine editor Ida Lewis

S6 E7

February 28, 1973

Guest: performer/composer/keyboard artist Billy Preston and his musical group.

S6 E8

March 7, 1973 (the last episode)

Soul! staff: Ellis Haizlip, Alonzo Brown Jr., Anna Horsford, Sherri Santifer, Loretta Green and Leslie Demus read poetry – and letters from viewers throughout the country, and share clips of LaBelle (from the first episode of Soul!), and King Curtis (musical director of Soul!, who passed away during the show’s run). Host: Ellis Haizlip

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