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Soul!

Season 6 1973

  • 1973-01-03T05:00:00Z on PBS
  • 1h
  • 7h (7 episodes)
  • United States
  • Special Interest, Talk Show
Soul! or SOUL! (1968–1973) was a pioneering performance/variety television program in the late 1960s and early 1970s produced by New York City PBS affiliate, WNET. It showcased African American music, dance and literature. The program was created and often hosted by Ellis Haizlip, an openly gay African American closely associated with the Black Arts Movement. Poet Nikki Giovanni was also a frequent host. Among the musical performers who appeared on the show were Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind, and Fire, the Dells, Labelle, Ashford and Simpson, Al Green, Tito Puente, McCoy Tyner, Max Roach, and Gladys Knight, as well as African performers Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba. Others who appeared on the program included boxer Muhammad Ali, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, minister (later politician) Jesse Jackson, actor / singer Harry Belafonte, actor Sidney Poitier, and Kathleen Cleaver, wife of Eldridge Cleaver.
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7 episodes

Season Premiere

1973-01-03T05:00:00Z

6x01 An Evening With Al Green

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Season Premiere

6x01 An Evening With Al Green

  • 1973-01-03T05:00:00Z — 1h

1.Show Intro/What A Wonderful Thing Love Is
2.Al Green Interview
3.I'm So Tired Of Being Alone
4.Look What You Done For Me
5.How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
6.I'm Still In Love With You
7.Judy
8.You Ought To Be With Me
9.Love & Happiness
10.We Only Just Begun
11.Let's Stay Together
12.Show Outro

1973-01-10T05:00:00Z

6x02 Earth, Wind & Fire, Linda Hopkins & The Soul Quintet

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6x02 Earth, Wind & Fire, Linda Hopkins & The Soul Quintet

  • 1973-01-10T05:00:00Z — 1h

1973-01-17T05:00:00Z

6x03 The Jimmy Caster Bunch, The Spinners

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6x03 The Jimmy Caster Bunch, The Spinners

  • 1973-01-17T05:00:00Z — 1h

Entertainment is provided by The Spinners and the Jimmy Castor Bunch.

The Jimmy Castor Bunch
01.It's Just Begun
02.Hey Leroy, Your Mommas Callin' You
03.The First Time Ever I saw Your Face
04.Troglodyte
05.I'm Not A Child Anymore
06.Foxy Lady

The Spinners
01.It's A Shame
02.That's What Girls Are Made For
03.I'll Be Around
04.How Could I Let You Get Away
05.Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

1973-02-07T05:00:00Z

6x04 Stokely Carmichael

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6x04 Stokely Carmichael

  • 1973-02-07T05:00:00Z — 1h

1973-02-21T05:00:00Z

6x06 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Esther Marrow, Ida Lewis

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6x06 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Esther Marrow, Ida Lewis

  • 1973-02-21T05:00:00Z — 1h

Guests include popular singing group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, singer Esther Marrow, and Ida Lewis, editor of Encore magazine.

1.Show Intro
2.Esther Marrow - Unknown Song
3.Interview With Encore Magazine Editor Ida Lewis
4.Esther Marrow - Things Ain't Right
5.Esther Marrow - When I Die
5.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me By Now
6.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Ebony Woman
7.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Be For Real
8.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Let Me Into Your World
9.Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Miss You
10.Show Outro

1973-02-28T05:00:00Z

6x07 Billy Preston

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6x07 Billy Preston

  • 1973-02-28T05:00:00Z — 1h

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

1973-03-07T05:00:00Z

6x08 To The People, Thank You! (Final Episode)

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6x08 To The People, Thank You! (Final Episode)

  • 1973-03-07T05:00:00Z — 1h

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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