SOUL!

Name: SOUL!
Genre: Talk
Released: 1968

1968

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.

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Play January 5, 1972

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January 5, 1972
1972-01-05
Guests: Muhammad Ali, singer Miriam Makeba, and vocal group the Delfonics Host: Nikki Giovanni
Play January 12, 1972

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January 12, 1972
1972-01-12
Guests: Jerry Butler, Peaches, Anna Horsford, and dentist Dr. Stanley Nelson
Play January 19, 1972

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January 19, 1972
1972-01-19
Guests: Lynn Brown (wife of Black activist H. Rap Brown); gospel group the Shirley Caesar Singers, and musical group The Main Ingredient Host: Ellis Haizlip
Play January 26, 1972: "The Blue Note Show"

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January 26, 1972: "The Blue Note Show"
1972-01-26
Guests: Keyboardist Horace Silver with vocalists Andy and Salome Bey, trumpeter Lee Morgan, flutist Bobbi Humphrey Host: Ellis Haizlip
Play February 2, 1972

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February 2, 1972
1972-02-02
Guests: Actor/singer Ronnie Dyson, singer Cissy Houston and poets China Clark and Quincy Troupe
Play February 9, 1972

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February 9, 1972
1972-02-09
Guests: Gladys Knight and the Pips, and poets Carolyn Rodgers and Norman Jordan
Play February 16, 1972

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February 16, 1972
1972-11-16
Guests: Singer Al Green, author Vertamae Grosvenor, the Isaac Douglas Singers, writer Alice Childress, and poet Camille Yarbrough
Play October 4, 1972

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October 4, 1972
1972-10-04
Guests: Jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk & the Vibration Society Host: Ellis Haizlip
Play December 20, 1972: "Wonderlove"

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December 20, 1972: "Wonderlove"
1972-12-20
Guests: Stevie Wonder and Wonderlove Setlist... 01. For Once In My Life 02. If You Really Love Me 03. Superwoman 04. You And I 05. Interview 06. What's Going On/My Cherie Amour 07. Blowing In The Wind 08. With A Chid's Heart 09. Love Having You Around 10. Signed Sealed Delivered/Papa Was A Rolling Stone 11. Superstition 12. Maybe Your Baby/Superstition Outro 13. Uptight Everything's Alright