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 3, 1973

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January 3, 1973
1973-01-03
Guest: an evening with singer Al Green Host: Ellis Haizlip
Play January 10, 1973

2
January 10, 1973
1973-01-10
Guests: Tony Award-winning singer Linda Hopkins & the Soul Quintet, and musical group Earth, Wind & Fire Hosts: Gerry Bledsoe and Ellis Haizlip
Play January 17, 1973

3
January 17, 1973
1973-01-17
Guests: The Spinners and the Jimmy Castor Bunch
Play February 7, 1973

4
February 7, 1973
1973-02-07
Guest: Stokely Carmichael
Play February 14, 1973

5
February 14, 1973
1973-02-14
Guest: singer Esther Phillips, and a performance of “The Johnson Girls,” which centers around six young Southern ladies.
Play February 21, 1973

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February 21, 1973
1973-02-21
Guests: vocal group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, singer Esther Marrow, and Encore magazine editor Ida Lewis
Play February 28, 1973

7
February 28, 1973
1973-02-28
Guest: performer/composer/keyboard artist Billy Preston and his musical group.
Play March 7, 1973 (the last episode)

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March 7, 1973 (the last episode)
1973-03-07
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