SOUL!

SOUL!

1968 6 Seasons 23 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Talk

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

September 12, 1968 (Premiere episode)

Guests: Barbara Acklin, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, Novella Nelson, Billy Taylor, The Vibrations and Pearl William

EP 2

September 26, 1968 (second episode)

Guests: Betty Shabazz (widow of Malcolm X), author Julius Lester, comedian Arnold Dover, vocalist Tiny Irvin, vocal quin

EP 1

January 2, 1969

Guests: Ben E. King, The Mamseilles*, Brad Lundy*, Rita Lamont* Host: Ellis Haizlip

EP 34

Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin in conversation on 'SOUL!' (Part 1)

Then 47-year-old novelist James Baldwin is interviewed by 28-year-old poet Nikki Giovanni in a two-part presentation of

EP 35

Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin in conversation on 'SOUL!' (Part 2)

Then 47-year-old novelist James Baldwin is interviewed by 28-year-old poet Nikki Giovanni in a two-part presentation of

EP 36

December 29, 1971

Guests: Singer Bill Withers, poet Mae Jackson, and the McCoy Tyner Quartet Host: Ellis Haizlip

EP 1

January 5, 1972

Guests: Muhammad Ali, singer Miriam Makeba, and vocal group the Delfonics Host: Nikki Giovanni

EP 2

January 12, 1972

Guests: Jerry Butler, Peaches, Anna Horsford, and dentist Dr. Stanley Nelson

EP 3

January 19, 1972

Guests: Lynn Brown (wife of Black activist H. Rap Brown); gospel group the Shirley Caesar Singers, and musical group The

EP 4

January 26, 1972: "The Blue Note Show"

Guests: Keyboardist Horace Silver with vocalists Andy and Salome Bey, trumpeter Lee Morgan, flutist Bobbi Humphrey Host

EP 5

February 2, 1972

Guests: Actor/singer Ronnie Dyson, singer Cissy Houston and poets China Clark and Quincy Troupe

EP 6

February 9, 1972

Guests: Gladys Knight and the Pips, and poets Carolyn Rodgers and Norman Jordan

EP 7

February 16, 1972

Guests: Singer Al Green, author Vertamae Grosvenor, the Isaac Douglas Singers, writer Alice Childress, and poet Camille

EP 14

October 4, 1972

Guests: Jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk & the Vibration Society Host: Ellis Haizlip

EP 25

December 20, 1972: "Wonderlove"

Guests: Stevie Wonder and Wonderlove Setlist... 01. For Once In My Life 02. If You Really Love Me 03. Superwoman 04. Yo

EP 1

January 3, 1973

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

EP 2

January 10, 1973

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

EP 3

January 17, 1973

Guests: The Spinners and the Jimmy Castor Bunch

EP 4

February 7, 1973

Guest: Stokely Carmichael

EP 5

February 14, 1973

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

EP 6

February 21, 1973

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

EP 7

February 28, 1973

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

EP 8

March 7, 1973 (the last episode)

Soul! staff: Ellis Haizlip, Alonzo Brown Jr., Anna Horsford, Sherri Santifer, Loretta Green and Leslie Demus read poetry

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