SOUL!

Name: SOUL!
Genre: Talk
Released: 1968-09-12
Cast: Ellis Haizlip

— IMDb 8.9 (89) Sep 1968 6 Seasons 23 Episodes

Ended

Talk

Overview

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.

Created by Ellis Haizlip

Thirteen

🇺🇸 United States · English

Cast

Ellis Haizlip

Self – Host

January 3, 1973

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

Jan 3, 1973

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

Jan 10, 1973

January 17, 1973

Guests: The Spinners and the Jimmy Castor Bunch

Jan 17, 1973

February 7, 1973

Guest: Stokely Carmichael

Feb 7, 1973

February 14, 1973

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

Feb 14, 1973

February 21, 1973

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

Feb 21, 1973

February 28, 1973

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

Feb 28, 1973

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

Mar 7, 1973

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