Soul! - Season 6

First aired: 1/3/1973 8 episodes

Guests include: Al Green, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Spinners, Stokely Carmichael, Esther Phillips, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Billy Preston, and others.

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Episodes

1. January 3, 1973

Aired: 1/3/1973

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

2. January 10, 1973

Aired: 1/10/1973

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

3. January 17, 1973

Aired: 1/17/1973

Guests: The Spinners and the Jimmy Castor Bunch

4. February 7, 1973

Aired: 2/7/1973

Guest: Stokely Carmichael

5. February 14, 1973

Aired: 2/14/1973

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

6. February 21, 1973

Aired: 2/21/1973

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

7. February 28, 1973

Aired: 2/28/1973

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

8. March 7, 1973 (the last episode)

Aired: 3/7/1973

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