TV season

Season 6

1973-01-02

Episodes

Episode 1

January 3, 1973

1973-01-03

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

Episode 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

Episode 3

January 17, 1973

1973-01-17

Guests: The Spinners and the Jimmy Castor Bunch

Episode 4

February 7, 1973

1973-02-07

Guest: Stokely Carmichael

Episode 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.

Episode 6

February 21, 1973

1973-02-21

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

Episode 7

February 28, 1973

1973-02-28

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

Episode 8

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