Summer of Soul (--or, when the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).

Summer of Soul (--or, when the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).

[New York] : Sony Music Entertainment : Legacy, [2022],p2022,
Format: Music CD
Description: 1 audio disc (79 min., 59 sec.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Recorded during the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, these live performances have not been heard in over fifty years. This album brings a lost moment in musical history to light with performances from the Staple Singers, Sly & the Family Stone, and more.
Other Authors:
King, B. B., performer.
Ruffin, David, performer.
Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972, performer.
Staples, Mavis, performer.
Santamaria, Mongo, performer.
Barretto, Ray, performer.
Mann, Herbie, 1930-2003, performer.
Simone, Nina, 1933-2003, performer.
Chambers Brothers, performer.
5th Dimension (Musical group), performer.
Edwin Hawkins Singers, performer.
Staple Singers, performer.
SCLC Operation Breadbasket Choir, performer.
SCLC Operation Breadbasket Orchestra, performer.
Gladys Knight and the Pips, performer.
Sly & the Family Stone (Musical group), performer.
Legacy Recordings, publishing company.
Contents: Uptown / (the Chambers Brothers) (6:07) -- Why I sing the blues / (B.B. King) (2:20) -- Don't cha hear me callin' to ya (3:32) ; Aquarius/Let the sunshine in; Aquarius\Let the sunshine in (the Flesh Failures) (6:54) / (the 5th Dimension) -- My girl / (David Ruffin) (5:49) -- Oh happy day / (the Edwin Hawkins Singers) (3:56) -- It's been a change / (the Staple Singers) (3:11) -- Precious Lord, take my hand / (the Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir ; feat. Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples) (8:54) -- I heard it through the grapevine / (Gladys Knight & the Pips) (4:35) -- Watermelon man / (Mongo Santamaria) (5:17) -- Together / (Ray Barretto) (4:42) -- Hold on, I'm cornin' / (Herbie Mann) (7:03) -- Sing a simple song (5:29) ; Everyday people (2:33) / (Sly & the Family Stone) -- Backlash blues (3:07) ; Are you ready (7:01) / (Nina Simone).
Subjects:
1961-1970
Motion picture music.
Popular music -- 1961-1970.
Soul music.
Blues (Music)
Film, Musique de.
Musique populaire -- 1961-1970.
Motion picture music.
Popular music.
UPC: 194399568729
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