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Soul! (also stylized in uppercase [ 1 ] [ 2 ] ) is a performance/ variety television program that showcased African American music, dance and literature in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [ 3 ] It was produced by New York City public television station WNDT (later rebranded as WNET during its run), and distributed by NET and its successor PBS .
The Jackson 5 reached number one for the first time in January and by the end of the year had accumulated four chart-toppers.. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1970 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres ...
Blue-eyed soul (also called white soul [1]) is rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul music performed by White artists. [2] The term was coined in the mid-1960s, to describe white artists whose sound was similar to that of the predominantly black Motown and Stax record labels.
Pages in category "1970s American music television series" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Soul music reinterpreted the sounds of earlier rhythm-and-blues pioneers like Chuck Berry and Ray Charles, and it was a return to African American musical roots after the emergence of rock and roll, which was seen as a white interpretation of rhythm and blues. The style of soul music is marked by its emotional intensity and personal expression.
Blue-eyed soul (also known as white soul) is soul music or rhythm and blues performed by white artists. [ 1 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
David Soul, an actor who rocketed to fame in the 1970s as the blond half of the TV crime-fighting duo "Starsky and Hutch" and went on to become a successful pop singer, has died.
Roberta Flack spent five weeks at number one with "Feel Like Makin' Love", which Billboard ranked as the best-performing soul single of the year. Gladys Knight & the Pips (Knight pictured) had three number ones in 1974. "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae (pictured in later life) topped both the soul chart and the all-genre Hot 100 listing.