On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage. He was hip. He was smart. He was innovative, political, and gay. In his personal fight for social equality, this man ensured the Revolution would be televised. The man was Ellis Haizlip. The Revolution was soul!
Classical Gas — Mason Williams
Tired Of Being Alone — Al Green
The Ghetto — Donny Hathaway
Express Yourself — The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band & Charles Wright & Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd. Street Rhythm Band
Over the Rainbow — Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells
Cold Water Flat — Novella Nelson
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free — Billy Taylor & Leontyne Price
Everyday (I Have the Blues) — B.B. King
Oh, Happy Day — Wilson Pickett, Marion Williams
Reach Out and Touch (Live at Live Aid, John F. Kennedy Stadium, 13th July 1985) — Ashford & Simpson
If I Were Your Woman — Gladys Knight & The Pips
Peace Be Still — Nikki Giovanni, The New York Community Choir
You And I — Stevie Wonder
Let's Stay Together — Al Green
Love and Happiness — Al Green
Grazin' In The Grass — Hugh Masekela, The Union of South Africa
Chocolate Buttermilk — Kool & The Gang
Let the Music Take Your Mind — Kool & The Gang
Manteca — Dizzy Gillespie
Para Los Rumberos — Tito Puente
Power — Earth, Wind & Fire
It's About That Time (Live At Fillmore East June 17, 1970) — Miles Davis
Bitches Brew (Live) — Miles Davis
Motherless Child — Max Roach
Backlash Blues (Live) — Nina Simone
Superstition — Stevie Wonder
Brand New Day — Miriam Makeba
Will It Go Round in Circles — Billy Preston
A Song for You — Donny Hathaway
I Miss You (feat. Teddy Pendergrass) — Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes & Teddy Pendergrass
Show Me Your Soul — Lalah Hathaway, Oswin Benjamin