We'll hear the strong voices of women artists like Sweet Honey in the Rock, Joan Armatrading, Aretha Franklin, and Nina Simone, plus anthems from Jimi Hendrix, the Isley Brothers, and Sam Cooke.
UpFront Soul #2017.05 Playlist Hour 1 Joan Armatrading "Back to the Night" from "Back to the Night" on A&M Sweet Honey In the Rock "Ella's Song" from "Breaths" on Flying Fish Dorothy Donegan "Lift Every Voice and Sing" from "The Many Faces Of Dorothy Donegan" Kathleen Cleaver "Change It" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution" on Shout Factory Two Little Girls at March "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round" from "Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama" on Smithsonian Folkways Jerry Lawson "Peace Like a River" from "Just a Mortal Man" on Red Beet Records Jimi Hendrix "Star Spangled Banner (Live)" from "The Ultimate Experience" on MCA/Impulse Isley Brothers "Fight the Power" from "Black Power: Music of a Revolution" Sister Sledge "We Are Family" from "Greatest Hits-Live" Nona Hendryx "Winning" from "Nona Hendryx" on Epic Joan Armatrading "Steppin' Out" from "Me Myself I Live at Wolf Trap" on 429 Records Albertina Walker "Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around" from "Best of Albertina Walker" The Freedom Singers "Freedom Now Chant" from "Voices of the Civil Rights Movement" Bobbi Humphrey "Blacks and Blues" from "Blacks and Blues" on Blue Note Records Aretha Franklin "Respect" from "Atlantic 60th Soul Sweat and Strut" on Rhino Nina Simone "Backlash Blues" from "Forever Young, Gifted And Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit" on BMG The Freedom Singers "We Shall Overcome" from "Voices of the Civil Rights Movement" Hour 2 Sam Cooke "A Change Is Gonna Come" from "Ain't That Good News" on ABKCO Music & Records Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" from "What's Going On" on Motown / Universal Mahalia Jackson "If I Can Help Somebody" from "Sings the Best-Loved Hymns of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." Instant Funk "Dark Vader" from "Instant Funk" on SALSOUL Billy Preston "Soul Meeting" from "Don't Let Me Catch You Crying" Jomo "Uhuru (African Twist)" from "Uhuru (African Twist)" on Checker The Trammps "Love Epidemic" from "The Philly Sound: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff And The Story Of Brotherly Love" Jimmy McGriff "Bug Out" from "Killer Jazz Funk From Groove Merchant Vault - Return of Jazz Funk" Barry White "Come On In, Love" from "Come On In Love" Aretha Franklin "Higher Ground" from "One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism" Horace Silver "The Preacher" from "Best Of Horace Silver" on Blue Note Bobby Marchan "Loberta" from "Bobby Marchan" Ben Branch & the Operation Breadbasket Choir "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" from "The Last Request" Bob James "Night Crawler" from "Heads" on CBS Sam Cooke "Havin' a Party" from "Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963" on RCA