#1970s soul;

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

Throwback: Happy 82nd Birthday, Maurice White!

Throwback: Happy 82nd Birthday, Maurice White! @EarthWindFire @EWFLegacy

December is a rather auspicious month in music history: The Doors‘ John Densmore celebrated his 79th birthday on December 1 Ozzy Osbourne celebrated his 75th birthday on December 3 Montell Jordan celebrated his 55th birthday on December 3 Jay-Z celebrated his 54th birthday on December 4 The 90th anniversary of Little Richard‘s birth was on December 5 R.E.M co-founder and lead…

[streetplaya]

Chaka Khan For Black Music & Jazz Review, December 1979.

[anotherdayinbliss]

'Soul Train' dancers during a fashion shoot for 'Right On!' magazine outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, December 1974. 

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Al Green singing 'I love you with all my heart' 🎸

[undergroundrockpress]

1972

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James Baldwin – Nikki Giovanni, A Dialogue, Foreword by Ida Lewis, Afterword by Orde Coombs, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, and New York, NY, 1973

«In London, England, on November 4, 1971, James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni taped a conversation for the television program "SOUL!". The program was first shown in the United States on WNET in two installments on December 15 and December 22, 1971. This book, A Dialogue, was developed from the transcript of the conversation taped for "SOUL!" and includes slight revisions and corrections made in the transcript by Mr. Baldwin and Ms. Giovanni.» ― Editor's Note, p. 9

Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin in conversation on 'SOUL!' (pt. 1)

Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin in conversation on 'SOUL!' (pt. 2)

[sbrown82]

The Jackson 5 used to cut up on stage!!! 🙌🏿

[haveyouheardthisband]

[slightlymad]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREDDIE MERCURY! — september 5, 1946

[60swonderland]

grace jones and the chamber brothers photographed by anthony barboza in new york city, 1971🔮⚡️🌈

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[oldcherryroad]

the get down ep1s1: where there is ruin, there is hope for a treasure.

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[weirdtvland]

Photographs of Soul Train Dancers, 1970s 💚

[undergroundrockpress]

Roberta Flack 1970⁣. Photo : Jim Marshall.

[twixnmix]

Aretha Franklin performing on the TV Special "Bob Hope on Campus" in 1975.

Photos by Henry Diltz