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Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles. [2] [3] The concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972. The concert's performers included all of Stax's prominent artists at the time.
50 years ago, the Wattstax concert made, and even changed, L.A. history. RJ Smith. August 22, 2022 at 6:00 AM. The Staple Singers performing at Wattstax on Aug. 20, 1972. (Michael Ochs Archives)
The 3-CD set still only covers about one-third of the entire Wattstax concert, which lasted 10+ hours; Concord has not issued any statement as to the possibility of preparing future releases that would cover the remaining Wattstax material. (Isaac Hayes' complete Wattstax set was released on CD in 1995.)
In 1960 he made his first recordings with his 17-year-old daughter Carla, for the Satellite label in Memphis, which changed its name to Stax the following year. The song, "Cause I Love You", featuring a rhythm borrowed from Jesse Hill's "Ooh Poo Pa Doo", was a regional hit; the musicians included Thomas' son Marvell on keyboards, Steinberg, and the 16-year-old Booker T. Jones.
In the 1973 concert documentary Wattstax the towers are repeatedly featured from multiple vantages. The climax of the 1976 blaxploitation movie Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde takes place at the towers. The climax of the 1977 blaxploitation movie Abar, the First Black Superman takes place at the towers. The 1988 movie Colors ends with Sean Penn near the ...
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music is a museum located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 926 East McLemore Avenue, the original location of Stax Records.Stax launched and supported the careers of artists such as Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Wilson Pickett, Albert King, William Bell, Eddie Floyd, Jean Knight, Mable ...
The first Bachtoberfest as pat of The Complete Bach project will be Oct. 25 to 27 with four different all-Bach concerts in Mechanics Hall starting with CONCORA, a professional chorus from ...
It was 1957 -- sixty years ago -- when a 16-year-old Paul Anka used an uncle's gift of $100 to travel to New York City. He auditioned for ABC's Dan Costa.