Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Various Artists

The Chambers Brothers, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, David Ruffin, The Staple Singers, Mahalia Jackson, Gladys Knight & The Pips,

Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Herbie Mann, Sly & The Family Stone, Nina Simone

Release Date: 28th Jan 2022
Catalogue No: 19439956872
Label: Sony

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The Chambers Brothers - “Uptown”

B.B. King - “Why I Sing The Blues”

The 5th Dimension - “Don’t Cha Hear Me Callin’ To Ya”

The 5th Dimension - “Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)”

David Ruffin - “My Girl”

The Edwin Hawkins Singers - “Oh Happy Day”

The Staple Singers - “It’s Been A Change”

The Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir Featuring Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples - “Precious Lord Take My Hand”

Gladys Knight & The Pips - “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”

Mongo Santamaria - “Watermelon Man”

Ray Barretto - “Together”

Herbie Mann- “Hold On, I’m Comin’”

Sly & The Family Stone - “Sing A Simple Song”

Sly & The Family Stone - “Everyday People”

Nina Simone - “Backlash Blues”

Nina Simone - “Are You Ready”

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The Summer of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be

Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack album accompanies Questlove’s directorial debut documentary Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), which won the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and is available in select theaters and on Hulu now. It notably took home six top honors at the Critics Choice Awards, including “Best Documentary Feature,” “Best Director,” “Best First Documentary Feature,” “Best Editing,” “Best Archival Documentary,” and “Best Music Documentary,” and was Winner of Best Documentary Award from the National Board of Review. It is currently nominated for “Best Music Film” at the 2022 GRAMMY® Awards.

Like the documentary, most of the audio recordings that were recorded during the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival have not been heard for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America’s history lost - until now. The Summer of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) is a joyous musical celebration and the rediscovery of a nearly erased historical event that celebrated Black culture, pride and unity.

For the album, Questlove carefully selected 17 live renditions of jazz, blues, R&B, Latin, and soul classics performed over the course of The Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969 as chronicled by the film. Heralding the soundtrack, Sly & The Family Stone’s performance of “Sing A Simple Song” debuts today.

Additionally, the Soundtrack boasts everything from B.B. King’s poignant and powerful guitar-driven

gem “Why I Sing The Blues” to the rapturous “Precious Lord Take My Hand” by The Operation

Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir featuring Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples. Not to mention, Gladys Knight & The Pips show out on a simmering “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” while Nina Simone’s voice smolders on “Backlash Blues” and “Are You Ready.”

Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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