Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	1st September 2017
To	1st September 2017
When	22:15
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 8 Jun 17 - T01799788821

Prom 65 - Stax Records: 50 Years of Soul

Work:: Prom 65 (S6002)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Stax Records: 50 Years of Soul (T01799788821)

Founded in 1959, Memphis-based Stax Records was synonymous with Southern Soul - a distinctive blend of funk, gospel and R & B that brought listeners across America together at a time of racial conflict and political unrest. In this Late Night Prom Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra pay tribute to the pioneering label and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stax/Volt Revue's first tour of the UK, in a concert featuring some of the label's greatest surviving artists alongside a number of British artists inspired by the likes of Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas and the Staple Singers.

Performer	Wiiliam Bell (singer)
Performer	Eddie Floyd (singer)
Performer	Steve Cropper (guitar)
Company	Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra

Listing:: L0244142382

Stax Records: 50 Years of Soul

Founded in 1959, Memphis-based Stax Records was synonymous with Southern Soul - a distinctive blend of funk, gospel and R & B that brought listeners across America together at a time of racial conflict and political unrest. In this Late Night Prom Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra pay tribute to the pioneering label and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stax/Volt Revue's first tour of the UK, in a concert featuring some of the label's greatest surviving artists alongside a number of British artists inspired by the likes of Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas and the Staple Singers.

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